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Quilted

Monday, April 7th, 2014

Quilted, abstract art by Amy Crook

Quilted, abstract art by Amy Crook

This piece started out life as a test for my new Zebra brush pens (in three sizes, woo!), something to doodle while I was on a conference call. I liked the progression of patterns so much I pulled out my travel kit of watercolors and played around long after the call was over, giving each section its own distinct color and texture, but letting them blend a little where they bordered each other.

It reminds me of a quilt, with the bright patterned sections that don’t match, but somehow go together. Thus, the name!

Quilted, 8″x4″ pen & ink and watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper.

Quilted, detail, by Amy Crook

Quilted, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see a close-up of the middle section, the two shades of red in a big swath bordered by orange fading to white on one side, and white fading to blue on the other. Below, I’ve temporarily put it in a frame — for these little odd-sized pieces, I think it looks nice to put it on a mat with transparent photo corners in a slightly larger frame.

Quilted, framed art by Amy Crook

Quilted, framed art by Amy Crook

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Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, Whimsical and Strange
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Whiteboard Doodles

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Whiteboard Brain in a Jar by Amy Crook

I got a whiteboard! Well, a stick-on whiteboard, which I’ve put on the back of the linen closet door.

I also acquired a rather odd assortment of marker colors, though I’ve bought a more normal set to supplement with now. The bright ’80s turquoise especially was hard to photograph, so it’ll be nice to have some boring blue.

Today I thought I’d share some of the silly doodles I’ve done on the whiteboard, with the to-do lists, reminder notes and other randomness carefully cropped out.

Sorry about the picture quality, poor lighting + iPhone camera = even more meh than usual.

Whiteboard Cthulhu by Amy Crook

Whiteboard Cthulhu by Amy Crook

Whiteboard Violets by Amy Crook

Whiteboard Violets by Amy Crook

Whiteboard Weeble Vampire by Amy Crook

Whiteboard Weeble Vampire by Amy Crook

Whiteboard Skulls by Amy Crook

Whiteboard Skulls by Amy Crook

Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
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