Happy October!

I apologize for being really inconsistent... if you are up to hearing my excuse: work has been busy and my life has been even busier!  So here is one from the archives... I AM going to draw tonight... even if I have to stay up later.

This was a project for my design fundamentals class in college.  We had to incorporate 2 images representing opposites into the same graphic.  I chose a bat to represent dark and a dove to represent light.  We had to use 3 colors; black, white, and another of our choosing.  If you look closely you can see a sun and a moon incorporated into the graphic as well.

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Wayback Wednesday

The title of the today's blog says it all... way-back Wednesday! I'm pulling one out of the back of the closet.

This is a piece I did for my design fundamentals project. We had to show gradient through the morphing of shapes, in this case 4 circles and the shifting of the "stages". And yes... it is done in my favorite medium, sharpie marker. haha


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Design Fundamentals

I'll admit, I haven't been very productive at all this week. But I really want to do some work tonight. Until then I will dig something out of my (dwindling) archives.

This project was for my Design Fundamentals class I took my fall of my senior year of college. Yes, Design Fundamentals sounds like a freshman class, and trust me that's who my constituents were... but it was a Rutgers class and I used it as an elective... plus I needed it to take my painting class. In retrospect, both classes changed my life. I honestly don't know where I'd be without them! Not to be cocky or vain, but I was definitely ahead of the curve in my Design Fundamentals class. But that's not to say I didnt' learn anything. I challenged myself by adding another element to the project.. make it harder on myself. My teacher allowed me to take this liberties after awhile :)


This is the project that definitely changed it all... changed my thoughts on abstract art... it was a platform for my doodles to develop. The goal of the project was to create a black and white design where you can't tell which color is the foreground and which is the background.

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::GASP::

I am pulling the sick card... i think this is the first time I used it since I started the blog. New page in my Maine journal tomorrow... I promise.

Until then enjoy this goldfish drawing I did in 2006. I can't find the original, and I thought I lost the scan too, but much to my excitement I found it last week!

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"Forgotten Childhood"

I did this painting in the same class I did the painting from my last post. Our teacher set up a still life of run down drab things. It was our challenge to make an interesting composition and painting.

The last painting was 2'x2'... this one is 4'x4'. Needless to say it's quite large, I don't personally have it, my parents have it hanging in their stairwell... it's the only place that doesn't dwarf the wall and look awkward.

My favorite part of the painting is the shoe

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All the world's a stage

I have mornings and weekends free with my 12-8 work schedule, and the Art Center of Northern New Jersey is literally right down the street so I was looking at classes when I ran across a call for entries for a juried art show. I haven't done an art show since the photography one in February, I figure it's time to put myself out there again.

I know I do a lot of doodles and things, but I have a lot of projects I am still working on, and other projects I don't think are worthy (they dont allow all pieces into the show... hence the juried part)

I am going to enter the below painting I did in my painting class senior year of college... and the Washington Square Arc drawing.



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i LOVE Shoes

This project was an assignment for my painting 1 class in the fall of senior year of college. The assignment was to paint a still life from a birds eye view. While the rest of the class chose fruits and pumpkins, I chose SHOES (after failing at fruit... twice) ! Needless to say I never finished attempt #3...

I kept the photo I took of my favorite shoes (at the time). I started working on it again around the holidays, and again last night.

I have to say my favorite is the brown Birkenstock clog (my favorite to wear and paint). And they honestly do look that worn/wrinkly and discolored! Though the dark black spot on the top is supposed to be/going to be a shadow... dont' mind it for now...

The pink shoe was a nightmare... I kept the second attempt, though I should have done it last since it's on top. I learned that later on when I did the two tiny pieces of shoe in the left hand corner.


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All images copyright of Bernadette Moke 2009