Dresses!
Now, i know these aren't the most glamorous photos in the world - but let me introduce you to my dresses! I'm feeling a little bit proud right now. So much hard work went into getting these prototypes done - but i'm ultimately excited to keep doing this and hopefully sewing some dresses or skirts for you dear readers in the near future.
(Simply send me a message if you would like to order one! caitlin.shhh@hotmail.com.)
Textile design and sewing by yours truly.
(Oh, and i must add - i accidentally didn’t order enough fabric, so that’s why the print on the last two skirts finish early and theres a white gap. whoops! Won’t be making that mistake again.)
(Simply send me a message if you would like to order one! caitlin.shhh@hotmail.com.)
Textile design and sewing by yours truly.
(Oh, and i must add - i accidentally didn’t order enough fabric, so that’s why the print on the last two skirts finish early and theres a white gap. whoops! Won’t be making that mistake again.)
After what feels like an eternity, i've caught the painting bug again. That one where i feel like a lost lamb without a pencil in my hand and i stay up way past my bedtime just to keep scribbling.
It's a good feeling, but it seems like i only get this urge when i'm feeling incredibly blue. Life, why do you do this to me?!?!
Anyways, here are this weekends efforts...
It's a good feeling, but it seems like i only get this urge when i'm feeling incredibly blue. Life, why do you do this to me?!?!
Anyways, here are this weekends efforts...
Charles Muench Workshop
by Armand Cabrera
Bend in the River 12 x 16 Oil on Linen
I wanted to share a great opportunity with everyone. My friend Charles Muench is teaching a workshop in the Sierras this June and there are a couple of spots still available. Charles is a highly collected and award winning artist. His solo shows have been sellouts for the last few years and he lives in the Sierras and paints in all four seasons outdoors there.
Mount Ritter 36 x 30 Oil on Linen
Charles awards include an Award of Excellence from the Oil Painters of America in 1999, the Gold Medal at the San Louis Obispo Plein Air competition in 2002, Artist Choice in 2003 at Telluride Plein Air, Best of Show at Telluride Plein Air in 2006, Best of Show at the Crystal Cove Invitational in 2007, First Place at the Joan Irvine Smith Heritage Exhibition 2008, The Collectors Choice Award at Maynard Dixon Country Show in 2005 and 2008, The Edgar Payne Award for best landscape at the California Art Club Gold Medal Show in 2010, and the Southwest Art Magazine Award of Excellence at the California Art Club Gold Medal Show in 2011, and the Irvine Museum Purchase Award at the California Gold Medal Exhibition 2012.
I wanted to share a great opportunity with everyone. My friend Charles Muench is teaching a workshop in the Sierras this June and there are a couple of spots still available. Charles is a highly collected and award winning artist. His solo shows have been sellouts for the last few years and he lives in the Sierras and paints in all four seasons outdoors there.
Charles awards include an Award of Excellence from the Oil Painters of America in 1999, the Gold Medal at the San Louis Obispo Plein Air competition in 2002, Artist Choice in 2003 at Telluride Plein Air, Best of Show at Telluride Plein Air in 2006, Best of Show at the Crystal Cove Invitational in 2007, First Place at the Joan Irvine Smith Heritage Exhibition 2008, The Collectors Choice Award at Maynard Dixon Country Show in 2005 and 2008, The Edgar Payne Award for best landscape at the California Art Club Gold Medal Show in 2010, and the Southwest Art Magazine Award of Excellence at the California Art Club Gold Medal Show in 2011, and the Irvine Museum Purchase Award at the California Gold Medal Exhibition 2012.
Hope Valley Spring Workshop
Four Day Workshop Painting the Eastern Sierra
Spring time in Hope Valley.
June 9th – June 12th
$485.00
Not only is Hope Valley one of the most beautiful places in all of the Sierra, it is also one of the most accessible. Easy walking to great scenery!
Wildflowers, snow capped peaks, and the meandering West Carson River.
Accommodations are available in Markleeville, Hope Valley, and Woodfords.
Charles will make the most of each day- demonstrations, painting, critique, and taking in the gestalt of a group of artists painting together.
E-mail Charles for deposit and reservation information, materials list, accommodations, and any questions you might have.
For more information, click here to visit Charles' website:
CHARLESMUENCH.COM
Spring Wildflowers in Hope Valley.
Spring snow-melt demonstration.
If you are looking for a chance to study painting with a contemporary master in a spectacular setting I highly recommend this workshop.
Round Valley Spring 20 x 30 Oil on Linen
Last week i spent an insane amount of time at the sewing machine, whipping up a bunch of prototype dresses for the Botanical Banquet exhibition. I pricked my thumbs a bunch of times and ripped apart some seams in utter frustration, but in the end i got everything done.
Here are just a quick glimpse of the textiles i designed and used to create the said dresses.
Perhaps i should go back to study next year and take a dressmaking course. Start a little fashion label?
I'm a bit obsessed with this notion at the moment. Imagine some fancy girls parading around in silk dresses adorned with pencilled swans and grumpy girl faces. It's going to take alot of hard work but the plan is to move in that direction as the year goes on. Any support from girls who like to sew would be utterly invaluable. Please drop me a line at caitlin.shhh@hotmail.com if you'd be interesting in chatting about seamstressy things.
Here are just a quick glimpse of the textiles i designed and used to create the said dresses.
Perhaps i should go back to study next year and take a dressmaking course. Start a little fashion label?
I'm a bit obsessed with this notion at the moment. Imagine some fancy girls parading around in silk dresses adorned with pencilled swans and grumpy girl faces. It's going to take alot of hard work but the plan is to move in that direction as the year goes on. Any support from girls who like to sew would be utterly invaluable. Please drop me a line at caitlin.shhh@hotmail.com if you'd be interesting in chatting about seamstressy things.
Discovery Retires
by
Armand Cabrera
FREE PAINTING DEMONSTRATION
Bull Run Bluebells 16x20 Oil on Linen
The address For the McLean Community Center is
1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, Virginia.
info@mpaart.org
I will start and finish a large oil painting from a small sketch painted outdoors. If you are in the area come on by and watch and ask questions about the painting process or the business side of being a professional artist. Last time we had quite a turnout with over 75 people showing up.
Lovely Lucy-Belle
A commissioned portrait and birthday present for a lovely young lady named Lucy-Belle.
Happy easter to all of you!
Things are crazy busy this week - I've got to finish off around twelve paintings and six dresses in time for the exhibition at world bar next week. Trying really hard not to stress out but i know the overwhelmed part of me is dying to retreat to bed with too many easter eggs to watch a million episodes of gilmore girls in a row. Wish me luck.
p.s. i finally caved and got myself a tumblr!
i'll just be posting silly personal things and 'what i wore' drawings and excerpts from my closet.
(My obsession with clothing is at it's peak and i find myself trawling markets every weekend to treasure hunt for pre-loved goods. ((also dreaming of Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw and her 1950's dress collection. About ten years too late to get into that show, but whatevs.)) So, i'm going to indulge my obsession.)
oh, yeah, and the link is...
http://caitlinmarieshearer.tumblr.com/
Follow if you please.
+ a dead moth.
me + sewing machine + pumpkin coloured 1950's Jonathan Logan dress. oh hi!
Things are crazy busy this week - I've got to finish off around twelve paintings and six dresses in time for the exhibition at world bar next week. Trying really hard not to stress out but i know the overwhelmed part of me is dying to retreat to bed with too many easter eggs to watch a million episodes of gilmore girls in a row. Wish me luck.
p.s. i finally caved and got myself a tumblr!
i'll just be posting silly personal things and 'what i wore' drawings and excerpts from my closet.
(My obsession with clothing is at it's peak and i find myself trawling markets every weekend to treasure hunt for pre-loved goods. ((also dreaming of Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw and her 1950's dress collection. About ten years too late to get into that show, but whatevs.)) So, i'm going to indulge my obsession.)
oh, yeah, and the link is...
http://caitlinmarieshearer.tumblr.com/
Follow if you please.
+ a dead moth.
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
by
Armand Cabrera
Eleanor Brickdale was the youngest child of a barrister. She began her formal study of art at 17 enrolling in the Crystal Palace School of Art and then the Royal Academy School in London. In 1894 her father was killed in an alpine accident and the family moved to Kensington. She began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in the black and white section starting in 1896 and won a prize for her painting, spring in 1897. That same year she had a feature in The Studio on her work.
The prize money from her award let her concentrate on larger paintings for the Royal Academy shows. Her first large scale oils were shown at the RA in 1899. That same year she illustrated Sir Walter Scotts Ivanhoe. In the summer of that same year she received a commission from London Gallery owners Walter and Charles Dowdeswell for a solo show of watercolors, to be delivered and paid for in quarterly installments over the next two years. The exhibition of forty five pictures opened in 1901. The show was widely reviewed and well praised and all except two paintings were sold.
Brickdale received another article in The Studio in 1901 with eight monochrome and two color pieces written by Walter Shaw Sparrow. The next year Brickdale was the first woman elected to the Institute of Painters in Oils and became an associate member of the Royal Watercolor Society.
More book commissions came in and Brickdale continued to regularly exhibit her watercolors in the bi-annual shows at the Royal Watercolor Society from 1902 and at least one oil painting a year at the Royal Academy. Dowdeswell Galleries renewed their commission for another show of watercolors in 1905. In 1909 Leicester Galleries commissioned a show of 28 works based on Tennyson’s Idylls of the King.
Brickdale and her work continued to be popular and more commissions for book illustrations and gallery shows kept her busy until 1932 when her eyesight began to fail.
Brickdale suffered a stroke in 1938 but continued to show paintings at the Royal Watercolor Society shows until 1942. Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale died in London in 1945 at the age of 73.
Bibliography
Women Artists and the Pre-Raphealite Movement
Jan Marsh and Pamela Gerish Nunn
1989 Virago Press
Armand CabreraEleanor Brickdale was the youngest child of a barrister. She began her formal study of art at 17 enrolling in the Crystal Palace School of Art and then the Royal Academy School in London. In 1894 her father was killed in an alpine accident and the family moved to Kensington. She began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in the black and white section starting in 1896 and won a prize for her painting, spring in 1897. That same year she had a feature in The Studio on her work.
The prize money from her award let her concentrate on larger paintings for the Royal Academy shows. Her first large scale oils were shown at the RA in 1899. That same year she illustrated Sir Walter Scotts Ivanhoe. In the summer of that same year she received a commission from London Gallery owners Walter and Charles Dowdeswell for a solo show of watercolors, to be delivered and paid for in quarterly installments over the next two years. The exhibition of forty five pictures opened in 1901. The show was widely reviewed and well praised and all except two paintings were sold.
Brickdale received another article in The Studio in 1901 with eight monochrome and two color pieces written by Walter Shaw Sparrow. The next year Brickdale was the first woman elected to the Institute of Painters in Oils and became an associate member of the Royal Watercolor Society.
More book commissions came in and Brickdale continued to regularly exhibit her watercolors in the bi-annual shows at the Royal Watercolor Society from 1902 and at least one oil painting a year at the Royal Academy. Dowdeswell Galleries renewed their commission for another show of watercolors in 1905. In 1909 Leicester Galleries commissioned a show of 28 works based on Tennyson’s Idylls of the King.
Brickdale and her work continued to be popular and more commissions for book illustrations and gallery shows kept her busy until 1932 when her eyesight began to fail.
Brickdale suffered a stroke in 1938 but continued to show paintings at the Royal Watercolor Society shows until 1942. Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale died in London in 1945 at the age of 73.
Bibliography
Women Artists and the Pre-Raphealite Movement
Jan Marsh and Pamela Gerish Nunn
1989 Virago Press
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