Saturday’s require me to be upstate to clean out my mom’s condo with the siblings. When Alice told me she wouldn’t be available until about noon because she and her youngest son, Jack, 18, were taking a drawing class together I decided to get in on the action. Our homework last week was to do a drawing of a dog or cat. Of course we chose to draw our dogs. I drew Kaiya, the barfing dog who hates the car and they drew their dog Angus aka “Gus”. Here are the results:
Kaiya
Here’s Alice’s drawing of Gus The Golden Retriever:
And here’s Jack’s drawing of Gus as a puppy:
The class has been great fun for the three of us. It makes Saturday’s task of cleaning out the condo much easier after two hours of drawing.
On another note, this morning on “Sunday Morning” there was a story of a woman who did a “painting” of The Last Supper using dryer lint! WHAT? Were they kidding?
Sadly, they were not.
And she had big plans for more pieces of lint art. Bigger, Bolder, Lintier pieces of lint art. While I laughed and laughed while watching the segment, this lint artist had the last laugh when they reported that she had sold the Dryer Lint Last Supper for $12,000. That shut me up as I ran to the dryer to clean out the lint trap.
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March 6, 2011 at 11:07 pm
Jimmy
Kirk’s shop often frames pieces of art made with dryer lint! They are on display in odditoriums.
Nice dogs! >>>>>>>>
March 6, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Carol King
Really? Kirk’s place frames dryer lint art? Odditoriums? Huh?
March 6, 2011 at 11:44 pm
kk2n777
After hopping from one art fair to another over the past four days, I have seen my share of “lint” art raking in big bucks. If you want a good laugh at art, go rent the movie “UNTITLED”. I can never look at “art” without bursting into giggles on occassions. thank you for the preview of your Kaiya drawing the other day. It looked GREAT! So are Alice and Jack’s drawings but tell that boy NOT to go into architecture…..
March 7, 2011 at 9:33 am
Carol King
I have passed along your concern about Jack’s career choice. But you know you can’t tell kids anything. They know it all. Lint art. I’m sneezing already.
March 7, 2011 at 12:04 am
sam
The dogs all look really worried. And they all have extra-good knowses. What do they know that we don’t?
March 7, 2011 at 9:34 am
Carol King
Kaiya is worried because she is in the car. Gus can’t find his ball. Puppy Gus is just a happy knucklehead.
March 7, 2011 at 1:40 am
AKLizzy
I haven’t commented in a while — great variety of media! And the narratives have been delightful as always!!!
In recap — I’m glad you are loud (cubicle lady’s death discovery), the mini-golf/ice skating sounds like fun!! Camping can be fun =)
Looking forward to July!
Love, Lizzy
March 7, 2011 at 9:34 am
Carol King
Hey Lizzy, Welcome back. I missed you here. Camping is never fun. Can’t wait to see you. xoxox
March 7, 2011 at 1:45 am
Stephen
Og man! – Kaiya is such a sweet dog – what a lovely drawing – drawing classes are fun
Lint-art???! Ai!
March 7, 2011 at 9:35 am
Carol King
Both Kaiya and Gus are good doggies. And luckily Kaiya doesn’t bite Gus!
March 7, 2011 at 2:14 am
Alex Zonis
I am just thinking here that a belly button lint painting would be a lot more expensive… I have to give this idea some serious consideration… hmmmm…
Great kanine drawings from you all!
March 7, 2011 at 9:36 am
Carol King
Alex, the thought of belly-button art just skeeves me. If I see you posting dryer lint portraits I will come out to Chicago and bop you on the head! LOL!
March 7, 2011 at 7:32 am
Cathyann Burgess
ahh… the fine art of appropriation….Actually I think that lint thing is a redo from about 15 years ago. I cannot believe it was given press and so much money. But hey…what a world we live in.
Like the doggies ..but even like more, the idea that you have family that draws together.
March 7, 2011 at 9:38 am
Carol King
the family that draws together has a lot of laughs together. 🙂
March 7, 2011 at 10:07 am
lesliepaints
Wow! Three drawings! I’m in viewing heaven. I see something special in each one of these drawings by the three of you. I love the line quality in Jack’s puppy drawing. I want to paint that one. I love the variety of marks Alice has used in creating her portrait. I love the strength of your value range to bring Kaiya to life.
I, too, think that drawing is meditative and an excellent start to a day. Hope you got a lot accomplished. I think I’ll pass on the drier lint art. 🙂
March 8, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Carol King
Yeah, I’ll pass on the drier lint art as well. Thinking about it makes me sneeze. Jack’s puppy drawing looks exactly like Gus as a puppy. Jack is very good at drawing, as is Alice. I am having so much fun taking this class with them.
March 7, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Joan T
What a great way to start your Saturday!!! I’m sure it made the cleaning a bit more bearable. I’m off to check my drier lint……….
March 8, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Carol King
I wish I could start off everyday with a drawing class. It would probably make the office job bearable.
March 7, 2011 at 12:25 pm
sam
Meant to tell you that Garrett the Great used to get car sick and hurl all over the car. Thinking I’d give him some stability (like a blind man showing him the ropes), I bought him a seat belt. After strapping him into the back seat about three times, he brokered this deal: don’t make me wear that again, and I’ll keep the kibble down. He never puked (in the car) again.
March 8, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Carol King
Poor Garrett. I was thinking about getting a car seat for Kaiya. Now I just don’t feed her in the morning before we leave. Instead she just drools so much you’d think there was a river running through the back seat of my car.
March 7, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Debbie Adams
I can’t really say that one is better than the other; they are all very good. But if I had to choose, I wouldn’t. Kaiya and Gus (adult) have really good eye capture. All of them appear to me as though the true expression of the dogs have been captured. All three of you have done a wonderful job. Bravo!
March 8, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Carol King
Thanks Debbie. I love these two doggies. Congratulations on your little Yorkie!
March 7, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Jani
Your pet looks sad. Is he sad? drawing my pet makes me feel better but not him.
March 8, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Carol King
My dog was sad because she was in the car. She doesn’t like the car. But I did love drawing her.
March 8, 2011 at 7:33 am
carrington brown
i would like to see your dog drawing in lint on your next post!
March 8, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Carol King
ewww! Stop it you crazy woman!
March 8, 2011 at 8:41 am
Beth Parker
Great dogs!! I would love to take a class with my sister, but she’s all the way over in Washington state. Sounds like a great day! I’d love to see you play with the dryer lint. 🙂
March 8, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Carol King
One of these days I have no doubt you will be flying over to Washington yourself. Then you can take a class with her and fly home. 🙂
March 8, 2011 at 3:26 pm
northpenninegallery
These are great Carol, your pencil works is very good, I too like the eyes in Gus. I’ve always been a dog person (nothing against cats). You’ve captured the big sad eye look in Kaiya. I bet you hug em! 🙂
March 8, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Carol King
Thanks so much Keith. I love these doggies. I”m glad they like each other too. Kaiya does not play well with others (dogs) but she loves people.
March 8, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Alice Walsh
Thanks for your comments everyone! Carol helped me finished the eyes on the Gus drawing. As usual, her suggestion made it work!
March 8, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Carol King
Muchas gracias hermana.
March 8, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Artswebshow
Sounds like it was a fun session.
Cool drawings, if only dogs weren’t so restless
March 8, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Carol King
It was fun. My dog isn’t that restless, but Gus could chase a ball for hours and hours on end!
March 9, 2011 at 12:41 am
Francis
Nice drawing from such a fun session. All three sketches looks fantastic, i bet the dogs enjoy it too. I can’t imagine how to develop art from lint but i guess it would take some amount of effort and glue or some kind.
March 9, 2011 at 6:40 am
Carol King
Francis, I can’t imagine why anyone would WANT dryer lint art. achoo!
March 9, 2011 at 3:16 am
nicola (pointypix)
I love the dog drawings and i love the idea of going to a drawing class-if i could just find enough time in my day. I can’t believe the lint art story-i need to google it as i can’t even imagine what it looks like. Seems to me the Emperor’s new clothes is alive and well in the art world-the more random crap you call art, the more idiots will pay for it!
March 9, 2011 at 6:41 am
Carol King
I agree with you….if you take some bizarre things and glue them together you’re all set!
March 10, 2011 at 6:38 pm
lindahalcombfineart
Carol, what a talented family you have. All three drawings are great. I really like yours and your dog’s personality shows through…patience? sweetness? what a great dog!
March 11, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Carol King
She is a great dog. But at that moment she was looking at me thinking “I want out of this car”.
March 11, 2011 at 4:58 pm
aswirly
Lint art? *sigh* what is this world coming to?
BUT, I LOVE seeing these happy dogs. You captured kaiya’s eyes so beautifully. What a fun treat to make Saturdays a little better. All these drawings are lovely!
March 11, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Carol King
Thanks Amber. It’s been so much fun drawing with my sister and nephew.
Stay tuned for more drawings.
March 11, 2011 at 8:22 pm
frankeber
lint art? RIIIIIGHT, I knew I was doing something wrong in my life. Let’s see, what other ‘matter’ could we use to create art? OK let’s not go there…
Great drawing, Carol. Your dog looks at you with loving eyes!!
March 11, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Carol King
Thanks very much Frank for you comment about Kaiya. She is a great dog….as long as there aren’t other dogs around.
March 21, 2011 at 6:58 pm
napabelle
Oh ! I love these puppies ! How fun to take a class with your relatives !