{DISEGNO} disegni

digging up some ideas for spring, passing through a few oldies from the VAULT








xx,
penny

{PATTERNS CATALOGUES}

Taking things apart into their basic forms is a great way to reach new results in putting them back together. I am interested in portraying landscapes of places i perhaps may never go. Building pictionaries helps with practice in seeing things as parts. The fun is trying to see what repetition goes on around you, and examining it as a single unit. The units are then conjoined and become a series. This allows your hand and eye to speak fluently the language of pictorial representation.
Welcome to a sample of my






put them back together!

{OPT}imized

Old good olds. scritch scratch.
select hightlights> select inverse> edit fill black

xx, vanessa

{EGRETS} are endangered species

Egrets are a type of Heron. They were hunted mainly in the time when millinery demanded long beautiful feathers for fancy plumed hats. Egrets feathers are exquisite, long and delicate during the mating season so that they can be identified by mates.

love,
vanessa

{PRINTSHOP FOREVER!}

a card i illustrated for cortney heimerl's PRINTSHOPFOREVER, an virtual gallery featuring monthly artists for your gathering pleasure.

xx,
penny spencer!

{ALPHABET EYES} alphabetically alliterated allegory and aphorism

"alphabet eyes" preview
written 'n' illustrated by vanessa andrew
self-published at penny spencer ink!
milwaukee wi
october 2010

PREVIEW! To be released at milwaukee zine fest saturday november 13th at polish falcon from 11-6pm! 801 e. clarke street.

"these lines were scrawled on receipts while cleaning apartments for board during college. after a lunchsack full of dead batteries my headphones broke and i took this word game to pass time. the rules are that, of course, all preliminary letters of each word are the same, that meaning is present, and that no words can be repeated".











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flyer drawings are also by me! hehehe.

xxo,

netty

{MYtinerary} news

This is the practice template for the day pages of MyTINERARY 3rd ED. that is still in the works. In the mean time there is MYtinerary 2nd Edition still available for the new year! SHOP PENNY SPENCER



I am experimenting with digital coloring and using drawings as objects that can become patterns. The page structure is set up as a central focal area with bordered areas filled thematically. The object is to create backdrop for planning.

Some news for MYtinerary: I am planning on making quarter sheets, and printing the covers professionally so they can be uv coated for extra sturdiness.

There are nature themes that move through in a seasonal fashion for each week, although they will still be fill-in-your-own dates so that they can also be academic too.

xx,
penny spencer

{POLAR BEARS} are endangered species

xx, vanessa

{ANATOMY} 101

{GARLAND} portraits

I've been writing under the blog: http://www.madamchino.blogspot.com/ as a clothing artist and gallery showroom owner.  But i also have the guise "Penny Spencer" as a writer and self publisher.  In a push to solidify my contents, I am starting this week a new blog as a place to put my illustration work and book publishing content. 

Recently I was inspired to create a new set of work: Portraits.  Who is worthy of having their portrait done?  All, for one or another reason.  But i realized that endangered species are the most worthy.  I have commenced! 


My practice one came about using a friends face:



You can view them as they come!  I am posting them to my flickr
HERE

{PRO-FOLD}

Hittin the books this month!
COMING SOON!:

Alphabet Eyes: a zine of alphabet sonances
MYtinerary: 3rd Ed!
Charactionary: an interactive character activity book!

{LUSTRATION} eyes closed

xomeone please pay me to do THIS cos its as fun as it looks.

xox,
vanessa

{YOUtorials!} Basic CROCHET with t-shirts

Handdrawn by Vanessa Andrew
Published by Penny Spencer ink!
Milwaukee WI

{SPOONFLOWER} artists printed fabrics!

This is love. Under some recent super sleuthing i refound this amazing website called SPOONFLOWER where artists can get their color images printed into real life fabrics! The fabrics range in price from $18 to $36 and in type from woven to knits.

Thinking of redoing your curtains? Wanna get a custom costume? perhaps you are an artist working to create eco-friendly made in the USA garments that are 100 percent original! This is something special. And when most fabric stores prices average out at around $14.00 a yard, this price is nice at true cost.

{Out to LUNCH!} yum

Lunch!

and then Tea!


see you soon, on postcards

xo, penny spencer

{AND ALL THE REST}

xo, vanessa

{PITTER PATTERN}