Showing posts with label charcoal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charcoal. Show all posts

3.27.2012

Three Hours of My Future

For the past few weeks, I've had the good fortune to attend a community art class with the silver haired crowd.   I didn't know exactly what to expect, but everyone was incredibly talented, with multiple retired illlustrators in the room. One guy used to be head illustrator for advertising great David Ogilvy!  
The class is rather chatty, and for its three hours I find myself beginning to make plans to go golfing and join an acapella group, until I think "Better check with the children first on whether..." and remember I don't have any yet.

3.14.2012

Scandal!


 Oh Rudi Gernreich, what are we going to do with you? 
His infamous topless bathing suit caused quite a scandal  but I never really thought it was that great of a design, so I didn't fully appreciate him until I went to LACMA's Costume Council talk "That California Look: Mid-Century Fashion Magic With Curator Kaye D. Spilker."  The lovely Ms. Spilker spoke of just how influential he was, and highlighted some of his other brave designs, like this one from 1965.

3.06.2012

Happy Birthday, Sketchy Lady!

Happy Birthday, Sketchy Lady!!! Here is a photo of me I did in charcoal, to commemorate the event.  I don’t usually stick my tongue out, by I was feeling especially cheeky in my faux fur coat.