For this Love Your Body piece I used another photo from Leonard Nimoy’s Full Body Project. Watercolor on paper. 3/14/2015
Daily Creativity: Love Your Body
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Daily Creativity: Gaby is my hero, women role models are cool
In honor of International Women’s Day I thought I’d use a woman role model as my muse. Instead of picking a woman from history I chose a currant role model. Gabourey Sidibe is a woman of strong character and confidence, she doesn’t take any guff from anyone, and has sass for days. If ever I feel like I can’t take the negativity around me I can think about Gaby and think, what would she do? Pastel settings in ArtRage on iPad. 3/8/2015
Daily Creativity: Fat is not a 4 letter word
If you’ve followed my work you will know I am all about body positivity, and loving your body. Fat acceptance is part of that. Moving away from the word fat being used as a slur and accepting it as it is, a descriptor. Fat is no different than tall or short, it just describes a body’s shape. It is something we all have, we all have fat. It’s not something to be feared or to run from. It’s just a word. You can’t tell anything from fat either. You can’t tell if a person is healthy or unhealthy, you can’t tell what they eat or don’t eat, what activity they do or don’t do. It’s just a word, it’s a word I have taken back. A word I wear like a badge. Much like the word geek, it used to be considered an insult, I don’t find it insulting anymore, I’m proud to be a geek. Call me a geek all you want and I will agree. Call me fat and I will agree too, you won’t find tears in my eyes but rather a nod of approval. It’s just a word, it, and those that use it, have no power over me. “You Have no Power Over Me!” – Sara from Labyrinth. I made this using the Sketch Club app on iPad. 3/7/2015 http://wp.me/p1qyRu-Yb
Daily Creativity: Love Your Body
I had fun with this piece for the Love Your Body series. I wanted to paint her as if she was on fire. I had a lot of fun painting her hair, it reminded me of a model I used to paint, she had the most beautiful hair but it was impossible to paint. I think I finally got it down, now I wish I could paint Pat (the model) again.
Painting on my iPad in the ArtRage app using the oil paint settings. 3/3/2015
Daily Creativity: Love Your Body guys!
For this painting in the Love Your Body series I found inspiration from a gent on tumblr. Finding positive images of male figures is a lot harder than women, because in the body positive movement men are being left behind a bit. I try to be inclusive, so if you see an image that looks like something that would inspire me, please, send it along.
When looking for models I look for people who are in love with their bodies and happy, this fellow was perfect. Sadly the image wasn’t sourced, so if you recognize it, let me know, it was a black and white photo with the words “I’m done being ashamed” and I just loved it.