In which I draw myself every day and post it to this blog, along with selections from 30+ years of self-portraits. It's alot to look at, here are my favorites.
Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, Faves: 2009.06, julia kay, Media: Digital, Media: iPod Brushes, Media: iPod Touch, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From a Sketch, Process: From Photo(s), self-portrait, Skin Tones: Fleshy (Cauc.), Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Subject: Standing and Sitting, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, Faves: 2009.06, julia kay, Media: Digital, Media: iPod Brushes, Media: iPod Touch, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From a Sketch, self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Subject: Standing and Sitting, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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Tomorrow skin tones and hair... Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, julia kay, Media: iPod Brushes, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From Other Artwork, Process: From Photo(s), self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, julia kay, Media: Pen, Media: Watercolor, painter, portrait, Process: From a Sketch, Process: From Photo(s), self-portrait, Skin Tones: Fleshy (Cauc.), Style: Coloring Book, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Subject: Narrative, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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11:26 PM
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Well, January is over, and I think I'll give the childhood series a rest for now. It's been more challenging than I expected - I'm not going to be signing up to be a child-portrait-artist anytime soon.Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, Faves: 2009.01, julia kay, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From Photo(s), Process: In 15 minutes or less, self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Subject: With Other People, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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11:40 PM
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What exactly is it that makes this look like a Linda Barry cartoon?Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, Faves: 2009.01, julia kay, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From Photo(s), self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Subject: With Other People, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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9:15 AM
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...because I've always been interested in food!Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, Faves: 2009.01, julia kay, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Subject: Narrative, Subject: With Other People, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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11:59 PM
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I'm not such a vamp in the source photo, so I suppose I'll try again tomorrow.Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, julia kay, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From Photo(s), self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Where: Inverness
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12:00 PM
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Thanks for holding on to me!Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, Faves: 2009.01, julia kay, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From Photo(s), self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Subject: With Other People, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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I was not quite five when the photo this is based on was taken - and I'm still at it! Actually, I even still have this camera, a half-frame 35mm, which I'm pretty sure does still work.Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, Faves: 2009.01, julia kay, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From Photo(s), self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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It's interesting how the easy part is sometimes the hardest - I thought my face would be hardest, but it's the bench I messed up! This was in NYC, and, no, there wasn't an earthquake in progress - the bench wasn't even tilting! I'm guessing I was about a year old but I don't know for sure. Although my photographer father carefully noted how long he exposed each print, there are no dates on the photos I'm working from for these drawings.Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, Faves: 2009.01, julia kay, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From Photo(s), self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Subject: Narrative, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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11:59 PM
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The New Year always makes me reflect on time passing, so here's a flash from the past. However, these days I look more like my dad did at my age than like the little girl in a velvet dress that I once was. (I guess even feminist mom gave in to the cute factor on occasion)Labels: 2009, artist, contemporary, daily, every day, Faves: 2009.01, julia kay, Media: Pen, painter, portrait, Process: From Life, Process: From Photo(s), self-portrait, Style: Contour Lines, Subject: Childhood, Subject: Narrative, Subject: With Other People, Where: San Francisco (Florida St.)
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Artist, Analyst, Aikidoist, Alexander Technique Teacher-Trainee. Artist: I've been living, working and exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area for almost 20 years. My subject matter ranges from portraits of people and animals to almost abstract paintings of plant forms and light. I paint in oil, acrylics, & watercolors, with oil paintsticks and watercolor markers, and with digital media such as pressure-sensitive tablet and Studio Artist software. I draw with anything I can get my hands on - sticks on wet sand and fingers on frosted windows, chunks of wood freshly burnt into charcoal and children's toys such as etch-a-sketch and magna-doodle. I also take landscape, figure, animal and street photographs, have played with printmaking (mostly monoprints) and have dabbled with sculpture in steel, wood, clay and neon.
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