Please Obey

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Need to practice your figure drawing? We’ll have a two hour session with short to medium poses.
Bring:
All drawing materials (including boards, if you need them)
$5
Beer. Seriously.

We’ll provide chairs and the model. This is a non-instructional evening,
Note: This event is free to MSMF members.
Please arrive promptly!

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Tonight I potted two more terrariums for Market Day this weekend.

I’ve also decided that I’m going to start selling my pre-painting sketches, so these guys are now up on Etsy:

I potted 5 new terrariums.

Nelly helped. And by helped, I mean ate.

And then I prepped all of these Altoid tins for a mysterious purpose!

There are a slew of new projects waiting for me– I’m gearing up for Market Day next week.

This is the bag of moss I harvested tonight. Our old apartment had a whole bank of it growing just outside, so Scott and I drove over and I sliced up some slabs. I’ll use it for some new terrariums.

I’m also baking up a batch of Altoid watercolor tins — setting the Sculpey tonight.

Today I found this rad sign in the studio. I think the landlord is testing it out.

I also completed the commission I’ve been working on this month.

I fought with this thing all week, but I’m pleased with it now. It’s for a tenth anniversay gift: the tin anniversary (seriously, who made this up?) But the client asked that I use foil in the painting– we’d originally talked about doing the whole work on foil, but it evolved into glass. Still, the tibetan clouds are scrape-aways, so you can see a shiny tin foil background. Anyway, what a cute way to incorporate tin into your anniversary! I think that this client must be one of those creative, lovely gift-givers who comes up with great ideas for every occasion.

He requested that I feature the couples’ cats as well as the couple. I wanted to make an idyllic scene; these were beloved pets who were obviously a big part of my client’s life when he and his wife got hitched, and they have now both passed away. So I relied on my beloved Japanese ukiyo-e to cook up a nice landscape for them.

Market Day is coming up already! On Saturday the 27th, from 9a-2p, you can find affordable handmade, homemade, vintage and art products down out the Media Foundry. Find more information at the MSMF site here.

We’re shaping up to have even more vendors this time around, and I’m excited! Stop over while you’re downtown for the Farmer’s Market or the Des Moines Arts Festival.