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Saturday, May 7, 2011 9:09:56 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Behold! The amazing powers of procrastination, unleashed!:
Amanda said, "...well, what I have really discovered is that the very act of deciding that now is the time to do certain things that I am, for whatever reason, either putting off or hesitant to begin (i.e. dummy pencils) may actually result in my instead..." more
Friday, May 6, 2011 8:22:00 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Another page (finally!) completed...:
Amanda said, "....not that it was completely executed in its entirety since the last post...I've been extremely busy with my job recently (which is, by the way, sadly, completely unrelated to art and/or illustration, but happily, related to another of my..." more
Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:00:36 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Autumn & feather boas:
Amanda said, "Here it is, finally, for your viewing pleasure, the painted-in-colour sketch for 'Autumn'. (So, in my mind, apparently, autumn is blood-red and wine coloured [and pomegranates look rather like beets], while summer is black and orange and..." more
Sunday, April 17, 2011 8:55:51 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Autumn- sketch in black & white:
Amanda said, "This is just a quick update, a tiny little post before I go away for a couple of days. Here is a sketch for 'autumn', the final season- I'm not yet sure whether I'm satisfied with this idea. Something about the woman's expression,..." more
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 8:45:07 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled IF: bottled:
Amanda said, "Here is my entry for IF this week; the theme was 'bottled'. This is obviously just a quick sketch, nothing more than silliness and the first thing that came to my mind (they're not even in a BOTTLE, it's clearly more of a JAR). This fast..." more
Saturday, April 9, 2011 6:29:45 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Winter:
Amanda said, "Well, here I am, fully a week later, and yes, once more I have completed a rough drawing for another season and little else besides- general busy-ness being once again the excuse. Ah well. By this time next week I want to have finished..." more
Saturday, April 2, 2011 6:14:28 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Spring:
Amanda said, "I always intend to post more frequently. I recently realized that one of the factors in my failing to do so is my tendency to put it off until I have 'more' or 'enough' material- be it news, sketches or interesting thoughts. The..." more
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:11:30 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled IF: cultivate:
Amanda said, "I quite like this idea that I came up with for this week's IF; it's very quickly executed in my terribly swollen (and quite difficult to make scans from) sketchbook, but I'm thinking of doing a better version of it. It might not be a bad idea..." more
Sunday, March 6, 2011 5:41:59 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled IF 'warning', new commission, a few 'yuks':
Amanda said, "...And so I have returned from a short trip to Florida, rested, relaxed and more ready than ever for spring. My 'perruche' postcards have arrived, and I'm very pleased...tomorrow, the mailing will commence...I haven't participated in..." more
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:28:13 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Perruche perdu 'poster'; further doodling for yuks:
Amanda said, "Well, I've completed the second side of my new promotional piece:However, I'm not completely satisfied with my handpainted contact information...it's a little irregular...Luckily, I scanned this before painting in the contact information, and added..." more
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 7:06:50 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Doodling for yuks and another attempt at 'perruche perdu':
Amanda said, "As I promised myself that I would, I've been taking it easy and drawing more for FUN and with less self-imposed pressure- it's been good. I can feel my mental muscles loosening... Here are a couple of the....um, things... that I drew over the..." more
Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:02:48 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Various various:
Amanda said, "I finished the 'perruche perdu' piece that I was working on...s'alright; I'm not thrilled but perhaps am just not receptive to a work-based thrill at the moment. I plan to continue with my idea of a 'series' for the next promotion- ..." more
Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:20:52 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Setbacks and revelations:
Amanda said, "Hello all.... I've been working but have little satisfactory finished work to show for it. Yes, yes.... I will tell you my tale of woe...which comes, incidentally, complete with what I am trying to see as a positive outcome. (Oh, it is, it..." more
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 5:03:04 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled 'A Trailer Park X-mas' sketches:
Amanda said, "Hello all! Hope that you all had a wonderful holiday. This will be my first of two posts covering my art-related activities over the last couple of weeks. First, Dr. Sketchy! I had long been aware of the existence of a Dr...." more
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 11:56:34 AM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Tomie de Paola award entry, update and previously hidden sketch revealed!:
Amanda said, "Oh, the intrigue! The drama!I have completed my piece for the T. de P. award.... well, in any case, I'm done with it. I had been considering the possibility of re-doing it completely with a different colour scheme, about doing it again in a..." more
Monday, January 3, 2011 6:25:24 AM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Perruche perdu and book dummies; oh my, yes!:
Amanda said, "It's about time for me to plan, execute and send out another promotional mailing. In the past, this has taken the form of postcards- colour image on the front with b&w printed contact info/email address on the back. However, for this..." more
Sunday, November 28, 2010 10:09:19 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Tomie de Paola award entry, progress:
Amanda said, "I am somewhat hesitant to post all of my work in progress for my entry- can't decide whether this is reasonable or paranoid. A little of both, mayhaps? I really got down to work this week, believing the deadline to be the 5th of..." more
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 7:13:44 AM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled The brilliance of Otto Dix, beautiful architecture, general discouragement, new and ongoing projects:
Amanda said, " So...as you can see, I'm posting once again on my OLD blog... it doesn't seem as though I'm getting quite the same traffic on my new blog attached to my website...but if you want to read the posts that you've missed AND subscribe to/bookmark..." more
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:38:13 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled ...a couple more sketches for Montréal project:
Amanda said, "The past couple of weeks have been busy, busy, busy...have started a new (day) job whilst still employed at the old one; seems pleasant enough so far but am suffering a bit of mental overload due to lack of time available to devote to illustration..." more
Sunday, July 11, 2010 10:05:20 AM
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Friday, July 2, 2010 4:09:01 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Montréal cards project, progress so far...:
Amanda said, "Hi all! It's been a hectic couple of weeks, what with moving preparations. Happily, our stuff is now in our new (brighter!) apartment, but we've had to vacate for a few more days while our floors are sanded and varnished. So..." more
Monday, May 23, 2011 8:37:38 PM
Amanda Crawford wrote a blog post titled Progress, a micromovement at a time....:
Amanda said, "Yes, I have managed to make some progress...somewhat slowly and painfully, but progress nonetheless. I've drawn the beginnings of several pencils for the book dummy...these ARE only beginnings- there are many improvements and additions..." more