MIRAH

So... I found a new artist. And I am quite surprised that I haven't ever heard her before. Why? you ask.. well because she has put out albums since 2000! and the last one she has out was in 2009.... I like her "Engine Heart" song. Listen to it over yonder ----->

Peace.

Square Face

During 4th of July I had the privilege to be introduced to the most ridiculous face EVER!

SETTING:

We were all out on my friends boat in the Charleston Harbor. Parked and getting ready to watch some fireworks. We were all dressed in "rich boating attire"

Well, while this was an occasion not only for America but also it was my sister's birthday! So, of course I had my camera with me.... and while amidst taking pictures I found this jem of a bad picture of my brother... showed it to him and everybody else!

Let's just say we all couldn't stop laughing and made him retake another picture with the same face just to get a better picture of it without having to zoom super close. Not only did we retake his picture... but we all had our picture taken trying to do the exact same face. We call it "Square Face: The Face of Absolute Pure Joy" and it has given me a new project series idea.

And now! I present to you Square Face!

Project.. title not released yet...

So I've been working on this art piece for .....well since the end of November. I would probably say that I have actually worked on in two weeks straight (hours wise) and when I would take a break from it or if life got in the way it would usually be weeks in between when I would work on it again. HA! oooooh procrastination. You're a bitch. I spent several weeks pondering after I thought it was done what it needed. It felt like it wasn't really done... yet I had done everything (drawing/coloring wise) that I could do.

Well, I decided to take the exact-o knife to it. YEP! months of work going under the knife.

But don't you panic!

Lucky for me I had brains this time and did a little testeroo before taking the exact-o to the work. I needed some depth because this piece is SO large and SO detailed that it was almost too much and needed a 3D effect to make it pop! It's still in the works of the exact-o so it's not done yet

So I took some images to give you a little taste of it.

Oh yeah! and it may look familiar. But whatever you have seen before this that reminds you of it...has actually come from this. <----- hope that made sense.

The Black Keys.

There was this song that I heard somewhere... I can't remember. and for the longest time I was trying to find out what the song was called and who sang it. Big challenge when you don't know either or.

Well.... meet The Black Keys. and their song Tighten Up. You can listen to it if you look towards the right of this page on the music gadget thingy thing. ---->

The album that this song is on is called Brothers. I recommend it.

I was googling some of their images and came across this album cover. I liked it. I liked it because of how they blended the photo together using photography and watercolor. Creative.

and this photo I just liked the composition of it.

ETSY Shop!

So.... I'm officially on ETSY! so people can purchase my art... I've only got one thing listed so far haha.. but as I become equipped a little better with what is going on there will be more to come. Here is the link... ETSY!

Kevin and Julie Garver

A couple of weekends ago I had the privilege to be the wedding photographer at one of my best friend's wedding. This was my first wedding to shoot ever and it could not have been for a better bride than Julie. With the editing, I am searching for a style that I like to work with and it may change as I get work coming in. The more I do the better it will hopefully get. It was such a fun wedding to be a part of and I wish the best to the both of them in their long and happy marriage! :)

Julie thank you so much for letting me be a part of your wedding. It means so much to me and I can't wait to send you the rest of the pictures when they are done! Especially the album! Enjoy the little window into what you are getting soon.....

Ta Ta for now......

Madeleine Peyroux

One of my passions in life is finding great music. Not only great music, but music that a lot of people haven't heard off. If I had another dream job other than being an artist I would want to be one of those people that goes around discovering musicians.

This post is a shout out to Madeleine Peyroux. She has the old jazz voice that is just so soothing. I mean.... look how beautiful she is on the outside, and her voice just makes it better. You can look her up on itunes or click on the grooveshark gadget to the right. Her songs are the first two.

I didn't take this picture. but I wish I did.... :)

Do you have a favorite thing you like to discover? Or do you have particular type of music that you like listening to right now?

Eloise

Meet Eloise. Betsy, the woman whose child I keep was so pleased with the portrait of her daughter I did (the post below) that she asked me to do a portrait of her friends child as a birthday gift for her friend. Wow, that may or may not have been a run-on sentence. I have to admit, I am loving drawing these portraits! I have so much fun watching it turn into what it becomes and discovering new techniques or new ways to do certain things.

With this one I got to experiment with drawing velvet. I'm pleased with how it turned out! What a cutie.

I've been working on another portrait of some friends of mine (as a gift for them) in which I've discovered that i don't particularly like drawing grown people. It might have been because of the certain picture. They were set further back in the picture which made the details difficult to draw. I wouldn't mind conquering that obstacle.

I might be sticking with super close figures though. The detail you can get out of close up images are fun to work with. The more detail you can get the better the drawing will be.

I'll keep an update on the drawing of my friends. Hopefully I won't be too embarrassed to post it up here when it's done.

Next to come are some images that I did for one of my best friends. I shot her wedding photos this past weekend and will post a preview after I've edited a few. Get excited! It was my first ever wedding to shoot and let me tell you! it was more work than I ever thought it would be and I still have to edit them!

Until next time friends!

-Rach