Block Printing at Bookbinding Class

We are learning to do block prints at bookbinding class. This is the result of two weeks work. The black only is what was left at the end of the process and is actually my favorite print. We did 4 colors and with each print, more of the block was carved away to attempt to get the desired result. It really made my brain cramp up. I believe it is a good exercise to keep alzheimer's at bay!

Miss Embe

Miss Embe
Originally uploaded by Hank V

For Julia Kay's Portrait Party, portrait number 7.

Source image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss-embe/3036501174/

The party is here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/

Pablo David/Pitucardi

Pablo David/Pitucardi
Originally uploaded by Hank V

My 5th portrait for the portrait party, Love this guys original picture! It has so much personality. I only hope that I have captured a small portion of it!

Source image: www.flickr.com/photos/pitucardi/4427452168/

Portrait Party: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/

Margaperez

Margaperez
Originally uploaded by Hank V

Portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr.

The portrait party can be found here: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/

Source photo is here: www.flickr.com/photos/margaperez/3699235326/

Picture of Me Drawn by Portrait Party Member

hank V for jk
Originally uploaded by mariahoneill

This picture of me was drawn by mariahonelli on flickr for Julia Kay's Portrait Party.

Mia Bia

Mia Bia
Originally uploaded by Hank V

My fourth portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party. There are so many wonderful photos to choose. Initially, I had planned to start at one end of the posts and work my way through to the end. I didn't realize that they kept reordering themselves according to the most recent posts in each thread. So I have started letting my youngest pick who I will draw each day. Today she choose the lovely Ms. Mia Bia.

Arsaytoma

Arsaytoma
Originally uploaded by Hank V

My third portrait for the portrait party.

Portaits of Me by Other Artists

Here is the link to my post on Julia Kay's Portrait Party. It is great fun to see what all the other artists in the group do with your photos. Everyone in the group uploads photos of themselves and then you draw everyone but yourself and post the drawings in their original post. If you scroll down past the photos I posted you will be able to see what other artists have created. There is an amazing amount of talent in this group! I am grateful to be a part of it. Click on the title of this post to go directly to the photos and artwork.

Benedicte Delachanal for Julia Kay's Portrait Party

This is my second portrait for the portrait party group. I am trying to submit one per day. So far I have met that goal but it has only been 2 days!

Julia Kay's Portrait Party

Just joined Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr last week and I'm loving it. Click on the title of this post to go and check out the group.

This is the first portrait I did for the group. This is Mr. Flibble. He has an amazingly expressive face and looks like a fantastic sense of humour to go with it. Check him out at: www.flickr.com/photos/flibble/

ATC Self Portrait Trade

I am trying to become an active member of the online art community again. So I'm reviving my blog. I was shocked to see that my last entry was in 2009. I thought it was only a few months ago. Time really flies when you are raising children! Recently I joined an ATC self-portrait trade. I have always been interested in portraits and self-portraits. I was surprised to find the work so challenging. Another indication that I have been "too long" away from what I consider to be a fundamental part of myself.

27 of 365, November 13, 2007

27 of 365, November 13, 2007
Originally uploaded by Hank V

Halloween Trading Card from 2007.

Every Day Matters #205

For some reason, I had it in my mind that drawing the soda can was EDM 1. After drawing the can, I went to double check and saw that it was number 205. I think that 205 was probably the current challenge when I decided to give this a shot. I guess it has been a while since I bought a can to draw. Oh well, at least I am on my way!

Cassoni

The Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota has a wonderful exhibit going on right now called "The Triumph of Marriage: Painted Cassoni of the Renaissance." Cassoni were large "treasure chests" that were commissioned by the father of the intended bride. They would be filled with all the belongings she would need to journey into her new life. The objects in her cassoni would also be the only items she returned home with if her husband died. The chests had beautiful painted scenes on each panel and in the fifteenth century most were dismantled. Because they had been painted by popular artists, each panel was sold as a valuable work of art. There are very few intact cassoni left in the world. I attended an educator's workshop on Saturday where we learned about cassoni and made our own using shoe boxes, cut-outs from magazines and scrapbook papers. It was great fun and I have a lot to teach my kids now thanks to the Ringling Museum of Art!

TAD-3

TAD-3
Originally uploaded by Hank V

This is my third installment in Thing-A-Day. I'm hoping to figure out how to actually blog it where it goes at some point. For now, I'm using this blog. I suppose I should be using it anyway.

TAD-2

TAD-2
Originally uploaded by Hank V

My second entry for the Thing-A-Day Blog.

TAD-1

TAD-1
Originally uploaded by Hank V

Made this for Thing-a-Day, hopefully it will post at a better size this time.

TAD-1

I'll be trying this one again.

Vacation, Day 4/5

Today it was off to Tennessee to visit the family. My Aunt Katie is the dearest woman I know. She practically raised me when my parents were ill during my early childhood. At 80 years old, she mowed the lawn the day before we arrived, about 1 acre of lawn. She still keeps her 18 month old great-grandson everyday. She is amazing. It was great to see her. Aunt Ruby also came by for a visit.

We stayed in the Courtyard Marriot by the Knoxville airport in Alcoa. What a beautiful facility. If you ask, breakfast for everyone in your room can be included in the room price for an extra $10. It includes eggs (cooked to order), bacon, sausage, gravy, biscuits, fruit, pastries, waffles, etc. Great deal and good food.

On Thursday we drove around Cades Cove (http://www.cadescove.net/), a must when you are in Tennessee. If you can't get up in the Smokies do the cove. We say wild turkey and dear. Some of my relatives say a mother bear nursing her cubs last week. We weren't so lucky.

If you visit the gift shop at Cades Cove they have an old timey band (2 people on mountain instruments) playing music and singing and great honey with the honey comb still in. Honey combs are great to chew, by the way.

Vacation, Day 3

Today we had a leisure breakfast at TC's. I played my fiddle, I should say practiced on the stoop in the warm sunshine all morning. Then it was off to Pocket Loop at Pigeon Mountain. Most people are probably not familiar with the Pocket Loop as you have to take a dirt road past a few residential/farm type houses. There is a partially built boardwalk and the rest is mountain trail up to the falls. We had our "Flowers of the Smokey Mountains" book with us and identified a lot of plants. We spent the afternoon throwing rocks in the creek, catching salamanders (and letting them go) and playing with a huge millipede. All in all, a great day.

On the way home, we made another attempt at the incline railway on Lookout Mountain (http://www.lookoutmountain.com/) and this time we did it. Channel 46 from Atlanta was there and filmed us. Hopefully, someday it will be available on line.