Elaine Biss: April 2011

Feminine Fashion Sketches White Charcoal and Black Watercolor Paper

Just when I think I forgot how to draw by hand, I go and prove myself wrong.

This kind of wrong is just very good.:)

Drawn in White Charcoal and Black Watercolor Paper.

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It`s FITNYC Baby!

UPDATE: Due to some unfortunate family events, I have dropped out, not having even started the program. I am super sad. Family comes first and at least I am there to help.

I don`t even know how to begin to explain this. I have wanted to attend FIT for 3 years now. But for some reason, it just wasn`t happening.

I always known drawing is for me. I love it. I live it. I never really embraced sewing. I have known how to do it since I was very young thanks to my mother. So when a chance came to take sewing in school, I refused to use a pattern because it felt like I was "cheating". It wasn`t my design. It just didn`t make sense so use it. I quickly changed my mind and combined two patterns to create one unique one.

I know the desire is still not in me to sew. But there is a Je ne sais quoi about fashion that I can`t resist. Not all fashion though. The drawings. The art. The history. My particular obsession lies in accessories. So what does this have to do with FIT? Absolutely nothing. I am attending this summer and I am sharing my excitement with you.

I still don`t know what I will finally choose to study. I am just taking a bunch of random art classes and having fun with it. I believe reinventing yourself is the key to happiness ( and the joyous ending to what was a dead end rut career.) :)

A Taste of Summer- Marker and Charcoal Sketches

Elaine Biss Sweet Summer Watercolor Bikini Card

So for those clever enough to figure out there is a huge gap between posts, there is a reason. A good one I might add. After spending 5 years as a hermit crab in from of my computer, I have been living life outside. I have been doing a lot more without my pc. That including art.

You see, it occurred to me that I have been relying heavily on how Illustrator auto corrects my lines and Painter undoes by boo boos in a click. I felt lazy. So I went out on a quest to prove to no one else but me that, well, I still got it. Luckily for me, I do. :)

This week I will unveil my new line of hand drawn (in paper) croquis.

Elaine Biss Sweet Summer Watercolor Bikini Card

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The one below I drew in back watercolor paper and white charcoal. It is my best yet!!!