Snow,Doodles, Procrastination and Dr. Who

Yesterday was a snowy...6/7 inches I think...
Warren had the day off and the girls stayed with him and we both worked in our separate corners/towns.
I super totally adore my furry girls and cant imagine life without them, still it is nice to project though in a zone as I used to without breaking to feed, play, walk with them and occasionally remove them from my projects.
The apartment was empty without them and I didnt leave it all day... not even to market which meant I ended up eating a frozen mini pizza purchased when I was shopping while hungry that I heated up in a skillet on the stove top.
The solitude produced the final edits on a cartoon I did for this blog post which comments on draconian policies in the system.

Organizing my apartment/studio, drawing uses for clothing from the 'I will make something out of someday' pile resulted in some cool drawings of to be dresses in my sketchbook.  (can I say my own work is cool?)
I drew a cartoony drawing while watching an episode of the first season of the new Dr. Who which is on Netflix lifestream that I have here.
And I made a task list for today so I dont spin around un sure of what to do first, tangling it up in my head so much it makes me tired before I task.... nope not doing that, today is going to be an awesomely non pingy day.

Its cold out and a bit nippy in too, I'm off to stuff some more raw wool in the cracks around my window and plastic it so I dont shiver while sewing.....  yes I know its already January and it shouldve been done already - procrastination is my sidekick that is not furry, maybe it is.... combined with my a.d.d attention span I get stuff done in a very pin ball fashion.... hey whatever accomplishes 'get er done', ya?  Some interesting art has come from my side tracking

Tata for Now

(Sadie photo by Warren Cooke)

Short, sleepy n sweet

It's cold out and dumping flying snow so I'm inside huddled within my mess I need to organize and create with

I feel like days aren't supposed to end and I am meant to work on something 24/7.... Tho if I figured how to do that I'd want to cram more minutes in.... Off to sleep

Taffeta, Blue, Brrrr and Goodnight

My dresss is taffeta sky... I love how the colors took!

The dress is an old wedding dress I got for $10 at the thrift store, it was long, tackey and I loved it.  This makes it the perfect canvas! It's easier to come up with flowing idea without the pressure of costly materials....

So far I've jaggedly cut off the stained bottom soaked it in a bath of blue dye, rinsed thoroughly, the, in a bath of purple...  I bunched up the fabric first creating the organic, mottled effect and the sequins and beads did not take any dye while the lace took extra.... 

There's a bit more work to be done then to wear this crazy bit I've got the awesomest shoes picked out.  

Projects are going well, wish organizing was too.....

Btw I finally watch an episode of Twin Peaks... It was good, not sure I agree with the hype, it's on netflix live stream so I'll likely periodically binge watch through and see what all the oo-ing was in the 90s...

It's cold out and I'm tired

Off to be warm and sleep

Chelle...

 ps, more later

What color to dye my dress or my dogs?

Ps...Found and old wedding dress in my to be something pile, which I have more than one of, don't most artists?? So what color should I dye it?

Will decide later... I'm off to nap before a late night create fest with myself.... My girls too...

xo. Chelle

Sketchbook with a Beer Box Cover

I was neatening up warren's apartment and came accross an angry orchard 6 pack box... The art was too cool to throw into the recycling pile. Inspired by rent gifts from my friend Cindy (@) I grabbed some 

construction paper, scissors, tape, needle, thread and whipped this up.... I really like it.... wanna know how I made it?
I think I am going to use it to keep a tree log/diary.... 
ps.... more to come.

My necklace was remade and blogged and other stuff.

Oh it has been far too long since my last post.... I wonder how common that start is for a blog?
I was gung ho on the alphabet book I was drawing when I injured my finger and it is not healing as I was assured and hoped it would and I got a bit despondent.
Getting back into creating of any kind feel like going home and have been working bunches again, tho rarely as much as I believe I 'should' whatever that means.
Lately Ive been mostly sketching as my hand builds back up and getting back into cartooning the more

I research my Papa's art.   Also have been itching to get back into beading and diy then I stumble upon a blog by Claire Wolfe where she made my memory necklace.  She did an amazing job and I love how she went with my design and still made it her own.... I've never actually seen my pieces remade by someone else... I love the peace and the inspiration it returned to me.
I wrote up a tentative schedule and will aim at regular posts on all my social networking sights that trick me into thinking I'm actually social :)    Lately most of my art has been going on facebook tho I do miss posting animations.....
So now I need to find more time to satisfy the quest to fulfill all my creative loves in a.d.d. ferver.
It's cold, Im going to go work on a quilt, eat popcorn and make hot chocolate.

Cheers


ps ..... I tried to post this several times over the last couple of weeks and all I got was error messages is anyone else having that issue?

Answers to What Starts with the Letter.... doodle M

On my facebook art page, Shades of Peace, I have been posting the letters I doodly scribbled full up with objects that start with that letter.....
For the letter M the ones I intetionally included are:

music
moon
mice
mittens
MnMs
mums
mandolin
maize
maze
map
mop
magic
money
millipede
meow
mad
monster

and maybe some I didnt mean to....

Hope you have fun looking for them all, it was fun to draw them!
If you find any I didnt lest please tell me in a comment below and/or on my fb page: Shades of Peace

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CM PS - more soon