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On Tuesday (tomorrow!!!) I'm going to New York
with Killsonic. The last time we were there with Killsonic 
was two years ago. José, Bryan and I had only been in the band 
a few months. The band has changed quite a bit since then and although 
we had a blast last time, I'm sure this time will be even better!


If you want, you can follow along on our adventure here, or 
on Instagram, my username is Lemeleon.


So far we have three gigs


THURSDAY AUGUST 25 - 10PM
The Lone Wolf - 1089 Broadway, Bushwick 
[off the Myrtle Ave J,M,Z or Kosciusko St J] 
with special guests Crooks & Perverts


  FRIDAY AUGUST 26 - 9:30PM 
Brooklyn Second Line Presents: 
The Morgan - 250 Varet St, Brooklyn [off the Morgan L] 
with special guests SXIP SHIREY, Amour Obscur, & DJ Stylus 
Visuals: Sebastian VS La Loba 
$10 cash  
SATURDAY August 27 - 9:00PM 
Mehanata Bulgarian Bar - 113 Ludlow St, Lower East Side 
[off the Delancey F or Essex St J, M, Z] 
$8 cash, which also grants admission to 
Off With Your Head after-party with DJ Uproot Andy  


I'll be back on September 1st
to announce the winner of the August giveaway.
p.s. the photo is a bit dark, sorry, I was a bit delusional when I took it.
The print will be much lighter.


here are some photos from two years ago. enjoy!

through the owl eye lens

1. Sangria. yum top left

2. fringe!!!! top right

3. gift for a bunny lover 2nd row left

4. straight to the point 2nd row right

5. keeper of the keys 3rd row left

6. teapots 3rd row right

7. you know you're practicing hard when...bottom row left

8. new strap! first one that wasn't previously used as a scarf bottom row right

p.s. I also added a cymbal to my drum. yay!!

August giveaway!!!

I'm practically finished. Next time remind me to leave out so many details.

the winner of this giveaway will win a signed print of this painting.

to enter, leave your answer to this question in a comment below.

make sure to leave your name or email address.

what lullaby was sung to you as a child?

this giveaway closes on September 1st.

Good luck!

Color

I still have one more layer of color to do,

but here is my progress so far.

I ended up ditching the old masters technique

due to the fact that I didn't have any medium to mix with 

the paint and the time to do 100 layers. So, I reverted back to 

my old ways. I did enjoy the "dead Layer" because I didn't have to 

think about the shadows and highlights. I think I'll continue to use 

the "dead layer" from now on. I'm going to try and finish this painting

by tomorrow night, which means the giveaway will be up soon.

Blasphemy Squad

As many of you know, or don't know.

José was in a punk band called Blasphemy Squad. 

His cousin Carlos posted this video and I couldn't resist the urge 

to share it. I had many wild and crazy adventures with 

Blasphemy Squad, It's nice to have a little blast from the past every

once and a while :) This video was shot at the Knitting Factory

in Hollywood around 2006. I'm the girl with the camera 

running around and blinding everyone with 

those annoying flashes, José is the Guitarist (left).

The dead layer

I've only taken one oil painting class in my life.

I know some of the basics, like materials you need,

how to prep a board for painting, etc.

For the past two years (since I started painting with oil)

I've had to just learn by experience. I took what I knew about 

other paints (watercolor and acrylic) and applied it to oil.

For the first time ever, I'm experimenting with a technique used by

the old masters. I'm not sticking true to the complete process just yet,

But so far I really like the idea of blocking in all of the shadows 

and highlights first with burnt umber and then adding color on top 

of the underpainting. Technically, this layer is not called the "dead layer"

but I like the way it sounds, so I'm calling it the dead layer.

Whateva, whateva, I'll do what I want.

Sketches of August

This month has been one of the tougher ones.

This is the first time I've created a somewhat elaborate interior, 

so it took a little longer to put together. Below are some concept sketches
and the final (traced) drawing I'm going to transfer onto my board. 

through the owl eye lens

1. my favorite time of day top left

2. green screening top right

3. angry stink bug 2nd row left

4. flowers? weeds? pretty either way 2nd row right

5. my aunt's backyard 3rd row left

6. Q and A with Miranda July! 3rd row right

7. Audrey Kawasaki at Merry Karnowsky Gallery bottom left

8. Femke Hiemstra at Merry Karnowsky Gallery bottom right