Lust

I've thought for some time that I would like to have a separate blog for spicier drawings.  Is that bad to admit?  I don't think so... I mean, sometimes I just want to express that arena.* All the great painters did it---how many times did Picasso draw naked men and women and the act of sex?  Uh, A LOT. I mean it's a part of being human, after all.  Why does it have to be twisted around into something forbidden?

Can you imagine me posting any drawings of said nature on Facebook?  No problem, there. ha!  I remember when I included in a blog post, a clip of Tom Cruise in the movie, "Rock of Ages."  Oh, my gosh, that movie got a PG-13 rating, people!  Anyway, some woman wrote that she would not tolerate pornography and promptly de-friended me.  Just so you can check it out, here's the link to the post that caused THAT ruckus (see last film clip there)!  Feeling Awful? Have a Falafel.

Here's a tame painting of lust, just to keep on everyone's good side. (-;

 Oil, acrylic, pastel and ink on handmade Italian paper

*(Just a quick aside here--Does anyone remember Anne Rice who wrote the "The Vampire Chronicles" series?  (You know the Vampire Lestat?) She wrote, under the pseudonym A.N. Roquelaure--and other novels under Anne Rampling--the "Sleeping Beauty Trilogy" about BDSM--I mean, THOSE were the ORIGINAL "50 Shades of Grey."  Just giving you yet another example of someone else who had to unleash a little spice, too. (-;

Day 101. Truffle Lust (SOLD)

Well, my husband and I just got back from a whirlwind trip to "Art Is You" down in Nashville, TN. We left on Wednesday and got there around 10 p.m.  Thursday I had two seminars, one all-day workshop with Sunny Carvalho, and an evening event with Sue Pelletier. Today, Friday, we headed back and got home around 9:30 p.m.  Crazy!

Sunny Carvalho is the sweetest person.  She is just so incredibly talented, generous, and a powerhouse of production.  She freely instructed us on her techniques and continually asked if we had questions and was sooo patient.  All the women in the class were a riot, and I'm so glad I got to spend time with them.  (I was supposed to meet them in the bar later, but I went back to my room, laid down for just a few minutes around 4:45 p.m., and fell asleep until 6:40 p.m.  Listen, all that laughter can exhaust a person! (-;

Anyway, below is the painting I made along with a few pictures.  I will post more on Facebook by tomorrow.

I looked down at my painting when I was done, and I said, "It doesn't look anything like yours--it looks like what I usually do!"  She said, "That's because you've already found your own style; some people never do."  See?  I TOLD you she was incredibly sweet.  Sunny is on the brink of world domination.  You heard it here first. (-:  (Ha!  I doubt, that--I think most people aware of her art know it.)  Check out her website at:  http://sunnycarvalho.blogspot.com/

I'll have more on Sue Pelletier's workshop tomorrow.

Early stages:

All of our creations:

 

Sunny and myself--as taken by Sunny!

Below, Bernie Berlin, author of "Artist Trading Card Workshop."  She also founded an animal rescue facility called, "A Place to Bark."  Please check out this wonderful organization at the following link:  http://www.aplacetobark.com/

Some of Sunny's creation--just the tip of the iceberg!

Sunny with her "boss", Cheryl McGinnis Brown McCloud: