© 2011 Mellanie Collins I’ve been trading artist trading cards (ATCs) for about three years now. It’s a great hobby and it’s really helped me with my drawing. The first trade I did was a portrait exchange with Ujwala from Draw the Line. We each drew each other and it was a great experience. Continue reading “My Own Mini-Portrait Party w/ Lindsay Long”
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2010? Forget About It. I Did.
John Bavarro for Julia Kay’s Portrait Party Pen, ink, and marker on paper, 5×7 inches Let’s pretend last year never happened. It was not one of my best. In fact, it sucked. I’m just tucking 2010 away to that that place in my brain that isolates things like songs from the 80’s that IContinue reading “2010? Forget About It. I Did.”
Wishful Thinking
© 2010 Mellanie Collins Oh how I’ve been missing drawing! After starting a new job and succombing to some nasty and persisent sinus funk, I’ve not been able to get much drawing done for the last month –or even this month. The sketching I’ve managed hasn’t been worth sharing. I did manage to do thisContinue reading “Wishful Thinking”
African American History Month: Bessie Coleman
4″ x 5.5″ pen and markers Bessie Coleman (1892 – 1926) was the first woman to earn an International Aviation License and the first African-American licensed pilot. Born in Texas, Bessie was the 10th of 13 children. Unhappy with small town life in Texas, she moved to Chicago in 1915 to join her brother andContinue reading “African American History Month: Bessie Coleman”
African American History Month: Thurgood Marshall
© 2010 Mellanie Collins February is African American History Month, so I thought I’d work on a few drawings of people whose stories inspired me when I was growing up. Here’s a drawing of a young Thurgood Marshall. The grandson of a slave, he became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. He served from 1967Continue reading “African American History Month: Thurgood Marshall”
Sketching on the Bus
A few weeks ago it was snowing and I had an errand I had to run so I rode the bus downtown. I thought it would be a great opportunity to do some sketching . I found myself a seat behind this kid and I just had to draw his hair. Luckily he didn’t moveContinue reading “Sketching on the Bus”
Goodbye 2009! Happy New Year Everyone!
This year has really flown by for me. I’ve been busy drawing and painting artist trading cards and I haven’t come up for air very often. I counted up my scans for the year and found that I had made 204 ATCs for swaps and personal trades–and that doesn’t include a few 5×7 and 4×6Continue reading “Goodbye 2009! Happy New Year Everyone!”
Another Van Gogh-style ATC
I’ve been in a bit of a drawing slump and fighting a cold, so not much art is getting done these days. Here is another Van Gogh-style card from the swap I mentioned on my last post. While I tried acrylic paint on the last card, this one was done with oil pastels. I hopeContinue reading “Another Van Gogh-style ATC”
ATC: Graphite Portrait Sketch
Here’s a sketch I did for my pal Kati. It’s been a while since I’ve done a graphite piece.
Back to the Sketchbook
It’s been a long time since I’ve just played around in my sketchbook. I forgot how fun it is to just scribble and hack away without any real attachment to the outcome. I had spent some time working on an ATC for a self-portrait swap. It just wasn’t working . The drawing was okay, butContinue reading “Back to the Sketchbook”
Mellanie Collins, Artist 