recent sketchbook activity

©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli


©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

And some hand drawn type:

©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

I'm going to paint this one for my hubby:

©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

3x3

©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

Gustavo Aimar, an illustrator who's work I adore (so unique and full of character) is celebrating his blog's birthday with another blog where he's posting images made by other artists that measure 3 x 3. Since I enjoy his work and his blog so much, I really wanted to contribute. I spent several hours last evening working on my piece. However, when I went back to the site to get the e-mail address I was to send a jpg of my image to, I saw that it was supposed to be 3 x 3 cm. I made mine 3 x 3 INCHES. It was important to him that the work be made at that small size and not just be scaled down, so my piece isn't eligible. I was very disappointed that I hadn't paid closer attention to the guidelines before starting. Lesson learned.

sketchbook - girl on a sofa

sketchbook - penelope/audrey

Based on Penelope Cruz, styled to resemble Audrey Hepburn, in her new film, I think it's called Broken Embraces.

sketchbook - clothing

I felt like paying more attention to the clothes in my drawings and needed reference for the folds and such. These are based on some images I saw online.

edinburgh update

Things are going really well out here. We now have our own flat - which is really nice and comfortable - and we're finally both working. I have a part time job at a bed and breakfast and my husband is working part time in a retail job. I've always either been a student or had a full time job. This is the first time in my life where I'm not working full time and I love that I have an opportunity to draw and work on my illustrations.

In addition to doing lots of drawing, I've also been to some local music shows. Withered Hand is really good. I went to their CD release on Wednesday. On Friday night I went to Sister Spit, a spoken word event. Yesterday, Dario and I went to the National Gallery to see an exhibition of Spanish art: Spain - From Goya to Picasso. It was pretty good. I get excited about seeing works in person by famous artists I studied in school. I didn't usually have that opportunity where I lived in Canada.

sketch of a lady

©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

self portrait as one of my characters

©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

We finally got the internet to work in our new flat so I'll be able to post some of the sketches I've done the last couple of weeks. This one is an attempt at a self portrait.

bald man portrait #1

©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

beehive

©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

Dario and I moved into a flat of our own when we got back from the Highlands and have yet to get our internet hooked up. This is the first time I've been on-line in a while. Now that we are settled in one place I've been able to work on some paintings I had started a few weeks ago.