10 on the 10th: Dogs

10 on the 10th is a fun monthly thing instigated by Marsha In the Middle.

Her prompt for this edition was very simple: dogs

I was surprised to discover that I've sketched more than ten dogs...

I know there are more... but a baker's dozen is plenty!

Be sure to check out Marsha’s post and her link party for more responses!

Linking up with
Marsha's 10 on the 10th
Shelbee's On the Edge

[Enid] The 10 Famous People Thing

If you're on Facebook, you've come across some version of this list. It's making the rounds again.
I asked SpyGirl for her list, with anecdotes about each person. If you're on Facebook, you can read lots more fun facts in the comment threads. Very amusing.

Salvador Dali
Ugh! Dirty old man! He pinched my butt.
When I was a junior in high school, I interned at Knoedler Gallery on 70th between 5th and Madison in NYC. They had bought the next door brownstone and during renovation, had an environmental installation set up by Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. The opening reception was quite a scene! All of Andy's Factory denizens attended.

Geoffrey Beene
Richard Lambertson introduced me after a Beene benefit show (in Beverly Hills?). Backstage. Amongst the Glamazons.

Joan Jett
Such a sweetheart! Met her after her gig at the Nike event at the Colosseum (2005). We hung out at the Standard rooftop downtown. Severo knows her road manager. Some kind of Smithereens/Jersey connection.

Patti Smith
I love Patti. She brought me to tears at a free concert in Waterloo Park during SXSW 2000 during "People Have the Power".
The Smithereens shared the bill with her at  __ in 2011. I had my book signed.

Sonny Rollins
I sold Sonny a birthday cake when I worked at Cake Masters, NYC in 1977. I think it was the 72nd Street location, but not sure.

Leonard Cohen
Rafael, one of Severo's oldest friends, was Leonard's drummer for his final world-wide tour that I think lasted for three years. I was able to go to full band rehearsals at SIR in Hollywood twice -- AMAZING! I took Rafael a jar of my homemade raspberry jam. He gave it to Leonard, who opened it up, stuck his finger in, tasted, and said, "Anne, this jam is sublime."

Elvis Costello
Elvis is Severo's god. He befriended Elvis's road manager (sense a trend here?) and we went back stage many times. I met Elvis once. The other times I sat back on the green room couches while Severo paid homage. Too much standing around waiting to talk to The Man.

Anne Rice
She signed one of her Vampire books for me at Vroman's in Pasadena.

Bob Mackie
Bob is a huge supporter of Otis College of Art and Design, where I occasionally teach. He has mentored many Fashion projects. I met him at one of the Scholarship Benefit Fashion Shows.

Jeremy Scott
I did not formally meet Jeremy. I saw him in the hallway at Otis when the Fashion Department had their campus in the CalMart in downtown LA. He was wearing a Mexican poncho and looked like a 70's surfer. I highly recommend his film bio on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80064521

Summertime Goals: August Summery Summary

Daily Goals:
Do a Daily Drawing. (Fashion sketches count). 12/31

The fashion sketches are TOP SECRET
This, however, was a fun "Sunday Challenge" in my Facebook sketch group:
"Draw yourself as royalty in 3 minutes"
I used Procreate. [It took longer than 3 minutes!]

Procreate doodles (new) 19/31
This one got the most Likes:

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I messed up my “row of fashion sketches” so here’s today’s @procreate doodle. #digitalcanvas3 #patterndesign #annembray #100dayproject #findyour100 #procreate #100_amb 107/100. I’ve been posting the series on @annembray.art but maybe it belongs here. I confuse myself sometimes. Motif derived from my scarf.

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This one I "donated" to the day job, I think it'll be good for Costco Canada panties if I change the colours:

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Today’s @procreate doodle. #digitalcanvas3 #patterndesign #annembray #100dayproject #findyour100 #procreate #100_amb 110/100. Motif derived from a bit on today’s tunic. Colorway from COTDstyle of the day: bold patterns and dirty sage! #COTDstyle

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Weekly Goals:
Waterlogues from old road trip photos 19/4 / Post to Saatchi Art 4/4
Sew and/or repair at least one garment. 2/4

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Maiden voyage of my #memade tunic and new to me @Fluevog Moxie Magoo Magnums, captured on eBay. Woohoo! #vog_magnum #slowsewing #outfitjournal #outfitdiary #iwillwearwhatilike

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List at least one item on Poshmark 4/4
Upload new art to Redbubble. 2/4
Sew one patch onto Crazy Quilt (new). 0/4 [sigh]

Summer Goals:
54 FASHION SKETCHES (new) 13/54 
Get taxes done. not yet
DeClutter the living room (again). started and needs more constant/consistent work
Get sewing machine repaired. (how many years has this been broken now?) not yet

Do you have any sort of "To Do" list? Or maybe a "Honey Do"?
I'll report back again at the end of the September, progress or not.

The SUMMER Link Party closes at 9/2, so get those summer things linked!

There will be a different sort of Link Party for September -- check back tomorrow!

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Linking up with
Shelbee's Spread the Kindness
Catherine's #shareAllLinkup

Summertime Goals: June Summery Summary

Daily Goals (new):
Do a Daily Drawing. 26/30

During my vacation East, I came up with a series of Clutter drawings, starring my Betsey Johnson Kitty Bag:

Adventures of the Betsey Johnson Kitty Bag -- click image to embiggen
See even larger separate images on the Sketch Blog.

Create a new Waterlogue from old road trip photos. 2/30
Post a piece of art on Saatchi Art. 2/30
These two items are done simultaneously. Did a bunch in May before vacation for digital entries to two shows. Finding it difficult to do both a daily drawing and a daily Road Trip waterlogue during the work week. Maybe it's something I do on the weekends.

Weekly Goals:
Sew and/or repair at least one garment. 1/4

Still not entirely sure about this mend.
It's my schlubby around-the-house tee, but the mend made it less soft and comfy.

List at least one item on Poshmark 10/4
In the process of uploading my remaining 4 x 6" EDGE digital watercolors.

Upload new art to Redbubble. 3/4

Redbubble link

Sew one patch onto the Crazy Quilt. 0/4

Summer Goals:
Get taxes done. not yet
DeClutter the living room (again). no
Get sewing machine repaired. (how many years has this been broken now?) no
[Green text items are carried forward from 2017.]

Do you have any sort of "To Do" list for Summer? Or maybe a "Honey Do"?
I'll report back again at the end of the July, progress or not.

Hey procrastinators -- last day to link up for June!
PSYCH!
The party continues until the end of August.

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Catherine's #shareAllLinkup

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

Remember doing those summer vacation reports in grade school? Me neither.

I'm doing this more for me than for you. I'll be writing more detailed posts on my various blogs. This is functioning as my Table of Contents and link center (adding links as posts are written). You're welcome to come along for the ride!

LAX - BOS
I mended (until I dropped my seam ripper under my seat) and sketched.

Getting from Boston to Providence was an adventure. More on that later.

Providence
A short and wonderful visit with Patucci and Mark, including perusing the Repair and Design Futures at the RISD Museum [museum link] (closes 6/30/19)
My long post about it link.

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RISD Museum: Repair and Design Futures through 6/30/19 This is text from the exhibition. #mendingmatters #slowsewing #slowstitching #mending #mendingasmetaphor

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A few tense moments chasing the box of art, which I picked up at the Post Office as I was leaving town:

Vermont
Rendezvoused with Annie at her sweet cabin.

Finished customizing the tiaras for our 45th high school reunion parade.
Covered a random princess (on Annie) and Hello Kitty (on me) with our school's founder, Emma Willard

Got the art out of the box and affixed to foam core for display at the reunion.
More on the art on the On the Edge blog.

Troy, NY
As mentioned, 45th reunion. A small, yet mighty gathering of the class of '74

Ready for the Parade of Classes [photo by Liz Westbrook '75]

Severo showed up Saturday night and he joined us for the Class Dinner:

Barneveld, NY
A few days at Mom's, plus museum visits.

Meetup with Shelbee and Sons at The Adirondack Experience!
Writeup link here.

Tiffany exhibit at the Munson Williams Proctor Institute (through September 8, 2019)

It seemed that every time we were in transit, it rained. The drive from Barneveld to Newark was especially harrowing -- Severo almost hit a deer on US17, a six lane highway.

NYC
William Greenberg Desserts, the Met, shopping -- an ideal day in the city.

Met Camp exhibition (through September 8, 2019) for her:

Richard Quinn AW18-19

Met Play It Loud exhibition (through October 1, 2019) for him:

Posing with Lennon's Rickenbacker

Gluttony East link
Dessert Gluttony link

EWR-LAX
Aerial views and Procreate patterns:

Have a vacation planned? Summer at home? Link!

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Shelbee's Spread the Kindness
Catherine's #ShareAllLinkup
Ageless Style Linkup

The Fluevog Dress Visits Fluevog Manhattan

I just returned home from a wonderful two week trip East.
Many, many different meetups and museums -- eventually I hope to write about them all.

Today, it's all about The Dress and its debut at Fluevog Manhattan:

Photo by Paul, who sent it to John Fluevog, who responded: "Does she do those drawings herself?"

I posed with the Investigator, as it's one of the styles sketched in the repeat.

From the 2017 Fluevog Sketch series. See the entire set on Pattern Recognition

To commemorate this auspicious occasion, I (finally) made an individual Investigator sketch that's available on Redbubble (I get a commission for purchases):

Fluevog website Investigator link

In addition, I wore The Dress yesterday to an event that I chauffeured Ruth to in Pasadena.

My Fluevog Peacemakers pair perfectly with The Dress.
I obtained them on Fluevog Day at the Abbot Kinney store.
Here is The Dress link.

Don't forget -- I've got a Summer-long Link-up Party happening.
Link as much as you'd like. The more the merrier.

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Linking up with
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Catherine's #iwillwearwhatilike
Shelbee's Spread the Kindness

iSpy at the Otis Scholarship Benefit Fashion Show 2017

Remember the fluevog print dress?
Here it is at the Step-and-Repeat:

[David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images] 

While David shot me, I sketched him:

This year I went to the afternoon rehearsal, then lurked with the photographers and sketched.

I think I drew 26 sketches!

Later on, I was captured by an Otis photographer posing with photographer Kai He:

His sketch turned out a bit more abstract:

Um, VERY abstract! He just wouldn't stand still!

One of the highlights of the evening was getting a selfie with my Otis classmate Chris Chang.

Chris designs the line Poesia in Shanghai, she mentored one of the Senior Class projects.

I hadn't seen her since we graduated umpteen years ago.

(A sketch of Chris and photos of the student work later).

Linking up with Patti's Visible Monday

Shelbee's On the Edge of the Week

Chris Francis at the A + D Museum

Chris Francis, my favorite shoe artist, has some very unusual footwear on exhibit at the A + D Museum in downtown LA.

Chris Francis, Cages In the Sky

Inspired by Brutalist architecture, he challenged himself to create impossible shoes.

Chris Francis, Hard Cuts and St. Vincent's Default

Chris Francis, Tower Blocks

Chris Francis, Hardscape

Chris Francis, Invisibleism

I sketched these while Chris was explaining his design process during a curatorial walk-through last month.

The installation is part of the group exhibition Come In! DTLA, up until 6/23/16.
The A + D Museum is located in the Arts District, 900 E. 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (enter on Colyton).