Wily Wednesdays - Year of the Dragon

This week is a special Ohio edition. When Kai and I went on our grand tour of Oregon this year, I got a little something from the Pacific Northwest for all of the family I'd be visiting. This included a sweet dragon-patterned fabric I stumbled upon in Ashland. I decided to embark on a quick sewing project for each of my brothers. The added bonus is that I didn't finish these pieces before I left (despite being up until 5am the day of my flight), so I had an excuse to use Gram's old Singer machine when I got to my mom's place.

Wily Wednesdays - A Study in Representational Art

I'm digging into the archives again. Okay, I often find representational art pretty boring, but the practice is useful. This is from one of my college drawing classes, in which we were to cut out sections of a black and white magazine image and accurately draw and shade the missing sections. Good exercise, and oh so tedious...