Happy Frog Volant
Posted on May 26th, 2010
Happy Frog Volant, detail, by Amy Crook
This bright green Moleskine Volant notebook has been hand-decorated with Sharpie marker, this time with a happy little froggie just chilling on his lily pad. He’s got three flies buzzing above, perhaps ideas he’s going to take into himself when he gets the urge?
Moleskine’s colorful notebooks are ideal for customization, turning the high-quality book into a work of art in which to wrap your ideas. The acid-free ruled paper is a creamy ivory color, and a delight to write on. The large size Volants have 96 pages between their soft vinyl covers. The design is in permanent Sharpie, and should last as long as the notebook it’s drawn on.
Happy Frog, 5″x8.25″ customized Moleskine Volant notebook.
Happy Frog Volant by Amy Crook
Stick Figure Shivanaut Volant
Posted on May 25th, 2010
Shiva Nata Volant, detail, by Amy Crook
This rich red Moleskine Volant notebook has been hand-decorated with gold to show our Shivanaut going through all eight hand positions. The stick figure dancer’s mind is a swirl of new ideas and epiphanies!
Wondering what Shiva Nata, or Dance of Shiva, is? You can find out all about it at shivanata.com.
Moleskine’s colorful notebooks are ideal for customization, turning the high-quality book into a work of art in which to wrap your ideas. The acid-free ruled paper is a creamy ivory color, and a delight to write on. The large size Volants have 96 pages between their soft vinyl covers. The design is in oil-based gold Sharpie, and should last as long as the notebook it’s drawn on.
Stick Figure Shivanaut, 5″x8.25″ customized Moleskine Volant notebook, sold.
Stick Figure Shivanaut Volant by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: moleskine, nfs, sold, volant
Ouroboros
Posted on May 24th, 2010
Ouroboros by Amy Crook
The touches of copper paint glow brightly in the photograph, as though the camera picked up the particles of shimmery metal in the paint.
Ouroboros was painted as another experiment, and is one of the abstracts I’m the most pleased with. The copper swirl of the snakes eating tails concludes with one escaping the endless spiral. The rough white shape on its periwinkle background calls to my mind a giant wing against a twilit sky, Quetzalcoatl overseeing his little cousins perhaps. The metallic paint highlights here and there throughout the painting in subtle and unsubtle ways to add dimension that goes well with the textured brush strokes.
Ouroboros, 16″x20″ oil on canvas.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird
Tags: copper, for sale, oil painting, ouroboros, snake
Reading Under a Tree
Posted on May 23rd, 2010
Reading Under a Tree by Amy Crook
This is a little doodle I did thinking about one of my Works in Progress that’s kinda undecided about where I’m going with it. Right now it’s just a blue sky and some dark brown earth and nothing else, but I actually sort of like the effect all by itself. Still, I like this image with its loose lines and the arching tree over the studious figure.
I’ve always liked drawing trees, especially the leafless winter skeletons with all their intricate fractal shapes. It’s like jagged lace to see the bits of sky between the branches, the shadows reflecting inexact details warped by the ground’s topography.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces
Tags: nfs, reading, sketch, tree
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Shrinky Dink Doodles
Posted on May 22nd, 2010
Shrinky Dink Doodles by Amy Crook
A while back I picked up something quite nostalgic, a Klutz Press book for doing Shrinky Dinks. If you don’t know what those are, it’s a clear-ish plastic sheet that you draw on, then cut out shapes, put it in the oven, and watch it shrink down to a much smaller size. A childhood staple for me!
I was thinking of doing up some little charms for Etsy or just for myself, and I doodled up these half-dozen images for tracing with a sharpie onto the plastic. Then I could color them with sharpie or colored pencil, cut them out, and cook them in my little toaster oven. I’m sure I’ll get around to using some of the shrinky dink material someday, if only to amuse myself.
Got a favorite?
Categories: Daily Art
Tags: moon, nfs, shark, squid, sun, zombie
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