Fourborne Art

CED: WHAT TO WEAR

2012-01-31T07:42:00.001-05:00

January 26 outfit. I wore a Hollister white tee with my wide-leg dark blue jeans. I like these jeans because you have to look at them closely to see that they are jeans. Great for work.
That evening we had PTA/Open House at my daughters high school. I put on my dark blue dress with stripes over jeans & tee. Whenever I wear this dress I'm using it as a jacket, most people ask me what is it? To me its whatever I want t to be. That is how fashion goes if you can pull it off. You just have to have confidence when you do your own thing.

CED - New Journal - WHAT TO WEAR?

2012-01-30T09:25:00.002-05:00

I've been thinking a lot about my fashion sense, wardrobe, and clothes clutter. Do I have enough in my wardrobe to stay stylish? Do I have too much of everything, because my closets are jammed pack. I decided to start yet another new journal. WHAT TO WEAR - an illustrated journal of what I wore and to where. Hopefully this will help me to stay mindful I what I already have and what I don't need.

This is what I wore January 24. A baby blue wrap cotton shirt that ties in the back. Old Navy crop pants, low heel black boots. I wore this to work and an unscheduled meeting that I was hoping to get at the school board. The meeting didn't happened I was told to come back Wednesday. I did however visit the Lead Nurse she said she loved my boots. I didn't illustrate my bag. I carried this Pelle Wilson Leather Bag. I ran out of time to change it.

CED: New Designer that I fav

2012-01-22T10:11:00.003-05:00

I recently came across a designer that is new to me. I love her clothes. Her designs are also sold in my new favorite store Anthropolgie. Her name is Orla Kiely. I decided to do a few illustrations of her clothing. The hemlines would have to be lower though:)

Sisters but not Twins

2012-01-21T22:00:00.000-05:00

When I was a teenager my younger sister and I looked alike but I was 2 years older. We would dress alike and tell everyone we were twins. We would get such laugh when people believed us.
My daughters hate dressing alike, which was something I could get away with when they were younger but now that they are teens they don't even want to have the same jeans.

CED: New from my sketchbook

2012-01-18T09:37:00.000-05:00

So starting out the new year I am always inspired. But how do you keep that inspiration going? I decided to add a few quotes to my blue and white collection from my sketchbook.

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you lost a friend

When you're struggling with something look at the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, its just as hard as what you're goimg through.

CED- New Froggy Photos

2012-01-11T07:45:00.000-05:00

As my inspiration I did something new. I turned my husband and I into frogs. This illustration is from a photo of us on vacation in Cololnial Williamsburg, Virginia.
This was a mommy vacation. My children didn't want to admit that it was fun. We stayed for a whole week. I had fun turning us into frogs. Although the husband froggy looks like he's being dragged along, my husband was actually smiling.
I thought about adding more color but I think the frogs stand out better.

CED 2012: New

2012-01-02T19:50:00.001-05:00

I'm excited about all of the hopes that a New Year brings. 2011 was good and my prayers is that 2011 will be better. This year I hope to post more in CED so this is my very first post. I'm starting off the year with a new moleskine. I plan to continue with my "Face" illustrations, I also started a new series at the end of 2011 called "Froggy Chronicles" they make me laugh.

This is my 1st face, I'm still working on my fear of coloring directly into my sketchbooks, but as you can see I did add color. I even did the face in watercolor. Yeah Me! I currently read "It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider by Jim Henson and he says that Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling. Sometimes we all forget this when life gets so hectic, so lets try to hold on to these thoughts in this New Year.

Books Read 2011

2012-01-02T11:47:00.000-05:00

52/ 50

I started out wanting to read 60 books but by September I realized I wouldn't make it so I reset my goal to 50. I am happy to say I accomplished my goal. I've highlighted my favorites. My goal for 2012 is 65.

52. Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
51. I before e by Judy Parkinson
50. Fredrick by Leo Lionni
49. Holy Bible
48. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cabin Fever
47. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
46. Porches by Sweetwater Press
45. Carmen's Rust by Ana Maria del Rio
44. Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice
43. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
42. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
41. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
40. Fashion Kitty and the Unlikely Hero by Charise Mericle Harper
39. Between the Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
38. Mice by Gordan Reece
37. One Day by David Nichols
36. The Art of Maurice Sendak by Selma Lanes
35. An Elk Dropped In by Andrea Steinhofel
34. The Ugly Kids by Renee Adams
33. 7 Life Lessons from Noah's Ark by Michael Levine
32. Modigliani and His Models by Royal Academy of Arts
31. Chaos (The Lost Books #4) by Ted Dekkar
30. Renegade (The Lost Books #3) by Ted Dekkar
29. Infidel (The Lost Books #2) by Ted Dekkar
28. Chosen (The Lost Books #1) by Ted Dekkar
27. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jaime Ford

26. the Help byKathryn Stockett
25.Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
24. Everfound by Neal Shusterman
23. Everwild by Neal Shusterman

22. Everlost by Neal Shusterman
21. A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
20. Long for This World by Sonya Chung
19. Step by Wicked Step by Anne Fine
18. Blood Kin by Ceridwen Dovey

17. Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
16. Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama
15. The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine
14. Mr. Toppit by Charles Elton
13. Life Mask by Emma Donoghue
12. Murder on Lexington Avenue by Victoria Thompson
11. The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
10. Dear James: Letters to a Young Illustrator by R.O. Blechman
9. Prayers For Sale by Sandra Dallas
8. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
7. The Dark Lantern by Gerri Brightwell
6. The Man Who Made List by Joshua Kendall
5. What Is This Thing Called Love by Gene Wilder
4. Elizabeth Peyton by Matthew Higgs
3. A Mapmaker's Dream by James Cowan
2. Pork Pie Hat by Peter Straub
1. The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia McKissack

Eyes Right

2011-12-26T23:07:00.000-05:00

I was not able to get her eyes right. So I decided to leave it as is for now.

Look Up

2011-12-23T08:34:00.000-05:00

Make sure that you take the time during the holiday season to enjoy nature. There is no snow here where I live and winter is not the same without it. I miss sleighing, snowmen, and snowball fights. So for winter I look at the trees with the last few leaves holding on and not willing to be set free.

Take Time to Look Up

2011-12-22T09:23:00.000-05:00

Sometimes we are so busy with life and getting things done we forget to look up and enjoy the peace of nature.

New Moleskine - Froggy Chronicles

2011-12-19T22:34:00.000-05:00

Well I completed another moleskine and started on a new one. I started the Froggy Chronicles. I don't know if I'll fill my moleskine with just frogs. I hope they make you smile. I'm trying to let go.

Reading: Just For Fun

2011-12-01T23:29:00.000-05:00

As I was at the library I came across a funny book cover so I decided to pick it up. It's called Fashion Kitty and the Unlikely Hero by Charise Mericle Harper. I thought my fashionista daughter would like it. Of course I couldn't resist reading it for myself. It was so funny, it brought back my inner child because sometimes you need a laugh.

Fashion Kitty has met her biggest challenge: school uniforms" The school principal thinks fashion has become a distraction and no one is learning so now Kiki and her friends have to wear uniforms. Ugh!

AEDM: Day 17, 18, & 19 That Blue Girl

2011-11-19T21:03:00.000-05:00

I have been so busy preparing for my daughters 15th birthday celebration that at the end of the day when I laid down to take a quick nap I just didn't have enough steam to get back up. Well now its over and I can get back to art.

I'm posting 3 drawings to make up for the days I miss. They are a continuation of my Blue Girl series. As I was doing these it made me think back to watching the Mary Tyler More Show and That Girl in the 70's. I guess it's the clothing. I wish I had time to put detail in the background of my drawings.

AEDM - Day 16: That Blue Girl

2011-11-16T08:16:00.000-05:00

Another little drawing of that Blue Girl Series. When I was a teen I thought I would live in New York, I loved the city, never in a million years did I think I would live in the south, married to a southerner. In life you can't always predict how things will turn out. But LIFE IS GOOD!

AEDM: Face 21 - Will You Tell Me How Long You Loved Him?

2011-11-15T08:39:00.000-05:00

This is one of my favorite lines from Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice Jane's question to Elizabeth about her feelings for Mr. Darcy.
"Will you tell me how long you loved him?
Elizabeth's reply "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began, but I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberly" lol. This always makes me laugh.
Day 15 of AEDM another illo of a couple.

AEDM: Face 20- Is he looking at me?

2011-11-14T22:28:00.001-05:00

The first time ever I saw your face

I thought the sun rose in your eyes

And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave

To the dark and the empty skies, my love.
Lyrics by Roberta Flack, Its one of my old favorites. I thought it went with my illustration today. I decided to draw another couple only younger.

AEDM - Face 19:Husband And Wife

2011-11-13T22:25:00.000-05:00

I thought I would put a man in the mix since so many of my faces are only of woman. I didn't have time to do color today plus I am not feeling well.

Love is the balm that helps ease the friction of life between two people who have made a lifelong commitment to each other's growth and development.

IF: Silence & AEDM

2011-11-11T12:54:00.001-05:00

My submission for Illustration Friday - Silence. Sometimes you have to bite your tongue, put on a fake smile, and keep your silence.

AEDM submission also. I ran out of time and didn't have time to do another drawing.

AEDM- Surrounded in a Cloud of Blue

2011-11-10T23:09:00.000-05:00

Day 10 of Art Everyday Month. Today I didn't want to do my face series, so I did something different- Surrounded in a Cloud of Blue. Don't you hate when that blue cloud surrounds you with that deep feeling of sadness? Which you allow to encompass you. However you do not have to give into it find that inner strength that God has given you. Choose to be happy.

AEDM- Face 17 Cheetah-licious

2011-11-09T20:53:00.001-05:00

I made cheetah spots! I know that this may seem like a simple thing but I love the way they turned out. My youngest daughter who will turn 15 this year has been a cheetah print fan since she was 5 years old. Take a look at her family turkey she made for school when she was 7. A turkey that is Cheetah-licious. She still loves all things cheetah.

AEDM- Face 16 :Time to go to Sleep

2011-11-08T22:44:00.000-05:00

Art everyday # 8. Not my best work, I'm too tired! I used oil pastels. I wasn't happy with look so recolored on computer.

AEDM- That Blue Girl

2011-11-07T22:25:00.000-05:00

Since I am working on conquering my fear of color in my sketchbook I decided to add these little drawings called "That Blue Girl". The title is based on what my best friend mother would call me. I don't think she ever called me by my first name, she just always called me by my last name which was Blue and would refer to me as that Blue girl. I was excited and went out and purchased a lot of sharpies. I like my little drawing but I was unable to draw more in the background. When I look at it the memory of how I loved to be outside in the fall enjoying the crisp air as a teen.

AEDM- Face 15: Broken Hearted

2011-11-06T07:04:00.000-05:00

I remember feeling this way when I was 15. My boyfriend Alphonzo broke up with me right before the Christmas holiday. I didn't see it coming. At the time I was totally devastated. My heart really felt like it was broken. I stay in the whole holiday break. My sister who still had a boyfriend saw Alphonzo out. I just never thought I would get over it. but I did. So if any of you young ladies feel like this. Time is a great healer. Someone else came into my life and we just recently celebrated 29 years of marriage.

AEDM - Face 14: Too Tied Up

2011-11-05T22:08:00.000-05:00

I'm too tied up with things. I really want to post everyday. It's 11:07 pm justing getting a chance to post.