Happy Birthday Jules!

Today is Jule Verne's 183rd birthday, so in honour of the Ten Thousand Leagues Under the Sea author I water colored my submarine drawing from yesterday. You can see it without color here.

To get create the illusion of the the submarine coming forward I used one point perspective, also known as linear perspective.

In my version of Ten Thousand Leagues, the Kraken is friendly.

Happy birthday Jules!

Stay Artsy,

~Sarah Bosserman

Quote Monday, Octopuse and Warhol

Ah, Andy, what a character.

As brilliantly insane as he was (and I love him for it) this quote sums up exactly what an artist is to me. People are always asking "where do you get your ideas, how did you come up with that?" and as cliche as it is, I reply time and time again that inspiration is everywhere. Walking down the street, pouring a bowl of cereal, fog on a mirror, the world is full of clues that artists use to piece together paintings and sculpture. You just have to "see it".

Tonight in my art class we reviewed one point perspective. After going over the lesson and figuring the technique out (it had been awhile) I was excited to apply it to more interesting things than boxes. Once I got home I whipped out my sketch book, trusty black sharpie and got to work on this marine scene.

Later I'll add some watercolor paints to really bring it to life, but until then,

Stay Artsy,

~Sarah Bosserman

Broken Octopus

For an art class I had to do a broken window pane technique but I could pick and subject I wanted and the amount of detail I wished.

I thought about what could be really interesting with layers and pattern, so, naturally I pick an octopus :)

I've decided to name him Wembley after my favorite soccer stadium.

Wembley the Octopus..

Sarah B.