Shellywankenobi saves the day!

Finished~

2013-05-14T23:11:00.001-07:00

oil 6 hours~

Faces~

2013-05-13T23:42:00.001-07:00

Show me your true face
Full of fear, hate
Show me what you are afraid of
Love, failure
And I will show you the gate

To be sad
When you were so glad
To behave
When you only want to escape

The voice we all shared
The will to create
To break out of this temporal shell
Bathe in eternal grace

Show me your true face
That will lead you through the gate

(Paintings reference the subway photography of Bruce Davidson)

Mamusiala

2013-05-11T18:54:00.001-07:00

I painted my very own house deity after work this week, "Mamusiala". She loves flowers and music, and I shall burn a candle for her whenever I clean~ she's also suppose to ward off the creepy crawlers, because I hate finding them in the tub~! O___o

Studies

2013-05-09T12:33:00.003-07:00

A little gauche of the night and First week of a 2 week oil painting from model~ ^0^

still in progress~

2013-03-31T23:26:00.001-07:00

Something about this i thought is worth pursuing~ Still a work in progress:

exercise of tonite~

2013-03-29T00:07:00.001-07:00

Life is a beautiful gown, the inside of which is covered all over by fleas. - Ailing Zhang

Tried to illustrate this sentence tonite~

2013-03-28T00:35:00.000-07:00

Another photoshop experiment of the night~ Based on a photo of Mai Hosho by Kishin Shinoyama~

2013-03-26T23:25:00.000-07:00

Testing out some photoshop brushes~! Sorry, Relatives in town and busy at work, haven't been going to figure painting for a while! X_____X Hope you guys are doing better than me!

Best best, Shell

Long pose postmortem

2013-01-30T23:12:00.001-08:00

First 24 hours long pose drawing~! Learn a lot: trying to distill some thoughts for next time:
1. During the block in stage the legs appear right, and I did know they were probably too long, but didn't bother to change them. And man was I wrong: at finish stage what look flattering in block in made the model look gigantic, 8 head tall! Could have been such an easy fix early on.
2. After first 2 sessions, had time between class to really model the soft turning forms of the head. This alone took more than 3 hours after class, and is really the most successful part of the drawing. The other forms that should appear soft also, like the belly and the thighs, lack this in-between pass, which seems to give the rest of the drawing a hard feel, as if she's made of stone, not flesh.
3. Feet! Toes!! Have to get these things in my priority of get better at these list!

more practice and master copies~

2013-01-18T00:35:00.001-08:00

New oil, 4 hous

2013-01-16T09:20:00.001-08:00

master copy~

2013-01-12T19:33:00.001-08:00

Looking at some hi Rez Zorn lately and so affected by how great his simplifications are~ will do some more~ especially legs~

First oil this year!

2013-01-08T22:25:00.001-08:00

Dude~ can someone share an app with me that post to Facebook, blogger and instagram at the same time? Takes so long to post the same painting 5 times~
Thank you in advance! Happy new year!
Shelly

Last oil piece for the new year~

2012-12-19T10:30:00.001-08:00

Or is it? :D

Ann Gale show at Dolby Chadwick

2012-12-06T22:10:00.001-08:00

If u were in SF this month, you r in luck! A new found favorite contemporary artist of mine, Ann Gale, is having a solo show at Dolby Chadwick gallery~ Go check out the show! Photos just don't do them justice~

Happy Thankgiving!

2012-11-20T23:17:00.001-08:00

Hey friends! hope everybody has a happy Thanksgiving! Some new paintings to share, hope you like them~

new Oil~

2012-10-24T11:21:00.000-07:00

7 hours:

The color is strange, :S i wish i take better pics! Oh well maybe when i get my iphone~

APE weekend!

2012-10-14T21:57:00.001-07:00

I had a great weekend at APE! A lot of ppls from Pixar and old and new friends! Also got to hang out with the great Barron Storey and watch him work~ amazing.

So here are some photos from Ape and some paintings from the past two weeks~! Hope u like them!

P.S. there's this wonderful gentleman who bought items from me at Ape today, Sunday. I am sorry to say that I got confused and charged you 18 dollars more! Please write in the comment/email me and name me the two items you bought, and I will happily mail you a check and the two postcards you wanted as my apology!

Oil painting workshop~

2012-09-14T14:35:00.000-07:00

Hi friends, I was pretty busy for a couple of months and skipped out on many oil painting workshops~ Now I am back~ :D

Oil, 4 hrs

RIP Sergio Toppi(1932-2012)

2012-08-21T23:11:00.000-07:00

One after another, these graphic novel masters left us this year(Searle, Moebius and now Toppi). Let us remember them.

I did some searches on Google Art Project after work tonight, thinking it would keep me happy and occupied despite the sad news. And of course, it did the trick: I found so many new images and can't get off of it till, well, now, like 4 hours later. So be very careful and only go here when you have the time to spare, or if u weren't as greedy as me~! ;P

http://www.googleartproject.com/

And here are some gems!

Ships of San Diego~

2012-07-19T10:09:00.004-07:00

Hi Friends~ I was at Eidolon Fine Arts booth, 4504 Comic Con International this weekend~! The turn out this year was as crazy as usual, and Eidolon did really great at the show, we are thinking of two tables next year! :D Glad to have seen many old friends and made new ones!

When i wasn't at the booth - which was more often than not, cause the weather outside is so enticing - i was out on the harbor enjoying the fresh seafood and doing some watercolors~ There's nothing like painting outdoors~!

Hope you enjoy them,
Shelly

Dream II

2012-05-08T09:00:00.000-07:00

Work in progress

(Having amazing bizarre dreams lately~ Going to try and document some random bits of them here. After all, don't dreams and art spun from the same thread?)

I had a dream.

"You just missed him." The driver looks me slyly as the car takes a sharp turn. He's referring to the huge black cat that just ran passed, who I have a inkling is something(one) else.

I walked into this crowded temple built from slabs of rough white stone. The people are murmuring and shouting in anger: "The holy water is tampered!" The stream is not small, and cupped with gold. There are some twigs and leaves inside but nothing else.

In front of me there's a brilliant woven carpet, the gold threads shining. "Look, this thread is you. and the carpet is the whole &(&^*^." Someone says. In front of me the pattern starts to change. my thread turns from blue to red, but it's almost unnoticeable among the fast emerging and subsiding patterns. Suddenly, the whole upper right corner of the carpet seems to deepen in color to a rich black, and the thread on that part disappearing and losing in color. "That's a genocide." The man tells me.

Tuesday night Painting~

2012-04-04T17:09:00.001-07:00

Another 2 week painting session from painting workshop~

Oil 8 hours

Best best,
Shelly

Art for Japan Auction ending TOMORROW!!

2012-03-21T09:54:00.002-07:00

Hi friends!

The Artist Help Japan One Year anniversary auction Lot 2, which my painting is a part of, is Ending tomorrow!! Please don't miss the chance to do some good and grab rare memorabilia and original artwork from Pixar's Artists/Directors! :D

Click here to bid on my painting~!

Click here to see all Lot 2 Items~!

Thank you so much!

Shelly W

Art for Japan~

2012-03-08T09:20:00.005-08:00

UPDATE: Auction now open! All proceeds go to benefit the Japan Tsunami recovery efforts! Please help spread the word and bid generously:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=160759082271

This is a piece i just finished this Tuesday, I am donating it for the "Artists Help Japan" 1 year Anniversary Auction. There are many Pixar artists/directors art and items available for this great cause too. Make sure you check out the official site and go on Ebay to bid! :D

Here are some previews: