The Human Canvas - SLASH! At the Vault! In Redlands!

First off...

Ya, ya... I know. 

That's not Slash. That's Katie.

But We'll get back to that.

A little over a year ago (or so),

we had just left a University of Redlands

end of the year gathering, and ended up back at

our place. I had done a couple of Human Canvas sessions

AT the gathering, but at this point,

we were just talking.

Katie said that if she ever got a tattoo

(or if I ever laid my pens on her - I don't remember which)

it would be a lotus flower.

A little over a year (or so) LATER then...

It was Katie's birthday... At the Vault in Redlands.

I reminded her.

It went (fairly) quickly.

The next shot is called

"Priya Pointing to Pretty Pretty Petals".

Thank you Katie.

Next that night... Andrew!

I don't recall if it was he that showed me, or if it was the other women at the table (not drawn on), but SOMEONE got his sleave up...

...and it was collectively decided that this

real tattoo needed an update.

I also don't recall if he was a Guns n' Roses fan...

...But after giving some color back to that rose...

...The rest, while impromptu, fell into place.

And then we got Slash!

At the Vault!

In Redlands!

Sorta.

I think I wanna do this'n again, except add some crossed pistols underneath.

Until then...

...Thanks again Andrew... AND Katie...

Canvases for this evening.

And thank YOU for stopping by,

for spreading the word, and possibly...

for being next.

The beginnings of The Human Canvas adventures

can be found and followed through a couple of tabs near the top of this page.

The Human Canvas... and Willow the Hutt

Willow the Hutt

She walks around the house as Alpha - 

even though she was nowhere near first. And 

she'll still occasionally walk up to the other (younger) cat, 

give her a bitch slap/reality check and keep on walking.

Like the other cat needs a reminder? after 8 years?

that's willow.

But she IS a good mouser. And makes herself known 

to the neighbors, in and out of their homes. AND, as a limp 

noodle that won't budge, she's good with testing 

out colors when painting

 the wall.

Ina ll fairness though, despite her attitude toward the 

other pets, she WILL be YOUR best buddy... 

right after she bites you.

So this series of photos comes from the same night as "A Koi Koi Lydia"...only zoomed out to include the cat.

People kill time in a variety of ways while these 

sessions take place.

In this case...

As she woke...

It was WILLOW to be the time-pass.

But it WAS fun...and sweet.

And as I was taking pictures of Lydia, she was 

taking pictures of the cat. 

And that's how it went. 

So here's another take at the previous session - zoomed out. 

I saw it as another story.

No, Willow... really. 

Nothing was happening here 

already - okay? Just GET those stretches out. 

Yeah. Good. 

Thanks.

Well, Willow DID eventually pass out again...

With some help? Maybe?

So we moved to the floor...

Added some detail...

And called it done.

Thanks to Priya Jha 

for the wonderful Willow the Hutt 

picture at the top, thanks to Lydia for setting up 

and taking the Willow and the Wine Glass 

photo, AND for being a patient 

model YET again...

And thank YOU for stopping by...

And for coming back.

The Human Canvas - Dr. Who, Dr. Jha, and Da Sharpie!

Meet...The Professor.

Um...I don't always call her this.

Sometimes it's Dr. Jha. And she doesn't

always look like this. The above picture is

from a few nights after the Human Canvas

session we're talking about here.

We were getting ready to go

to a bit of an open house at University of Redlands.

 

 

This session,

about 25 minutes before we were set to leave,

was a bit of an experiment...again. 

 

An experiment in fine line...

...very basic design...

...and just a touch of color.

Something that can blended,

with just a light scrub of alcohol.

This a bit reminiscent of the session

referred to as "The Butterfly and the Big Bruise".

You can click HERE for a link, but here's

the (first) attempt at erasing that

inspired the name:

Yuck, right?

But look at it

again as a blending of color,

along with the creation of NEW color.

Colors you won't ordinarily get with even

your best array of Sharpies. You can CONTROL it...

...for a rather attractive look...

...especially when

you go back in with a bit of

black to re-define.

Done?

Well, after adding

a quick signature - as it were -

...and powdering it,
to give it a bit more of
an under-the-skin look...

...NOW we're done.

There were several people
at the open house that thought
this was a real tattoo.

Cool!

Thank you Priya. This was long over due.

And thank YOU for

making time for me to draw on you NEXT!

There are two tabs near the top of the page

which show all of the (documented) Human Canvas

sessions so far. Thanks for checking it out, for your

comments, and your encouragement. More soon.

I'm excited by this new method, and am quite

anxious to continue. The above session was

only the night before this writing.