Mini Free Paint again!
10 little canvases 6X6in filled with whatever crosses my mind. A month ago a did it for the first time, and now here it comes part II!\
Click here to see them all.
Clau*

Mini Free Paint again!

10 little canvases 6X6in filled with whatever crosses my mind. A month ago a did it for the first time, and now here it comes part II!\

Click here to see them all.

Clau*

10 little canvases 6X6in filled with whatever crosses my mind. I did this Mini paints today as a creativity exercise. I didn’t use models or sketches, and I did them all in a period of 4 hours. That was fast!
I liked the result, what do you think? I’ll try to do this exercise every month, so expect to see some more very soon*) or join me in this challenge!
To see the 10 mini paints click here or click on the Pic!

10 little canvases 6X6in filled with whatever crosses my mind. I did this Mini paints today as a creativity exercise. I didn’t use models or sketches, and I did them all in a period of 4 hours. That was fast!

I liked the result, what do you think?
I’ll try to do this exercise every month, so expect to see some more very soon*) or join me in this challenge!

To see the 10 mini paints click here or click on the Pic!

Typography Friday - The Wind Is Shaking The Almond Tree
I found this other Friday fun on Flickr, and They also have a web site, where you can check out some typography, click here 
So Happy Friday!
P.S.: I’ll be working on a bear. Can’t wait to show you *)
Clau*

Typography Friday - The Wind Is Shaking The Almond Tree

I found this other Friday fun on Flickr, and They also have a web site, where you can check out some typography, click here

So Happy Friday!

P.S.: I’ll be working on a bear. Can’t wait to show you *)

Clau*

Illustration Friday - Propagate
Inspired by the changes in nature, feeling spring time coming, warm weather, lovers, mates, and all related to this time of the year. Another experiment for me: trying a white background.
Hope you like it! Let me know what you think *)

Illustration Friday - Propagate

Inspired by the changes in nature, feeling spring time coming, warm weather, lovers, mates, and all related to this time of the year. Another experiment for me: trying a white background.

Hope you like it! Let me know what you think *)

Another Experiment - Crackle Paint
I read at Somerset Studio Magazine about a paste that you can use in mixed media work, and when it dryes it crackles! … ok, it did’t happen for me :( but anyways, it left a very cool texture on my illustration so I’m still happy about it.
Apparently you have to use a thicker layer of this crackle paste. I’ll try next time… So please, if you try this technique or any other, share it with me *)
About the illustration itself, positivity… now you can take your suit out, put your case down, and reinvent yourself over again. This illustration is my way to tell the people who got lay off “hey reinvent yourself, no need to be sad. Be happy, you are free again”
I hope everyone gets my positive vibration through this illo *)

Another Experiment - Crackle Paint

I read at Somerset Studio Magazine about a paste that you can use in mixed media work, and when it dryes it crackles! … ok, it did’t happen for me :( but anyways, it left a very cool texture on my illustration so I’m still happy about it.

Apparently you have to use a thicker layer of this crackle paste. I’ll try next time… So please, if you try this technique or any other, share it with me *)

About the illustration itself, positivity… now you can take your suit out, put your case down, and reinvent yourself over again. This illustration is my way to tell the people who got lay off “hey reinvent yourself, no need to be sad. Be happy, you are free again”

I hope everyone gets my positive vibration through this illo *)

About:

CLAUDIA HORSEY

Today: January 30th 2010

Mission:

Be a journalist of my own process of becoming a self taught visual artist from "scratch"

Lengh for the mission: 365 days=52 weeks=12 months=4 quarters=2 semesters=1 year

Who's welcome?

Everyone who wants to join me in this ride


So I’ve been cooking this idea for about a month. Last December I was thinking all the dreams I have, and thinking, OK, how can I make them happen? The only way to do it is… doing it!

After a lot of thinking of how I’m going to make my dream of becoming an artist happen, I got a few ideas that came out from brainstorming I had to do one night to be able to go to bed. It looked kinda like this:

How can I become an artist:

* Go to school: That one sounds exciting! but oh, I don’t really have any savings for that, or any time right now… so how about…

* Get a tutor: but a tutor of what exactly? because I still haven’t figure out what type of art I want to do. Right now I actually want to do it all! so…

* Become a self taught artist: This option suits me better, so far.

So that’s it, I have decided to become a self taught artist for a year. I’m going to follow my therapists advice: “be more aggressive” , so that’s what I’m going to do:

Be more aggressive about what I want

So for a year I want to explore different types of visual art: paint, sculpture, jewelry, illustration, videos, and any other that can come out in the way and I feel attracted to.

I also want to explore different media: wood, oil, pastel, mixed media…

For a year I’m not going to put all responsibility on “destiny”, “fate” or any other… For a year … and then I can rely on destiny *)

So Good luck to me… and to you all!







About Me.:

I personally think that everything that you touch, smell, see and experience in life, determine what you like and the things you do. I was born in a place where houses are one next to the other one, where all of them are painted different and with vivid colors, as if a kid had drawn them. It looks very pretty by the way. This place is called Maracaibo, Venezuela.

My parents are form Argentina and Venezuela, and my grandparents form Spain, Italy, Argentina and Venezuela. I lived in Seattle, WA for about a year and a half, and now my husband and I just moved to Bellingham, WA. This sounds like a very crazy mix but it’s actually very fun and rich. Because of this, I think most of the things that I make have an international influence. I don’t really follow fashion trends; I just make things that seem beautiful to my eyes. This is why I love everything I do.

I love living in WA with my husband, surrounded by green. I’m a psychologist, but I don’t “work” as a psychologist, I just use what I’ve learned to help other people when they need me.

I’m 8 years old, but I pretend to act like my chronological age (25), nobody really believes it.

I love colors, textures, vintage rings, vintage metal boxes, handmade clothes, gems and stones, cookies (oh, I love cookies!), key lime tart, lying down in the snow and vegetarian dishes. This list goes on and on, these are just a few to mention.

I believe in creating a new world promoting handmade goods, recycling, and doing things with love, L-O-V-E. I like to try new things, explore materials, designs and shapes, so this new discipline (journaling my experience becoming a self taught artist) is going to be lots of fun!

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