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About codemush

Welcome to Code Mush, there be doodles here. And sometimes photos, but mostly just doodlin's

Mysterious faces

Mysterious face!

I have a tendency to doodle faces everywhere I go: in the margins of my journal, on the paper I use at work, and on the grocery list I take to the grocery store. I don’t know why, but that seems to be where boredom meets paper for me, hah. Actually, it might be that’s just what we see all the time. Faces. People  I don’t know, or really would like to know, but people are everywhere conveying something on their face. Expression on faces is what I really like! And Isaac says I do that really well. So maybe that’s why I lean towards faces because I communicate through expression. And expressing comes in different forms.

This one, on the other hand is abstract and doesn’t seem to have any expression on the face. But everything around him (the shapes) are expressing color and movement to me.  So even when our inward expression is somewhat aloof (or “mysterious” as i’ll use the topic word) the environment around us could be vibrant and could be having an affect on us whether we know it or not!

IF: Disguise

Origami Disguise!

I know that it has been quite some time since I’ve posted any art onto my blog, and also for illustration friday. I think my last entry was probably my best one I’ve done so far for I.F. and received a lot of great comments! Thanks for everyone who did, and sorry I did not respond to them.  For this week, as I try to get my priorities straight (art and drawing being one of them, but sadly sometimes gets tossed aside), I decided to practice with collage, with color, and shapes. I think this helps me start “seeing” creatively again. And working fast, so that I can go onto something else in my sketchbook to help me wake up that part of my brain I’ve been neglecting.

So as I brought out my art box, I noticed that I had some little squares of origami paper which I have been saving and saving because I just loved the patterns on them. In fact, I might just scan some of the paper so you can see how beautiful the paper is. I’m not good at making origami at all, not near as good as my awesome boyfriend. He can figure it out, and I just can’t keep my attention on trying to fold perfectly long enough.

I thought, “hey, I’m going to finally use you paper, even though I don’t really want to cut you up!” and I used the topic this week, “disguise.” I thought that the fans on the paper kind of looked cool to try and hide the mouth (if you notice on the red paper). Well, I hope this helps me create some more collage and also draw some more today!

beautiful origami paper!

Grow!

another installment of my “grow” series. I put the other grow drawings at the bottom in sequential order from my sketchbook. Enjoy!

Grow !

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grow

 

an artist with mustasche

IF: Shadows

 

"Shadows"

I just went with it.

This is what came out as I read the topic for illustration friday. Although it started out as the shadows on the ground were suppose to look kind of like roots, so they could be one and the same. But I just kept adding more, and then added colored pencils. And leaves. And it was suppose to be set at night, but that didn’t happen. So, I guess I just went with it.  Pretty satisfied with it. I hope to eventually get some watercolors and some better pens. I hope you like it!

Hilah’s cobbler recipe! check it out!

Hilah Cooking

I love Hilah Cooking! You should check it out! I’ve made her peach cobbler before, but today i’m making it with blackberries. I’ll let you know how it turns out (it’s in the oven as we speak).
For all you lucky guys and gals who have memorial day off, you should definitely make something swweeet!

From my cooking book I'm working on