Wednesday Walk
This week's Wednesday walk takes me along a winding mountain trail under the cooling canopy of lush woods!
https://vimeo.com/828461924/f1ca4a2fa4
2023-05-24 21:46:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Rachael Padilla posts
Tuesday Update!
Happy Tuesday! I hope your week is off to a great start! Here's what's going on with me this week.
https://vimeo.com/829540129/7cc9a636ab
2023-05-23 19:31:55 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in three parts
A haiku:
Modern world problem:
Live-streaming makes me nervous.
Do it anyway!
I’m live-streaming on YouTube tonight beginning at 8 Pm Eastern time. I’ll be painting the Everready 9 Lives cat! A lovely logo that I remember from household batteries when I was a kid.
I’m working through the butterflies in my stomach, and I’m sure that the more often I do this, the easier it will become!
2023-05-22 23:32:32 +0000 UTC View PostBehind the Scenes: Cow Vest
Join me for a behind the scenes look at how and why I created the cow vest. It's udderly ridiculous!
https://vimeo.com/828822469/c10259c9d4
2023-05-21 21:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in Three Parts
A haiku:
Hum of the machine
I see to create a vest
Udderly silly.
It was a good day for a sewing project. As the heat and humidity increases going into summer, I’ll need some vests for easy breezy walks!
2023-05-20 22:33:53 +0000 UTC View PostWeird At My School
Any excuse for a REMIX! Not all of my projects are finished works. Some are tests and studies for a future application. I try to share the stuff that comes out well and the stuff that isn't quite there yet. I was trying for a specific look and didn't quite nail it here, HOWEVER, the look that I achieved on accident is really cool. so I added some music from the Pixies and I hope that you enjoy!
Behind the Scenes: Creating Today's Gesture Drawing
I was so glad that my new pads of paper showed up a day early! I have definitely missed the larger scale gesture drawings. I'm very satisfied with the fact that this line drawing took just under 2 minutes to complete.
https://vimeo.com/828477528/fc890cb358
2023-05-19 22:38:06 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in Three Parts
A haiku:
Backyard wild kingdom
Squirrels, robins, chipmunks all flee
When I step outside.
I’m happy to report that my pads of paper showed up a day earlier than expected! I’m back to drawing full sized gesture drawings.
2023-05-19 21:17:56 +0000 UTC View PostIn Motion
An art movie on the study of motion! Moments frozen in time are my favorite subjects for the creation of art. Here, a collection of moments in slow motion, sometimes overlayed with corresponding motions, and set to music. I am eternally inspired by the human form, how it moves, and how it looks in action. This is a behind the scenes look at using myself as the subject.
https://vimeo.com/828149457/2bf8885978...
2023-05-18 23:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in Three Parts
A haiku:
Flexing my muscle
I prefer to flex my vote
A gesture of strength.
My sketches have been tiny of late because I ran out of large sheets of paper. I’ve ordered new tablets of newsprint, which will be here on Saturday. Many thanks to you for supporting a living artist! It’s your support that enables me to order art supplies . Today’s selfie in 3 parts is inspired by Rosie the Riveter.
2023-05-18 22:22:22 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday Walk
My Wednesday walk was greeted by full-blown summer heat and humidity. As I walked I felt a sense of nostalgia as if I'd run into a long lost friend. which in some sense is true because I haven't felt weather like this since last year! I was grateful to have my hair up and off of my neck and a shirt that allowed the breeze to cool me.
I was recently asked how I get away with walks like this. I've never seen my top free or open top walks in a sense of getting away with a thing. It i...
2023-05-18 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in Three Parts
A haiku:
The rain falls gently
A frog croaks in the distance
Singing happy praise.
It was in fact still gently raining when I got into garland pose (also referred to as squat pose, malasana in sanskrit) for today's instant pic. It was the froggiest pose I could think of, and I wanted to sit a moment in solidarity with my croaky friend. Awkward as it was for me to strike such a pose, it's even more awkwardly sketched. Sometimes figure drawings just make sense, other tim...
2023-05-17 21:09:10 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday Update!
Here's what's new this week. By the way, I plan on livestreaming on YouTube next week, too. 8PM Eastern Time.
I hope that your week is off to a great start!
https://vimeo.com/827442709/b829ea62f9
2023-05-17 00:05:51 +0000 UTC View PostLove Gun
A short movie.
Because sometimes, I just have to be silly in the hot sun of the backyard.
Because sometimes, I have to highlight the humor of a rock song from 1977.
Because sometimes, I need to be the star of my own rock video!
Selfie in Three Parts
A haiku:
Sunlight bleached backyard
Shadows darkest in contrast
Under old oak trees.
2023-05-14 20:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostA classic from the vaults!
I've been moving some files from one storage device to another, and I came across this little movie that I made a while back. It was just another summer day like many others, but I do remember having fun walking down the path as if the whole world was mine. I honestly don't think that this one has been posted before. If it has enjoy it again!
https://vimeo.com/457311198/f99c1f9e...
2023-05-14 18:38:06 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in three parts
A haiku:
Dreamt of pirouettes
As a kid, I’d spin for hours.
I tried it again.
Happy Friday! For today’s selfie in three parts, I present a sketch of my imagined approximation of a pirouette. It’s true that as I kid I’d spin for hours. I briefly took ballet lessons where I learned the secret to spot turning and not getting dizzy. I’d make it a game to turn as many times as possible on one leg, then try to beat my last record.
The instant picture was m...
2023-05-12 20:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday Walk
Today I went to one my very favorite places for a walk. It's a path that cuts right through a swampy area that is full of life. When I come here I can imagine that I'm in any number of tropical and exotic places. There are birds and frogs making noises just out of sight. Sometimes a lizard or snake hurries off of the path. It really is lovely.
2023-05-10 23:59:09 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in Three Parts
Big blue skies above
Cool green grass beneath my feet
I stand in between.
2023-05-10 21:44:36 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday Update
Happy Tuesday! I'm off to a great start this week. I hope you are, too!
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2023-05-09 21:52:42 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in Three Parts
Today’s haiku:
Vines on everything
Honeysuckle scented air
May in full effect.
I so enjoy observing nature! May has brought so much green and growth.
For today’s gesture drawing, I mixed it up a bit with a line drawing. The idea being to never lift the drawing tool from the paper, just using a continuous line to convey as much as possible. It forces me to be a bit more confident and decisive about my marks. You will likely see more of these to c...
2023-05-08 22:10:35 +0000 UTC View PostSpinning
A revisit of the full circle skirt. Since I first filmed this, I've acquired a lot of new skills. So I thought I'd give it another go.
Accompanying the dance in celebration of the movement of a circle skirt, is music that reminds me of traditional Hispanic music of Northern New Mexico.
2023-05-06 22:44:50 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in Three Parts
A haiku:
Sticky sweet warm breeze
Air is thick and heavy
It will likely rain.
A bit more focus on the basic shape of my hand in today’s sketch. Plus, the buns in my hair were fun!
2023-05-06 21:30:38 +0000 UTC View PostCreating a Drawing
Behind the scenes: creating today's gesture drawing.
2023-05-06 04:32:34 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in Three Parts
A haiku:
"The back of my hand"
Is implicitly knowing
But I can't draw it.
I came up against an artistic limitation today as I drew this drawing. The point of the gesture drawings has been to work quickly, but I feel as if I had spent more time on drawing my hand it would have undoubtedly turned out a little better. As it is, it didn't turn out quite to my standards. This frustration or lack of skill resulted in today's haiku.
My hands do so much and I...
2023-05-05 21:26:33 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in Three Parts
A haiku;
Warming rays of sun
Touch my pale skin make me glow
Paint me like summer.
2023-05-04 20:13:32 +0000 UTC View PostSelfie in 3 parts
A haiku:
Heart beating in ears
Creating length through myself
I stand on my head
2023-05-03 23:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday Walk
A beautiful walk down a winding trail into a meadow!
This video was completely edited on my phone! I still don’t have internet, so I’m adapting to doing things in new ways. Which includes a few misfires in using the apps.Normally, I will transfer footage into the computer and edit on an editing program, render, and upload from there.
A special shout out this week to 5G! A modern marvel.
2023-05-03 20:15:33 +0000 UTC View PostTuesday Update 5.2.23
I hope you’re having a great week so far! Here’s what’s going on with me.
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2023-05-02 19:45:07 +0000 UTC View Post1/3 of my selfie routine
I didn't have time today fir a gestural drawing or a haiku. I did take the moment required for a instax photo. I hope that your week is off to a great start and that any problems that arise in your life are easily dealt with.