Getting Carried Away

You know how hard I am struggling to not head to the Hollywood Farmers Market to get some more plants to turn into kokedama? I made some more today and plan to make a few more tomorrow. I love these weird ass things and need to start giving them as gifts before my place is overrun. I have started hanging them on my wall.

Making My Own Kokedama

A few months ago my friend gave me a plant that was wrapped in a kokedama. I had not seen one of these before and the damn thing blew my mind. I went to Anawalt this morning to get some moss and dirt for it as well as making a sad attempt at a terrarium. I'm gonna have to wait till next month when I go to the library and learn how to make one of those properly. But the kokedama was relatively easy. I changed up the technique a bit since I found like three or four ways to do it online and made one.

I liked the way it came out so I made another and thought about heading out to get some twine. Then I remembered that I have a bunch of twine hangers and that I could just unravel them. I did that and made the second one.

People make these to hang and do all kinda stuff. Mine are sitting in the kitchen for now chilling until I figure out how I am gonna display them somewhere else. I like the way these look and hope to get better at it as time goes on.

I made a few more this morning. I really want to get better at twine. Hoping that the succulent will do well in the kokedama.

Random Perler Beads

Here are some of the random designs I made over the last few days. I plan on making some other designs soon. Just want to do some more music, painting, and writing first. I took the Space Invaders I made a while back and put magnets on the back. Oh, I will add one more painting I did recently covering a previous design that did not come out the way I wanted.

 

Fun With Pixlr (Photoshop) Part 75

Here are some more pictures using Pixlr while I can. Click here for previous Fun With Pixlr.

Strange Acrylic Painting

I did this earlier today using a canvas that had a tear in it. I ended up using two blues, pink, yellow, red, black, and I forget what else. I wasn't trying too hard because of the rip in the canvas and just wanting to experiment. This damn thing turned out pretty cool looking! Also I hung up some pictures in the kitchen using my new camera. I love my new camera.

Using Cheap Paint For Acrylic Pouring

Last week my best friend and I went to Michael's and I bought some cheap Craft Smart brand paint. It is less than half the price of the other paint I was buying but bigger. I also got canvas on sale. I never get enough materials and ended up buying Floetrol from Home Depot which costs way less than ordering it online. I love this paint and the Floetrol more than the far more expensive stuff. I have some ideas for the next projects I end up doing.

More Plants For My Jungle Apartment

Cam gave me some Mother Of A Thousand plants and the first she gave me is triple its size in less than a month. The smaller ones are doing well too. I also got a tropical plant. I had this one a few weeks ago and did everything wrong. Not enough water and too much sun. I also got a weird ass succulent from Trader Joe's. Their plants are very good if you know what you are doing. I used to drown the poor things. I also got a rubber plant from the farmers market in Hollywood.

Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective

Yesterday me and my best friend Cam went to check out the Ernie Barnes exhibit over at the CAAM. Seeing his art in person made me want to paint. I was also surprised by how large most of them were. I just stood there staring at his art wondering what it is like to create art the way he does and look at the world through his eyes. His most well known painting is The Sugar Shack but there were dozens more that were equally impressive. This exhibit had bad advertising. I had no idea it had been there since May and thankfully got to see this in person since tomorrow is its last day.

For many fans of 1970s American television, Ernie Barnes’ (1938–2009) painting The Sugar Shack is no doubt instantly familiar. The 1976 work depicting a dance scene—which was the cover art for Marvin Gaye’s album I Want You—achieved cult status by regularly appearing on the hit sitcom Good Times, inspiring a community of television viewers who discussed it after each episode.

Forcing Myself To Draw 6

On my lunch breaks at work I was reading books and decided that I should probably spend that time making something instead of consuming. I did these three drawings over the last week or so. I realized that I need to keep drawing so I can get better at it as well as make some new characters.