Edenevie

Friday, June 7, 2013

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Eyes!

Just a quicky - My attempt to draw an eye after being inspired by Bec (See full post herehttp://edenevie.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/bec-winnell-just-another-project-space.html)
I think Ill keep practising....

Peplums

I have found myself obsessing over peplums.
I made a dress a few months ago to wear to my birthday that looked like this…

I found the fabric at an opshop - it has been home tie dyed, and looks to have been some sort of curtain… I love it

But now I am pining for a white peplum top…
I have recently made a pledge to myself to stop buying clothes - and if i can, recreate ones that I see.
This will help the pocket and my skills - win win!

This is what I will be spending my lazy sunday doing…
This dress below is from nasty gal. I love the white with the fluro pop of colour...

This below is the style I am going for - however, I think the peplum is very structured which makes it look very dressy - I think I will add more pleats to mine.
Watch this space!

Some recent work

With skulls gaining huge momentum in the fashion marketplace - I have been drawing a few creepy things for work. This is very outside of my normal pretty genre... But I enjoy doing it!

We have also been asked to create plates for a cafe, with images of out favourite food.
See below my chocolate covered strawberries.... yummy!

Bec Winnell @ Just Another Project Space

My two favourite illustrators of all time are - Kareena Zerefos - and Bec Winnel.
If you don't already know how good Bec's work is - here's an example....

My Mom asked me to send through some pictures of her work, and she wrote back "That's great, but I'm only getting pictures of beautiful girls having their make up done - where's Bec's stuff?"
"ah, Mom, they're drawings!! That's why I love her."

What I love most about Bec's work is her ability to create a masterpeice that looks more realistic than a photo. The attention to detail is outstanding and is so inspiring - I just wanted to go home and draw!

Bec's exhibition had the theme of 'Muliebrity', a word that I can happily add to my vocabulary! It means

The state or quality of being a woman, the features of woman's nature.
- ca 1693, Thomas Urquhart, Rabelais, page 3:32:270:
  Individual Womanishness or Muliebrity.
- 1904, H.B. Marriott-Watson, “The American Woman: An Analysis”, The Nineteenth Century and After, volume 56, page 435:
  This permanence of muliebrity serves to indicate the requirements of natural law.
- 1996, Joni Arredia, Muliebrity: Qualities of a Woman
The coordinate term to virility, in an analogy with the coordinate terms of femininity and masculinity.
- 1922, Beckles Willson, England, page 182:
  both principles are necessary to a nation,--that in proportion as the muliebrity of the one sex declines, the virility of the other also lessens
Femininity, specifically the feminine form of an adult woman.