4.75 x 4.75″ Ink on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Oh sweet bell pepper. Your smooth and shiny outside is a fine sight to see. Your real beauty, however, is found upon slicing you open.
Long, structural ribs form your walls. And your heart, a mass of seeds stemming from – well, your stem – is the poster child for texture.
You, delicious bell pepper, are stunning.
Original piece and prints available for purchase.
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
The attempt was a valiant one, but her aim was off. -Or perhaps it was her focus that was awry. Distracted, all efforts were slightly misplaced, and now ran down the side of her cup.
Better luck tomorrow, she thought.
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
The other day I heard a news report that is pretty common. It regarded big banks (which to me equals a bunch of super rich men and perhaps a few women) who were acting like jack asses with other people’s money. The amount of money these banks had played with and lost was astonishing.
Shortly after that, another report came on talking about Mitt Romney and some out of touch thing he had said regarding money.
Both of these reports got me thinking about the old saying “high on the hog.” Years ago, I imagine saying such a thing meant someone was doing well for themselves – they bought a new car or house or took a big vacation. But what in the heck does it mean today? Instead of one new car, perhaps a few new jets? Instead of a house a block of buildings? To be high on the hog these days, the hog has got to be sitting pretty high.
P.S. If you don’t want to thi
nk of this adorable pig as social commentary, just think of it as “Babe – Pig in the City.” That’s what the boyfriend says it reminds him of anyway.
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
There are days when I feel like I’m just spinning in circles. Yesterday, after sitting for hours accomplishing little, and feeling a bit mopey about the situation, I realized I needed a new scene – literally. I grabbed a pen and a piece of paper in which I had glued pieces of floral wrapping paper. I moved from the muggy little room I was attempting to work in to the cool bathroom floor.
The seemingly mundane toilet became a fascinating subject for me. Drawing it I noticed its shadows, shiny spots and designed lines. (I also happened to notice some of the dust and grime – but that’s another project). I was reminded that I should never be stumped as to what to draw. We’re surrounded by all sorts of great stuff if we just take a moment to look at it.
4 x 5″ Ink on Paper
Yesterday I decided to draw a self-portrait to replace my avatar. I sat in front of the mirror and held still as my pencil moved across the paper. I worked and worked, but I just wasn’t feeling it. Original idea nixed. Cat character idea adopted.
The goal in drawing the character was to capture a cat’s no-nonsense personality using human characteristics. Most cats- our cat, Box included- seem to take every endeavor quite seriously. From getting in the middle of whatever project we are working on to chasing string, it is all done with complete focus. The cat is all business, while we laugh at his ridiculousness.
Box is such an inspiration!
This original piece available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/103904640/serious-business-original-ink-drawing
Prints available too! https://www.etsy.com/listing/103904722/serious-business-cat-character-print
18 x 22″ Ink on paper
He was a farm horse with dreams of the big top.
A perfected routine of balancing balls, jumping through hoops, and standing atop a small pedestal – all in full feathered regalia – proved a huge hit in the corral. He often wondered, though, if he would find such praise under the red and white stripes of the real thing.
This piece available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/103820514/out-of-place-original-ink-drawing
I’m also working on getting prints made of a bunch of my other work. If you are interested in anything, please let me know.
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
The ball definitely sat all alone, but somehow it did not feel lonely. Perfectly content with its rounded self, it reflected the evening light as the sun moved down the horizon.
This piece available for purchase at or by emailing micah@azzlsoft.com
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Everyone else appeared to manipulate their shoelaces to produce an elegant and secure bow with ease. Her botched attempts though, brought a mess of tangles and knots. The aglets at the end of the laces mocked her efforts, wielding their way out of her amateur hands to present a challenge she had never before encountered.
Try after try she could not wrangle the shoestring. “I’ll give it one more go,” she told herself over and over again.
Suddenly, her fingers became nimble to the loops, twists and pulls. –Success.
This greeting card available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/103687489/aglet-original-ink-drawing-on-greeting or by emailing micah@azzlsoft.com
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
There is something about watching live baseball that is just fantastic. Everything about it is laid back and easy going. The crowd, the warm summer days, eating peanuts and drinking a cold beverage with friends and family – all are enjoyed while watching players who in one moment make a diving catch, and in the next can be found spitting sunflower seeds from the dugout.
Yesterday evening we went to Coors Field to watch the Rockies play (thanks to my brother for taking us). They ended up losing despite rally cap efforts by the crowd. But as always, it was a great time. Day 63’s work is an abstracted ink version of a ballpark.
Sidenote: Afterward the Rockies put on an AMAZING pre-4th of July fireworks show. I highly recommend watching this sucker if you ever happen to be in Denver when they put this on.
This little guy available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/103396695/the-ballpark-original-ink-drawing or by emailing micah@azzlsoft.com
24 x 36″ Ink and acrylic on canvas
Goal: To create one work of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Some of you avid followers may recall that I made a piece titled Subtleties on day 30 in which I experimented with painting using only light colors. That piece has been hanging out on my easel, wondering what to do with itself ever since. Subtleties, it seemed, just did not fit in at this house. It lacked any sort of personality and longed to be given attention. So yesterday, I did just that.
With the wise old saying, “Don’t put your eggs all in one basket” on my mind, I created the work for day 46. As I did so, I realized that while the saying is really quite true, sometimes it’s worth the risk to load up the basket and hope for the best.
This piece available for purchase at http://etsy.me/NlXCQI or by emailing me at micah@azzlsoft.com
Micah Richardson 