Morganna's Alter Ego

Little pot, apple and pot charcoal and graphite study.

2011-08-06T15:50:00.000-04:00

9” X 12” graphite and charcoal, drawn by Shannon Fleet.

Just a little drawing I made last year as a gift. I just plum forgot to post it, I don’t know why. I really needed the practice too.

I guess google says, I'm no longer Morganna! LOL

2011-08-02T22:14:00.001-04:00

For some reason, my blogger name is now my full name! HA! Oh well, I put my full name on here anyway for the sake of my art. But, I figured I'd let people know its me, Morganna making these comments on here!

Of course, I don't like to be forced into anything like this. Everyone who knows me knows I'm Morganna anyway, and the other way around, but...ugh, an aggravating surprise.

Because I had trouble switching my account over to my new gmail address, not all of the forwarded emails are coming through right, so I'm switching to the dreaded captcha DUN DUN DUN!

I really hate to do that, but with the big move to Dayton, and all the bad stuff. I don't want to talk about it. Been bad around here, real bad, The comment moderation went by the way side. I hope the spam doesn't slip its way through, so I'm giving the other way a shot again.

Been back painting again, but slow going, and getting some things done with zazzle. I'll keep you all posted, but I'm a little behind with everything. Correction, I'm allot behind on everything. Heh!

A simple plan to eventual success.

2011-02-26T21:13:00.001-05:00

Failure is only possible if you give up.

I don’t plan on giving up, I enjoy what I do. True, I probably flog myself a little too much, and I need to work on that. But, It really doesn’t matter how long it takes. I’ve put my entire adult life into this, there is no turning back, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

It’s like any other journey, and though I’ve struggled big time, this is the only struggle that has given me something back. Maybe not money yet, but an escape from misery is worth its weight in gold. I could not put it in different words, though I honestly hate to write things like this. Kind of took a different turn from where it started, which was a battle against myself.

So all of you struggling with you’re drawing, or painting, maybe you are in the middle of a project or commission that is getting on your last nerve, Maybe you are just learning to draw, and are really getting upset about it, or struggling. This stuff takes years, and you know it. But, remember this is supposed to be fun, so keep at it. Don’t give up and rob yourself of the possibilities.

Want art advice? Lose time with EmptyEasel

2011-02-09T21:09:00.001-05:00

EmptyEasel

The empty easel is so awesome, that when you first visit, it really will render your easel empty. This is because you will be at this site scratching deep within the archives, soaking the information in.

I’ve been checking it daily on my RSS reader ever since the first time I found it. And I literally dug way back looking for what I might of missed. How often do you find a place like that?

*opens trench coat* IF you want it, they got it! Its got art tutorials, business advice, blogging advice, selling advice, debate and opinion, interviews, you name it, and it’s all related to art.

However there is a down side to Emptyeasel besides the fact that you can drop an entire day there. Also, there is no way to interact with an article. Not that I do this often but, I enjoy reading comment strings, even really long ones. Not only that, but sometimes golden information can be dug out of the comment hole.

Oh the upside if you click on the writers name, most times it will take you to their blog, where most of the time the writer has posted their article on their site too! Comment strings are like digging up juicy bits of gossip, or being a fly on the wall for me. This site makes up for it in awesomeness, so its really only a minor gripe. At some point they probably raged and pulled their hair out from comment spam like I have. This HAS to be the reason!

If you are an information hoarder like I am, you have to see this site.

Anubis graphite drawing

2011-02-05T02:44:00.001-05:00

Here is my latest work, but I finished it some weeks ago, 8 x 10” drawn with graphite puppy dog drawing. I did break out the new derwent onyx pencils towards the end of it. My juicy new shipment of art supplies had arrived. I couldn’t help it.

I will post progress pics of my latest painting in the works when I get a much smaller file saved of that. I do have one of Anubis, but the picture I took was horrible, I should have gotten off my lazy butt and scanned it.

Finally taking this selling thing seriously.

2010-12-07T16:34:00.001-05:00

The biggest change in my life was when I decided to take my art seriously. I’ve learned much and improved my skill beyond my wildest dreams. I still have much work to do, but I see the improvements now.

Now I’m taking selling it seriously for the first time. Sure I’ve made a little bit of money here and there, but I mean, I’m really smacking myself in the head, this time, and saying, “lets do this!” Just selling work here there is not cutting it anymore. This is what I want to do.

On this end of art, I’m just starting out. It has always been so scary. Yet another irrational fear, because its not like I have anything to lose,

Now if I can just find the time to pull them all out because of the 900 things I’m normally working on. This is supposed to be a wonderful problem but its not. To have so many ideas and so little time. It’s killing me, I just want them out. I’m excited about them, and know I’m going to struggle with them, oh I know I’ll struggle.

I’m not going to give up on “school” though. I’m always trying to up the level.

The digital sketch book

2010-11-17T16:31:00.001-05:00

Mistress of prey? I think by, Shannon Fleet

I have no idea where this is going, but it will go somewhere.

I don’t know if I should call it a doodle, finished, or what. I’m diddling with it. There may even be two versions of it. I love a clean line drawing. This will probably be painted or something. Might even show up in zazzle.

Introversion and blogging.

2010-11-09T17:23:00.001-05:00

Blogging has not been easy for me. I started full steam ahead, and then literally froze. This is ridiculous given the fact that I am at home, comfortable, and behind my computer.

Of course, I’m not giving up. Selling yourself is apart of being an artist, and a fact of life. Despite how I am, I do have the desire to express myself visually and verbally.

I used to never have a problem maintaining an online presence, I was once extraverted online if not in person, and I never gave it a second thought. I don’t know what happened to me, it may of been all the trouble in my life that caused all of this fear.

I must confess, that this has affected more then just blogging, and has spilled into my entire online life. I lurk where I used to speak, I lurk where I would have spoken, and although I read many, many blogs, websites, and web magazines, I’m afraid to comment anymore.There is this irrational fear that my input will be unwelcomed. I have a pretty full RSS feeder that I enjoy. This is crazy.

But, this is not introversion, as there is nothing wrong with the need to be alone, and I do desire to be alone most of the time. I’m becoming increasingly more shy. That's bad. Especially online, the very thought of it is completely irrational!

I have given this allot of thought, and enough is enough. If I enjoy it, I’m going at least try, fear be damned. How am I going to do this? By pretending I don’t care, the power of suggestion. I may be this way offline, but I’ll be damned if this crap is going to take over the rest of my life. Its an inner need more then a want. If what I say turns out awkward, or just plain weird, so what. And who knows, this might spill over into other parts of my life.

This might take a little time, or no time at all, but I am optimistic because I’ve actually written this post in record time.

Silver summit, landscape drawing.

2010-10-31T23:34:00.001-04:00

Silver summit, by Shannon Fleet

12” X 9” Graphite on bristol vellum.

I have never drawn a full landscape before this, and I have not painted one since I was 14, I think. Wait, I forgot about the epic fail landscape when I was 20 something. Lets just say years!

Comment spam is getting pretty bad.

2010-10-25T18:01:00.001-04:00

I am assaulted at least 6 times a day, and its turning into 10, some times more. I used to never get any, I don’t understand the new surge of comment spam. Some are really clever and pretend to be a real person, others are super obvious bots.

My original intent was to make my comment section free to allow users posts to show instantly, un moderated, and allow people to be anonymous.

I really don’t know what to do, so many slip past the spam filter, and they seem to come at me from every angle. It really is driving me nuts, not the amount, but the ones that slip through.

I really appreciate comments, and am against censorship, and respect the fact that some people may wish to remain anonymous. But, I’m about forced to either moderate them, or turn on the dreaded word verification. I just have to decide which option has the worse draw backs.

Note, I have already turned comment moderation on old posts on. I’m super bummed about this too, So feel free to comment on any post new or old and I will approve your post ASAP! This will be on here until I figure out what the new blog order is going to be. :(

Yeah, I’m pretty irritated that this is preventing me from having the blog I really wanted.

Damn all you spam bots! DAMN YOU ALL!

Feels good to finally work the courage up to write in here again. Yeah I got scared and froze up after a pretty good reboot. I will not give up though. I just need to keep myself from burning out, and not be so full speed ahead. I normally have a really, really long to do list that only gets bigger before it gets smaller.

Anyhow, this is a good time to tackle this since I’m still trying to choose a new layout, and clean some things up around here. I still want to embed my comments and have them work, rather then the annoying pop out box.

Coffee lovers gifts from my digital painting.

2010-10-18T17:35:00.001-04:00

Here is a digital painting I created for zazzle. It depicts a steamy cup of coffee in the center of a warm yellow background.

I painted this in Corel painter, with artist oils for the cup and some digital chalk for the frame and back ground of the greeting card. The greeting says “Lets get together.” I had meant it to be a coffee invitation to a friend.

On the card, that is my handwriting done in impasto goopy. Yeah, that was probably not a great idea. Yes, I can draw, but I don’t have the worlds greatest handwriting.

If you would like to purchase any of my coffee gifts, please click on the picture and it will take you to my zazzle shop.

I would also like to thank every one who purchased my coffee time magnets, and the postage stamps. Your support and interest in my work truly means the world to me. *Giant Hugs!*

The greeting card

Lets get together by Morganna
Get a card from Zazzle

Coffee time Postage

Coffee Time Postage by Morganna
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Coffee time Magnet

Coffee Time Magnet by Morganna
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Coffee time Mug

Got to have a coffee mug, if your going to paint a mug.

This is so you can coffee with your coffee, while you have your coffee. Ignore me, I’m just being dorky.

Coffee Time by Morganna
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Lylie, small graphite portrait.

2010-10-11T16:30:00.001-04:00

Lylie, by Shannon Fleet (Morganna)

5” X 7” graphite on Stonehenge paper.

Lylie is the sweetest person ever, and so beautiful, so I was happy to draw her. I’m very pleased with the outcome too.

The Lylie of course was drawn for Lylie and is not for sale.

Comments are now working!

2010-10-03T18:18:00.001-04:00

I apologize for the comments not working. I was trying something new, and figured it would look nice if they were embedded in the post. Well, what I didn’t realize was that they quit working on me.

The only thing I could do to get them working again was to switch back to the pop up window. An ugly solution but, its preferable to the full page that doesn't open in a new window.

I also didn't like how the avatars disappeared in the embedded comments.

Anyhow, post away! I always appreciate hearing from people, and critique on my work is always welcome.

Bacchante drawing, postage

2010-10-02T17:15:00.001-04:00

I consider this to be my best work, so I put it on a postage stamp. For more information on the drawing click here. If you are interested in buying some postage stamps click on the image below.

Bacchante postage by Morganna

Vasco Kitty

2010-09-25T17:17:00.001-04:00

Vasco Kitty By, Shannon Fleet

Can’t remember the size, but this was drawn with graphite, and white pastel. I’m a rabid cat lover by the way.

This was the first all white cat I’ve drawn, and yes, it was very difficult. But now I think I have the hang of it.

Vasco is not for sale. But he will rule the world someday.

Mecha Bob Ross

2010-09-14T15:20:00.001-04:00

Mecha Bob Ross, by Shannon Fleet

9” X 12” graphite on bristol vellum.

This is Mecha Ross, painting himself, who is painting happy trees in an apocalyptic waste land. The idea came from a friend of mine. Pulling The idea together was a challenge. I am pleased with the results! Hear that, I said I am pleased!

This drawing, has changed the direction of what kind of art I want to make. At least for my big projects.

It was awesome, like a giant kick in the head. I want to think of the image, before there is any point of reference, then pull it all together. I will have no limits.

I kind of get frustrated when I want to create something, but can’t pull what I really want out of my head. This is a new development for me. If I pulled this off, I know I can do it again. Big AH HA moment here!

Soft pink rose postage, and business cards.

2010-09-07T23:15:00.001-04:00

This is my soft pink rose digital painting. One of the things I’ve learned is to never paint with pretty color. Heh, sometimes I can’t help it. But, this is where the advice really paid off. Also, this is the first product I’ve ever made for zazzle.

Click here for more info and original post, Soft pink rose.

Soft Pink Rose Postage by Morganna

Soft pink rose business cards

On the back of the chunky sized business cards, which are 2.5” X 3.5” There is a full sized image of the art work. However, if you don’t like the full sized image on the back, the card can be easily customized to remove, or add anything you like, this includes the font, or even moving the front image around to a spot that is more your liking.

The cards also come in a variety of papers, and colors. I kind of got surprising results with this, because the color shows through the painting. Kind of neat on the metallic gold card.

Soft Pink Rose, Business card by Morganna

Mary Cassatt, miniature portrait

2010-08-29T22:29:00.001-04:00

Mary Cassatt portrait, by Shannon Fleet

2.5” X 3.5” graphite on bristol vellum.

This was my little tribute to Mary Cassatt.

Sometimes you love an artist so much, you have to draw them to get it out of your system. This one kind of blew out of me, I can see all of my little errors now, but the experience and practice was all that I wanted here.

This is also one of the few drawings that I created with just a first draft. Long story, but I like to draw things multiple times, I call them drafts. I want to make sure that I’ve mastered and learned something from every subject. This is also the reason I take forever to finish anything!

Skull and rose

2010-08-23T22:45:00.001-04:00

Skull and rose, by Shannon Fleet

9”x 12” color pencil.

This was my first color pencil practice. UGH, I hated working with them. HAHHAHA! There might as well be blood, sweat and tears embedded into this drawing. Much flogging indeedy!

I don’t know if you will ever see another color pencil out of me again. Ok, all lies, I will use them up, then you will never see it again.

Kudo’s to all who love this medium. I am unworthy.

I had a little blog vacation.

2009-01-03T01:40:00.003-05:00

Well, it was a big one. I really needed to get more art made, because I kind of ran out of stuff to post. But, I have more posts coming soon!

I had so much to post with a new blog, I knew, that posting as often as I was could not last forever. I'm still keeping my promise that I wasn't going to fill this up with a bunch of personal BS though! :)

Happy new year everyone!

Miniature, still life mosaic

2008-11-26T17:51:00.000-05:00

Still life mosaic, by Shannon Fleet (Morganna)

2.5" X 3.5" Recycled, paper mosaic.
With this mosaic piece, I played around with a black "grout" background to make my colors pop.

It is very difficult to come up with a good range of color with mutilated magazines. Once you separate the color from the object it used to represent, you wind up with many colors! allot of the color is greyed down in chroma as it is in life.

It forced me to paint acrylic ink over some of the magazine paper to create the blue. Finding just the right color can be difficult when using magazines.

My foot

2008-11-16T15:58:00.000-05:00

My foot, by Shannon Fleet (Morganna)

Graphite Drawing.
I don't know what size this is, because it's one of my sketch book drawings. A drawing I still actually have in my hands!

This was part of a weekly drawing challenge I used to participate in. Probably, 20+ artists drew or painted my little foot. I'm pretty damn proud of that! Yes, I am vain about my feet. They are cute, little, and have perfect symmetry! I can wear kid shoes! But most of the time I wear 5 or 5 1/2. In heals it has to be a size 4 1/2.

In the collection of the artist, and attached to her ankle.

Gargoyle

2008-10-31T23:55:00.000-04:00

Gargoyle, by Shannon Fleet, (Morganna)

9" X 12" Graphite drawing.
This is a very early drawing of mine! It is one of my favorites. I love gargoyles and dragons!

It's funny, you can look at you're past drawings and remember exactly where you were, and exactly where you drew it. Not only that, but where your life was at that particular time.

I remember being pretty content when I created this one.

This is in a private collection.

Ankle Slayer

2008-10-29T21:04:00.000-04:00

Ankle Slayer, by Shannon Fleet, (Morganna)

2.5" X 3.5" Pastel pencil, drawing.

Another one of my obsessions with shoes! This is a real shoe by the way. I do own a pair but they are open toed. No, I cannot walk in them.

Lets see, it is a platform stiletto, from the shoe company, Devious. Funny, their sizes run very small, my shoes are a size six, and they are only slightly too big for me, and I will normally wear a 5 or 5 1/2, otherwise they fit just fine. It's not like I'm going to "walk" anywhere in them. They are insane! I think they are 14, or 16 inches high? I can't remember, the shoes are still in Maryland.

Al's Chucks

2008-10-28T02:18:00.000-04:00

Al's Chucks, by Shannon Fleet, (Morganna)

3.5" X 2.5" Graphite Drawing.I drew this piece from life, from one of Al's shoes. I do have a thing for shoes, and have made allot of drawings and paintings of them. Al is my dear, sweet significant other. I only have one portrait of him, and it is terrible! He simply cannot sit still for more then thirty seconds. But, I love the tar out of him.