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1. So Many Children!

By: Patrick Girouard, on 5/2/2016
Blog: the dust of everyday life (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Children, mother, shoe, NURSERY RHYMES, Digital artwork, insect, THEMED ART, Patrick Girouard, Add a tag

A hidden picture page for Highlights Magazine. Can you find eight objects?

by Patrick Girouard

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2. i drew my friends shoe

By: andrea joseph, on 12/23/2014
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Bored Panda, illustrator, illustration, pen, color pencil, shoes, colour pencil, shoe, boots, ballpoint, ballpoint drawing, AJ, illustrator for hire, andrea joseph, pen drawing, Andrea Joseph drawings, Add a tag

Here's a couple of drawings that I made back in the day. When my eyes could see better.

The top one was made with a ballpoint pen and the bottom one with colour pencil.

I'm pretty proud of both of these actually.

There's a little collection of my shoe drawings (if you'd like to peruse) HERE.

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3. Review: The Lovely Shoes

By: Kimberly Pauley, on 9/6/2011
Blog: Young Adult (& Kid's) Books Central (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: review, shoe, shreve, Add a tag

In the 1950s, Franny must cope with coming of age and do so with a birth defect—a crippled foot. She hates the orthopedic shoes she must wear as much as she hates the limp that defines her as “different.” Putting on a good front, Franny focuses on getting along with others and being exceptionally generous. But when freshman year of high school begins, new pressures pile on her. The final straw occurs at ... Click here to read more.

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4. a song for Alice

By: andrea joseph, on 10/18/2010
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Juvenilia, andrea joseph, Jack and Alice, illustration, drawing, ink, jane austen, sepia, shoe, Add a tag

My drawings are, to say the least, highly detailed. Often I over do it. I know I do. It frustrates the hell out of me that I just cannot let a drawing be. So, on the odd occasion when I create something and resist the urge to cross hatch the hell out of it it I feel quite pleased with myself. Those drawings often become my favourites. Probably because they make a refreshing change.

Here's one of those. It's another from the Jane Austen book.

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apHasia said, on 10/18/2010 6:17:00 AM

I love them either way!!!<3
Though I can totaly understand the sweet feeling of refreshing change by our own selves!!!***

Caatje said, on 10/18/2010 7:05:00 AM

I had to laugh at your complaint about being too detailed in your work, because that is exactly what I admire about it! I simply would never have the patience to be so precise. Your work is beautiful!

Caroline B said, on 10/18/2010 8:26:00 AM

That is beautiful in it's simplicity.
I love detail too, it's hard to leave a picture alone sometimes!

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Tahirih said, on 10/18/2010 6:18:00 PM

I love it! You're right, sometimes simplicity is best, but I'm also in awe of your crosshatching...
question...what type of pens do you use for your colored drawings? I can't seem to find good ones. I'm finding refreshing change in just sketching instead of painting. I thank you for the inspiration!

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 10/19/2010 8:29:00 AM

Thank you, guys.

Tahirih, coloured ballpoints or Pilot fineliners are my faves. This is a Pilot G-tec. The brightly coloured drawings are colour ballpoints. Very cheap stuff.

Cheers, my dears.
And, BTW I don't endorse Thomas Sabo neclaces. I'm sure they are thouroughly trashy.

Helen said, on 10/20/2010 4:45:00 AM

Wonderful drawing :o)

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5. and you tell yourself

By: andrea joseph, on 8/23/2010
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: doodles, red, blue, shoes, shoe, ballpoint, ballpoint drawing, Adidas, Mod movement, Mod drawing, red white and blue, Add a tag

OK, this is the last thing I am going to say about shoes, from now on. I feel like I've talked about nothing but bloody shoes recently. So, I'm changing the subject. From my next post, of course.

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6. stumbling over what to say

By: andrea joseph, on 8/3/2010
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Ooops. Apparently gold pencil does not look anything like it should when you scan it.

I've had a kind of impromptu holiday that has involved a huge amount of walking. Walking in unsuitable shoes. It seems, I, without fail, always wear totally unsuitable shoes for every occasion. Over my weekend break this has included wearing the tiniest little ballet pumps, with an ever increasing hole in the sole, for eight hours around a theme park in the rain and a pair of mini kitten heels around a cobbled street village. Ouch.

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Jen Appel said, on 8/3/2010 5:08:00 PM

Ouch! I feel for your toes.

Today the pouring rain made the dye run on the trim of my shoes - tonight my toes are a most beautiful shade of blue.

Belen Art said, on 8/3/2010 9:34:00 PM

What a beautiful drawing and the composition is just great!
I really love your work!

Irene La Zia said, on 8/4/2010 2:37:00 AM

I understand you!
I usually wear the wrong shoes too, and the wrong outfit. Too heavy when it's warm, too light when it's cold.

Awesome drawing!

Haley said, on 8/4/2010 4:50:00 AM

I honestly think my feet are now disfigured fr5om wearing shoes that don't fit right all the time, lol. Great drawing, you make me so jealous!

Genine said, on 8/4/2010 7:38:00 AM

this is beautiful Andrea!!

rebecca said, on 8/4/2010 9:36:00 AM

loving your stuff...i'm following you!

G. said, on 8/4/2010 6:32:00 PM

http://www.zeha-berlin.de/en/kollektion/urbanclassics/index.php?page=detailswomen.html

E*phi said, on 8/5/2010 4:44:00 AM

Ouchie! Poor toes.
These ballerinas do look awesome though. REALLY literally awesome. In fact, I had to click the picture and zoom in to check if the flours are drawn/crosshatched or not. If you had told me it's a collage with some flowery fabric I would have believed you without questioning. The flowers look like real embroidery. Wow.

Also: Many many thanks for your zines (and the lovely note inside)! I got them today and I just can't stop looking at them. You "hope I like them"?? That's one big fat understatement - I'm madly in love with them, really! <3 You are amazing!

E*phi said, on 8/5/2010 4:46:00 AM

OUCH!!!
I meant "floWERs" NOT "flours", of course... x___x

Roadchick said, on 8/5/2010 1:48:00 PM

I seem to have the same problem. I once hiked up a mountain wearing flip flops. Epic fail.

Dan Kent said, on 8/5/2010 8:15:00 PM

Beautiful, of course. The stitched flowers on the shoes are amazing. You know, I am still so hung up on the last two posts that I find myself doodling shoes in cross-hatched pen at work! Does not seem to have sunk in though...

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 8/6/2010 4:44:00 AM

Cheers, folks.

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who wears totally unsuitable footwear. Roadchick, how happy to hear about your epic fail. I once wore a pair of Chelsea boots to climb a Rocky mountain. It's so true. It was one of the worse days of my life.

And, it doesn't stop there. Irene, I too seem to wear the wrong outfits. Always too hot or cold.

E*phi, thank you for the lovely words and I am most pleased you liked my little zines.

G, you know metoo well. It's spooky. I LOOOOOOVVVVE those shoes All of them. I want them all!

Cheers, my dears. I love you all.

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 8/6/2010 4:45:00 AM

AND, you do have to click on this drawing to view it at it's best.

Cheers.

Kathleen said, on 8/6/2010 2:06:00 PM

I try to limit my inappropriate shoe-wearing, but that doesn't always happen. But I've never worn ballerinas to an amusement park. Actually I have very rarely ever been to an amusement park . . .
But such a wonderful drawing of those wonderfully inapparopriate shoes!!

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7. through your window

By: andrea joseph, on 7/27/2010
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: red, blue, shoes, shoe, converse, ballpoint, chucks, ballpoint drawing, Add a tag

As promised, here is the second method I use, when it comes to drawing shoes. This, it has to be said, is my favourite method of all. And, I use it not only for drawings shoes but for most of the still life drawings that I make. In fact, this is probably how about 90% of them were created. My friend says it's cheating, but I don't think so. This method means that everything I draw is the actual size of the object. Plus, for me, it brings the object and the drawing closer together. I feel that the object really becomes a part of the drawing when I draw like this;

Method 2

Oh, and by the way, I have used exactly the same tools as in the last post minus the tracing paper. You don't need that.
Step 1. Get your Converse boot, or whatever it is you want to draw, and draw around it. Yes, actually put it on the page and draw around it. I've used pencil to get the initial shape in the drawing above. It'll never be true to shape, because it depends what angle you are coming from (in so many ways), but I like that.
Step 2. Then draw around the pencil outline with a ballpoint to give you a ballpoint outline (apologies for the totally bloody obviousness of what I'm saying). It doesn't matter if it differs from the pencil outline, it's your shoe and your drawing.

Step 3. Adding 'values'. I'd never actually heard this term before I started drawing blogging. I think it might be a US term (?) or even a technical term. As I said in the last post, I've had no training so maybe that's why I'd never heard it before. So, for those, not in the know, like me, add some shading! By looking at your shoe you can see where the darker bits are - hatch there.

Step 4. More hatching. More more more. Continuing on from the last step, building it up and adding some texture.

Step 5. Adding more detail and continuing with the therapeutic cross hatching. Really feel those textures. Touch your boots!

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littlelixie said, on 7/28/2010 4:18:00 AM

I think that is cunning rather than cheating!

MrCachet said, on 7/28/2010 4:36:00 AM

LOL. Andrea! Do you do Sock Puppets?

MaryO said, on 7/28/2010 6:06:00 AM

Whatever works....and your methods work SO WELL for you! Thanks for sharing, Andrea, I admire your generosity as well as your beautiful work.

Caroline B said, on 7/28/2010 7:58:00 AM

Hey, if the Old Masters can use a camera obscura, then I see no shame in a bit of tracing round! If I'm doing a commissioned portrait, I will often blow a photo up to the size I want, cut out the figure and draw round the main bits to get the proportions right - it's what you do to it afterwards that mstters.
Values - just a fancy way of saying lights and darks......

marancat said, on 7/28/2010 8:11:00 AM

I am laughing so much here! I think it is because what you write makes it sound so easy but what the pictures show is so clever!

Sarah Coggrave said, on 7/28/2010 8:25:00 AM

Thanks for sharing that - it's always great to know how different people work...not cheating at all - I'd say it was clever ;)

Sarah x

Alex said, on 7/28/2010 1:59:00 PM

I don't think it's cheating at all... since nothing will be created if you hadn't put a shoe there and trace it to begin with. It's just a different way of producing awesome art which your friend doesn't understand.
But I can see now that you're main steps are still the same, which are cross-hatching layer after layer(lots of patience), and adding details after details. The only difference between the 1st and 2nd are really the ways to get the outlines =)
I am getting my wife to trace things she loves on her japanese comic books so that her hand will memorize the strokes and points, and eventually one day she wouldn't need to trace and able to draw a decent face freehand. ^^

Shalini said, on 7/28/2010 9:21:00 PM

I don't think that's cheating at all!!! I would call this creative... Imaginative... Thanks for putting the steps here... I am always at awe looking at your ballpen drawings!!

Sam said, on 7/28/2010 10:20:00 PM

This is no cheating. I've taken help of graphs to get the proportions right when converting from a small one to a really large size. The actual drawing outcome is the showcase of your talent. I bet many would be able to get the proportions right by tracing or whatever, but can't produce the great final piece that you do.

Anonymous said, on 7/29/2010 12:53:00 AM

Yep! If it helps get you where you're going...
Thanks for being so generous, Andrea.

This is Di from moreidlethoughts. I have to pretend to be anon so Blogger will let me play. Stupid Blogger!

raena said, on 7/29/2010 10:45:00 AM

This is wonderful! Now all I need is for you to come to my house and show me why my hatching never looks like this!! In fact, I find hatching the least therapeutic part...it's where I usually blow it!

Anonymous said, on 7/29/2010 10:48:00 AM

"Adding Values", its a term from using drawing software like Adobe Photoshop. The "values" are the numbers to assign the shading density. 0,0,0 equals pure white. 255, 255,255 is solid black. each number represents an amount of cyan, magenta or yellow colour added.

Lesley Purcell said, on 7/29/2010 12:16:00 PM

This is a wonderful post! Thank you for sharing Andrea.

Dan Kent said, on 7/29/2010 7:28:00 PM

Well I've read your two methods and my jaw is still down to my feet! You are amazing. I think I would need you there guiding my hand to do the same thing. Then again, that's what makes us all different, doesn't it? Now where are some ballpoints..oh, and a shoe. And maybe some moss..

Anais said, on 7/30/2010 2:06:00 AM

Fantastic Andrea! Absolutely amazing! Love all your work, congratulations :)
By the way, what about a "how to draw hair" step by step...? ;)
Thanks for sharing your work and methods

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 7/30/2010 2:09:00 AM

Thank you all, so much, folks.

Yes, I guess the method is the same it's just that the way of getting the outline is different.

Sorry, if this is a bit of a rubbish reply but I have an 8 year old talking in my ear.

Cheers, Andrea.

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8. Dog Driving a Shoe & Kaelen

By: mrana, on 4/4/2010
Blog: Bit by Bit (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: illustration, dog, pets, cafepress, drawing, Dogs, Animals, typography, Drawings, cards, Daily Sketches, driving, shoe, Dabbling, text design, typography design, Colored Pencil, artwork, whimsical, quirky, floating lemons, boot, driver, Kaelen, Add a tag

It's been hectic recently and my sleep patterns are completely shot, but the good news is that I've completed almost everything (despite procrastinative measures) on my list for the moment, and that I truly enjoyed every moment of my latest drawing, above.

I dug up an old lace-up shoe from the depths of my closet where it was hiding amongst multiplying dust devils, and added a bit of a quirky twist. The idea of the driver dog came to me while I was walking my own two, who would love nothing more than to dash ahead of themselves. The model for the above was my brown Bertha--she was quite happy to pose her profile for the camera :)

Below is a text design for my nephew, hope he likes it!

Dog Driving a Shoe cards & gifts at Floating Lemons at Zazzle

Kaelen cards & gifts at Floating Lemons Typography at Zazzle

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9. Dog Driving a Shoe & Kaelen

By: mrana, on 4/4/2010
Blog: Bit by Bit (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: illustration, dog, drawing, typography, driving, shoe, whimsical, quirky, floating lemons, boot, driver, Kaelen, Add a tag

I dug up an old lace-up shoe from the depths of my closet where it was hiding amongst multiplying dust devils, and added a bit of a quirky twist. The idea of the driver dog came to me while I was walking my own two, who love nothing more than to dash ahead of themselves. The model for the above was my brown Bertha--she was quite happy to pose her profile for the camera :)

Below is a text design for my nephew, hope he likes it!

Dog Driving a Shoe cards & gifts at Floating Lemons at Zazzle

Kaelen cards & gifts at Floating Lemons Typography at Zazzle

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10. all or nothing

By: andrea joseph, on 3/20/2010
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: shoes, shoe, woodland, book on a blog, children's book, Add a tag

So, obviously, everything I said in the last post was a big fat fib.
I'm a liar. A liar. And, it seems, my pants are, indeed, on fire.

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11. get back

By: andrea joseph, on 1/25/2010
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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This is very strange. Not that I'm drawing shoes, trainers to be specific, in ballpoint pen. That's probably pretty predictable. What's strange is using somebody else's pc and somebody else's scanner. It all looks so strange. I have no idea what the quality of this scan looks like to you, but it's not looking great from where I am sitting. Which is in somebody else's chair.

Still feeling a bit blue about my scanning issues.
But shoes always seem to cheer me up. View my shoe collection HERE.

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KathyJ IN Md. said, on 1/25/2010 4:26:00 PM

You just amaze me with your art. You have such a wonderful talent, if I could draw 1/4 as well as you I would be on cloud nine!

Natalie Ford said, on 1/25/2010 4:44:00 PM

Looks perfect to me! Possible a slightly lower resolution scan but it may just look different on their screen because their screen and yours have a different colour balance or something.

ale balanzario said, on 1/25/2010 5:02:00 PM

Wonderful !! your shoes collections is awesome!! Perfect

Barbara Weeks said, on 1/25/2010 5:39:00 PM

Looks great to me! Love the texture.

joseph's art and stuff said, on 1/25/2010 6:49:00 PM

excellence as we've come to expect! if you need to borrow a scanner, you can use mine. it's starting to act up, maybe if it had some quality art run through it, it may work better. hope you can resolve your technology issues soon.

Michelle said, on 1/25/2010 7:48:00 PM

I don't think I understand my scanner, and never have...add photoshop with pixels and size and man...I am so confused.

Last year I bought a Brother all in one that's able to scan up to leger size, but of course the fax ring escapes me...sounds just like the phone. Maybe I should rent a geek. I've been meaning to do it for a while.

Great drawing...who says we need lots of materials to do amazing work...this is perfection!

I've excitedly added you to my blog roll; you and Suzanne...thanks for kind comments.

Best,
Michelle

flying fish said, on 1/25/2010 8:00:00 PM

I have no scanner help to offer but I do love drawing with a blue ball point pen! I can get a better variation of tones with a bic pen then I can with a decent pencil, what's up with that?

I hope you get your scanner issues resolved so we can see more!

donna said, on 1/26/2010 7:44:00 AM

Oh, this is wonderful.

Pippa said, on 1/26/2010 2:49:00 PM

It's brilliant! And those laces are brilliant! That bow looks so real! Could this be your best shoe so far? I'll have to look into that one...

オテモヤン said, on 1/26/2010 6:03:00 PM

オナニー
 逆援助
 SEX
フェラチオ
 ソープ
 逆援助
 出張ホスト
 手コキ
 おっぱい
 フェラチオ
 中出し
 セックス
 デリヘル
 包茎
 逆援
 性欲

theamplegoddess said, on 1/26/2010 7:09:00 PM

I'm still floored about what can be done with a ballpoint pen. Your shoes are great - I love the variety you've done!

Joan Y said, on 1/27/2010 12:04:00 AM

Your lines are getting more refined and more refined with each drawings. I swear I do not know how you draw such beautifully straight lines. I can't even walk in a straight line let alone draw one! You rock, my friend.

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12. i'm walking down your street again

By: andrea joseph, on 1/13/2010
Blog: andrea joseph's sketchblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: drawing, shoes, colour pencil, shoe, Mod movement, Mod drawing, Add a tag

You know, I'm in split minds about New Years resolutions. Yes, I do believe that possibly they are a way of setting yourself up for failure. However, last year, with the help of my very talented friend, Caryl Hart, I found out the value of writing a business plan. Huh? Well, in some ways, a business plan and New Years resolutions are pretty similar.

Anyway, I thought I'd go ahead and set out a few drawing aims for the year.

One of those aims is to go in search of my perfect Mod drawing.

The 1960s are my absolute favourite time in history. I'm always inspired by the Mod movement. My love of it started with those 60s British black and white films and grew deeper through my fathers record collection. The style, the clothes, the music, the art, I love everything about it. It's always there, in the backseat of my mind, and has been since I was a kid. I think there's something important about those things you got into when you were a kid. Something authentic, maybe. So I want to make a drawing that reflects that. A drawing that I feel really pleased with. I have a strong idea, so I'll be researching it. Lots. Through my pens, of course.

What does all that have to do with desert boots? Well, for those not in the know, they were part of the uniform of any self respecting young Mod.

So, that's one of my drawing resolutions for the year. I'll be setting out the rest, post by post, over the next couple of weeks.

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suzanne cabrera said, on 1/13/2010 5:33:00 AM

LOVE the shoes...and the idea. I didn't know it but I think Edgar may be a little mod...he bought shoes very similar to this while in Amsterdam. We call them his 'dutchies'.

BTW, congrats on your shoe sketch purchase and shoe purchase! Fantastic idea.

MrCachet said, on 1/13/2010 8:44:00 AM

I thought I was MOD! Desert boots, not so much. Combat boots - yes.

G. said, on 1/13/2010 1:19:00 PM

really eager to see the scoot!
vespa?lambretta?
PX rule of course!

J. Roach said, on 1/13/2010 4:53:00 PM

It's great.

Catriona said, on 1/14/2010 4:14:00 AM

Look forward to seeing more - and congrats on the purchase of the shoes!!!

raena said, on 1/14/2010 6:49:00 AM

Congratulations on getting those shoes! This is a fabulous sketch, I look forward to learning more about the Mod Movement from you!

Anonova said, on 1/14/2010 6:50:00 AM

Fantastic boot! I want to reach out and pick it up.

... and just for giggles: Mod Wolves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZB7OFRUrA0

Janene said, on 1/14/2010 7:31:00 AM

Beautifully done!

Revelle said, on 1/14/2010 8:40:00 AM

Awesome shoes! You have such a delicate touch to all of your drawings, they should all be posted on Etsy or flickr so someone famous can hire you to do ads, or the very least, get you the money to buy more shoes!!!
Revelle

Pattio said, on 1/14/2010 11:05:00 AM

Groovy boots and I have a pair! Ok I admit it I am a shoe whore too.

Love your drawings and your sense of humour.

Happy New Year

Jenea said, on 1/14/2010 11:06:00 AM

Veru interestings!!! ;) I am totally agree with you! Retro style- is one of the best!

Anthony said, on 1/14/2010 12:47:00 PM

Beautiful drawing. Now let's see the multi-mirrored scooter sketch!

Stephen Gardner said, on 1/14/2010 2:43:00 PM

Always a joy to see and read what you are up to.

Possum Patty said, on 1/14/2010 5:25:00 PM

I always knew that if I just kept them long enough.. now where did I put those shoes? Wonderful colored pencil style.

Alison said, on 1/14/2010 8:56:00 PM

I remember watching the Mods and Rockers having a battle, in Brighton, I think - on TV back in the 60's sometime. But desert boots didn't make it ti our small town in Scotland - had to wait til australia for them. Great drawing

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 1/15/2010 3:19:00 AM

Thank you, guys.

G, Lambretta, defintley Lambretta. x

Anonova, I forgot about Mod Wolves! Thank you for reminding me. It's fab, and I've just emailed it to my niece. Who has a massive crush on Vince. I'm more of a Howard girl, myself.

Anthony, the multi mirrored drawing is defineitley on the cards. Already started a few sketches.

Cheers, my dears.

G. said, on 1/15/2010 6:35:00 AM

thats the spark who light the stake!
avert the bowmans!!!

lambretta? two miles two weeks in the grease..

Emma said, on 1/16/2010 10:14:00 AM

Hello Andrea
Like the idea you have there.
I'm quite new to blogging, and at the moment I'm not sure as to how you create links from one blogger to another. I have put you blog in my links section, and was wondering whether you may also want to put mine in yours?
Have a look anyhow, and see what you think!
Looking forward to the next drawing!
Em

Emma said, on 1/16/2010 10:15:00 AM

sorry the blog address is :
http://www.haveyoufeltit.blogspot.com/

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13. it's a joy to know

By: andrea joseph, on 9/14/2009
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I love that time when you are just about to fall asleep. That moment inbetween awake and asleep. It's such an creative space. For example, last night at that very moment, I just knew that I had to, that I really really must, add a woodgrain to the background of this ole drawing. Why? Who can say. I could analyse it, but I think it's best not to.

And, what can I say about my last post? Just that I am completley blown away by the response. I'm still speechless (not that you'd notice), and will be sure to keep you posted on the building of the AJ empire. Thank you, all, so very much.

A little note, too, about my mate (from the last post). He really is very supportive and has invested both his time and money into my business. He was, actually, secretly, very pleased with himself for whipping up such a response. Of course, he now believes he's saved my blog from going to rack and ruin.

One more thing, you can now follow A Heavy Soul on Twitter. That's me by the way. Andrea Joseph was already taken. The swines!

And another thing, I can't believe I've dug out this sketchbook again. You'd have thought I'd spent enough time on it. SEE.

Cheers, my dears.

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bettyfromtexas said, on 9/14/2009 9:21:00 PM

BRILLIANT . . . perfection!!

Alex said, on 9/15/2009 1:03:00 AM

Marvelous piece! Masterful techniques and beautiful lines :) takes my breath away everytime I see your new drawings

Jo Archer said, on 9/15/2009 4:07:00 AM

I have just had my nose almost pressed to the screen here as I couldn't believe you had drawn the wooden background! You have an outstanding talent.

raena said, on 9/15/2009 9:05:00 AM

I wouldn't worry too much about your website getting stale, according to directory.sootle.com/website-worth, your website is worth $295,481. Now, I'm not sure how to actually get that money, but it has to make you feel good!

Stephen Gardner said, on 9/15/2009 12:38:00 PM

I'm repeating myself now but you are in a class of your own.
PS I sent you an E-mail a while ago about sending you a drawing, did you get? It's tough when you can't even give it away.

joseph's art and stuff said, on 9/15/2009 10:15:00 PM

i wood love to see this in person! amazing, once again! i was afraid to leave a comment on your last post with the undies... here's to your empire!

Pippa said, on 9/16/2009 6:07:00 AM

That is so cool! That wood grain is spot-on! Also love the lighter patch on the left - it looks like a spot light is shining onto the table.

And I know what you mean about the ideas when you're drifting off to sleep. I should keep a notebook by my bed. I should also do something with all of the ideas I have...

no way said, on 9/16/2009 4:28:00 PM

Hi Andrea-I'm not on Twitter, but I jut looked at your Twitter link, and saw your post about Found Magazine. I first heard of them a few years ago on NPR (radio) here in Chicago. I don't know if you've ever heard of the program "This American Life," but my husband and I saw it live, and Davy Rothbart of Found read some of the found stuff out loud and he was fantastic. We then saw him a few other times live, whenever he was in the Chicago area. If you ever get the chance to see them live, they are hilarious. His little brother Peter Rothbart is a great singer/songwriter who has written some songs based on things submitted to Found. His band (or maybe it's just him?) is The Poem Adept, and I bought their CD at one of the Found appearances. WONDERFUL!

Anyhow, this was a lengthy comment, but any fan of Found is a friend of mine!

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 9/17/2009 6:37:00 PM

Cheers, folks.

This is one of my own personal favourites. I quite liked it before I put the woodgrain in, but back then I knew it had the potential to be a drawing that I really liked. Not just quite liked.

Raena, thanks for that link. It seems to have shot up another $500,000 since. Definately makes me feel good. Would make me feel even better, right now, if I could get my hands on that kinda cash!

Stephen, CANNOT WAIT!!! Thank you.

Joseph, you can comment on my undies anytime you like!

Becky, thanks for all the info. I've Googled the lot of them. I'd love to see that show. I'd never even heard of Found until a couple of days ago and I've been addicted since.

Thanks, guys and dolls.

István said, on 9/21/2009 5:29:00 AM

Your soul is heavy because you have a secret about a drawing. You are selling printable versions of that converse shoes drawing. But can you show me a picture of the original one? In your other drawings why are you searching for words?

I'm looking forward to read your response: [email protected]

Rita said, on 9/22/2009 6:04:00 PM

Best wood grain ever and it finished off the drawing perfectly. I think that semi-conscious time is a great time for our muses to whisper in our ears or flash pictures before our dozing eyes. :)

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14. in the dead of night

By: andrea joseph, on 7/26/2008
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This was going to be a quick simple drawing of all my black shoes. Quick. Simple. My arse.

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Nita said, on 7/26/2008 8:42:00 PM

This is GORGEOUS! Wowee!

suzanne said, on 7/26/2008 8:44:00 PM

You are incredible. Can I be you?

Oh, and can I borrow your shoes while I'm at it?

no way said, on 7/26/2008 10:06:00 PM

The quick and simple ones will get you every time! That said, I LOVE this. Really. You could have positioned all the shoes around the center, but you didn't. That-and all the crazy detail-is what I love.

r.e.wolf said, on 7/26/2008 11:00:00 PM

How many pieces of yours have I seen? And STILL you can blow me away with a black bloody ballpoint!

You necessitate the creation of new superlatives.

ksklein said, on 7/27/2008 12:32:00 AM

i´m so envious of your skills (and shoes) ;)

Megan Wolfe said, on 7/27/2008 2:33:00 AM

Very tight; I can almost smell the leather! :D (that is.. if they're a new pair of shoes.. otherwise, I'm glad I can't smell them!)

kazumiwannabe said, on 7/27/2008 3:51:00 AM

Fantastic! I wonder how much time it took you to manage this. It's amazing - love the way you positioned them too. Now I want to be in winter and go buy shoes!

hfm said, on 7/27/2008 6:45:00 AM

I'm astonished!

Sherry said, on 7/27/2008 7:03:00 AM

You draw better than almost anyone and you have good shoes, too. Love the composition, the repetition and variation, and the way you manage to get an even tone. Sigh.

Beegirl said, on 7/27/2008 9:03:00 AM

Fantastic textures! Your sketches take my breath away and I wait for every last one of them!

Spinneretta said, on 7/27/2008 11:46:00 AM

I will never fail to be amazed with what you can do with a ballpoint pen. Mine are always the kind that are blotty when used :/
That being said, I see that you and I would definitely have similar taste in shoes ;) Only I am a summer sandal woman... :D

MaryO said, on 7/27/2008 12:00:00 PM

I hadn't been to your blog in a few days, but I'm glad I'm came to see this one. You have great dexterity and apparently infinite patience as well. This is amazing!

Lynne said, on 7/27/2008 12:16:00 PM

Your talent is mind boggling. How do you get everything to be so incredibly precise? I would love to be a fly on the wall and just watch you draw... it's completely fascinating to me to look at your drawings up close and try to figure out your technique. Well done!

E-J said, on 7/27/2008 1:36:00 PM

I think this is more shoes than I have ever owned, LOL! I really dislike shopping for them.

You have made ballpoint look like something completely other than ballpoint - quite brilliant. And it's the little details that make the magic, like the slight fraying at the toe of the shoe in the upper right corner.

Jenny said, on 7/27/2008 2:10:00 PM

Hummpf! I'm obviously using the wrong brand of ballpoint pen when I try something like this! *lol*

Your patience and attention to detail is as amazing as your art.

Barbara Weeks said, on 7/27/2008 2:29:00 PM

Your drawings continually amaze me! and you have great shoes!

freebird said, on 7/27/2008 2:49:00 PM

Wow! You are the Queen of Ballpoint! I just came over to see these for the first time I think. Really really nice. I'd hate for you to see what I've done with ballpoint ink drawing.

To change the number of blogposts showing on blogger: go to customize (upper left of your blog, I believe), and go to settings. Then click on the tab "formatting" and set your blogpost number. Save it and you are set to go. I don't care much for only one post to show as like you, I want to see more than one picture. I've got mine set at 15 but you can choose whatever. Good luck.

Stephanie said, on 7/27/2008 3:00:00 PM

wonderous as always! I want to learn the tchnique you are using to get the continuous tones. Hum...and hints as to what yo are doing??

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 7/27/2008 4:37:00 PM

Thanks folks.

Kazumiwannabe,this one took a long time. Perhaps about 15 hours.

Spineretta, I know what you mean some ballpoints can be really blotty. I give up on them if they are too bad, because it's so frustrating. I always have a piece of tissue and wipe the point from time to time.

Lynne and Stephanie, it's all about practice. I know it's a boring answer but it really is just practice, practice, practice. You'll be surprised how quickly your techniques improve if you draw often.

E-J, glad you noticed that little scuff. I got the shoes in France and scuffed them the first time I wore them. SO annoying.

Thank you all for the kind words. I'm glad you like it, I feel really happy about this one. Cheers.

Sharon said, on 7/27/2008 5:15:00 PM

I want to have feet which will allow me to wear these shoes! Another wonderful drawing, Andrea!

Sharon said, on 7/27/2008 5:16:00 PM

Oh, and I totally agree with Mr. R.E. Wolf, there should be some special category for you!

Anonymous said, on 7/27/2008 6:04:00 PM

Oh Andrea, I'm so glad you say that practice is all it takes. Now how many years will that be??? :-)
Your work is just so lovely, it really gladdens my heart.

Ann said, on 7/27/2008 7:01:00 PM

Wow.

Deb said, on 7/27/2008 8:58:00 PM

Wow! Fantastic! Very photo realistic.

wagonized said, on 7/27/2008 9:18:00 PM

"You necessitate the creation of new superlatives" -- that's it, Ryan summed it up for me.
You use such clever compositions -- they wow me every time. But this one makes me feel like "oh darn, why didn't I think of this?!". Oh, let me see, because you are fricken awesome, Andrea.
This is stunning and i would like to buy a print on Etsy. Let me know when it's available! :-)

Kari said, on 7/27/2008 9:19:00 PM

Absolutely awesome! How in the world did you do these? What kind of pen are you using?

purplepaint said, on 7/27/2008 9:42:00 PM

This is amazing! I just bought a bunch of blue ball point pens for a change, hmmm, maybe it was your blue envelopes. :) Marva

Quilt Knit said, on 7/27/2008 11:28:00 PM

Andrea: go to Customize on your blogger site. Then go to formatting: First Line :
show ____ posts on main page

Choose _8___ posts on main page.

Do not choose Days
Sherrie Roberts

Mindy said, on 7/28/2008 12:20:00 AM

I am really amazed (and humbled!) by your work. I'd have never believed this wasn't done with a ballpoint if I hadn't read it from you.

(heading back to practice practice practice)... Awesome work!

Marylynn said, on 7/28/2008 1:27:00 AM

Very, very good. I even love the detail of the bit of thread showing on the front of the open toed shoe on the right.

Rick said, on 7/28/2008 1:30:00 AM

That previous comment was from me (Rick). I failed to notice that I was signed in on my wife's account.

melissa said, on 7/28/2008 4:52:00 PM

Amazing composition and the usual brilliant use of ballpoint pen. I don't know why I'm always so surprised by what you do because it is consistently mind-boggling.

moreidlethoughts said, on 7/28/2008 4:59:00 PM

As this page loaded I said something similar to r.e.w. Only I was less polite!
Please continue to make me feel inadequte - I love it!

Quilt Knit said, on 7/28/2008 5:41:00 PM

Just a wonderful drawing. You have inspired me to set down, pull out the shoes I am never going to wear and draw them and give them away.
Just beautiful!
Sherrie Roberts

ale balanzario said, on 7/29/2008 8:01:00 AM

Great work as always!!!

Cjo said, on 7/29/2008 8:30:00 PM

Wow... Awesome!

What's your process or technique? It's perfect every time!
Also, what are your most favorite tools?

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 7/30/2008 5:19:00 AM

Thanks everybody, for the wonderful response to this drawing.

The question I keep being asked is what kind of ballpoint I use. I might just do a post about this in the near future - when i've got a drawing to go with it. The answer is really simple; I use ANY pen that I have to hand. Any. Sometimes a cheap on from a pack of 6 or even the free ones that you get with junk mail. I don't happen to think that the tools you use are that important. Just drawing, that's all that matters.

Cheers folks.
Thank you all.

Jennifer Lawson said, on 7/30/2008 11:39:00 AM

Isn't it amazing how many black shoes one can own! As always, I look at your beautiful drawings and then I have to click to enlarge. There in front of me is all the delicate and purposeful line work you do to create these amazing pieces and as always, your work blows me away again and again.

Genine said, on 7/30/2008 12:40:00 PM

Oh my goodness Andrea, I just got back to town and my computer and are you kidding me!!!!!! This is amazing!! My new Fav.
Funny this wekend I was looking to buy a pair just like the ones with the scuff!!

Gillian said, on 7/31/2008 5:57:00 AM

I'm amazed by the depth of value you manage with these. Quite a project - it's fabulous!

Stephen Gardner said, on 8/1/2008 1:05:00 PM

Utterly amazing, Biro shares will go through the roof if you keep this up, I'm off to buy some now, great drawing.

japochine said, on 8/2/2008 1:09:00 AM

Good lord woman. Your skill is a heavenly gift. I could almost feel the leather on the ballet slipper. I'm in awe everytime I visit your blog.

free[k]hand said, on 8/2/2008 4:44:00 AM

Wow, Andrea this is one of your best (which means one of the best drawings around)

Sharon Constant said, on 8/3/2008 9:58:00 AM

what goreous work you do!! Just fabulous. Your work and commitment to drawing are an inspiration to me.

Kate said, on 8/3/2008 11:43:00 AM

Ummmm;....wanna switch closets? I love this. You are awesome!

andrea joseph's sketchblog said, on 8/4/2008 3:53:00 AM

Thank you, folks. I feel really touched by the response to this drawing. I can't tell you how good it makes me feel when people respond to my work in such away. It's overwhelming. Thank you all.

Lost In Wonder said, on 8/4/2008 8:00:00 AM

This is just gorgeous. I love the fact that you use ballpoint pens as well, because that proves that we all should not give excuses not to draw. There's always a simple ballpoint pen and some paper around, so we should be able to draw at any time.

Kathleen said, on 8/8/2008 12:11:00 PM

Didn't I already say how much I LOVE this drawing??????????????

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15. Going Barefoot for National Garden Month

By: Sylvia Vardell, on 4/23/2008
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Among all the other month-long celebrations, April is also National Garden Month with people planting and pruning all around me. Since we moved into this home last December, we are working to get the landscaping renewed and refreshed—watering and fertilizing and planting perennials. We put in a whole new lawn in the backyard where a large shade tree had killed all the grass (and we’re cutting the tree back a bit, too, of course). One of my favorite parts of this process is walking barefoot on the new, soft, cool lawn (of St. Augustine grass).

Going barefoot is such a treat in childhood—freeing and often forbidden (unless you can't afford shoes-- which is another story). A new poetry collection celebrates those barefoot feelings and experiences: Barefoot; Poems for Naked Feet by Stefi Weisburd, illustrated by Lori McElrath-Eslick (Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2008). It includes 27 poems in a variety of forms with appealing watercolor illustrations expanding each one. Many of the poems address the fun, obvious aspects of feet at play, in babyhood, in shoes, jumping, dancing, walking, at the beach, in the pool, plus footrubs, pedicures, and even Mehndi painting. What a fun example of a topic that children can explore in concrete ways from multiple perspectives.

Here’s just a sampling:

Shoe Tattoo
by Stefi Weisburd

Tight shoes,
ribbed socks,
leave lines
embossed.
Streams and hills,
fields of wheat.
A tiny landscape
on my feet!

From: Barefoot; Poems for Naked Feet by Stefi Weisburd, illustrated by Lori McElrath-Eslick. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2008, p. 27.

This is Stefi’s first book for young people, although she has published much notable poetry for adults. Watch for more from this fresh voice.

For more poetry about body parts and movement:
Adoff, Arnold. 1979. I am the Running Girl. New York: Harper & Row.
Brown, Calef. 2000. Dutch Sneakers and Flea Keepers: 14 More Stories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Cole, Joanna, comp. 1989. Anna Banana: 101 Jump-Rope Rhymes. Illus. by Alan Tiegreen. New York: HarperTrophy.
Creech, Sharon. 2004. Heartbeat. New York: HarperCollins.
Dotlich, Rebecca Kai. 2003. In the Spin of Things: Poetry of Motion. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press.
Grimes, Nikki. 2000. Shoe Magic. New York: Orchard Books.
Mayo, Margaret. 2002. Wiggle Waggle Fun: Stories and Rhymes for the Very Very Young. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.
McCord, David. 1999. Every Time I Climb a Tree. New York: Little Brown.
Sierra, Judy. 2005. Schoolyard Rhymes: Kids’ Own Rhymes for Rope Skipping, Hand Clapping, Ball Bouncing, and Just Plain Fun. New York: Knopf.
Wolf, Allan. 2003. The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts. Ill. by Greg Clark. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.
Wong, Janet. 2007. Twist: Yoga Poems. McElderry.

Try going barefoot again this month!

Picture credit: BestWebBuys

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16. ey up chuck

By: andrea joseph, on 12/14/2007
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I've been drawing against the clock. Trying to get this finished before midnight. I had a request for a green Converse. This is the third attempt, and it still isn't right. There are definitely some perspective issues. Still, I'm calling it done. I did try. I gave it my best shot. What more do you want? A unicorn?

Happy Birthday beautiful girl.

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17. National Poetry Month: [Untitled Untangled]

By: Rebecca, on 4/27/2007
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Farewell poetry month! Till we meet again next year here is a poem to ponder by David Acevedo.

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