Inspiration

5 Things That inspired me this week:

1. This feather background from a fashion spread I found on Pinterest:

2. This still from a Marina and the Diamonds music video:






















3. A vintage Chanel clutch I found on Pinterest:

4. These wood panels from Ariele Alasko I found on Pinterest:

5. These grand masions in Montreal, featured on Untapped Cities:

Have a great weekend! More posts next week. When I have internet and a computer at my house...

Tumblr - Pinterest - Twitter - Email Me - Facebook Fan Page

All images copyright of Bernadette Moke 2012

Reblogged by Break Through Radio!

It makes me so happy when people notice my art and decide it is worth sharing with others! It makes me feel like my hard work is paying off. Today BTR (Break Through Radio) reblogged my latest "Subway People" post for Untapped Cities!

Read the reblog here.

Read the original here.

Tumblr - Pinterest - Twitter - Email Me - Facebook Fan Page

All images copyright of Bernadette Moke 2012

Movin' On Up!

If you haven't heard, my fiancé and I bought a house! Oh and we move tomorrow... But you wouldn't know by looking at my current studio space...

Until my new studio space in unpacked and set up I won't be debuting much new art on here.

But luckily for you guys since I only blogged 45 times last year I have a lot to catch you up on! So for the next month or so I will be doing my best to bring you up to speed!

Welcome 2013

photo credit

Wow 2012 is really over, at times it seemed like it would never end. There were a lot of ups like my engagement and buying a house. But a lot of downs as well. I didn't do quite what I wanted to this past year and a lot of things were left unfinished or even worse... not started.

One of the things I wish I did more of was blog. I only managed to write something on here and measly 45 times. It's pretty sad Considering I had over 300 posts two years ago.

In an effort to improve the frequency of my blogging and to keep some of my other resolutions I'm going to share them with you here and recap them quarterly. One of the bloggers Linda I follow does this and she's had a lot of success with it.

Some of these resolutions will be art related but some will be personal. I feel by having quantifiable goals and someone to answer to I will be setting myself up for success.

So here we go:

ART:

- Submit my work for consideration for 3 art shows 0/3

- create 4 new pieces on par with or surpassing the level of my wave doodle 0/4

- blog 30 times for Untapped Cities New York 0/30

- blog an average of 3 times a week here 1/156

- make $1000 from etsy sales or other art sales 0/1000

- attend 6 art shows or visit a new museums 0/6

- finish my website (started working on the doodle and the untapped cities sections)

- submit my sketchbook project on time

- finish my comics from my comic-a-day project


PERSONAL:

- read 25 books 0/24

- cook 30 new recipes 0/30

- buy myself flowers 4 times 0/4 (stolen from linda)

- work out an average of 2 times a week 0/104

Cyber Monday Deals!

Hey guys! I'm currently having a Cyber Monday Sale on my Etsy store! 15% all merchandise with the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY15.

Tumblr - Pinterest - Twitter - Email Me - Facebook Fan Page

All images copyright of Bernadette Moke 2012

Caffeine Monday #14

#14 Petals Cup

I truly enjoy drawing on my empty (and clean) Starbucks cups. Caffeine + doodles = a good way to start a Monday.

Don't want to for a new cup every Monday? Spoil the fun and jump ahead, check out my cups on Tumblr.

Tumblr - Pinterest - Twitter - Email Me - Facebook Fan Page

All images copyright of Bernadette Moke 2012

Untapped Cities: Don't Forget to Look Up!

Check out my weekly column for Untapped Cities, make sure you click on the link at the bottom to see the full drawing!

Not far from the Brooklyn Bridge, watching over City Hall, stands the red terra cotta Potter Building, designed by N.G. Starkweather and commissioned by Orlando B. Potter. Constructed from 1883-86 using terra cotta manufactured by the Boston Terra Cotta Company, the Potter building replaced Potter’s World Building that was destroyed by a fire in early 1882. In 1883, The New York Timesannounced that the 11 story office building with the street level commercial space would cost $700,000. To avoid history repeating itself, the Potter Building had the most advanced fireproofing available in the 1880s.

Buildings in the 1880s usually topped out at four stories. But with technological advances, tall buildings between nine and ten stories transformed the streets of lower (Click to read more and see the art)

Tumblr - Pinterest - Twitter -  Facebook Fan Page

All images copyright of Bernadette Moke 2012