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Journal sketches & cartooning
Posted: January 6th, 2009, 12:56 am
by Doreen Peri
Starting a new journal... one sketch a day is the goal for the year. More like cartooning so far. I've only done two ... pen & ink w/watercolor ...
click to enlarge if you dare.. lol... i'm laughing at my drawings... but i'm having fun anyway

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Posted: January 6th, 2009, 1:02 am
by judih
oh, these make me happy
an innocent, witty view of your life.
bravo, doreen. thanks for sharing your life.
Posted: January 6th, 2009, 1:06 am
by Doreen Peri
Thanks, judih... one day when I grow up, I want to be like Roz Chast
http://studioeight.tv/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=15436
heh
i'm gathering idols... to hang around with me and James Thurber
if I draw anything serious, I might scare myself
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please stay safe.. much love!
Posted: January 6th, 2009, 1:54 am
by Lightning Rod
why does this landscape look so familiar to me?
good luck with your journal, doreen
we all need a project
Posted: January 6th, 2009, 8:35 am
by Doreen Peri
Maybe it's because you've seen so many of my cartoons...
That's been my motto for many years. "Life is a series of projects."
As usual, I juggle them like a circus performer. I spin them on plates on top of sticks. Too many projects, too little time. It's been this way my whole life. Hopefully I can fill a book this time without dropping the plate and going on to something else.
Thanks for looking, Lightning Rod.
Posted: January 6th, 2009, 9:29 am
by Artguy
Love this sort of stuff Doreen, very free and gestural, just the eye and the paper, wonderful.
Posted: January 6th, 2009, 12:56 pm
by Doreen Peri
thanks very much, Kurt
I'm on a different computer at the moment and this monitor makes them look a little different than my usual monitor
WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) is not necessarily the case on the web.. lol
sighh
I appreciate your kind comments.... I'm having FUN! Yay!
Posted: January 6th, 2009, 3:44 pm
by Lightning Rod
doreen peri wrote:Maybe it's because you've seen so many of my cartoons...
maybe it's because you are sitting in a place that I can't help but recognize. That was close to how my eyes saw it.
You should really persist with this project, doreen.
Your childlike style is very charming, especially when you add the wit of your notes.
Posted: January 9th, 2009, 11:33 am
by jimboloco
Love this sort of stuff Doreen, very free and gestural, just the eye and the paper, wonderful.
Your childlike style is very charming, especially when you add the wit of your notes.
Well, your drawings do have an accurate three dimensional quality
with structural perspective
never mind that the lines are wavy
they are accurate in construct and focussed
them lines
and am jealous about how you use colour
playful non-serious yes
but the studied construct is intentful
and accurate
you ain't no primitive draughtswoman, man
Posted: January 10th, 2009, 11:00 pm
by Doreen Peri
thank you, jimbo... i'm just trying to be me.... in whatever perspective, as childish or whatever as it is
Here's another one i finished tonight.. thank god i finished it... lol.. time to move on to future pieces.......

Posted: January 10th, 2009, 11:18 pm
by Lightning Rod
I can't tell if this is you or imsolysdexic
Posted: January 10th, 2009, 11:20 pm
by Doreen Peri
it's me.. a self portrait...the child in me.. click for a larger view

Posted: January 10th, 2009, 11:29 pm
by Lightning Rod
where do I click for a smaller (younger) view?
nice portrait doreen
and accurate
Posted: January 10th, 2009, 11:33 pm
by Doreen Peri
Lightning Rod wrote:where do I click for a smaller (younger) view?

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what? i don't get it.
how can i get younger than a childish self portrait?
what are you trying to say?
i'm sorry i don't understand
Posted: January 10th, 2009, 11:37 pm
by Lightning Rod
it was just another joke that you don't get doreen
I love the portrait
I want a copy of the pic that sits in the dining room of you (please?)
this one reminded me of it. especially the eyes