Entries by Anjuli Johnson

My First First Friday

In my town of Raleigh, the first Friday of every month is called, appropriately “First Friday” and is set aside by the city as a night when all the art galleries around town remain open until 10 pm.  Everyone in the city knows about First Friday- it seems to be ingrained into the minds of […]

The Fissure- it’s finished!

 You may remember a post I made back in mid July, showing a large canvas piece I was working on called  “The Fissure”.  Well, I finally finished it! When we last saw this piece, I had sewed strips of wire window screen to the canvas, surrounding the crack in the middle.  Once I adhered most […]

Getting ready

I’ve done it!  I’ve hung my first collection of art in a gallery! Please forgive my bedraggled appearance- what a crazy  busy, exciting day.  It didn’t take me too long to setup the gallery, but getting things ready for a visit from my mother-in-law was a different story.  :) I was nervous about the space- […]

Mini Gaea’s

So I had some leftover quilled paper pieces from my large “Gaea” piece, and I decided to use them to make some of my awesome mini canvases.  :)  These are so useful when I want to try new techniques and experiment with different colors. For these I used a variety of different techniques to add […]

The Dragon

I’ve been practicing my sketches again, and I just can’t seem to keep away from my favorite Disney film. I had to put some scribbly flames over her claws, because I can’t draw claws apparently.  I suppose I should do a practice study where I just draw claws, hands and feet.  I definitely need to […]