Senior Illustration Show time!

It is my dearest Miss Hawkes's show this first week in April along with the first half of Montserrat's lovely illustration seniors. You should probably go check it out; all of the right people--like myself--will be there.

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm opening

"All Dolled Up"

Senior Illustration Show

Montserrat's 301 Gallery, Beverly, MA

Featuring the art of:

Erica Allard

Meghan Hawkes

Emilee McGlory

Christopher Parent

Danielle Smith

Christopher Thibodeau

Justine Fitzgerald Yandle

Children's books, the Civil War and zombies

Montserrat Illustration Theme Show tonight! Theme: Zombies.

It would be a grave understatement to say Zombies are not my "thing" but regardless, I have submitted a piece and the opening should be fun, so go check it out.

My Submission (the cropping in the actual piece is better than the scan, but me and computers...):

The Civil War was a rough gig, and that was before the Confederacy started employing zombies! Raised in secret and fed off the amputated limbs of wounded soldiers the Georgia 1st Zombie Regiment would have been a force to be reckoned with if Major General Sherman had not burned them in their entirety during his famous "march to the sea" of 1864.

In other news, today I endeavor to start work on an Old Sturbridge Village/1830s Rural American colouring book, so that should be fun. I also have a plan for a kids book I would like to get some sketching done for. Mayhaps, this momentary dearth of inspiration has finally come to an end.

Journalistic Drawing: Italy II

Italy round II: illustrations from the world of the watercolour block

First, my favourite Italy illustration, Saint Thomas Aquinas, who spoke in Viterbo during his lifetime--maybe just not in this "Godspell" of a fashion:

Villa Lante:

Viterbo:

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Also be sure to check out Drawing Viterbo which should soon be updated with the work of the rest of Montserrat's Journalistic Drawing Class 2009

Journalistic Drawing: Italy

Back from Italy with a good amount of artwork some I am quite proud of and some not as much; that is always the way of it though.

First, a few favourites from my Moleskine:

Viterbo recommendation:

Villa Lante à la Edward Gorey:

Fountain in the courtyard of city hall:

Laundry Day:

Old and New:

And a bonus image from my pre-Italy notebook, embroidery:

Journalistic Drawing: Practice Session III

I leave for Italy this afternoon. Wish me luck! and look for updates come August.

Journalistic Drawing: Practice Session II

A few highlights from the pre-Viterbo notebook:

Oh Dear!

I have ignored this blog as of late--as well as my companions blogs. I shall have to do some scanning and posting directly, as well as catching up with everyone else's work.

In the mean time, a picture I just received of--almost all of--my senior illustration class* from our Senior Show Opening:

*in case there was any question, I am the one on the bottom left with the puffy walking suit

Journalistic Drawing: Practice Session

I have not updated in a while, so I give you the first three drawings for my pre-Italy Journalistic Drawing sketchbook

A Look Into Western Frontier Life

For Senior Illustration Seminar: "Mock Art Director" project. For Jamie, I was assigned to do vignettes for a young adult book of three women in frontier America. This is what I came up with:

Hope you like them.

New Poster Time

Victorian Poster: Take Three Spirit Medium

Revamped the sketch I put up the other week, collaged in some scrap-booking paper from AC Moore and came up with this piece which I am quite happy with:

Sketch:

Finish:

Bigger version of the final: here 

And I get the print tomorrow!