Gláucia Mir | artist » drawing

moly_x_portrait entry

glaucia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:41:24 +0000

I finally finished one of my entries…

(grahite pencil, aprox. 8″x11″ on moleskine sketchbook)

This is for a international moleskine exchange, where each of us draws a self-portrait, then sends it to the next person, and they draw themselves and the person whose book they have.

Inspired by Sara’s picture in the woods, I drew her, and myself as a lurking tree. It was fun.

I confirmed my love of working in pencils.

a great lunch date

glaucia — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:27:40 +0000

update: here’s the drawing…

Our car’s in the shop again. Actually, Fab’s car. The one he drives to and from work. The one we already spent a ton of money on.
The point is, he was home today. So after dropping Phoenix off, we went on a lunch date.
We went to jules in doylestown. It was a place I’d been wanting to visit, cause it has pizza–thin crust pizza, with lots of exotic ingredients. If I’m gonna have pizza, it has to be this kinda pizza. Fabio, on the other hand, likes any good decent average pizza.
Anyway, I picked it out cause I knew he’d been wanting pizza, and I thought we could check it out.
I was not disappointed. It was more than good, it was great! And it had so many varieties to choose from, and the pizza was a cool elongated shape, and the place is all organic and they use biodegradable plastic-ware. How cool is that! It might be the best place we’ve gone to so far, in Doylestown.
Anyway, the pizza was great, the place was great, and the service was great, but that’s not what made it great.
The company was great. Before and after eating, Fabio and I both had our moleskines. He wrote, and I drew a sketch of this beautiful old house-turned-law-offices. It was wonderful to just be able to share these moments together, each occupied with the things we love.
Yeah for love! Yeah for a 10-year mate who meets my needs and surpasses my deepest desires!
Fabio, I love you!!

a bird series

glaucia — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:55:38 +0000

I’m starting on a new series.
Birds.
If you’ve talked to me in the last couple months, you know how excited I am about birds. It’s my newest hobby. Watching and photographing birds. Reading about backyard birding, feeding birds, and identifying birds.
So I figured, why not draw birds as well. I certainly have accumulated enough pictures to use as reference…
So, this is my first attempt. I hope to do several more. This is in keeping with my goals for the year, of making more art, and having some themes or related bodies of work.

“Titmouse on Ice”
approx. 8″x10″ pen and colored pencil on bristol paper

i finally finished

glaucia — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:07:45 +0000

yeah, unbelievable as it is, i finally finished another city drawing.
This one had been in the works since just before we left the city, in July.

pen and colored pencil on bristol paper, approx. 8″ x 6.5″

I finally took the time to put on the finishing touches, and it’s done. Now I have 3 city scenes. I hope to draw a few more, and therefore, have a set to show together. Hopefully it helps with “sell-ability”.

Let me know what you think…..

church and art

glaucia — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:11:55 +0000

Lately, church and my art, seem to be linked.
I mean, somehow, while there, while listening to the pastor, or Sunday school, I find the “moment” to sketch.
Maybe because I am sitting still and not amidst a million tasks. Maybe because I am not in front of the computer. Maybe because I make it a point to bring along my sketchbook– and my Bible, of course.
So, here are a couple of sketches I did last Sunday.

And speaking of church and art, I’ve been asked to lead the project of working on a mural which will be the background part of the set for the Easter musical/Cantata. I’m thrilled and a little afraid, as it’s a huge undertaking at 37′ long by 11′ high. I will be the lead artist, sketching the drawing, and leading willing painters to get it done.
Please pray for me as I’m in preparation mode. Pray that I will have wisdom about what supplies are needed, what timing is needed, and that the outcome will be a part of the whole presentation, which will bring glory to God. Also, any insight from anyone on painting huge murals would be welcomed. I’ve done a couple before, but this one is huge.

sketching in public…

glaucia — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:01:41 +0000

always attracts attention.

Last weekend we were in Fairfax. While we were visiting Fab, Sr., we also got a chance to see some dear old friends. Ginger and Spinner lived with me in California, while I served with Steve Hughes and Yosemite Christian Ministries. As a matter of fact, they were a welcome respite to the loneliness I was suffering while living by myself in a double-wide trailer.
Anyway, I hadn’t seen G & S in over 10 years, and so we took a little longer drive on Sunday Morning, to meet them at their church.
While there, and sitting in the very last row, I sketched a few people in front of me.
Apparently, the couple sitting next to me took an interest, because after the service, the woman tried to invite us out for lunch and talked of my beautiful artwork. We turned her down, as we were going out with my friends, instead.
Here’s the drawing that commanded an invitation to lunch…

Now I just need someone willing to pay for these, and I’ll be in business!!

edm challenge #5: draw your bed

glaucia — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:49:38 +0000

It would be nice if my bed looked like this…

But my bed looks like this…

more often than not.

Oh well. It makes for a more interesting drawing.

church membership

glaucia — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:34:02 +0000

Deciding to move from New York was a no-brainer.
As a matter of fact, it had been around 3 years of prayer, hoping for a chance to get out of New York.
You might think that is crazy, since most people are trying to get to NYC, instead of getting out.
Well, the thing is, when you have small kids and the playground is over a mile’s walk away and has scarey people hanging out, or when your car gets stolen from a residential neighborhood, or when rent is high, and you don’t get to change the color of the room, or use the backyard, or have room to store the summer’s clothes, or when taking the kids to school takes over 1.5 hours, you start to think there’s got to be a better way.
Having my own house started to sound really nice, and then it started sounding like a necessity, and then it became so far out of reach that I didn’t even want to think about it anymore.
That’s when Fabio found some job openings that really looked like a possibility.
Then the dream of the move became real again.
The process was over 6 months long, and I had a lot of excitement.
The one thing I couldn’t bring myself to think about was leaving our church. Graffiti.
I didn’t want to spend any time thinking about not having Graffiti. Even on the last day at Graffiti, I couldn’t bring myself to shed a tear. That would mean we were really leaving it behind.Even if we made frequent trips, we would eventually have to find a new church.
I knew that would be hard. I knew we would never find another Graffiti. But I also knew that God would go before us, and we would find a church that is right for us.
I expected the search to be harder, but we only visited some 5 churches before being recommended First Baptist Church of Perkasie by a friend, and once we visited, we’ve been going ever since.
Some days, I’ve shed a tear on my way to FBC, because it wasn’t Graffiti. Now it was time to cry. Somedays, I’ve cried just because I miss all our church family.
After about 5 months or so of attending FBC, we finally had a chance to attend FBC 101. It’s the class where the pastor teaches a bit about church doctrine, and overall church precepts that they follow here. It was pretty much what we expected, and now we know we are ready to join. We have to give our names to the pastors, and then we will be asked to give a brief testimony of how we came to know the Lord to the congregation. That will seal our deal, and we will then be members. It’s difficult to officially move membership away from Graffiti, but we know that this is the right step in being active in this local church. This is where we can now pour our resources, our gifts and our service. May God be glorified, and please keep us in your prayers as we look for opportunities to serve in ways that best use our gifts in this church.
Below is a pen sketch I did while attending FBC 101.

my favorite subject

glaucia — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:30:24 +0000

When in doubt, I love to sketch my husband.
I don’t tire of looking at him, and his goatee and hair changes always make for interesting drawings.
This sketch is the only decent thing I managed to draw on saturday, the first sketchcrawl date of 2009.

sketchbook exchange

glaucia — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:18:15 +0000

I’m in a sketchbook exchange; specifically, the Moleskine X Portrait Party 3.

What that means is, that I got myself a moleskine sketchbook(this is what I use for sketchbooks most of the time) and I drew a sign in page…

Then I drew a self-portrait…

Now, it’s been sent on to a guy in Newark; This guy, Danny, will draw himself and then me. He will then send my moleskine to someone else, who will draw themselves, and then me, and so on. I should get one from a girl in Israel. I will draw her and my self, and send it on. I can’t wait.

If you want to see some of the other artwork, check it out here…

If someone is interested, we could do our own moleskine exchange…let me know…

how to make a journal of your life

glaucia — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:51:04 +0000

I’ve been reading a tiny book with that title, by Danny Price.

I’d been wanting it for some time, and I finally got it last week. There’s not much to read. It’s lots of sketchy drawings which the artist drew over the course of years, I’m guessing, and put them in the book, along with tips and thoughts about how one can take the time to better keep a record of their daily lives. Not in a monotonous, diary with every detail – sort of way, but with slices of life, and in his(and my case) with drawings of such moments.

I’ve been trying to do just that, these last few days. I’m not having a specific art project to tackle this month, so I’m trying to at least do quick sketches here and there, in a moment’s time. It seems that people always love them, and it helps me remember interesting things and places later on…

Here are the latest 2…

What things will you remember from last week. Just because they weren’t major, doesn’t mean they weren’t important…

30 places – a hotel room

glaucia — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:03:11 +0000

Making quick sketches seems to be no problem. I am able to sketch just about anywhere, and make quick work of it, if I choose.

Yesterday, we went and met my parents in Stroudsburg for a late lunch, while they were on a weekend getaway from New York City. Afterwards, we went and hung out in their hotel room. The kids played a few games with grandma, Fabio talked about computer hard drives with Raquel, my dad was working on his sermon, and I drew the hotel room.

pen drawing on moleskine

It’s fun to have these journal-like slices of life.

How are you keeping a record of your life? Whether great or small, fun or difficult, each moment is valuable, and worth remembering.

30 places – the homework spot

glaucia — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:52:32 +0000

Fabio is so close to being done with school. He is taking his last 2 classes, and then he needs to do 2 quick write-ups to get a couple other credits, and it’s bachelor’s degree, here we come. We’re so excited for the new year with no homework.

Meanwhile, for the past several months, he parks himself on the couch, with his laptop in front of him, and his headphones on with some electronica and other music, and gets to his homework.

Pencil drawing on large moleskine

This is the homework spot, since he doesn’t have his own desk.

30 Places – Graffiti(one of my favorite places)

glaucia — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:05:33 +0000

There’s not much to tell here.

We were in New York for the weekend, and while there, I took the opportunity to sketch and add to my 30 places project.

Graffiti is, hands down, one of my favorite places, and it’s always wonderful to be there, but it makes me miss it more when we leave.

It worked out really good to have that kid in the front row, cause it helped give the stage some perspective.

Wish I could do more drawings there.

30 places – plate setting

glaucia — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:36:27 +0000

This was one way to catch up on my 30 Places.

I drew it while we were at the diner, but we were in a booth at the back by a wall, so there wasn’t much to look at.

So instead, I drew my plate (place) setting, even though I didn’t have a place yet.

It was a quick sketch, and I like it’s simplicity. I have a problem letting go and making things with quick simple lines. It’s like, if I’m doing a “finished” piece, I don’t let myself do a quick line or quick painting style, and I end up losing out on a certain freshness.

Any tips?

30 places – sunday school

glaucia — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:51:29 +0000

Not the people, the room.

I still feel weird when I sketch there, cause the people don’t know me, and I don’t know them. I feel like I’m doing something wrong, even though I’m not. Some people just assume you’re not paying attention.

30 places – In my head

glaucia — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:10:39 +0000

A looser interpretation, this is “the place in my head” idea. It’s also a delayed post, cause I was tired and finished it in the middle of the night, with a slight touch-up this afternoon. I need to work on the next one..

I’m not thrilled with the execution. I didn’t bother to look in the mirror for an accurate self-portrait, or was even very concerned with my awesome drawing skills here. It was more like a working sketch, of something that could be an interesting painting.

I enjoyed playing around and thinking of things that are often in my head. I think it could be a deeper and darker, introspective piece. A lot of what we are, what we see, or want to see, is because of the place between our ears. And often times, if we don’t change what’s going on there, it won’t matter what other changes are going on elsewhere.