Step 1. Meet Instagram friend in person for first time! Step 2. Take photo Step 3. Gather supplies Step 4. Draw Step 5. Invite subject to paste their portrait on “our wall”! Stay tuned!
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Just a casual tête-à-tête between @manrepeller and @JoshuaDLangston!
Josh Langston just sat with Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller for an interview for The Social Life and I could not be more excited! I just interviewed the lovely @manrepeller for an upcoming article for @The_Social_Life. She is probably one of the most interesting, down to earth and motivated people I have been fortunate enough to interview! – @JoshuaDLangston Recall that…
Create. Deconstruct. Integrate. Recreate. Collaborate. Portrait of @manrepeller with @joshuadlangston
Rochelle Joshua Langston deconstructs and recreates. The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life. – Henry Miller It’s wonderful releasing my artwork to someone and seeing what they come up with!
Be a rainbow in somebody’s clouds. – Maya Angelou
My dear friend and colleague, Sara Place, took notes during Unique Lives with Maya Angelou on Monday night. She shares her notes here: RAINBOWS IN THE CLOUDS Maya Angelou – October 29th “At the worst of times the possibility of seeing hope” – be a rainbow…
Latest portraits: Carlee, Josh, Quentin. #wheatpaste prep
Anticipating a big wheatpaste/streetart session next week, and collecting together all the latest pieces. “I have always lived my life in the profession of being.”- Quentin Crisp Can’t wait to paste Matt Roy’sTS Eliot series:
Frida Kahlo’s “Portrait of My Father,” 1951
Dearest Daddy, If you knew the pleasure getting your little letter gave me, you’d write to me every day, because you can’t imagine how happy it made me… … Your daughter who adores you, Frieducha San Francisco, November 21, 1930 Recommended: “Dearest Frieducha!”: The Letters of Guillermo Kahlo to His Daughter Frida
Amanda Marie Born 1986-2003 #portrait
Her name is Amanda Marie Born, she was born July 3rd, 1986 and she committed suicide in 2003 on July 6th when I was 15. Before I met her I didn’t really have many friends, if any, and she introduced me to the punk kids in Nanaimo. Without her, my life would be a very…
Charlotte Free.
Recall: Drawing Deconstruction Discovery of Charlotte Free Endlessly inspiring: Check out: —
Joe Average’s new site! #art #photography
We are SO LUCKY to be able to access more of Joe Average’s work on his new site! Check it out! It’s like drinking a cool glass of clear, clean, beautiful water. Joe Average (born 1957) is a Canadian artist who resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. Diagnosed HIV+ at age 27, Average made the decision to commit the rest of…
Patti.
— — Dip in to the sea, to the sea of possibilities It started hardening Dip in to the sea, to the sea of possibilities It started hardening in my hand And I felt the arrows of desire —
China Marker #Bowie and other portraits.
Oh, China Marker I doth love you so. It’s my medium of choice for my graphic novel. When I die, bury me with a fresh china marker box and a pad of newsprint. Then cremate me ’cause I’m claustrophobic. Here are some samples from this week’s China Marker portraits. See: Jacqueline Portrait #wheatpasting
#WomenIAdmire journal series Part 1 @RebeccaBree
Celebrating female by celebrating women in my life in my journal pages. Part 1: Rebecca Rawlinson. She’s flawless. Period. Inside and out, one of the greatest women I know. I adore her transparent beauty- her honest way of living. Living FULLY! And I could not be more proud of her as she prepares to open…
San Francisco Journal: Portrait #2 TONY (@tsiress)
I will continue to share my incredible weekend in San Francisco (that I spent with my daughter and her friends) through a series of portraits and journal entries over the next few weeks. — I was especially excited to finally meet TONY on this trip. He and I have been online friends for awhile now. Tony is a…
San Francisco Portrait #1 @honeymahogany
I will be sharing my incredible weekend in San Francisco (that I spent with my daughter and her friends) through a series of portraits and journal entries over the next few weeks. Portrait #1: On March 10, 2012, I had the pleasure of meeting the inimitable and inspiring Honey Mahogany at the Rebel, 1760 Market Street, San Francisco. Social worker…
Meeting Lyle. A conversation in China Marker.
I spent a wonderful afternoon in Gastown yesterday visiting with Lyle and some of his friends. It’s a nice exercise in trust-building to simply sit and sketch someone you have just met, and chat while you do it. I loved it. See Lyle on Mike McCardell: Thank you, Paul Marquis, for arranging the day! Update:…
Kat’s Drawing Tutorial: Gesture Drawing PART 4 of 4- abstraction. #artschool
In this 4 part tutorial, we move through analysis of form, to drawing details to abstraction through gesture drawing. See Part 1: INTRODUCTION See Part 2: GEOMETRIC SHAPES See Part 3: ADDING DETAILS Now we move to finding the image and abstract it through gestures. What I mean by that is- you find the form in marks…
Kat’s Drawing Tutorial: Gesture Drawing PART 3 of 4- adding detail. #artschool
In this 4 part tutorial, we move through analysis of form, to drawing details to abstraction through gesture drawing. See Part 1: INTRODUCTION See Part 2: GEOMETRIC SHAPES Now I want you to build on the simple forms you saw in your subject in Part 2 by drawing details. Enjoy, relax, have fun! There is no…
Woman, I. Brad Fashion as a de Kooning
Even an abstract form has to have a likeness. – Willem de Kooning Recommended: Brad Fashion’s site: SUBSTITUTE FOR LOVE Stevens, M., Swan, A. (2006) de Kooning- An American Master, Alfred A. Knopf: New York, NY
The evolution of a portrait of @RebeccaRaw!
I started this portrait of the INCREDIBLE Rebecca Rawlinson for my June 23rd art event: It was then worked on by attendees the night of the event: We then auctioned it off with proceeds going to the development of my youth program, under the premise that I would later finish it- which I did tonight! [click…
When your art is the way you live your life… the sacred Tracey Bell @traceybelldivas
I am un-peeling layers of masks in my life at present and ready to take a new look at the way I live in the world, and to start being more present in how I care for myself and for others. I am always aware that people come into my life as teachers. And I…
Kat’s portrait tutorial PARTS 6 to 8: Final project! #arttherapy
Recall: PART 1: DOODLE WITH RED OR ORANGE Recall: PART 2: DRAW WITH YOUR NON-DOMINANT HAND Recall: PART 3: DRAW WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED Recall: PART 4: EYES, NOSE, MOUTH Recall: PART 5: FULL PAGE, CLOSEUP This project was designed for my drawing workshop at this year’s Savary Island Art Trip for youth (12 young women, 4 female staff and…
Kat’s portrait tutorial PART 3 of 8: Draw with your eyes closed #braingym
Recall: PART 1: DOODLE WITH RED OR ORANGE Recall: PART 2: DRAW WITH YOUR NON-DOMINANT HAND Still using simple newsprint and a china marker, close your eyes and draw a face as you see it in your mind’s eye. NO PEEKING! Draw for 2-5 minutes, eyes closed, running your china marker along the imagined face. The…
Kat’s portrait tutorial PART 2 of 8: Draw with your non-dominant hand #braingym
Recall: PART 1: DOODLE WITH RED OR ORANGE Part 2: Draw a face (from life or from photo) using your non-dominant hand. Do not cheat! This is great brain-gym and forces you to let go of preconceptions and fears. Relax and have fun! I’m using my left hand in this exercise. The drawing style…
Kat’s portrait tutorial PART 1 of 8: Doodle with red or orange. Celebrate @drawingday!
In celebration of WORLD DRAWING DAY, I’m posting my portrait tutorial! Let’s start with PART 1! You’ll need paper (I’m using newsprint today), any light colored drawing medium– e.g. pencil, crayon, pastel (I’m using red and brown china marker– my favorite medium), a subject– live model or several photos (e.g. from a magazine etc). When I start…
Teaser #1 for June 26 interactive art event “Art Hairapy” at Suki’s! Poster features Chad Francouer
In partnership with SUKI’s, and hosted by Chad Francouer , my Sunday June 26, 2011 interactive art event: Art Hairapy at Suki’s on 16th and Granville, Vancouver BC! Model: Chad Francouer More details to come in the next weeks! This event, in combination with Suki’s annual hair show is an interactive, experimental art experience to celebrate the therapeutic spot stylists…
5minute8Bpencileraser backofanindexcard portrait no.36: @peterbreeze
Over-red: to smear with red. As in Go prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, thou lily-liver’d boy. – Macbeth Peter Breeze is club kid royalty in Vancouver’s gay nightlife, and has played virtually every nightclub in Vancouver. Peter cranked out a single, “Fuck Talk (Buy Me A Drink),” with local producer Maxwell Maxwell, which…