Downtown III

Downtown I

Sr. Fair Exhibitor

I submitted six pieces of art to the Fulton County Fair: three drawings, two photos and a painting. I received ribbons on five of six pieces: one first place, three second place and one third place ribbons.

Acrylic - Fantasy

Second place

 Drawing - Fantasy

Second place

 Drawing - Fantasy

Third place

 Drawing - Fantasy

First place

 Close up - Color photo

City scene - Color photo

Second place

Batman II

This Batman painting was the second I finished during the last weekend in February. I also found this on Pinterest. I believe the original was a computer illustration. I sketched it out and turned it into a painting. I really like this one too.

Batman I

 

Painted this last weekend. I have mentioned before on this blog that I am a fan of Batman: The Animated Series. I saw this photo on Pinterest and made it into a painting. I love how it turned out. 

Raggedy Rabbit acrylic painting

I finished this acrylic painting of a raggedy rabbit last week. I found a picture of this rabbit online a while ago. I decided to draw and paint it because it looks how I have been feeling. The last few months have been very tough for me. Slowly, it feels like I'm coming out of the dark and becoming myself again. I'm getting stitched up again like this rabbit was. I'm becoming whole again, but not the way I was before. I'm still not where I need to be, but with God's grace and time, I'm getting closer with every step.

Blue Powerpuff Girl

I finished an acrylic painting of the Blue Powerpuff Girl and a dog over the weekend. When the Powerpuff Girls premiered on TV in 1998, I was a sophomore in college. I have never watched the show. I saw a picture of them on the internet last week, thought that they were cute and looked easy to draw. I found a few pictures of them and decided to draw the blue girl with a dog. I liked how my sketch turned out, so I turned it into a painting. I plan on adding just a small shadow underneath the girl and dog so they are not just floating on the canvas.

Open Class

 

Action - First place

Animal

Bird - Second place

Bridge

Church

City life - Second place

Any other structure

Flower

Metal

Plant

Portrait - Second place

Seasons

Insect

Water

Pencil drawing - First place

Pastels - Third place

Colored Pencil - Second place

Acrylic painting

Charcoal - Second place

The Lenawee County Fair started Sunday. I entered 19 items into this year's static exhibits open class: photographs, drawings and a painting. Four out of five art entries won ribbons. Four out of 14 photographs won ribbons.

Hooded cat sweatshirt acrylic painting

I posted a photo of this painting a while ago. I didn't like where the two black marks on the right side of the cats face were painted. I painted over them this past weekend and redid them. I'm most people won't remember what it looked like before, but it bothered me. I didn't like the angle they were at. It just looked off. Since repainting it, I love this painting now. This little painting of a cat wearing a cat sweatshirt makes me ridiculously happy. It always brings a smile to my face.

LAX/DTW

Liz Brizzi - Claramunt Printing Co/Inner State Gallery

My husband and I visited the Inner State Gallery in Detroit over the weekend. The current exhibition in the gallery is LAX/DTW: Thinkspace Invades Detroit.

I loved the works by the featured artists of the exhibition: Liz Brizzi and Stephanie Buer. Brizzi had three works of photo collage and acrylic on wood panels. I loved them. The rich colors and decayed look of the buildings
portrayed. Buer's work was fantastic. Her oil on canvas photos were great, but I really loved her charcoal on paper drawings. When I first looked at them, I thought they were black and white photos. The drawings had so many details, along with shadows and light. Amazing.

Stephanie Buer - BFFS/Inner State Gallery

So many amazing works of art were apart of this exhibition. Some of my other favorites: Andy Kehoe - Eternal Glos of the Celestial Peaks; Bec Winnel - Caught In A Wonderland; Brian Mashburn - Re-Tread; Derek Gores - Voodoo Victory; Hueman - Division; Kevin Peterson - Fossil Bright In The Sun; Kelly Vivanco and Jacub Gagnon - Fox Tales. View these mentioned works and the rest in the exhibition.

Stop by the gallery if you are in or near Detroit. LAX/DTW runs until July 4 at Inner State Gallery.

Inner State Gallery is located at 1410 Gratiot Avenue in Detroit. Gallery hours are Saturday: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and Sunday: by appointment only.

Hooded cat sweatshirt

Finished acrylic painting and drawing of Hooded Cat sweatshirt.

Abstract painting

Finished my second painting over the weekend. I have never tried an abstract painting before, so that is what I did. This is the result. I spread paint over the canvas with a pallet knife. It was fun.