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The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands :.
London :Printed at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon's in Hoxton,MDCCXXXI-MDCCXLIII [i.e. 1729-1747].
Acabo de estrenar con este dibujo una Flex Pen Noodler´s que la verdad, no es una Namiki, pero por el precio que tiene si se me rompe o la pierdo no me va a amargar el dÃa.
PLima estilofrafica Flex pen Noodler's y tinta negra de la misma marca, que por cierto es muy resistente a agua (99%)
I was working on this drawing yesterday, but got in a smudgy old mess so abandoned it! Not sure what more I could do to it anyway! I'm not sure whether to invest in a can of fixative. I did a quick spray of hairspray over this, but it seemed to give her freckles (and a kind of impressionist look!)!
My drawing was based upon this reference photo by Jenni (Flickr username kaynassen). I changed the sky color in my drawing, but otherwise I tried to maintain the essence of the photo as much as I could. I was inspired by that vibrant pink VW Beetle against the backdrop of such a rustic building.
In 1986 when I was working on my Autographs project, I was able to contact Elizabeth Taylor, through her agent, and she was gracious enough to autograph this drawing that I did of her. I didn't meet her, but I was very pleased she liked the drawing enough to sign it. Also, I think it was because of her signing this drawing that got Michael Jackson to take notice of my work. They were great friends, and when I contacted his office to sign a drawing, he eventually saw this drawing and he agreed to sign the drawing I did of him. Which led to Michael hiring me to illustrate his coloring book, Moonwalker - The Coloring Book.
My Autographs project was something I came up with and worked on during the 1980s and early 1990s. I would do a drawing of a famous person and search them out to see if they would autograph it. I met many of them. Some of the people who signed my drawings were; President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan (this was when he was President and my drawing was in the Oval Office in the White House!), Andy Warhol, Al Hirschfeld, David Levine, Liza Minnelli, Stephen Sondheim, Spike Lee, Paloma Picasso (I have a signed Picasso!), Lucille Ball, Jeremy Irons, Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Malcom Forbes, The Eurythmics (Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart) and Molly Ringwald to name a few.
I also had a number of rejections; Jacqueline Onassis, Bette Midler, Yoko Ono, Donald Trump, Katherine Hepburn (who wrote me a wonderful note - which she signed - so I got my autograph) and Jerry Seinfeld. There were some others. But, most of the people I contacted autographed their drawings.
It was a great project, I just did it for myself and I had a lot of fun. Meeting many of these people was a thrill!! I would have loved to have met Elizabeth Taylor in person, just to look into those beautiful violet eyes of hers!!
My zine printed by the awesome Kaugummi Books.
20 pages B/W, 14 x 21
editionskaugummi.free.fr/twohandsholdhollowclaps.html
3 Euro
And check out the rest of the awesome catalogue while you're there, Dean Sullivan, Antony Record etc etc etc!