Pushing on getting the little stuff done. Toivo, done and out. Carol Elizabeth, done and out. Hartford slide show, done and out. Chokers at Grassroots poster (2008) in process. Tweaking my buffalo picture. Adding a frilly funniness to make it seem more like a bandana/vintage tablecloth...that feels so much like that area and the styling there. Black/white/grey and yellow: reduced palette. I walked away from this image for a while...and it feels far more like its gelling. Plus, redid aspects of the eyes, and reduced the color further.

The image above is from Calico, the Wonder Horse written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton (of Saturday's post). This piece shows off her linoleum cutting--but what I love is the explosion shape that she captures the bucking horse in response to her studying comic books at the time. This device really works for me. This sort of energy is great...I wonder if current comic books have this sort of inspiration. Maybe a trip online? or down to Ithaca?

Am developing a table to capture the things and quotes for my color book. Look at this cuteness...I looooooove this-- this is a benchmark of fabulousity:

What Is Pink?
Christina Rossetti

What is pink? a rose is pink
By the fountain’s brink.
What is red? a poppy’s red
In its barley bed.
What is blue? the sky is blue
Where the clouds float thro’.
What is white? a swan is white
Sailing in the light.
What is yellow? pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
What is green? the grass is green,
With small flowers between.
What is violet? clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? why, an orange,
Just an orange!