silent auction #1#2

VESSEL #1 + #2  FOR THE SILENT AUCTION . . . CARLSBAD ARTSPLASH

so the carlsbad artsplash is coming up and i have been a little more involved this year.  in the past couple years i loved their silent auction projects . . chairs and albums turned into clocks.  this year it was vessels . . . was vessels or is . . . oh never mind i think you have the picture !!!  i've been wanting to break my 2d mold and now i had a purpose . .  a challenge !!

at first i tried some stuff  called paper clay . . .  love finished products made with this.  but it is much softer than clay and i was having some very unsuccessful hours.  but not defeated !! still have some projects in my head but later . . .  .

so new goal:  make my vessels from things i have around my studio !  recycled studio !!!

VESSEL # 1 :  the lion

the bottles to the left i have been hauling around with me since 2000 . . . yes, the year 2000 maybe 2001.  from a large wine bottle charity auction with livermore winery assoc. i wanted more variations in my painting and mediums . . . as well as not being able to scrap it off as easy . . . so i worked with a rice paper and gesso.  did some test runs and so i had some extra bottles.

so vessel one took to life (on the back bottle u see the makings of vessel #2).  so with ballpoint pen and acrylic washes we have the first vessel.




VESSEL # 2 :  sir draagon

so i did a quick tracing of my 'sir draagon' illustration and then proceeded with the ballpoint pen and acrylic washes.  smooth and easy . . . well as much as drawing on a round slightly textured surface can be easy !! choose the dragon for the year of the dragon and for the kids . . . fantasy fans . . . . the decision was the background . . . went with the yellows and golds.  my iridescent gold was south in the gallery teaching supplies so in the am when i had better light i played around with colors.  blues, lavenders, orange and yellows were in the mix.

the photos make the gold look better . . . but the blue is really cool !!!!