painting for friday #29
There is a lot of stuff around a painting studio…and 20 years of accumlation is pretty huge. I happened upon some small squares of cardboard (about 4"x5") about a month ago and I have been trying to figure out ways to use it ever since. And this week I figured it out. Quick brush drawings…with a little color to workout superhero poses for Zephyr. I think a trip to the comic store is in order for the weekend.
Now Storyteller (my new name for one half of the la power couple) I need some info. Her power?
The Boy thinks speed…
The images above are rather still…and under attack below.
whatdayathink?
June 30th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
LOVE these……especially the bold outlining strokes =)
June 30th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
love that first one…. it’s like she’s in a super scarf!
i say her power is that she can jump really really really high….
June 30th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
I think she’s a third generation speedster - Her grandmother was WWII hero “Madam Rush”, while her Mother lived in reverse, switching from a costumed everyday life to her secret identity as the cats-eye glass wearing librarian known as “P.D.Q”
Zephyr longs for a superpower to call her own. Spends a lot of time online researching the latest innovations in super-power innovation so that she can eventually gain a “new” superpower and set herself apart from the family legacy.
Her father Erasmus is a non-powered mechanic of Greek descent - who builds sad robots - including Malcolm, who has grown up with Zephyr as her de-facto “sibling”.
Her full name is Zephyr Letitia Ophelia Chascarillo Ramirez Diotrephes.
June 30th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
dayan - this couldn’t be more perfect!
love love love! the image wheels are turning.
thank you so much.
June 30th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Please ignore the repetition of the word “innovation” in paragraph 2 as that exactly tracks the moment of interruption (by phone) of a certain uppity artist type from New York who wished to speak to my wife.
July 1st, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Sooooo awesome! I love Dayan’s description and the drawings are so perfect. Make more drawings!! Look at all that cardboard! Go!! My favorite is the one with her and the scarf…
July 2nd, 2006 at 4:22 pm
oh these rock. again, i like how you add something distinctive to everything that you do. so so fun. xo
July 3rd, 2006 at 8:10 am
ky - thank you very much
lisa - the funny thing I realized about the scaft is something I come back to again and again…
dayan - again thank you for the amazing story!! (and sorry about the interuption
johanna - lots of cardboard…you forgot to take some!
maria - glad to know my ‘voice’ is coming through!! thanks
July 3rd, 2006 at 7:25 pm
hi wendy, i absolutely LOVE these sketches. they look like they could come alive at any moment!! i missed you guys this weekend, we’ll hopefully see you soon!!!
July 4th, 2006 at 2:24 am
first, I love your new paintings and the comments just made made smile soo much
… and the new banner is great!!!!!