See me -

"A Pair of Glasses"
digitally manipulated drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... my grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't
need glasses; drinks right out of the bottle ..."
- Henny Youngman

Thursday Challenge: Red -

"Red I"
digitally manipulated drawing & collage by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

"... just do what you do best ..."
- Red Auerbach

Sleep tight -

"Replacing the Box Spring"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather

"... bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of ..."

- Unknown

NEW from Drawing With Lieghlund Series -

"Hamburger and Fries"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

"... anybody who doesn't think that the best hamburger place in the world is in his own home town is a sissy ..."
- Calvin Trillin

Illustration Friday: Undone -

"Undone"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

"... the whole point of getting things done
is knowing what to leave undone ..."
- Oswald Chambers

NEW from Drawing With Leighlund Series -

"Party Crackers"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

"... weave goodness into your life ..."
- Triscuit Crackers Slogan

Illustration Friday: Flying -

"Descoloramiento de Los Picadores"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

"... after the picador's ruthless blade
and the matador's flying cape,
stands the defeated, head bowing low,
spending the last of his strength,
defiant through the fall ..."
- Mick Mather

Drawing -

"Miniature Lighter"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather

Something simple and quick - from the old sketchbook to the Secret Visual Laboratory - to close out the Labor Day weekend.

From beginning to end -

"Lamp & Glasses"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather

I was going through some old sketchbooks as the winter past was edging toward spring. I show the original 1994 sketch here at No Matter What Shape-The Archive with a bit of insight as regards this particular period of study and effort. What you see here is the manipulated version. Yes, after shoving it through the super secret array at the Secret Visual Laboratory.

NEW from The Maple Leaf Series -

"Maple Leaf II"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

As promised a few weeks back here's number two in The Maple Leaf Series that's rooted in one of my granddaughter Leighlund's recent drawings. You can see the first one here ... more to come.

VACATION: Day Nine -

"Maple Leaf I"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

My vacation, for all practical purposes, is now over. Soon, I'll be back at my usual routine, visiting all of you again at your blogs and struggling to catch up on the week's worth of work that didn't go away, but became a deeper pile on my not-so-empty desk at the office. Before I do, I have an entire series of digital manipulations created from one of my granddaughter's recent drawings. I call it "The Maple Leaf Series" and it documents a slow, digital decay of this stylistic drawing. More to come!

Illustration Friday: Intricate -

"Intricate"
manipulated digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... the tin whisker issue is not solved and continued emphasis on this topic remains ..."

Illustration Friday: Pale -

"Study #2 for Ice Cube"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather

Sorry, again, to breeze in and right back out. Today's post for Illustration Friday is another study for a winter project that I might finally be able to realize. Whether it gets constructed or not, it does fit the theme of pale I think ... keep your eyes peeled for an update sometime in the next 6 weeks or so.

Commission accomplished -

"Through the Looking Glass"
digitally manipulated drawing, post proposal study by Mick Mather

My proposal for a conceptual art piece to be displayed in the Everson Unwrapped event at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York made the final cut this week and I'll soon be busy creating two trees, if possible. I thought you all might be interested to see how that part of the process is accomplished and below is the actual proposal submitted:

• stacked sheets of found glass in the shape of half a tree
• installed against a mirror so the whole tree is revealed as a reflection of itself
• a round hollow feature midway between bottom and top is the single ornament composed of empty space
• when you bend to look into the ornament, you see your own reflection (the viewer is now the ornament)
  

A rough sketch was added, a nod to Lewis Carroll for the title and, voila! Another proposal completed and submitted.

Drawing With Leighlund Series -

"Toe Shoes"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

I've done quite a few of these, an even 10 to be precise, and wonder why it's taken until now to call it a series. If I get ambitious, I may go back through and re-tag everything so that a search will bring all of them up. That aside, I don't suppose it will be much longer until she begins to take ballet lessons and it was quite a surprise to find this pair of toe shoes while working on the original scribble ... and, plié - plié - plié!

Getting ahead of myself -

"Study #1 for Ice Cubedigitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather

As I've mentioned already, I have another land art sculpture that I'd like to build when the weather conditions are right. Toward that end, I need to make a formal proposal to the sculpture park where I'd like to have it sited. This is one of the studies that will become part of the proposal as well as the documentation for that project regardless of where it ends up. I do have other options and the only real stumbling block is the weather ... in any case, I'm posting this now in honor of the imminent snow showers expected tomorrow or the next day.

Drawing With Leighlund Series -

"Girl With a Bow in her Hair"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

All the way back in March, when I was hard at work on a number of my granddaughters drawings, I posted one called "Scribble Face". That same drawing happens to be the seed for today's post. I'll leave it to all of you to look at that other image and hence to find the little nugget that you see here. So sorry to post and rush off again, but I'll be at a conference all day today with an appearance before the Public Art Commission in the early evening ... more about that later.

Drawing With Leighlund Series -

"A Little Girl and Her Picture Book"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

As it so often happens, I've gotten sidetracked from the collaborative project with my granddaughter, Leighlund Ruth Vincett. For the background info, have a peek at a number of posts you'll find here. Suffice it to say, while poking about this morning I found this unfinished piece ... well, it seemed unfinished until I studied it for a time. Now, having added a border and my digital signature, I offer it up. Enjoy.

On the Road -

"Trinity #13 - Proposal Study #3"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather

No sooner am I back from vacation than I'm off again! As you read this I'll be on the road, driving to Vermont to The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, where my proposal for "Trinity #13" has been accepted for exhibit in SculptFest08. I will be constructing this work from 'found' materials on-site over the weekend. "Labor Day" takes on a whole new meaning for me this year I think. In any case, no Illustration Friday for me this week and apologies, again, in advance for the short shrift given the pre-scheduled posts through Monday. More documentation of the piece upon my return and, until then, please have a glass of red wine with me in celebration.

NEW from The Birdhouse Series -

"Birdhouse X"
digitally manipulated drawing & collage by Mick Mather

I'm still playing catch-up from the long weekend. To sooth my just-about-shattered nerves, I thought I'd fiddle around with a new piece for The Birdhouse Series. Here you have it and do excuse another hit 'n run post this evening ... it couldn't be helped.