I wrote about art in my last post but I think I want to dive into my wannabe artist self. I always enjoyed art class and took many throughout my youth. What is funny is that I am a logic minded person and I don’t see myself as creative.
I will post random pictures of my artwork from my youth that I kept throughout this post. I actually have an art portfolio of sorts from high school which was a VERY long time ago.
The art teachers who stuck with me (pizza and Toulouse Lautrec)
That one teacher who ordered mo-ped delivery pizza before lunch.
Back then I had various teachers, I remember art teacher would let us order pizza to class, if I remember right, he ordered it himself as the class was right before lunch. (This was not in the US and there was a local pizza restaurant that had mo-ped delivery drivers.)
My favorite artists then and now (Warhol, Lautrec, and Nagel)
Another one of my art teachers I remember gave us a list of artists and we had to pick one and every quarter had to write a report on a different aspect of their career or life. I chose Toulouse Lautrec. I still remember a lot about those reports. I have always like pop art style work. My favorite artist from my teen years was Andy Warhol. Toulouse Lautrec is known for creating poster art for the Moulin Rouge and pictures of can-can girls as well as prostitutes that he was familiar with. So poster art I guess is what those two artists have in common and I like that style.
I was also a fan of Patrick Nagel in the 80s. (If you don’t know who he is he did the Rio album cover by Duran Duran in the 80s and his style was copied quite a bit throughout that decade.)
Here is a fun snippet about my husband. When we first started dating and this might have even been right after our first date, I mentioned to him (early 90s) that I like Nagel’s art. He bought me a framed print and brought it to my work to give me as a gift. It was so odd at the time, but so very sweet and I have never forgotten it. I may still have that print in a box somewhere in a storage unit.
Pastels, acrylic pens, alcohol markers (and a storage unit full of guilt)
As for me, I am just a wanna-be artist. I don’t have a style, nor am I knowledgeable about any technique. I have so many art supplies but feel nervous about wasting them. I have pastels, pens, pencils (colored and graphite), acrylic pens, markers (water based and alcohol based), and if I look into more boxes I will find more supplies but as we all know much of my life is still packed in the storage unit.
As I am writing this, I am contemplating on whether to show off my various artworks. (Recent items and old items.) You can give me your opinion if you like in the comments, I am not going to have hurt feelings as I know I am not a Frida Kahlo or Georgia O’Keeffe. I wouldn’t create for others just myself and husband if he likes whatever I make.
Sidebar update
On the sidebar I wrote that I was working on a chunky knit blanket, I will be finishing it in the near future as I will be seeing that daughter soon and I want it done for the next time I spend time with her. Then I need to get those same colors again and make one for the other daughter she likes the choice of colors which are sage and cream.
Whisky Update: Glenfiddich 21 vs 18 vs 12.
We found Glenfiddich 21 which was in a cute box that rotates to show the bottle. Although that was the one that we had a Marcellinos in Providence it tasted better there than here. I think Glenfiddich 18 is my favorite so far and I think my husband’s is Glenfiddich 12 although I could be wrong.
Let’s talk
what art projects di you make as a kid and what did you enjoy most. Post in the comments.
