An Update

Joey's book is here! It is so exciting when I see a small package in the mailbox, knowing it is a Moly to look at in person.

I am also very nearly done with Diana's creature Moly, hoping to mail it out by the end of the week.

I am so thrilled with our exchange! The books are looking fantastic and it really is a lot of fun.

The Study

I just finished Natalie's Music Moly. This one was fun. I drew a bunch of items from my studio. I'll be sending this one on to Diana on Thursday.

-Joey

Location:California Ave SW,Seattle,United States

Natalie's book has arrived !

I just received Natalie's book. It looks awesome ! I really like being able to see everyones work in person. This exchange is really cool because it allows artists to sit up close and personal with other artists work . I really enjoy that aspect of the Moleskine Exchange . Great work everyone. :)


-Joey

Location:47th Ave SW,Seattle,United States

Balloon Girl

I braved my 95 degree studio and finished my entry in Joey's book last night. I had a lot of fun with this one and am pleased with the way it came out. It was done in acrylic.

Here's my entry:


With Diana's Entry:


And the entire book so far:


It should be in the mail and on it's way to Suzanne today.

After Dark is in the mail !

Hey Diana, Suzanne's Moly is on its way to you. I Just dropped it off at the post office today. I Can't wait to see what you do in it.

Our Molys are turning out awesome. Every single one of them looks great. I like how we are all coming off each other and melding the drawings together. This is a really fun project.

-Joey

Guitar Out Loud

Well, I finished my addition to Natalie's Music moly today. I have been working out my idea over the last couple of days, by the time I got to my final I think I had four different versions of the same idea on my table. I was planning to just work directly in the moly and I think I just chickened out. I am scared I will mess up and working on a sheet and gluing it in gives me a safety blanket (and watercolor paper). I only have one little glitch from the glue in, where I lost the top of a note and it's to close to one of Natalie's to fix, but otherwise no problems.

Here it is with Natalie's work too . . .

This was a fun one to work in, thinking about music and how best to show how I imagine the sounds might look. My idea was more abstract than I usually work and I like how the colors turned out.

Watch your mail Joey, it leaves for your place tomorrow!

Now on to the creature . . .

Caveman Boogie!

I started and finished Suzanne's "After Dark" Moly today! I love it! It was alot of fun to work on this concept of things after dark. I decided to go with a cave man warrior hunter, a raccoon, a frog, and some bats. The caveman warrior hunter also has a nice owl hat, like you see in movies the guys with bear hats well he has an Owl hat.
I know it's ridiculous but isn't that the fun in it. I hope you guys like it. :












-Joey

Just received Suzanne's Moly

It looks great Suzanne! That 90lb paper glued in well. It looks like your book got a little wet in transit though. The back cover is a little warped and there is some water rings towards the end pages but nothing major. I'll get right on this. So the theme is "After Dark" right? I attached a photo to show the watermark.



-Joey

Diana's Book

I've finally finished my entry in Diana's book. It took me a little while to come up with something as drawing "creatures" isn't something that I do very often and is a bit of a challenge for me when I do. (This was good practice though. :-)) For my entry I used acrylic paint and pencil.

Here it is:

And along with Diana's:



Hope you like it. I'm sending it off to Suzanne today.

My Book: After Dark

The sign-in page of my Moly for the exchange. Done with Sharpie pen and watercolor right on the Moleskine paper (which I think is yucky).

My theme is After Dark, which allowed me to start with owls and I felt it was open enough to allow for lots of different interpretations.

Here is my first page completed and en route to Joey (sorry about the delay!). I used a sheet of 90 pound Arches hot press to create my work which was then glued into the actual book. This allowed me to work in my favorite medium - watercolor - without going completely crazy because of dealing with the paper.

Another view with the book standing so you catch a glimpse of the sign-in page and the entire first page in the book. The glue in addition of extra paper does not seem to be a problem, although it does leave a stark edge rather than a graceful bleed out to the next design.

Testing, Testing, 1,2,3 Testing...

This is a test of the Moly broadcast network. Remember this is just a test. You should have been sent an email that this post was... ummm... posted. If you did not, well, then I did something wrong. Let me know if you received an email when this posted. Thanks.

-Joey

Updates?

I really, really, really, want to draw in a Moly. Any updates. Where are we at?