sketches and impressions

Brushes Painting: Empire State

2012-01-20T05:01:00.000-08:00

We're at Hotel 31.
Two years ago, we had a very similar view:
(this was over on Glutton blog)

Just how similar?
Exactly one floor higher!
Room 609 today, room 509 two years ago!

Brushes Painting

2012-01-20T04:18:00.000-08:00

Andrea Puente

2012-01-14T11:59:00.001-08:00

Andrea Puente
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

1-13 Pencil and Strings workshop

Brushes Painting: 1-14

2012-01-14T07:03:00.000-08:00

susanne 1-10

2012-01-10T07:03:00.001-08:00

susanne 1-10
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
Via Flickr:
illustrator brush tool + wacom tablet
JKPP link: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762578789...
susanne's stream: www.flickr.com/photos/susannedutoit

Brushes Painting: 1-3-12

2012-01-03T06:53:00.000-08:00

A Taste of 2011

2011-12-29T06:56:00.000-08:00

I'm doing year-end overviews of all my blogs
(Did you know that I write five?!)
Here are highlights of various styles of sketches from the last year.

Ink sketch - the first type of sketch that I posted here, as inspired by the Everyday Matters group. This is one of my "waiting at the hospital" sketches. The last in my Chemo Chronicle sketchbook, in fact.

original post here
more ink drawings

Paint tubes - I exhibited paint tube and cupcake sketches in June. (The cupcakes are over on their own blog: Cupcake Safari) This is a digital composite of all the paint tubes.

original post
more paint tubes

Colored pencil - This I drew specifically for an event at my gallery to benefit the Japanese tsunami victims. I think I'll open up the Cupcake Safari to include other desserts. Maybe a world tour of desserts... I got tired of eating cupcakes [not, haha].

original post
more food

iPhone Brushes painting - Started sketching garish skies. This is my favorite of the lot - both for location and skill level.

original post
more like this

iPhone Brushes painting #2 - More food. I like how it's possible to get the translucent glow found in tomatoes through the brushes app. This is here because I want to do more of these.

original post

Digital paintings - These I create in Corel Painter, using the Wacom tablet. They originate as photos and I'm currently concentrating on my commute captures.

original post
more like this

Digital portraits - In November, I revisited my technique of tracing over photos in Adobe Illustrator using the Brush Tool and a Wacom tablet. This has lead to a huge project that will be my next TAG exhibition in April 2012. It involves style bloggers and you can follow my progress on that over on SpyGirl, my fashion blog.

original post
more like this

How was your year?
Wishing you all a great 2012, filled with creativity and new possibilities!

Brushes Painting

2011-12-28T06:54:00.000-08:00

Drive Home painting

2011-12-21T17:27:00.000-08:00

amb art history: circa 1971

2011-12-14T10:02:00.000-08:00

This is one of the oldest pieces that I found inside my home. (Can't get to the stuff in the garage). It was tucked in an ancient sketchbook. It's one of the few things that isn't totally embarrassing in there.

I like it. It's moody.

The sketchbook has a lot of poetry,
marked by a heavy Kenneth Patchen influence.
Here's an example:

dig that handwriting!
what can I say, I was 14.

Do you have any art relics hidden away?

Drive Home painting

2011-12-13T15:46:00.000-08:00

amb art history

2011-12-13T11:55:00.000-08:00

I now have a Tumbler site! Because I don't blog enough - harhar.
It has a mish-mash of all my interests ALL IN ONE PLACE. Scary.

I'm going to be posting old artwork there, starting with the earliest that I have in my posession.

don't worry, it won't be my horse drawings from the 60s

julia 12-3

2011-12-03T21:20:00.001-08:00

julia 12-3
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

martin 12-2

2011-12-02T18:29:00.001-08:00

martin12-2
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

self portrait 12-1

2011-12-01T20:58:00.001-08:00

self portrait 12-1
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

eileen 11-27

2011-11-27T17:00:00.001-08:00

eileen 11-27
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
Via Flickr:
Illustrator sketch for JKPP
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762782371...

Brushes Painting:dawn 8-19

2011-08-19T07:27:00.000-07:00

Brushes Painting: chillmark sunset 8-16

2011-08-17T05:59:00.000-07:00

Brushes Painting: menemsha sunset 8-16

2011-08-17T05:58:00.000-07:00

Brushes Painting: barneveld. 8-10

2011-08-10T09:30:00.000-07:00

Brushes Painting: Barneveld Sunset. 8-8

2011-08-08T17:12:00.001-07:00

Brushes Painting: Beautiful Dawm. 8-5

2011-08-05T03:09:00.000-07:00

Brushes Painting: Sunset. Little Compton

2011-08-04T16:04:00.000-07:00

Brushes Painting: Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomato

2011-08-04T06:31:00.000-07:00

Brushes Painting. Little Compton

2011-08-04T04:36:00.000-07:00

Brushes Painting: Beautiful Dawn - Little Compton RI 8-4

2011-08-04T03:07:00.000-07:00

Brushes Painting: Beautiful Dawn 8-1

2011-08-01T03:51:00.001-07:00

Brushes Painting: beautiful dawn. 7-28 nyc

2011-07-28T03:02:00.000-07:00

7-25c

2011-07-25T11:59:00.000-07:00

7-25c
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

7-25b

2011-07-25T09:53:00.001-07:00

7-25b
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

#205

2011-07-25T09:53:00.000-07:00

#205
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

Brushes Painting - beautiful dawn

2011-07-25T06:13:00.001-07:00

Murky Dawn: 7-20

2011-07-20T20:26:00.000-07:00

iPhone -- brushes app

at work: mini moo

2011-07-18T20:36:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Dawn: 7-18

2011-07-18T06:13:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Dawn: 7-9

2011-07-09T06:21:00.000-07:00

iPhone -- brushes app

Beautiful Dawn: 7-8

2011-07-08T06:03:00.000-07:00

iPhone -- brushes app

Beautiful Dawn: 7-7

2011-07-07T06:26:00.000-07:00

iPhone -- brushes app

Beautiful Dawn

2011-07-06T06:20:00.000-07:00

iPhone -- brushes app

chewey

2011-07-04T13:30:00.001-07:00

chewey
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
Via Flickr:
"I know things"

drawn in Illustrator with Wacom tablet

6-29 eyewash thing

2011-06-29T15:00:00.000-07:00

6-29 eyewash thing
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

Colossal Strawberry

2011-06-28T11:26:00.000-07:00

sketched during day 1 of ACE creativity camp
here's the model and my mission statement:

"do it with gusto"

felt

2011-06-28T11:10:00.000-07:00

I bought a felt ring @ the Crafts Museum
I saw felt balls everywhere
I looked at some felt "how to" books @ Powell's (there were a bunch, below are the two that I logged the ISBN#s)

@ powell's cafe

2011-06-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

LAX > PDX

2011-06-28T10:57:00.000-07:00

At Work: pencil

2011-06-20T22:28:00.003-07:00

At Work: pencil
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
Via Flickr:
start of a new series. little sketches of stuff at work. this one's a prismacolor pencil that ended up on my desk. I use it to write notes on art printouts for corrections.

6-19: crazy hair

2011-06-20T22:28:00.001-07:00

6-19 hair Self
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
self portrait with crazy hair

chemo chair

2011-06-17T05:06:00.001-07:00

chemo chair
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

the show is hung

2011-05-22T20:39:00.000-07:00

opens Tuesday, 11am
reception: Saturday, May 28, 5-8pm

TAG Gallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan
Santa Monica, CA 90404

5-20: yet another day @ Harbor

2011-05-21T07:09:00.000-07:00

another day @ Harbor General

2011-05-18T21:45:00.000-07:00

TAG Gallery Interviews Anne M Bray

2011-05-10T09:32:00.000-07:00

all about my upcoming show @ TAG

Small Pleasures: Sketches Drawn from Everyday Life
May 24 - June 18
Reception: Saturday, May 28, 5-8pm
Artists' Q&A: Wednesday, June 1, 7pm
Private Cupcake Tasting Event: Sunday, June 12, 2pm (admission is 2-4 cupcakes)

TAG Gallery
bergamot station arts center
2525 michigan ave, D3
santa monica, ca 90404

TAGgallery.net

4-27 more waiting

2011-05-02T20:46:00.000-07:00

paint tubes color wheel

2011-04-19T13:44:00.001-07:00

paint tubes color wheel
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

Via Flickr:
digital collage of my paint tube sketches

available here:
www.society6.com/studio/anne_m_bray_sketches

sakuramochi

2011-04-17T17:54:00.000-07:00

I will be showing this one day only, Saturday, April 23, 11-6 at TAG Gallery in Bergamot Station in Santa Monica as part of a fundraiser for the U.S. Japan Council Earthquake Relief Fund
The event begins at 11am and continues all day, concluding with a reception from 4-6pm.
50% of proceeds will go directly to non governmental organization projects in the devastated Tohoku region of Japan.

4-7 waiting for MUGA

2011-04-08T20:34:00.000-07:00

incoming: creme

2011-03-29T13:36:00.001-07:00

incoming: creme
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

alizarin crimson

2011-03-29T12:18:00.000-07:00

ultramarine blue

2011-03-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

prussian blue

2011-03-27T14:16:00.000-07:00

viridian

2011-03-27T13:59:00.000-07:00

Cadmium Red Light

2011-03-23T15:41:00.000-07:00

ink + prisma pencil

cadmium yellow pale

2011-03-23T15:39:00.000-07:00

ink + prisma pencil

incoming: towel

2010-08-25T17:17:00.003-07:00

incoming: towel
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

incoming: razor

2010-08-25T17:17:00.001-07:00

incoming: razor
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

incoming: soap

2010-08-25T17:16:00.001-07:00

incoming: soap
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

cilantro

2010-08-24T18:12:00.000-07:00

pepepochi

2010-08-14T08:33:00.001-07:00

pepepochi
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

Have I posted my JK Portrait Party sketches before? Can't remember. This is a fun flickr group. Members post head shots and then anyone in the group can use as a basis for a sketch.
Here's the group link:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/

I'm doing mine with a technique I utilized when I taught in the Fashion Dept @ OTIS. Students did self-portraits and it was interesting to see how their personality and style came through in their sketch.

Used ai illustrator's brush tool + wacom tablet.

Here is Pepepochi's discussion stream, where you can see her photos and the interpretations:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/72157624559037279/

first garden cucumber

2010-08-03T16:57:00.001-07:00

first garden cucumber
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

prisma, ink

guyaba y queso empenada

2010-08-02T19:39:00.001-07:00

guyaba y queso empenada
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
pen + prisma

g4 vs laptop

2010-07-29T17:01:00.001-07:00

g4 vs laptop
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

7-26 #65

2010-07-26T15:10:00.001-07:00

7-26 #65
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
when I got my #65 ticket, they were on #12.... I sat next to #14, who said she got there at 6:30. I was ready for a long wait. much to my surprise, I was called very quickly. In all, I was there for about 50 minutes.

7-17 instruments

2010-07-18T08:10:00.001-07:00

7-17 instruments
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

leonard cohen 7-15

2010-07-16T07:07:00.001-07:00

leonard cohen 7-15
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

I saw Leonard Cohen and his band in rehearsal yesterday. A short one (3 songs), yet wonderful.

I had brought Rafael a jar of my raspberry jam, which he gave to Leonard. Leonard couldn't resist trying it. He looked over at me and said, "Anne, this jam is sublime."

incoming: 11:20am

2010-07-12T11:30:00.001-07:00

incoming: 11:20am
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

incoming: 10:12 am

2010-07-12T11:17:00.001-07:00

incoming: 10:12 am
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

here's Chuey on my lap

incoming: 5:54 am

2010-07-11T06:13:00.001-07:00

incoming: 5:54 am
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

do not bother the anne before she has eaten her eggs

incoming: 5:39 am

2010-07-11T06:11:00.001-07:00

incoming: 5:39 am
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

the spoon that launches a thousand breakfasts. got these at an estate sale in Sierra Madre in 1983

incoming: 5:33 am

2010-07-11T06:09:00.001-07:00

incoming: 5:33 am
Originally uploaded by anne m bray

realized with this sketch that discreet objects will work better for this concept... can you tell what this is?

incoming: 5:12 am

2010-07-11T05:21:00.001-07:00

incoming: 5:12 am
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
what can I say? I drink tea and go on facebook to wake up

Incoming: 8:58 am

2010-07-10T09:34:00.001-07:00

Incoming: 8:58 am
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
"Incoming" is the theme for ArtHouse's Monthly Sketchbook Project for June. arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookmonthliesjune

It took me a couple of weeks to decide what to do for this book (I like to keep a consistent style to these Monthly sketchbooks).

My concept is this: Day in My Life, items are cropped with only a bit showing on page. Linear ink sketches.

Page 1 is my current favorite mug that I have my wake-up tea (Twinings Earl Gray) in. My "Loretta Lynn's Kitchen" souvenir mug purchased in Hurricane Mills, TN on my Road Trip last October. Sketched a while after 2nd cup finished... I wake up WAY earlier than 8am!

mini: locket

2010-07-08T12:23:00.001-07:00

mini: locket
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
this is the final sketch in the ArtHouse Monthly "Mini" sketchbook.
to see the full project, click here:
search/label/mini

Originally, I was going to close the book with another Barbie shoe sketch (it starts with a Barbie flip flop). I never did find the type I was looking for (the classic Barbie mule).
During the search I came across my Great Aunt Carol's charm bracelet that I inherited. Since there were lots of little things on it, I started examining the charms closely as potential models. I noticed that this heart was actually a locket. I opened it up, and inside is the tiniest photo of Great Uncle Russell. That slayed me. How romantic.
They both passed away in the 90s, but I remember them with great fondness. They were both very important in my artistic development.

mini: shell

2010-07-08T07:20:00.001-07:00

mini: shell
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
I got this last summer while on family vacation on Martha's Vineyard. Found a few and thought they'd be nice as dangles on a necklace. Haven't made the necklace yet ...

mini: ring

2010-07-05T18:10:00.000-07:00

My left index finger has gotten swollen and this ring no longer fits. I got it soon after moving to soCal in 82 at The Folk Tree in Pasadena. It's been a lot of places with me.

catalina

2010-07-02T17:30:00.001-07:00

catalina
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
drawn in Illustrator using wacom tablet, brush tool

I have joined a portrait drawing group on Flickr (link)
right now I'm using Illustrator to trace over the photo. It's fun and is getting my hand looser.

elsie the drain

2010-07-01T17:37:00.001-07:00

new batch of harbor general sketches

2010-07-01T17:36:00.000-07:00

for info about what's going on health-wise, check here

mini: pencil

2010-06-28T07:39:00.000-07:00

this is one of those absurdly small pencils that came with magazine subscription solicitations. are they still sent? haven't gotten one in years.

mini: scissors

2010-06-28T07:26:00.000-07:00

I used to carry these around in a small red chinese pouch. got them in hong kong. I love the elegant shape. my drawing arm still shaky and not so elegant.

mini: clothes pin

2010-06-24T14:32:00.000-07:00

this came with one of the two flower arrangements that arrived yesterday. from work. the house is suffused with the glorious scent of stargazer lilies. thankfully, the cats refrained from chewing on them.
vision > brain > hand coordination rather wonky, but doesn't hurt to sketch AT ALL. YAY.

mini: vicodin

2010-06-24T13:49:00.001-07:00

mini: vicodin
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
first drawing post-op.
I'm baaaaaaack!

info about the health issue here:
caringBridge

mini: evil eye charm from mercedes

2010-06-13T07:05:00.000-07:00

I have sketched this before, with its mates. Since then, I lost the one I wore on the right ear in NYC. (Hoop got caught on my scarf, opened, then charm dropped onto ground I think). Can't find the others -- hoping I took one over to Christine's for the Day of the Dead altar that we made for Mercedes last November.
I've been wearing these since about 2001, when I donned them to ward off evil vibes from W, an OTIS coworker who tried to get me laid off. She failed.

mini: treasure

2010-05-31T15:58:00.000-07:00

Lots to tell about this one!

In May 1995, I had a residency at Hambidge Arts Colony in Rabun Gap, GA. The garnets were collected from Betty's Creek, down the road from my cabin. The mica was... in the driveway? (I think).
Afterwards, I drove up to New England, hung out in Providence for a bit, then up to Barneveld, NY for a spell. Then it was back on the road for a very circuitous drive home via I-90 to Seattle. Before heading south, I stopped at Pike's Place fish market for razor clams, oysters + salmon to feast on with Lisa + Tim in Gresham, OR. Tim grilled it all to perfection. The pearl was in my oyster.

The pillbox was an OTIS 87 graduation gift from Sage.

mini: keys

2010-05-31T08:25:00.000-07:00

random keys. I have no idea what they unlock.

mini: scottie

2010-05-30T10:33:00.000-07:00

how did this Monopoly piece end up with my jewelry?

mini: grandfather's cartoon dog

2010-05-30T10:20:00.000-07:00

not sure that my sketch really captures this so here's a scan of the same:

my mom's dad was known for his quirky drawings of dogs. this one was drawn on 1/8" painted wood (cut from ?) and has a wooden base saying "Mr Guy 2"

mini: paris

2010-05-30T10:04:00.000-07:00

Patucci + Mark brought a bunch of these back from their trip to Paris. Je l'aime!

mini: airplane pin

2010-05-30T09:59:00.000-07:00

I got this either at a store on Columbus in NYC or at The Front Porch in Providence. One of the ubiquitous tin pins distributed by Easy Aces and sold for 25¢ at gift shops in the 70/80s.

mini: angel pin

2010-05-30T09:51:00.000-07:00

My friends Patucci + Mark sold these in their store "The Front Porch" which was located above Anthony's Drugstore at the corner of Angell + Thayer in Providence RI. Did they find them at Wolfe Myrow, the fantastic costume jewelry jobber on Atwells? Or someplace else?

mini: cheese tray

2010-05-30T09:43:00.000-07:00

Another dollhouse item that I turned into a pin by gluing on a pinback. I used to wear this at Christmastime as an ironic gesture. It's too old and faded now and does anyone get cheese trays anymore?