ClayManiacs

There are so many talented Claylmaniacs here that I thought it would be a good time to start this topic.
Instead of posting your pictures of; paintings, prints, jewelry, sculpture, ceramics, anything creative, on a "topic" thread, why not post it here and then post a short; GO TO the ARTS and CRAFTS thread to see my latest............in your general topic thread.
So; CARLA, ANGELA, MARILYN, JOEMAMMA, MICHAEL (who does jewelry and sculpture) let us see your latest endeavors!!!!

SOOO , I will start with one of my oil paintings which I have already posted, but some may have missed.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/SummerBreeze.jpg)




Title; Summer Breeze, oil painting

I think this thread will be most enjoyable. I have zero art talent and love to see other peoples talent. This oil painting is beautiful. Jackie

Jan...
I positively LOVE this painting! Stunning work as always! :clap

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/DSCN0035-1.jpg)

Just wanted to keep this thread alive
SO

This is not a Claymaniac, but it is the closest thing to it as it is a drawing by my son, Glenn

It is called "Wonder Wharf"
I did post it before somewhere.

Still waiting for Carla, Joemamma, Angela and Sasha and some others to give this thread more interest!!!!!!

I always adore your paintings, Jan. :bouncy I love Summer Breeze. It's absolutely stunning. :clap

I think you've posted your son's drawing in the Artists Studio in the Fun Stuff lounge, if memory serves me correctly. :giggle It's a grand drawing, I must say. :bouncy

I haven't scanned anything for a while (haven't had anything done to scan :giggle Except a few comic pages I'm working on on the computer), but here's a couple of my works I like :smile :

*clickable!*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_witchybythemoonlighteditsmallYAYY.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/witchybythemoonlighteditsmallYAYY.jpg)

Title: Moonlit Halloween
Medium: pencil, pen, prismacolor pencil (for her cheeks), & prismacolor markers

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_aviatormeyaycoloredsmallfixed02.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/aviatormeyaycoloredsmallfixed02.jpg)

Title: Come Fly With Me
Medium: pencil, pen, prismacolor pencil (for her cheeks), & prismacolor markers

Great thread, JAN!  Although I'm a total klutz when it comes to arts and/or crafts, I do appreciate studying and admiring the works of others.  I am privileged to have 3 of your works displayed in my home....one of Clay, an angel, and one of your Blue Notes series prints. :notworthy  I will try to take photos of them and post them here as soon as I am able.

Looking forward to seeing the talents of the Claymanaics on display!

THEA

You are very special and thanks for the nice words dear sistah!!!!!!

You ARE an artist. Just cannot SEE it. Too bad we cannot tune in to your piano concertos, etc. I still remember the time you played your beautiful piano for me. I will always remember. You are such a talented person.

Luv
Jan/Jeanne

CARLA

What adorable drawings!!!!!
Just love them.

And the drawings you did for the cookbook will really show off your talent.
Wish everyone bought a cookbook just so they could see the clever art work of yours.

luv
Jan

i JUST CHEATED AND WROTE THIS SO THIS THREAD WILL NOT DISAPPEAR.

WAITING FOR SOME MORE TALENTED CLAYMANIACS AND I KNOW THERE ARE MORE OUT THERE, BUT IF YOU ARE SHY THEN CARLA AND I WILL FILL UP THIS SPACE.

JAN

Indeed Jan. We'll certainly fill it up if no one else posts. :giggle Though it'd be grand fun if more people did post as well. :bigsmile

And I'm so glad you like the cartoons. :bouncy :giggle

I still haven't scanned anything new, so again, something old. :bigsmile

*clickable!*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_witchyyay02.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/witchyyay02.jpg)(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_witchyyay.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/witchyyay.jpg)

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_pumpkinmanyay.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/pumpkinmanyay.jpg)(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_pumpkinmanandwitchyyay.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/pumpkinmanandwitchyyay.jpg)

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_pumpkinmanwoo.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/pumpkinmanwoo.jpg)

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_sketchywitchy.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/sketchywitchy.jpg)

I just thought I'd show some concept sketches, just because. :bouncy And because the bigger works need some tuning before you actually start. :giggle These two are the main characters of the comic I've been talking about.

The first four are more kind of wild, since I just wanted to get my ideas down when I first thought of it (I got the idea from a drawing I had done last year of a witch kissing the cheek of a pumpkin :giggle).
The last two are more organized, for the pumpkin man just sketching out different kinds of pumpkins for his head (the round one won out :lol). And just a more nicer sketch of the witch's outfit. :bigsmile The outfit's the tiniest bit different in the comic pages (skirt's a little shorter, no stockings, shoes are a tiny bit different).

Medium: Just a regular ball point pen :smile

Anyhoo, I've babbled on long enough. :lol

love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

Jan and Carla, great job… :clap :clap :clap I love seeing both of your work. I cannot draw even if my life depends on it but I’d like to share a needlepoint I made a little while back. My husband loves Japanese décor; we have a few of them around the house. Clickable...


                      (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r70/busila/th_186.jpg) (http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r70/busila/186.jpg)

Carla.... :wow

You are talented as all heck! HOW do ya just draw those outta the clear blue!?
Man...I WISH I had the creativity to do that. I'd have everything outta whack if I tried that...
and I have tried that... :lmao

lolita...FABULOUS needlepoint!  :clap  :clap  :clap It's beautiful!

Jan...
Can you post the painting your son did with the white piano in the surf?
That one is gorgeous! :bouncy

Fantastic work girls!!!  Jan, you and your saw must have so much to talk about with all of your art work.  That is special.

Lolita, the Japanese needle work is fabulous.  OMG, that took you alot of time!  I used to do embroidery years ago.  Was that embroidery, cross stitch????  Gorgeous.

Carla, your work is so unique.  I loved the art in the cookbook you created.

Holy crow Lolita! That's a needlepoint?!?! :wow


 :notworthy

It is beautiful!

i have done drawings of clay in my spare time

alyse

  Lolita,
            You have been hiding your light under a bushel!    The needlepointe is just beautiful.
                                                     
                                                        Love,    Betty

I don't know where to post this, so I'll post it here and you guys can move it where ever you think it should go.

These ladies are not claymaniacs but they are very talented crafts persons.  I found this on CH posted by geekette.



Here's the link:

  Fiber Arts to benefit TBAF (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5290802)

JEANNE, Your son is a fabulous artist.  Like Kim I also love the painting he did with the piano in the surf!!

CARLA, always enjoy your drawings.  You have such imagination and you are a unique talent.

LOLITA, the needlepoint you did is utterly fantastic.  May I ask just how long did it take you to do that????

THEA, my dear you certainly are an artist!!!  The only problem is we can't see what you do, sure wish there was a way we could hear your artistry on this thread.

Ok...I got somethin Jan!


This is a friend of mine Susan's caricature Clay painting...
I think he's adorable!

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/ClayAiken07-02-0740.jpg)

I MAKE her draw Clay alot! :lol She usually draws classic Hollywood stars.  There's even glitter on his shirt!

And my latest...
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(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_wehaveawinner.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/wehaveawinner.jpg)


 :bigsmile

 :clap :clap :clap I love this thread - mainly because there is not an "Art" bone in my body - I do a few crafts - that is all! I love seeing all of your beautiful paintings and other art work.

FRANKIE

YOU MUST BE KIDDING, "NOT A CREATIVE BONE IN MY BODY""
hOW ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS THAT YOU SEND OUT TO EVERYONE , HOW ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL SCRAP BOOKS THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS MAKING???????

i ALWAYS PUT MY BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS UP FIRST AND THEN DECORATE AROUND THEM!!!!

YOU ARE ARTISTIC!!!!!!!!

JAN

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/Sunhat3.jpg)

MY LATEST SUNHAT PAINTING.
VERY LARGE, 60 x 40

wHEEE, AM STARTING A NEW ONE TODAY!!!!! :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy

JAN

 :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap Jeanne - the new sun hat  painting is just as beautiful as the first! Thank you for posting it!

Lolita, holy giesha, batman, is that really needle point? It's gorgeous! :clap I think Japanese decor is quite spiffy mahself. :smile

joemamma, I love your friends caricature of Clay. So cute. :giggle And :wow Your drawing of Clay is just wonderful. :clap :clap :clap Do you just use pencil or is something else mixed in there as well?
And thank ya' so much. :giggle I really don't know where some of my ideas come from. :para :lmao Though I just get inspiration from everywhere, really. :bigsmile
I wish I could draw Clay like that. Yowza. I can draw realism, but there's still a bit of cartoony feeling in it. :lol

Jan, :thud I love your newest painting. :clap :clap :clap It's just beautiful. Keep sharing as you get them done. :giggle :hugg

And thank ya' for the comments Linda & Pepe. :smile Glad you like. :bouncy

Carla!   :wow

I just checked out your deviantart gallery   :clap...you are going to tattoo apprentice!?
 Holy COW you are going to make some INCREDIBLE tattoo art!

HOW COOL is that!!!?

Now I want another tattoo. :para
Wanna practice on me Carla!? :lol
I'll take a sleeve please! :bouncy

premade clay aiken belt

alyse

joemomma, So glad you like my DA gallery. :giggle
It's not certain yet, but it's a VERY GOOD possibility that I'm going to tattoo apprentice. :bouncy Once Mr. Tattoo Man has his shop up and going, I'm going to give him a shout, show him some art, and we'll see if he'll apprentice me. :bigsmile

If I do indeed get to apprentice, I'd be more than happy to practice on you! :lol :lol A sleeve would certainly be good practice. :wink :lol

While here, here's a couple of my doodlings from a month or so ago. :bouncy

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(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_puffyhairyaysmall.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/puffyhairyaysmall.jpg)
I just wanted to draw puffy pigtails. :bigsmile I LOVE drawing pigtails, I don't know why. :bduh :lol

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_glinnyandelphy.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/glinnyandelphy.jpg)
Glinda & Elphaba from Wicked, Wizard of Oz, and all those fun things. :bouncy I just wanted to doodle them one day. I must say, I like how Glinda's curls came out. :smile

Medium: Ball point pen for both. :bouncy

Hope ya' like.

Hugs :hugg ,

Carla :bubble

OK Carla!

How'd ya get your cute lil drawing on your My space to BLINK!?

I LOVE Elphaba...she's my favorite witchie!



 :clap :clap :clap

 :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

Got any Snow White Evil Queen's? :bigsmile

Jan, Carla, Lolita, and Kim!

I am so impressed with all of your art work.  I have enjoyed looking at them.  I am more a "crafty artsy" person, so I may post some of my "craft" creations at some point!!  Mine is not nearly as impressive as what you all create!

PRISSY

I AM NOT A VERY CRAFTY PERSON SO I LOVE TO LOOK AT GOOD CRAFTSMANSHIP.

I AM SOOOOO CLUMSY, JUST GIVE ME A PENCIL OR A PAINTBRUSH ,ETCHING SYLUS OR WOODBLOCK TOOLS AND I AM FINE.

ONCE I TOOK SEWING IN SCHOOL, THE TEACHER BANNED ME FROM THE MACHINES AFTER I BROKE TWO. THEN I TOOK A NEEDLEPOINT CLASS WITH A FRIEND AND ENDED UP WITH A SERIOUS PUNCTURE WOUND DUE TO THE NEEDLES. ARRRGGHHHH!!!!!!

WAITING FOR YOUR ART WORK. JUST LOOKING AT THE WAY YOU DECORATE YOUR HOME IS A WORK OF ART.

LUV
JAN

i've made clay aiken calendars

alyse

joemomma, I just made a little gif image on photoshop for it. :bigsmile :giggle I could have made it better so the eye lashes actually moved along with the lid, but I was lazy that day. :lol

I love Elphaba too, that's why I doodled her. :lol I actually don't have any sketches of the evil queen from Snow White, or any interpretations of her. :lol Whenever I try to make someone evil, they just look too cute. :para :lol

I LOVED your drawing of the Evil Queen on your MySpace, I must say. :clap :clap :clap :bouncy You should post it here. :bigsmile

Prissy, I'd love to see some of your crafty things. :bigsmile :hugg

Well, for your enjoyment (and for my amusement :lol) here's a whole slew of new sketches:

*NOTE*: I know some of the elves are kind of scantily clad (barely censored with stars on their bosoms :giggle) and should probably go into the Artistic Nudity thread, but I don't think they really need to, they're more than covered I say. :lol But if it's a problem, I surely will move them. :yes *END NOTE*

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(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_belleelfbwah.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/belleelfbwah.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_ooopigtails.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/ooopigtails.jpg)
The first one looks like Belle from Beauty and the Beast but in elf form, doesn't it??? :lol Second, just wanted to do those spiffily fun pigtails. :bigsmile :lol

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_ohgoodnessithinkitsclaudio.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/ohgoodnessithinkitsclaudio.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_demongalladypersonyay.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/demongalladypersonyay.jpg)
First one, I just wanted to sketch out a couple expressions. :smile I was listening to Coheed and Cambria, and thought of Claudio Sanchez (lead singer) so the screaming guy came out looking like him/is pretty much him. :bigsmile :lol I like how his mouth came out, I don't usually draw teeth that well.
Elf gals on the page, I dig um. :smile Second, I love her horns. :bigsmile

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_heythere.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/heythere.jpg)
:giggle I don't know, just thought it'd be fun to have a guy upside down saying hullo to someone. :giggle

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_awwsuchamushyscene.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/awwsuchamushyscene.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_dancewithmeswaywithme.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/dancewithmeswaywithme.jpg)
First one was drawn before the second one. I'm in a Christmas mood, so I sketched a couple elves under the mistletoe. :giggle I like how the guy came out . . . and his hand. :lol
Second one is just so smudgey in person (I kept erasing :P), but I really like it. I'll probably ink and color at some point. :smile With a kind of angel and kind of horned gal (I don't call them demons, they're too cute to be demons :lmao), I always like drawing the angel a bit more devious, just because you don't really expect it, I s'pose. :bigsmile

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_embraceme.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/embraceme.jpg)
I was thinking of what kind of pinup to draw, and this is what came out. :giggle Then I just added the banner, I thought it kind of fitting in an odd way. :smile
I'm going to finish this one as well, kind of make it more . . . tattooish. Like add some roses, maybe a nautical star, something along those lines. :bigsmile :giggle

And that's that for now. Hope you like.

Hugs, :hugg

Carla :bubble

CARLA


YOUR FREEHAND SKETCHES ARE SO VERY CREATIVE.
AFTER TEACHING ART FOR OVER 30 YEARS, YOUR TALENT IS SO OBVIOUS.

NEVER STOP SKETCHING. i CARRY A SKETCH BOOK ALMOST WHEREVER I GO. IT COMES IN HANDY FOR FUTURE ART WORKS AND KEEPS YOU IN THE ART MOOD ALL THE TIME.

STILL WAITING FOR PRISSY AND FRANKIE TO SHOW US THEIR HANDICRAFTS; DECORATIONS AND CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS.

THANKS; CARLA, JOEMAMMA, LOLITA AND KIM FOR SHOWING US YOUR ARTWORK.

JAN

Carla -  :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap It must be so wonderful to just pick up a peice of paper and just draw! I always love seeing your work.

Jan - I did take pictures of last year's  Clay  ornaments (I made over 40 ornamnets  last year in celebration of of the release of ATDW), but the pictures are somewhere in one of my Clay folders in PhotoBucket - if I ever come across them, I will post them!  This year I have only been making ornaments (I don't consider them Christmas ornaments because people have told me they leave them out all year long  :lol ) of Meet and Greet pictures. I think anyone lucky enough to win a Meet and Greet with Clay needs a little reminder of the Day!

EDIT - I found the ornaments picture from last year. I started making ones with the cover of ATDW and of the AI5 appearnce, but soon decided that I should just do the ATDW cover:

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/fhmmany2/2006Ornaments.jpg)

FROM A LONG TIME AGO:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/marilyon/FUN%20STUFF/PETERTORK.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/marilyon/FUN%20STUFF/SAMSHEPARD.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/marilyon/FUN%20STUFF/CHRISTOPHERAT4.jpg)

MARILYN
I JUST KNEW IT WAS YOU WHEN I SAW SOME OF YOUR DRAWINGS BEFORE AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I SAW THEM

GOOD FOR YOU!!!! I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE ONE OF THE LITTLE BOY.
WHO IS HE????

NOW YOU CANNOT ESCAPE AND WILL HAVE TO COME HERE MORE OFTEN.

FRANKIE
I LOVE YOUR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. I WILL BE GETTING MINE OUT SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. STILL LOVE THE CLAY ONE AND HUBBY STILL LIKE MCPHEE. ANYMORE LET US SEE THEM.

LOVE
JAN

have a lot of premade clay aiken hats that i decorate in order of upcoming concerts that he may do

alyse

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/Jennifer.jpg)

nEW SUNHAT PAINTING, CALL HER JENNIFER, DO NOT KNOW WHY???????

NEXT WILL BE FIRST PART OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. POOR QUALITY FROM NEWSPAPER.

FIRST PAGE OF ARTICLE.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/artistovercomes2.jpg)

sECOND PAGE OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

SURE WISH THE PHOTOGRAPHER DID NOT INSIST ON THAT $%%#*( BERET, UGH

THE DRAWING WAS AT HOME WHEN MY FIRE BROKE OUT. THAT WAS A GOOD THING.

JAN

i have a clay aiken jacket that i made last year

alyse

ALYSE

CAN YOU POST A PICTURE OF YOUR CLAY AIKEN JACKET>??????

JAN

my binder is covered in clay aiken stuff

i even have belts that i decorated with clay aiken

i don't know how and havent taken a pic of it yet

Okay, where's all the new art, huh??? :naughty :lmao

Jan, thanks so much, glad you like my sketches, means a lot. :hugg I carry a little sketch book with me every where I go too. :smile Fits right in my purse and is very handy. :giggle Though in that one, I just use my ball point pen, since pencil gets too smudgey on the go.
I absolutely adore the sunhat paintings, if I hadn't already said. :clap :clap :clap They're just gorgeous. :smile

Frankie, Thank you, so glad you like seeing my work. :hugg The sketches don't always come out like I want them to, though, is the only thing wrong with it. :lmao
Love the ornaments. :clap :clap :clap I've kept mine out all year. :giggle

Marilyn, love your work. :bouncy :bouncy :hugg

Well, here's my latest:

*clickable!*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_nevercominoffmahcloudbwahYAYsmallfi.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/nevercominoffmahcloudbwahYAYsmallfi.jpg)

:giggle After meeting Clay, I doodled this in my sketch book and thought, "Okay, I need to finish this." and did just that. :giggle Inked and colored on my computer with my computer tablet. :smile Do you get it? I'm never coming off my cloud after meeting Clay. :bigsmile :lol :lol :lol Was really fun to do. This is the small version, since the big one was just . . . way too big for photobucket. :lol It's big enough to print, of which I may do. :smile

I'm going to do a second version with more texture and whatnot, and I'll post when it's done. :bouncy

Hope you like. :hugg

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

Carla ~ Your sketch of the cloud is adorable!  It speaks so much!  I spotted it on the OCD  and wanted to come here to thank you for posting it. :hugg

Charlene, thanks so much. :hugg Glad you like, and you're welcome for posting it. :giggle :hugg

Well, here is the second version of Never Coming Off My Cloud:

*clickable!*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_nevercominoffmahcloudbwahsecondvers.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/nevercominoffmahcloudbwahsecondvers.jpg)

:giggle It has more of a sunset feel, doesn't it? :giggle :smile I love how it came out. :bouncy

Textures I used are from: http://www.mayang.com/textures/

Spiffy site, I must say. :smile

Hope you like.

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

 :wow :wow

Amazing - everyone.  I am literally amazed at the wealth of talent we have here.  You're all awesome.   :clap :clap :clap

:whootwave Hullo . . .

I have doodled Clay as Sir Robin today. :giggle :

*clickable!*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_sirrobinyaysmall.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/sirrobinyaysmall.jpg)

:giggle

I know it doesn't look much like him (even though I used a reference :para), but, I still like it. :smile . . . and the costume's the tiniest bit off with the chicken (rooster??? :dunno), but it's just how it happened. :lol

And cartoon me's there, commenting on . . . well, him. :lmao And how I didn't get the attraction of knights before him. :lol :lol Version without me is in the OCD thread if you'd like to see. :smile

Hope you like.

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

Awesome, Carla!    :clap

For some reason I can't post in the OCD tonight (no reply buttons!), but I came over to tell Carla that I love her "Sir Robin" sketch - I think it is her best one so far!  :clap :clap :clap

Thanks so much, Kris & Frankie. :hugg Was fun to doodle. :smile I'm going to ink and color it eventually. . .

Am I going to be the only one posting art again like the last thread??? :para :para :para It'd be so sad if that happened. :sad

Anyhoo, I've come with a new art I've just finished:

*clickable!*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_emoangelFINAL.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/emoangelFINAL.jpg)

I can't type much at the moment, so here is the description from my Deviantart page:


And there you go. :smile Was fun to do. He's a bit more dark than most of my characters, which is fun for a change, I gotta say . . .

Hope you like.

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

Here I am again with a couple things. :smile After this, nothing from me for a while (I don't like posting so much in a row :para)

*clickable!*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_doodlesyayWOO.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/doodlesyayWOO.jpg)

Just a bunch of doodles I did on the computer yesterday. :smile Was fun. Don't you love Clay's big smile??? :lol This is what I imagine my M&G pic will look like. :lmao Slightly, anyway. :lol

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_hoodieguycolorfirstversionWOO.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/hoodieguycolorfirstversionWOO.jpg)

Then I finished one of the doodles, and really liked how it came out. :smile I don't know why he has a broken heart (as you can see from the word balloon :giggle), but, it looks to be pretty bad. :sad

Anyhoo, there you go. :smile These may look the slightest bit off on some screens, they should look fine on the really wide computer screens, though. :yes Since, that's what I'm on. :lol

Hope you like.

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

Carla!!!! :clap :clap :clap

Positively LOVE the Sir Robin! Girl...you are incredible! :bigsmile

Don't stop posting your art....we love seeing it!   :shappy

You on your cloud is precious. You are so cute! I had a friend draw me as a caricature once...
but I aint cute like you! 

CARLA

I JUST LOVE, LOVE YOUR SWEET DRAWING OF "COMING OFF A CLOUD"!!!!!!

LUV
JAN

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/GuideDogsCharity.jpg)

jUST A PICTURE IN WATERCOLOR OF A PUPPY LOOKING THROUGH A WINDOW.
EVERY YEAR THE "SEEING EYE DOGS" SOCIETY HAS AN AUCTION AND I USUALLY DONATE AN ANIMAL PORTRAIT. THE GIRL WHO RUNS IT TOOK THE PICTURE. THE ONE ON TOP IS AN ETCHING OF A GOLDEN RETRIEVER

EVERY THING HELPS AND I DO LOVE ANIMALS.

JAN

Kim, thanks so much. :smile Sir Robin was fun to sketch, I gotta say. :wink :lol Any Clay sketch is fabulous to do. :lol
And glad you like me on my cloud. :lol Ah, I'm not cute, and niether is my real self. :lol Thanks for the compliment, though. :lol Is that the caricature on your MySpace??? I think it's grand fun. :bouncy And cute too. :bigsmile

Jan, thanks so much as well. Glad you like. :smile I'm not off my cloud yet, I'm never coming off. :lol
I love the watercolour and etching. :bouncy I've said it before, if I could do realism with the talent you have in your pinky, I'd be set. :giggle
And such a good cause, I must add. :clap You're such a spiffy gal to help out. :hugg

I come with another doodle :giggle :

*clickable*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_chibisketchyay.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/chibisketchyay.jpg)

This style/thing is called a chibi, which is an anime (japanese cartoon) thing, but mine aren't looking very anime-ish anymore. :lol :lol
Isn't she cute? :giggle They're fun to draw, I must say.

Hope you like.

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/OntheStreet.jpg)

Happy to report that the University Of Kentucky now has this mixed media in their permanent collection.
It is etching and pencil. Called ON THE STREET.

Jan/Jeanne

 :clap :clap :clap Jeanne - Congratulations!

Jan,

Just beautiful!  And you can sense that this is someone deep in thought.


Carla,

I always enjoy all of you doodles and sketches.  You are a talented gal!!

Jeanne, I don't want this thread to end up on page 2, as it is just too important for Claymaniacs to have a forum on which they can display their artistic talents.  Wow!  What a talented group we have!  :clap

Your "Sunhat" series will always  be my favorite, Jeanne.  But I always wonder who the "mystery woman" is in the paintings???   :scratch

BTW, happy birthday, Jeanne!!!   :hb2

 :hugg

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/miscptgsFL032.jpg)

Thanks Thea

I appreciate your post.
Yes. wish more people would stop by but there are sooooo many threads that it is hard to catch up with them all.

I have been MIA, not feeling too much like posting but lurking.

Picture above is a model for a Sunhat painting. I save sunhats and pretty scarves for them. This is just an example of the many hats and scarves that I have.

Next picture will be the beginning of a new Sunhat painting. I need the funny model so I can properly place a hat and see how it fits the head.

Cont.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/miscptgsFL040.jpg)

The beginning.

As you see the "mystery ladies" are usually what I have in my head. They just seem to grow out of my paintbrush. Teaching life drawing for almost all my life, I can easily draw a person. NOW, the sunhats and scarves are another  problem . I need them.

PS. If you are reading this, Have a wonderful vacation in St. Kitt

Love
Jeanne/Jan

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/Samantha.jpg)

Guess I mentioned that right now I am in a duo Series of paintings.
I am painting my SUNHAT series and also a DOLL series.

Just finished this doll painting called SAMANTHA.

JAN

Ok Jan! I'm heeeere! Don't git me! :bigsmile

Gee....that's kinda neat...using the hat model for the paintings....and filling in features straight from your creative mind like that! I can't do stuff like that :cry 
I have about 0 % creativity. :bang  Can't draw nuttin from my mind. :no
Aint nuttin in there I guess! :lmao

I don't have much new to share. Just this one that I'm sure y'all have already seen...
it aint new.............. but it's newly signed! :purpbana

EEEEEEEEEE! :lol

(Sorry...had to remove the photo per BAF.....and I don't know how to delete my post!)





 :bang

J.M

I HAVE A SUNHAT SERIES AND A DOLL SERIES.
METHINKS YOU HAVE A "CLAY" SERIES

I WAS NEVER HAPPY WITH MY CLAY ART WORK. I NEVER DID REALLY CAPTURE THE REAL CLAY.
FREEHAND DRAWING IS THE PROBLEM. THAT IS WHY I NEVER DID A GOOD DRAWING OF HIM.
NOW IF HE COULD POSE FOR ME, IN PERSON,THEN I COULD DO ONE I LIKE.

YOUR SHADING IS PERFECT.

YOU SHOULD GET HIS AUTOGRAPH FOR YOUR SELF. SOMEONE ELSE WILL BENIFIT FROM THE SIGNATURE NOW. MAYBE HE WILL SIGN SOMETHING FOR YOU. YOU DESERVE IT.

JAN

 :slick  :lol :bouncy

 If he actually posed for me in person...I couldn't get a thing drawn! I'd probably sit & stare at him and grin and giggle and drool and stuff. :bduh   :roflmao

gosh, did you all take classes to get that good or were you just born talented?! everyones artwork is great!

Thanks Goodnight moon

Some people are born with talent and a lot acquire it through taking classes.
But I think dedication is the most important part .

Jan

Well now I thought I posted my new Clay here... :bduh

I don't see im nowhere though...

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/dreamyboy4darknd.jpg)


I'm a ditz.  :para

WOODY

THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH FOR "STICKING" THIS THREAD.

LOVE YOU

JAN

Fantastic work as always, Ms. Kim, Ms. Jan. :bouncy

Kim, we're all ditzzy some times. :lol I love your Clay drawing there. :thud All my realism still looks the slightest bit cartoony. :lol

Jan, I love your sunhat series. :clap And the doll is so very spiffy. :smile

While I'm here, a doodle photoshoped a couple different ways. :smile

*click*
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_sweeneytoddyayaltered.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/sweeneytoddyayaltered.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_sweeneytoddyayalterednn.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/sweeneytoddyayalterednn.jpg)

I finally got to see Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and just had to doodle him in my own style. :giggle Was great fun to do. Had to take a picture of it, since I don't have a scanner at the moment. :sad But, I think it looks okay. :smile
Was originally done in blue ball point pen, but thought black would be better. :smile

Hope you like.

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

Kim:  love your latest, you just get better and better, really graet picture of CLay.

Carla:  love you work to you do a great job.

Jan:  great work as usual


Sasha

Congrats to you, JAN, on achieving "Sticky" Status!!!!   This is a great thread.  I lurk here often!!!   :clap

Jan, Kim, Carla,

Great work as always!  You are all so talented!!

:bighug

PRISSY

TALENT IS IN MANY GUISES
FOR INSTANCE, WHEN I SEE YOUR LOVELY HOME AND HOW YOU  DECORATE FOR EVERY SEASON, I JUST AM FLABBERGASTED (IS THAT A WORD?)  I COULD NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DO WHAT YOU DO. I THINK WE ALL HAVE A TALENT, IT JUST COMES IN MANY FORMS; MUSIC, WRITING, DECORATING, NEEDLEWORK, ETC.

BUT THANKS FOR THE NICE WORDS.

AND J.M

YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DRAW FROM YOUR "HEAD" AS YOU CALL IT, BUT YOUR SHADING IS FANTASTIC IN YOUR REALITY DRAWINGS. AND YOU AND LINDA HUBER HAVE THE SAME STYLE, BOTH REALISTIC WITH GREAT RENDERING OF LIGHTS AND DARKS.

THEA

AND I AM SOOOOOO GLAD THAT THIS THREAD IS A "STICKY" THREAD NOW. IT JUST SHOWS HOW TALENTED OUR CLAYMANIACS ARE. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU WHO ARE HIDING YOUR LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL.

LUV
JAN
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/Paintingsandflorals015.jpg)

tHIS IS THE FINISHED SUNHAT FROM THE ONE ON THE TOP OF THIS PAGE. JUST FINISHED. IT HAS TO BE GLAZED WITH COLOR NEXT. BUT IT WILL BE THE SAME ALMOST.

Jan -  :hugg I love the new sunhat portrait!

I can't do anything freehand, but I like to do cross stitch.  I made this for my husband when we were dating.  He's Irish.

                                        Click

                            (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/th_IMG_2482aaa.jpg) (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/IMG_2482aaa.jpg)

FRANNIE

WOW, SEE WHAT I MEAN????? I COULD NEVER IN A HUNDRED YEARS DO WHAT YOU DO. THE NEEDLEWORK IS FANTASTIC. I LOVE IT.
WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE IF YOU HAVE THEM.

CARLA

NEAT DRAWINGS OF JOHNNY DEPP FROM SWEENEY TODD. I NEVER DID ANYTHING ON MY COMPUTER. LOTS OF MY ART FRIENDS USE THEIR COMPUTER A LOT, FROM PLANNING TO COMPOSITION, ETC. IT IS HARD ENOUGH FOR ME JUST TO USE THE PHOTOBUCKET, SO GIVE ME AN F FOR COMPUTER ART.

LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, YOU ARE A VERY TALENTED CLAYMANIAC.

J.M

HOW DO YOU START YOUR DRAWINGS????? LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, M INE ARE POSTED. I SKETCH LOOSELY FIRST , THEN THROW ON A LITTLE PAINT SO I CAN TELL WHAT COLORS I WANT AND THEN MY HAND JUST GOES TO WORK. I AM IN ANOTHER WORLD WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW????? MAYBE THE COVER OF THE CD???

WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE MY LATEST "DOLL" PAINTING. MY SON TOOK ONE LOOK AT IT AND SAID "MOM, YOU ARE SICK"

TALK TO YOU LATER.

WAITING FOR MORE OF OUR TALENTED MEMBERS; LIKE PRISSY AND FRANKIE OUR TIP TOP DECORATORS.

LUV
JAN

Frannie.... :clap :clap
That's cool! I couldn't do that. I'd lose a finger. Or two. :para

Jan....
I did just finish the CD cover...surprise surprise? :lmao

I just start em by sizing them and getting an outline. Then I transfer the rough outline to the drawing paper by coloring the back of my sketch paper with pencil, flipping it, and tracing.

Here's just the face finished on the cd cover...

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_firstface.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/firstface.jpg)

You can see the outline...just giving me a starting/stopping point.
then starting hair...

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_hairstartshopped.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/hairstartshopped.jpg)

I use a black marker to get around his face & hair...then come in with black acrylic paint
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_headdone2shoppedback2.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/headdone2shoppedback2.jpg)

and then....he be finished! :lol

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_postingfinal2.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/postingfinal2.jpg)

Oh my.....Jan!

My momma found my very old attempt at a sunhat drawing. :lmao
I was TRYIN to teach myself to stipple  :bduh

I screwed it up but....

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/sunhatstipple.jpg)

Man...that was kinda a mess! :lol

J.M

The way you start is exactly how Illustrators start their work.
Good explanation.

NOW, I wish you lived closer. Have you ever tried to paint in oils????
Painting is another matter, but I am sure you would do fine.
All you can do is ruin a few canvases

How about colored pencil??? Your drawings would take on a new dimension then.

But you are doing just fine the way you are. The shading is perfect. And teaching how to shade properly is a real chore. Very few get it right, you sure do. I shade with impossible dots , if you look closely at my drawings on my webpage. Sometimes I shade like you do, but I discovered this method of dot shading and I love ilt. Only it takes 5 times as long to complete as regular shading.
We both live in Florida, do you ever get way down to Sarasota??????? I have an extra room (my computer room) with a small bed, you are welcome, we could "art" together.

Keep on keepin' on!!!!!!

JAN

PS. My son lives in my studio , he would not bother you, ?????????

It doesn't look screwed up to me Kim.  I love it!

Maybe your momma could find some more of your old drawings to show us.


I also especially love Jeanne's piece ON THE STREET.

Thank you all for the comments. :smile

Jan, love the new sunhat painting. :clap
I would love to try painting sometime. I don't know where to start, though . . . I'm going to try airbrushing, though, in the near future. :smile My mum found my dad's airbrushing kit, and she gave it to me, which is kind of funny. How it turned up when i had been wanting to try it . . .
It's not actually supposed to be Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd, (kind of, but not really :lol). I was just doodling. :smile I tried to put Johnny in my cartoon style as Sweeney, but he just looked like a really mad Mozart. :lol
I'm using the computer more right now since I can't do too much art with an 11 month old around (I much prefer working with traditional media). :lol She wants to see everything, and see the sketch book, and play with my pen. :lol My first niece was like that as well. I don't know what they like about it. :bduh

Frannie, love the cross stitching. :clap I cross stitched many years ago (when I was 14/15 :giggle), it's quite relaxing . . .

Kim, Love the CD cover drawing. :wink :clap And your old work. :bigsmile I found about a bazillion sketch books when I was cleaning the other week. I may need to scan (take a pic) of something. :giggle
And I loved you showing how your drawings are done. :smile

Well . . . I feel like my art is just terrible at the moment, but I like these little cartoony things I've been doing the last couple days:

*click*
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/Sketchy/th_cartoondoodlescropped.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/Sketchy/cartoondoodlescropped.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/Sketchy/th_cartoondoodles02smallyay.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/Sketchy/cartoondoodles02smallyay.jpg)

I don't know, just fiddling with a cartoony style, and thought they were cute, thought I'd share (done with ballpoint pen, had to take a picture again) . . .

I'm thinking of something I can do to enter for the Minnesota State Fair art exhibit this year . . . but nothing much has come to mind. :dunno I've been wanting to do something for it for the past couple years, but just keep forgetting. My goal is to at least get something submitted. :smile

I don't know why I am, though. All the years I've gone, I've never seen anything remotely along the lines of what I do (cartoons :P). Maybe I'm just being silly to want to enter something, but . . . I don't know. My art's not the best, but it doesn't hurt to try . . .

Anyhoo, enough of my babbling. Hope you like.

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

Carla...Do it! :clap

Enter something girl! Your art is so fun and whimsical...it's fun to look at! :purpbana

If it'd be completely different from everything else entered -THAT'S what'll attract everyone to it! :bigsmile

Carla ~ If you would like to make a living in art it would be good to have exhibition entries in your portfolio and resume.

Frannie...where's that scannin hubby of yours?

Were WAITING.................. :lmao

Jan...I already know I'm a crappy painter...my art teacher in high-school TRIED to teach me oil & watercolor painting......
but I'm terrible. she gave up! :lol

One of these days when I can find the time I might just enroll in a painting class. Even though I SUCK...I really think it's FUN to paint!

I met a fella who is paralyzed and paints with his MOUTH! Beautiful stuff too! Birds and wildlife stuff...amazing.

Those mouth painters and feet painters are really good! 

Maybe I'd have more talent with my mouth or feet than I have with my hands!

My scanner appears to be functioning poorly.  I'll have to take photos........stay tuned.

 :wave

I love coming here to see what Carla, Kim, and Jeanne have done - good thing I can't draw - it's especially good that I can't draw Clay - I would never get anything else done if I could!  :lol

Carla - you should enter your art in every exibition that you can - a Fair is a great place to start!

I never thought about posting cross stitch (thanks Frannie  - I love your cross stitch, too - now Jeanne will be happy that I posted something besides Christmas ornaments!) I have so little of my cross stitch - I ususally make them as gifts to give away - but I do have one that shows my life's philosophy!   :lmao

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/fhmmany2/stitch1.jpg)

I was telling Kim earlier that posting my cross stitch made me think about this art appreciation class that I took 25 years ago.  I don't really have artistic talent but I do appreciate art very much.  Our only assignment for this class was to keep an art journal.  We could put anything in it that we wanted to, in any form that we wanted to, just so there were frequent and regular entries.  I really enjoyed doing that journal.  It kind of forced me to notice more of the art that surrounds us every day, and it forced me to think about what IS art and how I define it for myself. 

Well, I can show you more of what's in my journal later, but right now what I wanted to show you was that in this journal I made a few attempts at sketching.  I just used my regular old graphite #2 pencil and I drew these 2 from photographs that I took.


This is a metal sculpture that stood on a pedestal outside of an elementary school.  It's modern art, not supposed to represent anything in particular.

(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/my%20photos/misc/IMG_2483a.jpg)



And this is also a metal sculpture that stood behind our recreational center.  It's very badly proportioned as you can see.  I think I just ran too close to the edge of the paper and was too lazy to start over.   :lol   I'm not a very dedicated artist I guess.

(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/my%20photos/misc/IMG_2485a.jpg)



I don't think I have drawn anything since and this is VERY good news for the artworld.   :clap

Frannie! :clap :clap

I think you did good! The second sketch almost looks like a horsey from a carousel...
maybe it's the pole... :bduh

Ever notice the horses on carousels are always baring their teeth....? Used ta freak me out when I was little. :shocked

Ok...still does kinda...... :para

fhmmany...love the stitching! Great philosophy ya got...I'ma hafta borrow it. :bigsmile

Kim, Frannie, Frankie, I am going to enter something, I just can't think of what I want to do yet. :dunno I have 3 and a half months about, so I'd best think of an idea and get something going. :giggle :hugg
I was on the website, and it said that over 2000 people entered and only 372 people were chosen to have their art exhibited. :para Not liking the odds. :lol :lol But I'm going to try, for if you don't try, then you'll never know, right? :smile

Frankie, love the cross stitch. :clap I love the saying. :giggle

Frannie, I think you did very well too. :clap And I thought the same as Kim, the second looks like a horse from a carousel. :bigsmile

Kim, thank you for the compliment. :hugg Glad you think my art is whimsical and fun, and fun to look at. :giggle
I was thinking that a little bit too, but I only worry that it's a bit too different for this kind of art exhibit. :para The only time I've had my art shown was in high school (the classes I had at MCAD didn't much exhibit their work. :bduh :lol) at a couple art shows the school district had . . . and I never won. :lmao :lmao The one I had in a show my senior year, I displayed at my graduation party and my grandma thought it was a horse. :para It was a girl. :laugh It was done in charcol, she had a big eye, and it was only her face . . . I don't know how she thought horse when she saw it. :lol I'll have to take a pic of it . . .

Anyhoo, enough of my babbling. Here is some old art:

*click*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/th_bunnygaledit.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/bunnygaledit.jpg)

It's almost three years old (as you can see :lol), drew it for my best bud Simon, and yeah . . . I found it in photobucket, and thought I'd edit it a bit in photoshop so it'd look a bit cleaner. I'm happy with the result. :smile I absolutely hate her face now. :lol It looks terrible, doesn't it?

And there you go. Hope you like the old art. :smile

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

I like her face Carla............. What's wrong with it? :bigsmile

Jan....are the dots you use for shading similar to the stipple technique only with pencil?
I like doing stipple occasionally...for somethin different...

Here's my Marilyn Manson in stipple...he was fun! :purpbana 
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/scan3.jpg)

I like portraits that give me somethin a little different to draw...like Edward Scissorhands or Pinhead or somethin crazy but different than just eyes, nose & mouths!

These guys were fun!
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/wizscannofix2fixed.jpg)

Kim ~ Have we seen your Edward Scissorhands or Pinhead?

Have you ever drawn Johnny Depp's Captain Jack? 

You should try drawing someone who has alot of tatoos.  I'll bet you'd do a great job on something like that!

Or someone with alot of wrinkles like Tommy Lee Jones.

 :lmao :lmao

Okie Frannie....you asked for it! :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao

Edward in ink..
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_edward2.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/edward2.jpg)

Eddie in pencil.... (these are all older...pre-scanner-hence the crappy pics.)  :giggle

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_eddie2sold2.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/eddie2sold2.jpg)
 
Pinhead...

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_pinheadhellraiser0054.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/pinheadhellraiser0054.jpg)

The Capn..guess I'ma hafta go hunt him down...I got one somewhere... :bduh

Here's a Tommy Lee...but not Jones. :giggle

Noticed he's got my name on his chest??


(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_tommy.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/tommy.jpg)

He wants me. :lol

I guess I DID ask for it.  (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/emoties/jawsmiley.gif)    Nicely done.

Next up.....Sweeney Todd and his girlfriend.

Wasn't expecting to get Tommy Lee tho.  (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/emoties/Moods/thbackingaway.gif)   He's the scariest one of them all!

You SAID tattoos..... :bigsmile

 :giggle

So I did....(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/emoties/Oh%20Shit/th794AC_1087.gif)


"Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah."

~ Daughtry

 :laugh

Frannie...you are so funny. You crack me up! :bigsmile

 :hugg

Someone say Daughtry?????  :shrug

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_cd.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/cd.jpg)


 :lmao :lmao

Kim, You are too funny for words!  :lmao

Oh, I didn't know you drew Daughtry.  You've been holding out on us.  (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/emoties/Misbehavin/thwhip.gif)

This year I like Chikezie and David Cook.  Do you think you can do them?  Not both at the same time, of course.

And Clay singing Mack the Knife.  That's my favorite AI performance from him.  I have a BIG hi res pic you can use.  (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/emoties/animated%20clays/clayaikengrease.gif)    That's not it of course, I just like it.

I AM SOOOO HAPPY ALL YOU TALENTED CLAYMANIACS HAVE STARTED A REAL GOOD THREAD NOW.
LOTS OF FUN AND THOUGHTFUL SUGGESTIONS.

FROM DRAWING TO CARTOONS AND STITCHERY , NEEDLEPOINT. JUST LOTS OF GOOD ART.

THANKS FOR SHOWING US YOUR WONDERFUL ART WORK, I AM SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.

LOVE

JAN/JEANNE

Frannie...send me the Mac .......lets have a peek and see if I think I can pull it off. :bigsmile


Here's that Capn Jack Sparrow...


(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_capjackretry.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/capjackretry.jpg)

Oooo, that's good Kimmy!  and somewhat different for you.  When did you do it?

I'll PM you the pic

Did him last year I think...? whenever the movie came out... :bduh

I was playin with inks and wash then.... :lol 

Here's another ink & wash...this is LuLu..Louise Brooks...big silent film star...from her movie Pandoras Box. I kinda liked this one because she had the sheer black veil raised around her head and the wash worked really good with it.

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_pandorasbox.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/pandorasbox.jpg)

Wow, your celebrity research goes really far back!

Nice job, very sultry.  It looks very much like those old timey photographs.

Lordy Lou Ms. Kimmeh, can I borrow your talent, just for like . . . a day or so??? Seriously. :roflmao I feel silly posting cartoons when you, and Jan posts such lovely works. :thud :blush
I Love the Marilyn Manson one. The style just really goes with his . . . him. :lol I like him. Only a couple/few of his songs, but he seems like such a down to earth person when you see him in interviews. Not like the crazy, demon, person people make him out to be, you know?
And Edward and Jack, so cool, and everything else. :clap I'd love to see a Sweeney Todd from you. :bigsmile :giggle

The face on bunny gal just seems so off to me now, it being so old (yes, three years is so old for me with art :lol). I just don't like her face anymore. I still quite like the inking. I was obsessed with inking then. I have quite a few ink arts from then.

Well, here's one of my latest (I feel silly posting it now :lol):

*click*
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b54/SketchyD2/th_newchibiyayLINEART.jpg) (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b54/SketchyD2/newchibiyayLINEART.jpg)

Don't mind the sample on there (was showing and didn't want anyone to take it, since some take lineart to color where I post). :shocked Um . . . this was the first cartoony thing I tried out the other night. Was done in ballpoint pen (which looks pretty bad from my pic :para) and I inked it on the computer. Coloring now. :bouncy
Her neck looks a bit off (like it goes off her should into . . . nothing :shocked). Hmm . . .

Carla...don't you dare feel silly posting your wonderful stuff! I positively LOVE it!
Don't forget...you owe me a sleeve tattoo! :bigsmile

Hey...heard anything about that tattoo gig? My guy that does my tattoos said I could display some stuff in his new shop...but I really only have the Bride of Frankenstein that'd really "fit in" there. :lol Can ya see me putting my Clay's up in a tattoo place?? :shock   Manson woulda been cool...but he's long gone. :cry I like Manson too. :bigsmile

I like Marilyn Manson and Clay Aiken.  :lmao

Beth! :wave  You snuck in!

Jan...what would be the best kinda paint for a beginner? Acrylics?

CARLA

YOUR WORK IS UNIQUE, CLEVER ,AND DO NOT EVER DOWNPLAY YOUR TALENT. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN DO WHAT YOU DO????  KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING, IT IS WITTY AND CHARMING!!!

J.M

A LOT OF BEGINNERS TRY ACRYLICS, NEVER KNOWING THAT THEY DRY SO FAST. IF YOU START IN OILS, YOU CAN LEAVE THE PAINTING OVERNIGHT AND THE OILS WILL STILL BE WORKABLE.
ACRYLICS ARE GREAT FOR ABSTRACT ART, AS THE PAINT IS FLAT. OILS ON THE OTHER HAND HAVE SO MUCH DEPTH. ESPECIALY IF YOU ARE DOING PORTRAITS, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO.

WATERCOLORS ARE WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH IF YOU ARE AN OUTDOOR PAINTER. THEY ARE PARTICULARLY WONDERFUL FOR LANDSCAPES, FLOWERS, ETC. BUT TO DO PORTRAITS WATERCOLORS ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT.

I USED TO LOVE TO DO CELEBRITIES; MY FAVORITE WAS M ARILYN MONROE. HAVE YOU DONE ANY DRAWINGS OF HER.? THEY ARE VERY SALEABLE.

FRANKIE
YOUR NEEDLEPOINT IS VERY GOOD. SEEEEEE, YOU WERE HIDING YOUR TALENT, WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU DONE, BESIDE DECORATE YOUR HOME ARTISTICALLY, NOT TO MENTION YOUR GREEN THUMB.

FRANNIE
I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE DRAWING OF THE ABSTRACT SCULPTURE, IT HAS DIMENSION. MORE????????

LUV
JAN

Jan's right Carla! I would LOVE to be able to do what you do! :purpbana

Frannie...any more sketches in there? needlepoints?

I got some Marilyns Jan...

Never any of em serious intricate drawings....just kinda quickies... like all my inks  :lol
One of my very first attempts at using the black acrylic paint for a background...
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_marilynnormal.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/marilynnormal.jpg)

Ink....
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_marilynmonroe.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/marilynmonroe.jpg)

And THIS one is older...I still hadn't gotten down the whole "blending" graphite thing yet :giggle
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_marilyn2-1.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/marilyn2-1.jpg)

Clay has this photo of Marilyn up in his house!

I really should try that one again now...it's a GREAT shot of her....
I love drawing her when she has the big cheesy grin  :bigsmile

Kay...now I just gotta share this ...
this is the paralyzed fella who paints with his mouth, and some of his work.


Maybe it's just cuz I can't paint for diddley...but I just find this amazing....

clickable
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_904854003_l.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/904854003_l.jpg)
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_l_0d9ab15c185998952ea72a1df7466708.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/l_0d9ab15c185998952ea72a1df7466708.jpg)
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/th_870076758_l.jpg) (http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/kleone2u/870076758_l.jpg)

Kim ~ He is really good!  Did he paint before he was injured?  Does he live near you?

Isn't it wonderful that he has found something that he can do despite his severe handicap?  Just goes to show ya that we all have talents, but sometimes we need to search for them.

I'm going to visit my mom today and I'll take pics of some of the needlework that I gave to her.  Heck, I'll take a pic of my mom too.

:hide ---->lurker onboard!


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/ILClaymate/graphics/yayness.gif)  I can't wait to see both!  I'd like to meet mom someday.  :smile

"YAYNESS"?  :scratch  :shrug



That would be awesome!  We go to lunch and/or doctors and/or errands every Wednesday.  Maybe you can join us some day. She lives close to the area that we will be going to on Saturday.


Anyway, I did go to Mom's house and I did take pics of what she has in her house that I stitched for her.

~ This is the Serenity Prayer.  (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/th_IMG_2490aa.jpg) (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/IMG_2490aa.jpg)   clickable



~ And these two I made at the same time.  I gave the one on the left to my mom and kept the other one for me.  They're tiny, only 5"x 6" with the frame.


            clickable     (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/th_IMG_2486aa.jpg) (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/IMG_2486aa.jpg)               (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/th_IMG_2516a.jpg) (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/IMG_2516a.jpg)



Then while I was there I thought I would show you some of the things that my dad used to whittle before he developed neuropathy in his hands.

~ I think these animals are absolutely adorable.   Click 'em.     (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/th_IMG_2495a.jpg) (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/IMG_2495a.jpg)     (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/th_IMG_2505a.jpg) (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/IMG_2505a.jpg)


~ This is a Love Spoon.  They were carved by men in the British Isles in the 18th & 19th centuries as a token of affection for their lady friends.  (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/th_IMG_2497.jpg) (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/IMG_2497.jpg)


~ And this one is very special to me.  This is a door harp.  It's Swedish folk art.  It hangs on the back of a door and when the door opens and closes the marbles bounce off the wires and make a beautiful, gentle musical pinging sound.  It's so charming.   (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/th_IMG_2510.jpg) (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/franniek54/IMG_2510.jpg)



So I guess this is at least partly where I get my fondness for folk art.

I would love to join you and mom some Wednesday as long as she doesn't mind.  :smile



I loved the pics Fran!  You did a great job on the cross stitches and I loved your dad's little animals...those are very cool and very detailed.  Amazing!

WOW Frannie!

You really are great at stitchin! :clap :clap :clap

Those lil aminals are so cute! Lookit the lil cow! :bouncy

Very, very spiffy, Frannie. :clap :bouncy Your stitching is wonderful. :thud Everything you posted is very neat, I must say. :clap :clap
(By the by, I love your avie :thud I can't look away. :shocked :lol :goo)

Thank you Kim & Jan. :hugg :hugg :hugg I'm glad you like my art. :hugg It just happens sometimes where I feel my art is inadequate. Seeing such gorgeous art from gals such as yourselves, and so many people still thinking that cartoons aren't art, it just sometimes happens, is all. :yes

Kim - :lmao Yes, I do indeed owe you a sleeve tattoo! :lol :bigsmile Well, I'm living with my sister and BIL right now, being nanny for my niece, and it's an hour and a half away from tattoo man, so . . . yeah. :lol No, the shop isn't up yet, and I don't think it will be . . . anytime soon, really. :smile My sister called a friend of hers and has him on the lookout (he has a tattoo artist friend) of shops here in the twin cities to see if anyone wants to apprentice, so we'll just go where the road takes me at the moment. :smile

Yes, I like Marilyn Manson and Clay Aiken as well. :lol :lol Hand off a Clay drawing for the tattoo place, they'll love it! :giggle :bouncy

I love the Marilyn Monroe pics. :clap And wow to the painter there. :shocked :clap It is quite lovely, I must say. :bigsmile

Well, while I'm here, some art for you fine peeps. :giggle

Some probably remember this one from the old art thread:

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/clayandmeawwwwcellshadingFINISHED.jpg)

From . . . October 2006, I believe. :bigsmile I still love it quite a bit, I must say. :smile Well, I had the lineart in photobucket, and thought I'd color it again for fun, and here's the result:

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/clayandmecoloringDONE.jpg)

Last one, was done doing cell shading, the new one, I thought I'd try a bit more of a painterly/watercolor-ish kind of thing. :yes I quite like how it came out  . . .

Cartoon Me and Cartoon Clay if you didn't know. :giggle :bigsmile When my hair was short, now it's just . . . insanely long, :shocked :lol

Hope you like.

Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

I love it Carla! :purpbana  It really does look like watercolors.


Ok...first the guy who paints so good with just his mouth...and now this!

 Ya gotta admit...he/she is pretty good! Better than meee!
HOW do they do that!?

I want one. :para



http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2303805/7243228

Err....I want a painting...not the elephant. :roflmao

Kim - you need to go to the library and check out "The Other Side of the Mountain" (or go rent the movie by the same name). It is the story of artist and teacher Jill Kinmont. She was everyone's choice to lead the Olympic skiing team in 1955, when she was paralyzed in a training accident. She has made a wonderful life with her art - and she also paints with her mouth.

Carla - if you don't stop "putting down" your art, we may have to get out Mama Boca's paddle!  :spank2  :lol Most people (Me Too!!!) would give anything to have your talent.

I love coming here to see all of the art -  :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

Thank ya', Kim. :smile :bouncy Glad you like. Was fun to do, I must say. :bouncy
Woah, I want one of those paintings too (and the elephant :lol)! :clap I've seen elephants just paint before, but never draw an actual picture. :shocked

Frankie, :lol I'll stop, I'll stop. :lol I'm very grateful and happy that I can draw, sometimes I'm just too much of a critic. :giggle

Well, since my scanner hasn't been hooked up yet, I thought I'd keep practicing on sketching on the computer, and here's my latest:

*click*
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/WIP/th_meanddaftdoodleyayWIP.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/WIP/meanddaftdoodleyayWIP.jpg)

His anatomy's quite terrible, but I really like it none the less. :giggle Going to fix it sooner than later. :smile And it actually has a background! :oh Which I really like. :bigsmile :whoot And then going to finish the whole thing at one point. :bouncy I think I'm getting a bit better with sketching on the computer. :smile

For when I do have my scanner hooked up, I've done an inked drawing that I really, really love, and will share that when I have my scanner all hooked up. :bouncy
Here's a pic of it before it was inked if you'd like to see:

*click*
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/WIP/th_carlahug.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/WIP/carlahug.jpg)

Cartoon me, and Oh mah Lawd, not cartoon Clay! :shocked :lmao Um, but anyway, it's cartoon me, and my best, best bud. :smile He's having a bit of a rough time at the moment, and he sadly lives out of state, and our last conversation, I said, "I'd drive all the way and give you a Carla hug if I could." :smile He said, "I wish you could." :giggle
So I drew this for him as a surprise, and to make him laugh, for whenever he needed a Carla hug :giggle , and was going to send it out to him, but he's going to come back to MN for a few days in a couple weeks, so I'm waiting to give it to him in person. :smile
And I didn't ink in "Hug, Yay!", I just wrote that for . . . I don't know. :para :lol

Anyhoo, I think I'm babbling a bit, so off I run.

Hope you like. :hugg

Carla -  :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap Is that Simon? I remember he had to move away - I know getting to come back for a visit will make him feel better!

Frankie, it is Mr. Simon (I think he's taller than Clay :shocked :lol which has nothing to do with anything :lol). :giggle I hope a visit will make him feel some better. :smile

Here is an updated version of the computer sketch for who want to see:

*click!*

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/WIP/th_avieartscreenshot.jpg) (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/WIP/avieartscreenshot.jpg)

Fixed/redid his arm (and neck a little bit), and started inking. :bouncy

Love seeing everyones wonderful talent!!  I am afraid I don't have any!!  CARLA your drawings are great, unique and wonderful!!!  FRANNIE I so enjoyed looking at your stitching and your fathers carvings!  I think you have a talented family!  Everything you showed us was so interesting.  ANGELA why don't you show us the jewlery you make, I would love to see it and try and get SASHA to bring some of her jewlery also.

Thank you for the compliment, Pepe. :smile :hugg

A doodle here:

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/SketchyD/doodlespoonyay.jpg)

. . . Should I explain? :lmao Um . . . there's this one line in Eddie Izzards stand up "I poked a badger with a spoon", and . . .there's the spoon apparently. :lol Doodle I did in photoshop. Was fun.

Hope you like. Love and hugs :hugg

Carla :bubble

Oh she is cute Carla!

Wish I could do that. :para

SINCE I STARTED TO PAINT MY SUNHATS AGAIN. I FOUND THIS ONE, IT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT I DID ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/SUNSET.jpg)

Jan - I think that is my favorite sunhat portrait so far!  (The newer ones are great, too!)  :clap :clap :clap :clap Just beautiful.

JUST GOT THIS IS THE MAIL; A MAGAZINE ARTICLE
HOPE YOU CAN READ IT WITH YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASSES!!!!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/studiojnc/SunhatinFl.jpg)

LUV
JAN/JEANNE/TAFFY

Jeanne :notworthy :notworthy :flower :flower bravo my friend, and they feature one of your sun hat paintings :bouncy :clap

SUCH GOOD NEWS :smile

TODAY I RECEIVED A CATALOG FROM DENMARK.
AN ART CATALOG AND A PICTURE OF ONE OF MY WOODENGRAVINGS IS INCLUDED. :smile

AS SOON AS MY SCANNER IS WORKING AGAIN, I WILL SCAN THE CATALOG.

IT HAPPENED AT A GOOD TIME AS I JUST RUINED A PAINTING, GRRRRRRR :bang :bang

LOVE
JAN

Jan, I love your sunflower hats paintings. My Aunt's sister-in-law always made us Easter hats with sunflowers on them so they remind me of days gone by. I'd love to  see your woodgravings. Get that scanner up and running!

Wow, shat incredible talent you all have.  Jan your work is fantastic. I love the sun hats.

I paint but I have no real true talent. I have only 4 paintings I like and they are copies of others peoples paintings. I like painting people and, abstract shapes. i work in watercolors.

My family are all very artistic, I was always the science/math one in the family. When I announced I was painting, everyone bought me painting supplies, books, tapes.  :lol

My Neice, ( a true artist), cornered me at Mom's memorial service  and lectured about downing my work. She pointed to an abstract hanging on the wall in my bedroom and said that is really great work. I broke a smile and said " ahh  yes my GEORGIA O'KEEFE, IT IS RED AND YELLOW :lol :lol
 A watercolor of some mountains outside Taos, NM. It is a print I bought at the MOAM in LA.

I knew we had an "art" thread on this site! :thumb

On Thanksgiving Day, yesterday, we were with friends and new friends.  One of the couples, from Colorado, had been to an Art Museum in Oklahoma City on their way to Texas.

There were wonderful glass blown exhibits on display.  Here are a few:

This is a closeup of:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Prissy2/New%20Pictures/IMG_1596.jpg)

an enormous tree of blown glass tubes over two stories tall.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Prissy2/New%20Pictures/IMG_1598.jpg)

Here are beautiful colorful blown glass bowls:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Prissy2/New%20Pictures/IMG_1605.jpg)

PRISSY,  how interesting my gosh that tree is huge, the bowls are gorgeous.  You always bring us the most interesting things to see, beautiful wedding locations, beautiful food pictures, travel pictures, love all you do for us!!!! 

:whootwave

It's been terribly long since I've posted. :para :dunno Just haven't had too much to post, I s'pose. :dunno

But anyhoo, I made a montage of my art for the past year (past year and a half, really :lol) and if you'd like to see, here's a link for ya':

A Corking Good Show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXbx11v5ENs)

Hope you like, dahlings. :hugg

Carla :bubble

P.S. For those who didn't see, here's my first art montage I made back in 2006:

All This Hullabaloo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5p4RLSWjOA)

:giggle :hugg

HI

MY NEW SITE IS UP AND RUNNING, YOU CAN FIND IT AT;

www.jeannenormanchase.com

Enjoy

Luv to all our talented Claymaniacs!!!!

Jan aka Jeanne

Jan,

I just visited your site and really enjoyed it.  I always love seeing the sun hat pictures.  I am impressed that you work with all kinds of different media, too.

:hugs
Prissy

Carla,
Always love seeing your work, too!