Feeling Fall

#DOTD

My Drawing of the Day

Recently I've been slightly obsessing over leaves, stealing them from any tree I found interesting and bringing them home to study. I was inspired by the deep purple and green combination on this one tree (I don't know the name of it) that I kept seeing. Unfortunately when I got home and put the leaf on my light table I realized I had picked an all green one. Nonetheless I started to do little color sketches and line drawings. Just about everything that inspires me evolves into a garment interpretation.

 I started this a week or two ago, unfortunately I got busy with work and left it unfinished. Finally, I got tired of looking at a pitiful water color. I thought that I would just finish it with an ink outline but of course it evolved into mixed media, and finally a digital painting. I skipped a few steps in the documentation process, but you get the picture.  I'm pretty satisfied with it, hope you enjoy too. Leave comments, questions. Thanks!

No purple but I like the hint of brown

The leaf I picked was green but I was inspired by the other leaves w/ more of a gradation 

Added a color pencil outline, Before BG detail

Digital painting: Played with the contrast and texture a bit in PS

              Until next time,

Coutureuh xoxo

Marker exercise

                                                                        Blood Fairy

Being at home in my new studio in between work and decorating I've managed to find time to sketch a few things here and there. What is my inspiration you ask? My Tombow brush tip markers. No literally, every time I glance over at my markers I just imagine the feeling of them against paper and tons of silhouettes pop into my mind. This is my first complete illustration since I graduated in May. I missed drawing, but now I have time to do it, more images coming soon. 

In honor of the infamous #tbt I figured I'd also post a very fitting throwback of an old piece I made back in school that came to mind once this drawing was done. 

The 5th Dimension 

Model: Cara Yarmolowicz 

2013

Tulle, crinoline

Hope you enjoyed, leave comments or any questions and I'll do my best to respond.

Xoxo,

Coutureuh 

New Home NEW STUDIO!

My new Creative HUB!

Hey guys! It's been a while since I've posted. Lots of great things have

been happening for me. I moved into a new place, started a new job, but best

of all I finally started the process of setting up my new home studio. It's obviously

under major construction, but give me a few weeks and you will be introduced to

a fabulous transformation. In the mean time check out some of my snapshots I took of

my new pride and joy. 

Old art from school

messy I know

I'm so excited about my NEW SPACE!

Okay, so look forward to my new up and coming post. I'm still in

major transition mode but feel free to leave me comments and I will

respond asap. Thanks guys. xoxo

- Coutureuh

P.S. Here is a photo I found on a fashion blog of myself and my hot partner

in style (Uyoata Udi) this past 4th of July on the JFK Parkway 2014--

Look out for him he's DOPE

"Combinations"

In a continuation of my process for my show I decided to add two new pieces to the performance. I was debating for a while if I should continue making blue pieces but then I thought "ehh.. why not orange"?   With these two pieces I wanted to be a bit more minimal so my audience could be drawn to color and form. I still can't get these triangles out of my head so I'm thinking they are here to stay at least for this piece. The intricate process of making these two color combo's became such a struggle, with 6 pattern pieces, two values of orange, two values of red, and the combination of the two I was left with an odd number of values to play with. The challenge was interesting and fun and as a kind of weird inside joke with myself I decided to name the performance & piece Combinations. My was decision based mostly on the fact that by 2 a.m. in the dye studio that was the only word I could mutter out loud to anyone. Anyway, here is some of my process for the making of this piece taaaa daaa, enjoy. 

Swatch Test

Kimono top pattern, my own extensions at the bottom

Flats on flats on flattttsss!

Dye notes, Mixing the dye

Reasons why I am in LOVE with Acid dying & Silk Organza

Just starting the assembling process

This is where I am as of today (March 24,2014) They will be done by this Thursday, I have my final critique before the show in May so my instructors insist on us showing them something before then. I'll be sure to post pictures when I'm done Wednesday. Like, Comment, Share! Thanks guys! : )