HAPPY EARTH DAY! Here are some lovely images from Antonia Sullivan, a recent Winchester School of Art graduate (UK). Antonia’s work reflects and appreciates mother nature.
Go outside today. Look at the Earth, it’s your windowless living room. Draw it, don’t pick it.
If you’re currently under the control of the Icelandic Volcano, I hope you are safe. I guess just like your indoor home, sometimes your outdoor home, the Earth, experiences plumbing problems too.
Back in the day, my cousins and I used to play Happy Family – a card game that involves pairing up whole family members via random card pickings. I loved the retro illustrations on them, but unfortunately lost mine during my move 10 years ago.
So when I heard about the new we are a happy family cards, a project by Esti of Píntame el día that brought together 8 international artists to illustrate the families for the cards, I was thrilled! Thereza Rowe, Sarajo Frieden, Lotte Andkilde, Lady Desidia, Pintameldia, Alexandra Hedberg, Aris Moore and Kimberly Laurenti all took part in the illustrations, while the box was designed by Jorge Fernández. Proceeds will also go to Doctors without borders, so you can play knowing that you’ve helped someone out as well.
I now have a sudden urge to find some friends to sit down and play cards again. Do kids these days play cards at all, I wonder?
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It’s a rainy Friday over here (right now!), and I can’t resist the urge to cuddle up with a blanket. But before I head off for some R&R, there’s a post for a book review coming up later in the evening which I think that would make the best ending to a hectic week (did you see what the news was?).
See you all later!
Many of you probably already know her work, but for those like me who are new, my new favorite art blog right now (clearly aside from Pikaland), is that of Mexican artist Geninne Zlatkis.
The images of her in-process work and of her actual artwork are huge and bold. I love when artists have the brevity to post online artwork large scale with no copyright or watermarks. I was looking through her tools section where she mentions every art supply she uses (and how), and I found her honesty quite refreshing.
As artists, illustrators, and creators, maybe we should let our images and techniques be free, to share, to soar, like birds.
