More Fun

I was fortunate enough this week to have the opportunity to go figure drawing with a great group of people.  The model was by far one of the best models I've ever drawn in my life.  She truly had a talent for posing.  I had a great time :)

My Life

Every day I fall more and more in love with Brooklyn.  Perhaps though its not the city so much as just the joy I feel from drawing the people who inhabit it.  I am fortunate to be living in one of the best neighborhoods and the variety and diversity of people is astounding.  I feel such a rush of excitement when I look up for a moment from my sketchbook and am instantly captivated by whatever human is crossing my line of sight.  The possibilities suddenly seem endless.  With my pen and my paper I feel like a force of nature, unstoppable.

The Sherman Brothers

Please excuse me while I try to stop weeping on my keyboard.
I just watched the Sherman brothers documentary and it was soooooooo EMOTIONAL.  For those of you who don't know the Sherman brothers were responsible for basically every song that brings back special childhood memories.  Example: every song in Mary Poppins, Winnie the Pooh (you know the intro to the old ones...sigh) etc.
The story of the brothers themselves is quite sad.  Though they worked together for many decades they never got along and now that they don't work together they don't even talk.   So.  That is emotional.  Throw in songs that make me think of a simpler time and my bottom lip starts a quivering.... EMOTIONS!

Here they are, those wonderful brothers.  Let me just say thank you thank you thank you Sherman brothers.  I can't imagine a world where your music doesn't exist....

Seriously guys, look them up.

Don't cry for me Toronto

I'm really having a great time exploring this lovely city.  I still have a few other things to do before I feel completely settled but so far so good.  Today I had a really lovely saturday.  There is a ridiculous abundance of people to draw and a ridiculous amount of food to consume.  I am doing both.  This is awesome.

16 and....

YES  I watch 16 and pregnant.  I must admit I've always been a bit of a documentary series junkie.  I really like to hear other people stories.  I love intervention, real housewives, EVERYTHING.  These people are so different then me and I love to watch and learn about what its like coming from different places in life.  I like going into something thinking "theres no way I can relate to this" and then coming away from it realizing that I really identify with other peoples stories.  No I've never been 16 and pregnant but I have faced fear and uncertainty.  I've never been a housewife who has been "well taken care of" but I have had clashes with family and friends and indulged in the drama of it.  Sure I was in high school... but I can relate!

Something familiar in an unfamiliar place

Well fellow bloggers I have left Toronto. I got a sweet job in New York so I packed up and here I am! I can't say it was easy to leave Toronto. For the past few months it has been a wealth of inspiration. The people, the neighborhoods. I love it all. It was very hard to leave it although it made it much easier knowing that I was heading for an amazing city and a job I'm really excited about. So of course I must apologize for the rather large gap in between posts as the last few weeks have been a whirlwind of packing and planning. When I arrived yesterday I felt a little out of sorts (i'm sure the 10 hour drive had something to do with it) and I decided to do something I enjoy to make me feel a little more at home in my new place. So here is a painting I did (sorry for the dark picture, I had to leave my scanner behind) to ease my nerves and I absolutely felt immediately better. Of course the fact that I have perfect strangers playing helps also :)

Anyways I will continue to update my blog regularly. People of Toronto: sleep easy tonight! You are no longer the subject of my sneak attack drawings. NEW YORK RESIDENTS: WATCH OUT

Toronto, you were so kind to me today.

Today I went walking in BEAUTIFUL yorkville. It was so sunny and beautiful. I sat on a bench to just enjoy the weather and not five minutes later this man came by and starting playing the clarinet. It was sooooooooo lovely. I have about 4 pages in my sketchbook now with this guy. AMAZING.

It just had to happen

YES. I have figured it out. Pen + Gouache = Heaven.
This is what I was meant to do.
EXPECT MUCH MUCH MORE!

Will someone PLEASE give Colin Firth (another) Oscar?

I really hope for all of your sakes that you have seen Tom Ford's A Single Man.
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Acting at its effing finest. Colin Firth is unbelievable in this movie, I don't know how he didn't get an Oscar.
Not only is Colin Firth scrumtrillescent (a million points if you know where thats from) but Tom Fords directing is perfectly restrained. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I love this movie.

Col-erase is SOOOO last april

So i bought some new pens a while ago and I'm finally putting them to use. I also got some SWEEET new brush pens that I filled with some water colour so I can paint on site. Water colour doesn't really hold up when being scanned though cause its SOOO transparent as opposed to my lovely gouache. Anyways drawing with the pen is challenging me which is GREAT.