Out and About

I LOVE taking pictures everywhere I go with my trusty iPhone. I actually drive my friends or family kind of nuts because I stop all of the time to take photographs of things that catch my eye or spark my interest.

I take pictures for reference for future designs, of color combinations, of unique shapes, and sometimes of funny things and people ;)



Window of "Pinkberry", Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

"PinkBerry", Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 

"Urban Outfitters" neato window display

"Urban Outfitters", Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

LOVE the colors here, buoys in an alley in Rockport, Massachusetts

Felted purse at a shop in Rockport, Massachusetts. MY kind of flowers!

Felted purse at a shop in Rockport, Massachusetts. Thought these were cool shapes, a lot like my designs.

If you want to Pinterest any of my artwork or photography, please attach a link to this blog and give me credit. If you don't, I will find you and hurt you ;)

And So It Grows...

A little update on my gigantor doodle board... I've been trying to draw on it a bit every night after dinner. It's kind of relaxing.

I must remember to photograph it in the morning light!

Here is the link to the original post about the project. Enjoy! http://groovity.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-gigantor-doodle-project.html

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th of July to everyone!!

I took this picture the other day at Rowes Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. Another fantastic iPhone pic!

Pantone's Color of the Year

I had to use Pantone's "Color of the Year",  Tangerine Tango, (LOVE it) in a recent project. I took one of my existing patterns that I had previously done in 7 or 8 colors and made it into a two color design.

The comments from Flickr postings on this one boiled down to "vintage" styling. I used Tangerine Tango with a deep, rich, brown color.

This one uses the same Pantone Tangerine color, with a beige. I think that I like the effect of these two colors together better than the brown. What a difference a color makes, eh?

Oh, and if you want to Pinterest any of my artwork or photography from here, please attach a link to this blog and give me credit. If you don't, I will find you and hurt you ;)

Progressive Sketching

I've been really busy, I've just started Module 2 from "The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design", so not too many recent posts from me!

This is one of the first projects we had to do, kind of a warm-up exercise from our 3 week hiatus.
I took an object from my desk, and sketched, re-sketched, spastically sketched and sketched with my eyes closed to get it to an abstract stage. It was pretty fun. It almost looks like I did tequila shots in between sketches. Lol!

They were round glass pieces in a square vase. After I drew this, it reminded me of an overhead shot of roses in a vase, so I added some color, colors from "Design Seeds".

Sneak Peek Saturday

I'm not sure if I'll have the discipline to do this every week, but I'll try to post a little snippet as to what I'm working on. This week I'm kind of all over the place with projects, but I'm trying to finalize this one, I think I'll call it "Gypsy Soul". Turns out my glasses match it exactly! Lol.

The colors are a tad brighter here than actual because this is a photo from a page that I printed.

Happy Saturday!

Check it out!

Yay me! My design "Boho Carnival" is featured in Rachael Taylor's blog today, as a participant/student in "The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design".

Here's the link!
http://rachaeltaylordesigns.blogspot.com/2012/06/module-1-june-showcase-part-5.html

Happy Friday :))