The woman's face was inspired by anArt Deco painting (1925) by Tamara de Lempicka,called Self Portrait (Tamara in the Green Bugatti)Quotes are from the bookThe Great Gatsby
circa 1950, copyright A. Janet Burggraf BishopPen and India ink, colored pencil on typing paperFashion drawings done by my mother.She is not sure how old she was when she did these,probably a freshman or sophomore in high school.Apparently I inherited some artistic genesfrom her. I remember that she oftendoodled eyes and lips when she talked on the phone...not faces, just the face parts!
My mother's drawing is above, my art journal drawing at the bottom. Mom's is in India ink and colored pencil, mine is in ballpoint pen. She drew these models from magazines and clothing patterns.I attempted to draw the girl in the sweater on my art journal page...the profile is not quite right in my opinion.A. Janet Burggraf Bishop, 1950 Dianne Bishop Carey, 2009
Make-it-Monday challenge for Nov. 3 on Go Make Something was the color Purple...so my art journal page is a celebration of that color...with a humorous quote thrown in...Mixed media artists are susceptible to artist's block, doubt, the need for inspiration... Quotations are a source of inspiration that often give me a boost, a prompt for creating an art journal page, or just a reason to smile...hope you enjoy these...***"Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full." --Henry Kissinger***"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." --Norman Vincent Peale***"It's not what you go through that defines you; you can't help that. It's what you do AFTER you've gone through it that really tests who you are." --Kwame Floyd***"No matter how good you get you can always get better and that's the exciting part." --Tiger Woods***Success in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as of concentration and perseverance." --C.W. Wendte***"We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough." --Helen Keller***"It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not." --unknown***"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."---Ralph Waldo Emerson***The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is DEDICATION." --Cecil B. DeMille***
Two art journal pages inspired by a challenge on Mixed Media Art Friends...just brainstorming ideas. Haven't made any of these yet. Of course, the actual creation usually turns out differently than the original sketch.I really love Maurice Sendak's classic story "Where The Wild Things Are" and he does great monsters!"And now," Max said, "let the wild rumpus start!"I probably won't do a Max doll or green monster doll...I will probably make the pumpkin man paper doll. If you have been making Halloween inspired art and showing it on your blog, please leave a comment so I can check it out.
