my-desk

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this is where you’ve been hiding.
love is sometime hiding in a tricky place.

yay! finally i can add my drawing to ‘art recipe‘ group on flickr. the giraffe drawing that i started last night finally completed this afternoon. i must say that i really enjoyed drawing this giraffe. this is my first time to draw giraffe in any form. this grotesque giraffe hits my laughing spot. the key point was to think myself as a giraffe while i was drawing. this way, i was able to colour the giraffe as if i were putting makeup on my face. it felt good.

i’ll take part in an event called “broadway art encounter” on june 2nd and june 3rd. this is an event presented by broadway business improvement district in saskatoon. This two day art walk takes art out of the gallery and features it in the everday. the stores on broadway avenue will become galleries. my works will be shown at Broadway Shoe Repair, 636 Broadway Avenue. (the owner, al is a super nice man and he carries fantastic Birkenstock sandals and Blundstone Boots from Australia.)

i’ll be showing some of my new works including this giraffe one. so come on down to broadway avenue. enjoy art and shopping for summer!

i moved my desk by the window. i like it this way.

UPDATE: i’ve made prints of this drawing, and postcards, available in my SHOP.

usually when i draw, i do it in one shot. if i stop working on a drawing before it’s finished, i can’t get back into it the next day. my mood changes quickly, so i get easily bored. if i lose interest in a drawing it may be weeks before i go back to finish it.

this time, i managed to stop drawing just long enough to take photos of my unfinished drawing, “laundry day”. you can see the finished drawing below.
i was invited to join a group called “art recipe” on flickr. artists submit their finished work to the group and link to a series of images showing the “recipe” they used to make their work. it’s very interesting. artworks suddenly seem more layered.

i wanted to put up a post to show my “recipe” for drawing. unfortunately, the photos didn’t turn out well, so i’ll join the group another time. at least taking breaks for photos helped my right hand stay happy and painless.