A Recent History

more cold. 40 degrees to 12 degrees within what seems like minutes - you know you must be in Chicago in January.

Portraits on brown paper with gouache.

Wow, I am really digging the new Radiohead In Rainbows album.

Hello There, 5×7 card with envelope © Cindy Tomczyk 2008
I only did a limited run of these 5X7 cards. There’s a few kinks I need to work out in the design, so I think I will reprint more next weekend. I should be working on a freelance project right now, but I would much rather be playing around with screen printing. :I The weekends are never long enough!

One color gocco print - red on pink cover stock (bubblegum!) or a bright white.

5X7 portraits - pencil on brown paper wrapping cover stock paper with gouache.

I tend to get tired of surfaces, so I took a break from paints and did five of these drawings. Plus I want to mix it up for the show I am doing in February. I kind of want the little jacket the deer is wearing in a mustard yellow or navy blue. (oh, if only possible…)

So, after 2 weekends of testing things out with silk-screening I think I came up with the right exposure time and distance the light is from the screen. That may be half of the battle - who knows how the actual printing will go. It’s so much easier to do this in a studio, but I am determined to get comfortable with screen printing at home.

{ gocco printing }
The sun actually came out today. Hooray for that. Have a lovely weekend and stay warm!

I’ve been working on a little side project and hoping to launch it in a few months. I’ve been pretty drained as of late and still regrouping after the holiday spending. The fact that I have a huge problem with buying plane tickets to faraway places does not help! Damn you internet and credit cards! I’m just exercising my passport, really. :X

Here’s a little peak at what I worked on today.

Gotta keep on trucking…

acrylic on board, quick little painting.

updated my Etsy with just a few new goodies.

It’s going to be a good one in Chicago the next few days- bundle up!

from the computer… to the screen print…

A2 size with rounded corners and white envelopes.

I have quite a bit painting to do before I hang a show on February 1st. Guess I better get to it. Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

Despite an unsuccessful attempt to screen print and having to work on Saturday, it was a good weekend. I have a lot of work cut out for me in the next few weeks, but it’s nothing I can’t handle. Here’s a little painting I finished over the weekend - acrylic on MDF 7.75X 7.75.

Swan Planer II

I just can’t get enough of animal planters.

cutting away… hopefully these will be finals soon!