Blogs Sorted April 7, 2010

Hello everyone,

sorry for neglecting you for you long but I’ve been busy sorting the blog situation and organising my images.

I now have three blogs:

Quilted Bliss (exclusively for the quilts and things made from fabric)

Creations of a Cluttered Mind (for exactly that, all sorts of crafty arty things and more)

Brighter Smudges (for all the paintings and artwork)

I have also worked on my Flickr account and added some images. The next step is to organize those and give them descriptions, which will probably take me ages.

I hope you like what I’ve done with the blogs.

Lots of Love

Nadine

A Doodle Reaches Puberty February 14, 2010

Better late than never. Finally, the latest update from our last doodlemanifesto get together. This time I am only going to upload images of one doodle from start to …. well, to the point we decided to call it a night.

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PS: As you might notice, there are no boobs or bums for a change and if you still think you see them the responsibility is out of my hands. The imagination is entirely yours.

… and the doodle reaches puberty.

What happens now is down to hormones and the influence of alcohol.

Brighter Smudges January 31, 2010

…. that is the name of my new ART-only blog where I will concentrate on the paintings and other art-related things, possibly exhibitions, competitions maybe, ideas and projects and also interesting websites by other artists whose work I admire.

I will keep the “CReations of a Cluttered Mind” for everything else, especially the quilts and other crafty projects.

Feel free to check out “Brighter Smudges” at http://nadinesaupearts.wordpress.com/

and let me know what you think. drop me an email at nadinesaupe@yahoo.com if you prefer that.

Hope you’ll enjoy the Brighter Smudges too.

Nadine

All About Boobies November 18, 2009

I know it’s a bit late for this (Breast Cancer Awareness month was Octover I think, although one doesn’t need to stick to a certain schedule to raise awareness for Breast Cancer charitable events)

… but I noticed a Breast Cancer Awareness event on Twitter a while ago organized by Elizabeth Wells (check out her lingerie shop in the Shambles, lovely goodies, or maybe even Christmas pressies for that special lady in your life?) and I think Confident Ladies were involved as well (“Yorkshire’s newest and most Friendly Social and Business Network. a community which brings together and supports a diverse group of women, in and out of business”).

So I thought I’d show that I have done my bit for Breast Cancer Awareness too.

I have donated 3 paintings to be auctioned off in a charity art exhibition at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow (I know, cool, right?) and raised several hundred pounds for Breast Cancer Research. The exhibition was organized by a Breast cancer awareness group called Booby Birds (a group of women who organize events, such as a skydive for charity or other events, in order to raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer) and if I remember correctly the art exhibition raised several thousand pounds for charity.

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Where Casanova Roams November 12, 2009

… ahem, NOT.

Since you’ve already seen pretty much everything else arty in my bedroom I might as well show you the other painting that hangs above my bed.

I know, I know, it really isn’t sexy at all. For something that hangs above someone’s bed.

Guess that means I need to paint some more nudes, haven’t done that in a while. Maybe I should audition models for paintings of the sexy kind. Hm, I could imagine a competition with all you sexy people sending in sexy poses and I’ll attempt to paint them.

Ha, what a great idea. =)

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Venice, Chioggia oil on canvas panel 24″ x 20″

close ups

People are Strange October 22, 2009

Oh, wow, look what I’ve found on Stumbleupon. A video of “People Are Strange” showcasing an amazing notebook full of artwork (Sturdy Heaven Blog). http://sturdyheaven.com/blog/2008/11/28/people-are-strange/

I love The Doors and Jim Morrison is a legend, not just for his music and personality, but his poetry as well. Check out The American Night for some beat poetry. (as for Beat Poetry my favorite is still Langston Hughes though. A Raisin in the Sun.)

The following portrait of the Mojo was a lot of fun to paint and is hanging in my living room along with some other portraits of other legends.

Beware of the Were Rabbit October 21, 2009

Last night’s doodles seemed to reflect everyone’s state of mind very well, as usual of course. For some reason there were a lot less boobs and bums. But the creature with three legs or the Edvard Munch influence might give an indication of our mental state at the time. Mine was certainly a bit fuzzy on anatomical details.

Tile Story October 4, 2009

Time for another painting, and one of my favorites too. This painting (oil on canvas panel, 20″x 24″) fits in perfectly with the colours I have all over the flat and it therefore has a safe place on the living room wall.

I can barely remember, but I think I had the idea to paint this after seeing some Chuck Close paintings. I find his portraits fascinating. This painting however is a simple abstract, one I can keep looking at and I always find something new.

A pattern emerges September 23, 2009

A pattern emerges … in the doodle.

Last night 13 of us got together at the White Swan to doodle, drink and chat about x y and z, well, mainly arty stuff, technology and the like. We had a great time, I certainly did and ….

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… it seems that a pattern emerges. Here are some (rather obvious) observations  …

• there are lots of BOOBS and BUMS in the doodles, hmmm, wonder why and what would a psychoanalyst make of that? Actually, I don’t think I want to know.

• even though we start doodling and it is not supposed to be a DRAWING session, we end up with somewhat recognizable images

• very often the overall image ends up looking like a face

• everyone has a very distinct doodling style, whether they are artists or never do anything arty at all

• some people tend to use very curvy round long strokes, others prefer edges and straight lines

• some people often draw big shapes trying to fill the page, others tend to fill the empty space within the shapes with small circles, dots or lines

• often one person starts drawing something that they see as x and then the next person turns it into something completely different

• we all see very different things in the doodles, where someone might see a woman’s face somebody else sees a man’s

(tbc)

… which brings me to one of my favorite geeky interests, visual illusions. But I’ll leave that for another post.

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Here are a few pics from last night some with close-ups (sorry, photos were taken on my iPhone and the lighting wasn’t great). You can find most of the other doodles on the doodlemanifesto website (will be updated when Steve gets his head out of his own doodles. lol).

PS: we will soon start having doodling sessions at Pulse on Fossgate, York, our chosen gathering place for the geeky arts and design community and Mac enthusiasts in York.

Strangers in the City September 12, 2009

So far my blog entries have been very mixed with a strong tendency towards quilts. Today I think it’s time to share one of my favorite paintings with you, an oil painting called “Strangers in the City” which is currently hanging above my bed.