Here are the silly paintings I made! (Click to see larger)
We watched some Doctor Who, so I wasn't too surprised when my fingers started making a portrait of Amy Pond. Hahaha! Nerd.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Finger Painting Break
Last night I did some FINGER PAINTING with my awesome illustrator friend Andrea Sparacio! If you need to loosen up and let go artistically, this is a fun way to do it. We just used some tempera paint that I have in my stash, so you don't need anything fancy.
Here are the silly paintings I made! (Click to see larger)
We watched some Doctor Who, so I wasn't too surprised when my fingers started making a portrait of Amy Pond. Hahaha! Nerd.
Here are the silly paintings I made! (Click to see larger)
We watched some Doctor Who, so I wasn't too surprised when my fingers started making a portrait of Amy Pond. Hahaha! Nerd.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
New comic characters! And new kitty!
I've been scheming up a BRAND NEW YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL! And it's with a totally new cast of characters! I first met my new main character when I doodled this in my sketchbook ages ago...
It's taken me a year and a half to get to know her, and I only just began to work on her friends. They're all brand new and still evolving, so who knows how they will transform as I work on writing out the story.
WILLY
Short for Willemena, named after my great grandmother. She makes lamps out of found objects and has an old-fashioned steampunk tinged style. You can see I'm playing around with her hair, whether to have it looser or done more tightly braided. She represents a side of my personality just like Paige does, so there's some physical continuity with her strawberry blonde hair and freckles. Oh, and her shadows are alive.
AUTUMN
She is Willy's best friend, from an Indian-American family. She makes rad puppets.
NOAH
He completes this trio of longtime friends. He's sweet natured and into cooking.
REESE
She is Noah's little sister. She's a little tweeny hipster who idolizes Noah's friends.
Now it's time to hammer out the plot for these characters! If you have feedback on these characters, I'd love to hear it! Please comment or shoot me an email: lauraleegulledge@gmail.
And speaking of new characters...
I've adopted a kitten! His name is Rory, AKA Roary like a lion cub. (the name is also in reference to a Doctor Who character) He was found a few blocks from where I live here in Brooklyn, and we're guessing he's about 6 months old. He's a real life party cat! He sleeps on his back like this all the time, it's waaay too cute.
Currently Reading: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
It's taken me a year and a half to get to know her, and I only just began to work on her friends. They're all brand new and still evolving, so who knows how they will transform as I work on writing out the story.
WILLY
Short for Willemena, named after my great grandmother. She makes lamps out of found objects and has an old-fashioned steampunk tinged style. You can see I'm playing around with her hair, whether to have it looser or done more tightly braided. She represents a side of my personality just like Paige does, so there's some physical continuity with her strawberry blonde hair and freckles. Oh, and her shadows are alive.
AUTUMN
She is Willy's best friend, from an Indian-American family. She makes rad puppets.
NOAH
He completes this trio of longtime friends. He's sweet natured and into cooking.
REESE
She is Noah's little sister. She's a little tweeny hipster who idolizes Noah's friends.
Now it's time to hammer out the plot for these characters! If you have feedback on these characters, I'd love to hear it! Please comment or shoot me an email: lauraleegulledge@gmail.
And speaking of new characters...
I've adopted a kitten! His name is Rory, AKA Roary like a lion cub. (the name is also in reference to a Doctor Who character) He was found a few blocks from where I live here in Brooklyn, and we're guessing he's about 6 months old. He's a real life party cat! He sleeps on his back like this all the time, it's waaay too cute.
Currently Reading: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Friday, June 24, 2011
Latest News!
Lots of new news to share! Let's get started...
I currently have an etching hanging in the Crest Hardware Art Show! It opened this past weekend, featuring hundreds of works of art displayed creatively throughout the store. This brass etching of mine is the only large one that I didn't install as street art under my alias Karat. You should check out the show if you can, it will be up for a while.
***
I was the guest speaker at the annual Young Adult Services Division
(YASD) luncheon in Nassau Country, which basically means I got to hang out with a room full of wonderful librarians! Here I am with Barbara Mickowski, the president of the NCLA Young Adult Services Division.
***
I was interviewed by Palle Schmidt for Writing with Pictures. You can read it here!
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I am featured in an article in Publishing Trendsetter about Manga and female readers in the comics industry. You can read the full article here, written by Rachel Stark.
***
Attention all you Virginia folks!
Next week I'm having a BOOK SIGNING & PARTYat my parents' house in Northern Virginia! There will be lots of wine, food, freebies, and surprises. Please RSVP on facebook or via email: pattysgulledge@gmail.com
Sunday July 3rd 3:00-5:00pm.
11550 Gunner Court Woodbridge, Virginia.
Facebook Event.
I currently have an etching hanging in the Crest Hardware Art Show! It opened this past weekend, featuring hundreds of works of art displayed creatively throughout the store. This brass etching of mine is the only large one that I didn't install as street art under my alias Karat. You should check out the show if you can, it will be up for a while.
***
I was the guest speaker at the annual Young Adult Services Division
(YASD) luncheon in Nassau Country, which basically means I got to hang out with a room full of wonderful librarians! Here I am with Barbara Mickowski, the president of the NCLA Young Adult Services Division.
***
I was interviewed by Palle Schmidt for Writing with Pictures. You can read it here!
***
I am featured in an article in Publishing Trendsetter about Manga and female readers in the comics industry. You can read the full article here, written by Rachel Stark.
***
Attention all you Virginia folks!
Next week I'm having a BOOK SIGNING & PARTYat my parents' house in Northern Virginia! There will be lots of wine, food, freebies, and surprises. Please RSVP on facebook or via email: pattysgulledge@gmail.com
Sunday July 3rd 3:00-5:00pm.
11550 Gunner Court Woodbridge, Virginia.
Facebook Event.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
9 New Very Personal Drawings!
9 drawings?! Normally I'd break these up into multiple blogs, but my computer has been in the shop so I was unable to scan any of these any earlier that today.
These drawings are all about some recent romantic turbulence, so please take them in gently! They are uber personal. (Click to see larger)
1.
Sometimes, one of us checks out of the relationship like a library book. Leaving the other behind to miss us.
2.
I see things in greytones, you see in black and white. I see things optimistically, you're pessimistic. I'm daytime, you're nighttime. Problems normally arise because we simply see things differently than the other person.
3.
To me this drawing is a Carrie Bradshaw sort of observation. I'm normally a lipgloss addict, so when I don't bother to put it on I know I'm either apathetic or super preoccupied. Same thing with a lack of appetite. (I painted it with copper metallic paint, so it looks way cooler in person.)
4.
You're a dish that needs more time in the oven, but I am patient. I drew this quickly, in my "New Yorker cartoon" style. (And for you Joss Whedon fans out there, I was indeed thinking of the Buffy cookie dough analogy while drawing this.)
5.
Sometimes there is no where to step. I can walk on eggshells or walk on nails...which is worse? Either way I just end up hurting both of us.
6.
People talk about heartache as a physical pain, like your heart is being ripped out of your chest. And now I really get it. But for me it's more like a painful implosion, a black hole where my heart was.
7.
When I draw self portraits, I've noticed that I normally don't abstract my own form unless the emotion manifests itself physically. Like in this drawing. I was so upset, so without control, that no clever metaphor could possibly express it. Only a swirl of lines could express something so visceral.
8.
You're an alien and I'm a robot. We both feel like outsiders, separate from humanity. But I'm good at analyzing humans, so I can explain their behavior to you when you don't understand. I'll be your translator.
9.
You're rain and I'm sunshine. Yes we're different. But together we make rainbows.
These drawings are all about some recent romantic turbulence, so please take them in gently! They are uber personal. (Click to see larger)
1.
Sometimes, one of us checks out of the relationship like a library book. Leaving the other behind to miss us.
2.
I see things in greytones, you see in black and white. I see things optimistically, you're pessimistic. I'm daytime, you're nighttime. Problems normally arise because we simply see things differently than the other person.
3.
To me this drawing is a Carrie Bradshaw sort of observation. I'm normally a lipgloss addict, so when I don't bother to put it on I know I'm either apathetic or super preoccupied. Same thing with a lack of appetite. (I painted it with copper metallic paint, so it looks way cooler in person.)
4.
You're a dish that needs more time in the oven, but I am patient. I drew this quickly, in my "New Yorker cartoon" style. (And for you Joss Whedon fans out there, I was indeed thinking of the Buffy cookie dough analogy while drawing this.)
5.
Sometimes there is no where to step. I can walk on eggshells or walk on nails...which is worse? Either way I just end up hurting both of us.
6.
People talk about heartache as a physical pain, like your heart is being ripped out of your chest. And now I really get it. But for me it's more like a painful implosion, a black hole where my heart was.
7.
When I draw self portraits, I've noticed that I normally don't abstract my own form unless the emotion manifests itself physically. Like in this drawing. I was so upset, so without control, that no clever metaphor could possibly express it. Only a swirl of lines could express something so visceral.
8.
You're an alien and I'm a robot. We both feel like outsiders, separate from humanity. But I'm good at analyzing humans, so I can explain their behavior to you when you don't understand. I'll be your translator.
9.
You're rain and I'm sunshine. Yes we're different. But together we make rainbows.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Crest Art Show & Body Paint Events THIS WEEK!
Looking for fun stuff to do this week? Check out these events where I'll be painting live & displaying artwork!
1.
CREST FEST HARDWARE ART SHOW
I'll have a BRASS ETCHING hanging in this indoor/outdoor group art show! There will also be live bands, DJs, creative vendors, food & booze, and a self portrait project photobooth.
Saturday, June 18th 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Crest Hardware: 558 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg
Free, Facebook Invite
2.
DIRTY DISCO LAUNDRETTE
2nd Skin will be there airbrushing suds and bubbles on bare body parts of guests at this latest party thrown by my dear friend Adam Aleksander. You can come dance in your underwear to the beats of DJS from DFA Records, pose in a washer-dryer-photobooth by Ventikoland, and drink free detergent themed cocktails all night.
Friday, June 17 at 10:30pm-4:00am
Metro Community Laundromat in Williamsburg
Tickets $76, Facebook Invite
3.
SUMMER NAKED PAINTING PARTY: "Unravel The Mystery of a Stranger"
2nd Skin Body Painting will be helping paint the masses at this quarterly, burning man style, now infamous naked painting party. Free drinks by Nude Vodka 8-9:00. Go to the link to read more details.
Wednesday June 15th, 8:00pm-1:00am
The Gallery Bar: 120 Orchard Street
Tickets $20 cash at door, Facebook Invite
1.
CREST FEST HARDWARE ART SHOW
I'll have a BRASS ETCHING hanging in this indoor/outdoor group art show! There will also be live bands, DJs, creative vendors, food & booze, and a self portrait project photobooth.
Saturday, June 18th 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Crest Hardware: 558 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg
Free, Facebook Invite
2.
DIRTY DISCO LAUNDRETTE
2nd Skin will be there airbrushing suds and bubbles on bare body parts of guests at this latest party thrown by my dear friend Adam Aleksander. You can come dance in your underwear to the beats of DJS from DFA Records, pose in a washer-dryer-photobooth by Ventikoland, and drink free detergent themed cocktails all night.
Friday, June 17 at 10:30pm-4:00am
Metro Community Laundromat in Williamsburg
Tickets $76, Facebook Invite
3.
SUMMER NAKED PAINTING PARTY: "Unravel The Mystery of a Stranger"
2nd Skin Body Painting will be helping paint the masses at this quarterly, burning man style, now infamous naked painting party. Free drinks by Nude Vodka 8-9:00. Go to the link to read more details.
Wednesday June 15th, 8:00pm-1:00am
The Gallery Bar: 120 Orchard Street
Tickets $20 cash at door, Facebook Invite
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Have you seen the Page by Paige blog?
Some of my "Page by Paige" blog (whoispaige.com) overlaps with this blog, but I also post separate content there. So I thought I'd share a recap of all that fun stuff in case you might be interested!
Print out your own copy of Paige's art rules!
A guide I made for making a font out of your handwriting.
Print out your own sheet of artistic licenses to cut out and share.
Meet the real character: Longo!
Jules' new music pick: The Boxettes
Longos' new music pick: French Horn Rebellion
Stay tuned, there are lots more new "Paige by Paige" blogs to come!
Print out your own copy of Paige's art rules!
A guide I made for making a font out of your handwriting.
Print out your own sheet of artistic licenses to cut out and share.
Meet the real character: Longo!
Jules' new music pick: The Boxettes
Longos' new music pick: French Horn Rebellion
Stay tuned, there are lots more new "Paige by Paige" blogs to come!
Monday, June 6, 2011
WORD drawings @ WORD Books
This weekend I held my last scheduled workshop for the summer, at WORD Books! (I'll be lining up more events in the Fall) In the spirit of the space I decided it would be appropriate to make drawings out of WORDS.
It was a very art therapy sort of lesson, and since we were a small group we were able to get more personal which was nice. First I shared different ways that I've used text in my artwork and in "Page by Paige," especially as a way to articulate inner fears.
Then we shared the negative things that we each tell ourselves, named the underlying fears, and decided what positive phrase we could ingrain in our head to override the original negative one. Then we made drawings out of the new words, because drawing it/writing it can help new ideas stick in our head.
Since these were all pretty personal I'll just share mine rather than everyone's! My inner fear was that I am a fraud, that people will discover that I'm not that cool or talented or clever and that my graphic novel was a fluke. So the positive phrase I need to "reprogram" in my head is that "I have something to offer."
And congrats Daniel and Annie for winning a copy of my "Be a Revelationary" poster!
It was a very art therapy sort of lesson, and since we were a small group we were able to get more personal which was nice. First I shared different ways that I've used text in my artwork and in "Page by Paige," especially as a way to articulate inner fears.
Then we shared the negative things that we each tell ourselves, named the underlying fears, and decided what positive phrase we could ingrain in our head to override the original negative one. Then we made drawings out of the new words, because drawing it/writing it can help new ideas stick in our head.
Since these were all pretty personal I'll just share mine rather than everyone's! My inner fear was that I am a fraud, that people will discover that I'm not that cool or talented or clever and that my graphic novel was a fluke. So the positive phrase I need to "reprogram" in my head is that "I have something to offer."
And congrats Daniel and Annie for winning a copy of my "Be a Revelationary" poster!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Book Expo America: Author Speed Dating!
Last week I attended BOOK EXPO AMERICA where I took part in the event "Speed Dating With Children's Authors!"
19 different authors (including myself) moved from table to table, spending time chatting at each table with over 100 librarians, book store owners, and other book professionals from across the country. It was a lot of fun, even though I had to talk my way into the event because I didn't have a badge! I was shocked to hear that many of the attendees had already read my book. Now if only I can save enough money to do a proper book tour...
Publishers Weekly posted a complete article about the event here. And I'd like to say a special thanks Kurt for passing out my stickers and such until I ran out!
In other news...
Abrams art director Chad Beckerman posted a nice blog entry about my event at BookCourt! Complete with a bunch of new photos. Thanks, Chad!
And FINALLY...
This Saturday 4-5:00 is my last event in New York for a while! At WORD Books in Greenpoint. We'll be making portraits out of WORDS. Click here for more info!
19 different authors (including myself) moved from table to table, spending time chatting at each table with over 100 librarians, book store owners, and other book professionals from across the country. It was a lot of fun, even though I had to talk my way into the event because I didn't have a badge! I was shocked to hear that many of the attendees had already read my book. Now if only I can save enough money to do a proper book tour...
Publishers Weekly posted a complete article about the event here. And I'd like to say a special thanks Kurt for passing out my stickers and such until I ran out!
In other news...
Abrams art director Chad Beckerman posted a nice blog entry about my event at BookCourt! Complete with a bunch of new photos. Thanks, Chad!
And FINALLY...
This Saturday 4-5:00 is my last event in New York for a while! At WORD Books in Greenpoint. We'll be making portraits out of WORDS. Click here for more info!
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