Unfurling beauty in a petal

As I was sweeping up some fallen flower petals I lingered on them for a bit.  I unfurled a wrinkled petal and I felt like I was discovering a hidden mini Rothko painting (nature's version of course).  In one little petal there was a floating color field - pink on pink.  Nature being the artist she is had composed it with beautiful porpotions and tone harmony - I was inspired.  Somehow my mind jumped to the photos Irving Penn created of wilting flowers - so above is my quick homage to his project and then I threw in some of my sketches for fun.

I'll request Mr. Penn's book from the library to further study and I'm sure it will lead to more acts of spontaneus inspiration.  Taking a moment to notice the simple things around you can bring you beautiful associations and discoveries.  

p/s... one day I will make it to Rothko's Chapel ...and then perhaps on to Marfa.

California sun

One of my favorite random images from my weekend shoot...Always love a bright light on the horizon ♡

Americana via Prada

Sometimes an image will stick in my mind for days.... That's what happend to me after I watched the Steven Miesel video for PRADA S/S 2012.  Here's the link in case you want to check it out.    The colors, the make up, the clothes, the bags, that incredible blue sky!! Immaculate.  PRADA has that way of elevating something basic to something artistic. 

I zeroed in on the hairclip, that looks so much like the one I just 'goodwilled' last week - carved rose surrounded by crystals.  They saw the specialness in it and styled it accordingly, I saw it as... well....outdated.  I love it when I am inspired to take a fresh look at things I overlook ♡

illustrations by me, based on video still from Steven Miesel's video mentioned above.  

Caught my eye

 Sometimes things catch my eyes in the most odd places.  The motif on this necklace will make my basic t-shirts not-so basic anymore.  The look reminds me of some kind of harmony between lace + flowers + sparkle.  Needless to say it's just fun to look at and draw.  Currently if I'm not wearing it, it is dangling from a hook on my wall.  A little dash of simple fun for these warmer days...♡

Spring Blue Skies

Keeping with my renewed facination with blue... I have been sketching some blue skies. Sunglasses (+ a yummy cup of coffee) are a must for this! Studying the colors, tones, shades and the other subtle characteristics that make a Spring blue sky it's own special thing ♡

Waiting for warm blue skies

I was going through some images I pulled from Fashion Month and I really liked the blue coat this girl was wearing (not to mention her perfect hair and make up...oh and that touch of fur).  I usually avoid the colorful blue hues and stay mainly within the denim and navy spectrum.  However, I was inspired to branch out a little and I found this 'perfect for spring' top. I heard Rory Beca was doing something for F21 and that's exactly where I picked up this bit of royal blue love.  Now, if it would only warm up enough so I can test it out ♡

photo by me, illustration by me inspired by a photo by Phil Oh of a girl outside the Prabal Gurung show.

Zig Zag

MARNI has always captivated me with their distinct prints and color combinations.  Pairings I would think were odd, somehow looked magical when she (Consuelo Castiglioni) gets her hands on them.  Thusly, I was excited about her colloaboration with H&M and equally excited too see the commericial Sofia Coppola created for it.  Here are a few screenshots and an illustration I did of dress print I loved.  The print espresso brown and white but in my version I added a hint of pink.   After viewing the commercial not only did I want every ensemble, I was also smitten with the set and all the lovely furnishings - if you watch it, you'll see what I mean ♡

Screenshots from H&M commercial.  Illustration of a MARNI at H&M print by me.

For Betty

Sending some Spring cheer to a friend that helped out in a pinch.  A super great girl, I would tell you more about but I'm not sure if she'd mind - suffice to say I learned the other day that she never ever goes to the market.  What?!

Acutally, going to start highlighting interesting/creative/cheerful/bright people here on the blog soon, it will be fun to expand into sharing views on what makes other people smile.... But for now, I really do apprecaite my near and dear ♡

Lace Love

I had so much fun following fashion month as much as I could (it's so cool that you can be in a cafe in california and watch a runway show from Paris on your iPhone). Whether it's on the runway or off, there is so much to see and be inspired by.  I followed my favorite bloggers, Cathy Horn's twitter feed and coverage on both Style.com and Vogue.com - there were so many amazing creations (McQueen!).  But, the look I gravitated to most were ones that included touches of 'lace'...ie:  Chloe, Isabel Marant and Valentino.   I guess I may be a true classicist at heart. Plus, right now I am enjoying the haphazard documentary style fashion week photos more, there is something in their mood that I dig.  Here's a collage of some of the things I collected to create my lace mood board.

Chloe backstage photos by Schohaja of NYT .  Illustrations by me.  Photo of girl in lace unknown tumblr find.