Abigail Halpin - Illustration

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Sail Away

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:24:00 +0000

Pen/ink/photoshop sketch of jellyfish, ships and would be sailors. Avast ye.

A Place to Start

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:45:00 +0000

Messing around with some ideas for a postcard. It's all reaaaaaaaaally rough at this stage and I'm still fussing with composition and color. I'll post more as it moves along. Fingers crossed.

I've been taking a portrait class lately that's been terrific, but pretty darn challenging. I'm three hours into this piece of the model from Tuesday night's class. Some things are starting to click (finally). That said, this needs a whole lotta' work yet.

Reacquainted

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Nothing like a massive power outage to throw everything off kilter. At least no electricity gave me a good excuse to bust out the sketchbook over the weekend.

The "Objects of Wonder" exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art is pretty neat. The show runs through June - I give it five stars. And if you go, you can leave your admission sticker outside like all the cool kids are doing apparently...

Downhill

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:41:00 +0000

An Afterthought

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:19:00 +0000

Doodling with some added photo texture, procrastinating to avoid folding laundry.

The Beginnings of a Plan

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:30:00 +0000

I stayed up ridiculously late watching "Summertime" the other night and have been trying to track down the artist responsible for the opening credits. No dice. I did find this excellent collection of British film artists though, which is a real treasure trove.

XOXO

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:06:00 +0000

You Rock - for reals!

Consider this my Valentine to all you nifty people who read my rambles: a free PDF Valentine download. It's sized like the flat cards you give out in elementary school and prints four cards per page.*

Download PDF here

*Personal use only s'il vous plaît.

February

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:45:00 +0000

With apologies to T.S. Eliot, I think February is the cruelest month.

Sketchbook warm up, watercolor pencil.

The Marquesa

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Notation

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:31:00 +0000

Hey whaddya' know, I just realized as of last month there's four years worth of entries here on this blog. Good times...

Ten Things

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:34:00 +0000

So I was tagged for a Happy 101 Blog Award (thanks Lorelei!) and so here's my list of ten things that make me happy:

1) Used book stores

2) This color:

3) Derwent Graphic 2B pencils

4) Thursdays

5) Chai Tea Lattes

6) The Cricket Press poster on the wall by my desk

7) The picture my niece drew of me that's also by my desk

8) Listening to the radio when working, especially "Q," "This American Life," "The Debaters," and "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me," (when I remember it).

9) Camp fires, with or without accompanying marshmallows

10) A new sketchbook

"Shaky at the Knees"

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:29:00 +0000

Sketching while listening to Blitzen Trapper.

Illustration Friday - Wilderness

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:32:00 +0000

A super fast sketch for this week's Illustration Friday theme, "Wilderness."

Mademoiselle

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:24:00 +0000

I finished "The Diary of a Provincial Lady" last week; it is absolutely hilarious. I'm a big fan of the French governess and her habit of sputtering retorts en français.

Nectarine Went off in a Huff

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:18:00 +0000

And Blueberry Always Agreed with Pear

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:19:00 +0000

As Were the Grapes, His Fans

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:46:00 +0000

The Pear was More Open-Minded

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:35:00 +0000

The Nectarine Was Unimpressed

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:52:00 +0000

Illustration Friday - Confined

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:39:00 +0000

For this week's Illustration Friday, "Confined." Sometimes it's more a state of mind than a physical lack of space that leaves you feeling hemmed in.

Swoosh and Swirl

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:48:00 +0000

Time to jump on the New Year's Resolution band wagon!

1) I'm finally going to take on that Bargue drawing course. I have the sketchbook set aside. And the time. Let's do this.

2) Write more letters. Which means I should probably buy some stamps.

3) Go back to school - I'm signing up for some art classes in '10 thanks to the assistance of this grant.

4) Read more. If you're on Goodreads, say hi.

Should Old Acquaintance...

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:29:00 +0000

Happy 2010! I'm back to ring in the New Year after wracking up some serious frequent flyer miles and setting excessive sugar consumption records. 2009 wasn't half bad and I've got a few things up my sleeves to share in the upcoming months (stay tuned). So, consider this a virtually raised glass of champagne to celebrate a shiny new decade.

Now if you don't mind, there's a "Twilight Zone" marathon calling my name and some toffee on the counter.

Fa La La La La

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:23:00 +0000

There's a tree needing decorating and cookies to be baked still. But cards? I mailed them out BEFORE December 25th this year, which has me pretty darn proud. The angel above is on the cards that I sent off yesterday.

So here's wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas / Happy (belated) Hanukkah / and plenty of Peace and Joy.

Illustration Friday - Hatch

noreply@blogger.com (Abigail) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:10:00 +0000