How to make a tunic

I did a guest post on a friends style blog, Alyson is Neat, and showed how to make a Grecian Tunic. And I did a little illustration with it. I think it's art related enough so I thought I throw it up on this here art blog. Here it is and the final product:



Here are the instructions I wrote:

So here's what you need to create this tunic, it only took a couple hours and can be dressed up and is still comfy enough to sit around the house. For my fabric I used a remnant I had bought from a fabric store, it's a silk crepe so it would be really flowy. I only needed about a yard.


To start I first measured how big I wanted the tunic, I wanted it about to my elbows and at least 27" long (the zippers length), after I cut out two rectangles which with my measurements were 40 inches wide by 30 inches long. I cut one rectangle in half for the back and sewed on the zipper. Then I faced the two rectangles face to face and sewed the top leaving about 12 inches in the middle open for my head (important). Then sewed the sides leaving again about 12 inches open at the top for my arms (that's important too!). After that I turned the shirt right side out and figured out where I wanted my waist and cut slits on the front and back for a belt or sash... And voila! You have a homemade Grecian tunic. I hope my instructions were understandable :D

Some pieces from my Show

These are a couple watercolors I did for the show. I haven't used watercolor since freshman year but it was fun to experiment... I think next I'm going to try out pastels next, I love them freshman year.

Sorry these aren't very good pictures, they aren't scans just quick shots. I'll get better images.

Bluebird

Stork

Yeah so there you go...

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A little from Work

Here's just some cute pictures from my work. This is Sherri and I, she was my awesome intern from State who is majoring in interior design. She helped me re-hang the front room and was so great to have around. I miss her so much.

That was the day she said my legs look antique... hahaha cause they were so white. Oh we had such great times running around the Design Center and trying to sit and try all the chairs. I called it "Goldielocksing"

Hummingbird Thoughts

Here is another new painting that is going to be in my show called "The Preserve" with Anna Cangialosi on Friday at Starkweather Arts Center.

It's entitled "Hummingbird Thoughts"






12x16"
Oil on Canvas

Screen Print Glimpse

Here's a sneak peek of my screen print that will be available this Friday at Starkweather Arts for my show The Preserve: The Work of Anna Cangialosi and Lauren Moyer

It's a 4 color print that is 12x16 on 250 gsm archival paper. You can buy it unframed or order a framed version. Will post the framed version soon, it's pretty sweet.

Colors are Blue, Yellow, Pink and Purpley grey. I wish the yellow was a little more transparent but for my first time doing this at home, I'm pretty happy with the results, they came out great!

Lookie there!

Well here's the best picture of the Caterpillar Dreams painting. I still want to add a little more linework to it but it's done for now. I've been lately overworking too many of my paintings. I need to get a better picture of it for the internet, I really hate how the colors get online, how do some artists always make their art look good on their blogs.

Art? Do we have art?

Well this weekend was quite productive. As you can see I've gotten rid of my wordpress blog and went back to the good ole' blogger. And it's incorporated into my website yay! Well here's some stuff I did this weekend.

I went to eat Crepes and Kevin and I were entertained by cute sea creatures. 

I like my narwhal with his bowtie :)

And I have a painting... Here's a sneak peek from my iPhone. It'll be photographed tomorrow!

I also have some screen prints getting ready. Yay! I will have new stuff for my show in September!

Camping this Weekend

Packing for a weekend with my favorite illustrators!!



I'm so excited!!