KrakenI'm excited to be working on a Kraken for Southern Vapors' shop in Baytown Texas. These are some awesome guys, super cool and so knowledge about everything vape. I made the owner Derek a Kraken drawing as a gift a month or so ago (above pic). In the first meeting over details of the piece we were thinking of doing it around 10 feet long and 8 feet high but once I really got a good feel for the space I decided that just wouldn't do. I finished a preliminary sketch, brought it to Derek and I could tell by his face that I was right. It has grown to approx 16-18 feet long and ceiling to floor. Sometimes as a creator you learn that you have to follow your gut and roll with glitches and this definitely was the case here! haha I was supposed to use a projector with the sketch to do the line work and try as we might that damn thing wouldn't work. Freehand on the wall it is! My obvious only choice other than blowing way more money on another projector and it actually came out better. The freehand was harder and more time consuming but if I couldn't do it then I wouldn't be a good enough artist to be given the project (in my opinion). Day one I got almost all the line work done and days 2-4 I hammered away at the base coloring. Monday I'm starting more in depth detailing which is going to take me far longer and be more labor intensive. I cant wait to see it all come together. I will keep posting updates here or come check out my work and the shop in person. They are at 322 E Texas Ave Baytown TX 77520.
Much Love! Lady Jane I submitted to the Women's History month art show this year ( the one I did last year) and unfortunately I wasn't chosen. One thing I've learned through time is when one thing falls through for you, no matter how much you wanted it, there is something else you are meant to do instead. A lot of times it works out for the best. So... as disappointed as I was, I spent only one day licking my wounds and now I'm looking to the future with faith in the universe. I'm really feeling getting back to some of my unfinished paintings seeing where that goes.
*Much Love* Lady Jane offered to help out on a whim last week and I'm glad I did. The principal wanted the school's E-STEM logo that was created by a now graduated 5th grader on the wall as you walk into the school just past the office. Come Monday morning I packed up a work bucket, showed up, found my painting partner Amber (PTA heavyweight and fellow artist) and we got ready to get to it. Luckily for me the stencil was already on the wall and she had already done some work on it. Since we were working while school was in session there was an almost constant flow of onlookers. I couldn't believe how many compliments on it we got during the process, from parents, kids and staff. You know kids wont lie to save your feelings! It was such a change from my usual process because I've never painted with an audience before or with a partner. It was a lot to get used to. I really enjoyed all the immediate positive feedback but getting distracted when I'm so used to having earbuds in and jammin out in my own little world was new. We were both new to working on a single project with someone else, a learning process for the both of us but with our different skill sets plus our colorful personalities it worked out well. I never expected to be sad when my work was done. About an hour before I was leaving as I was wrapping my part up I started to get that sinking sad feeling like when you're about to leave a friend you don't get to see nearly often enough. Even with my knees bruised, back and arms tired and hands completely cramped up I still was sad for it to be over. I truly enjoyed the experience and most definitely see myself seeking out more of this kind of thing. It got me thinking though about the impact of art on the artist and the viewer, and my previous notions about it all. I emotionally feel more for my personal works and feel like they have more soul BUT seeing and hearing the reactions and appreciation from the mural made me realize there was so much more feeling for the viewer on some pieces regardless if I personally consider it merely a painting and not art. Seems as though the artists opinion of their art own work hardly matters in the end. What a kick in the gut. I see this leaving me to ponder for quite some time....... as always, MUCH LOVE- Lady Jane
I made these with my hot glue gun years ago and just found the pics! haha I LOVE these! I think I need to start playing with the glue gun again.
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