Nautical

This month in Bootcamp was Nautical for Wall Art month, To be completely honest I was sort of
stumped by the theme. It's just not my thing.. and when I think of wall art that I would
purchase it wouldn't be nautical.. 100% no. So I did lots of paintings that I hated. The one
above looks sort of old, for a dusty old house with bats in the attic that you rent for a week
on Cape Cod. (I've rented that house before)

I went a little younger here, but still it's off to me, Still good for that house.I actually have
ideas on what to do for nautical if it was a greeting card or book illustration, but I let the
fact that this was supposed to be for wall art get to me... Oh well. I ended up submitting a
cool looking sailor, but can't really imagine that going on someones wall either.. I will revisit
nautical when my head is in the right place. On another note, there is amazing work in the
Bootcamp Gallery from all my classmates. Here

Lilla's Class! week 2

We just finished up week 2 of Lilla Rogers amazing class,
Make Art that Sells. This week we focused on Home Decor
and were asked to design a plate, using pod reference. I just
drew and drew and drew. millions of flower pods and seeds.
Then I was out of town, a graduation in DC, and visiting friends
in Philadelphia. There I was, in the car, in the hotel at the restaurant,
drawing away. It felt great!

But it was really difficult trying to do a finished piece while on the road.
I ended up with so many ideas that I had to try them all out.
When I got home on Saturday afternoon I just worked into the night
and on Sunday until the project was due that afternoon.
The class is so exciting and really pushes me to try new things,
experiment and most of all Play!

Here are a few of my finished pieces. The one up top was the one I
submitted. That one just flowed and felt really right but I was very
torn as to which one to submit. Which is your favorite?