*daisys drawing a day

Clara Bow and Chinese Rice

2009-07-19T02:54:00.000-07:00

Pay it Forward Received!!

2009-07-19T02:50:00.000-07:00

I'm a little late posting this, but I received my Pay it Forward from Jennifer Lewis- it's awesome!!! SO CUTE!! I love it! It has a packet of watermelon seeds, and on the back a super cute watercolor, and it has attached to the ribbon a little sculpey bunny head + skull= win! Plus, there were the cutest totoro stickers on the packaging : D

THANK YOU JENNIFER!!! Go check out her blog; she's oh-so talented, and does some really wonderful work. : D You can also see much better pics of the watermelon drawing and the sculpey beads on her blog...

Again, I'm hosting the same idea here- for details, see this blog post about it! If you comment and email me your address, I'll make something fun and artsy for you in the next year (as long as you do the same for five others!)

Pole dancing

2009-07-19T00:56:00.000-07:00

Went out last night to a bar for a friend's bacholerrette party and they had poles for girls to dance up on... there was some crazy ladies making some sexy moves up there! here are my very crappy super late night doodles of some of the poses....

Beach beauty

2009-07-19T00:54:00.000-07:00

Wednesday July 15

2009-07-19T00:53:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the backlog- lots of late nights and not enough energy to get to my scanner!

For Phil H

2009-07-15T02:09:00.000-07:00

SEXY TIME PANDA!!!

Farahh Fawcett RIP

2009-07-14T01:15:00.001-07:00

Betty Grable

2009-07-13T02:53:00.000-07:00

If anybody's noticed, those recipes in the background really sound horrifying...

Silent Film Star

2009-07-12T03:02:00.001-07:00

Girl on text

2009-07-11T03:41:00.000-07:00

Mustard Cream Sauce

2009-07-10T02:50:00.001-07:00

Has nothing to do with the drawing.. just one of the recipes on the page! : )

Art for Five!

2009-07-10T00:37:00.000-07:00

I'm participating in a "pass it forward" type art exchange called "Art for Five," which I originally saw on the wonderfully talented Brandi Milne's blog, and then passed on by the lovely Jenny Lewis...

"Here are the rules:

I am entering into the following contract with the first 5 people who comment on this post and then commit to do the same on their blog. Just read below and if you feel up to the task copy the following into your blog and leave me a comment.

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make. Whatcha get is whatcha get.

2. What I create will be just for you, with love.

3. It’ll be done this year (2009).

4. I will not give you any clue what it’s going to be. It will be something made in the real world and not something cyber. It may be weird or beautiful. Or it may be monstrous and annoying.

5. I reserve the right to do something strange.

6. In return, all you need to do is post this text on your blog and make 5 things for the first 5 to respond to your blog post.

7. Send me your mailing address - after I contact you.

Come on, don't be shy. Even if you don't think you're the creative type, you might end up surprising yourself - and making 5 other people very happy too! So there you go, be the first 5 to leave a comment and be a part of it! Please leave your email address as well so I can contact you :) "

Jungle girl of sorts

2009-07-09T02:26:00.000-07:00

Mousse au chocolat

2009-07-08T01:49:00.000-07:00

More pin-up studies

2009-07-07T02:25:00.000-07:00

Been trying to study Shane Glines and his way of dealing with cute girls- SO inspiring! I love the way he deals with faces and his linework....

Lemon Ice Box Cake

2009-07-06T02:34:00.001-07:00

Fourth of July in Sonoma

2009-07-06T02:25:00.000-07:00

Went to go visit the Mission in Sonoma; very interesting part of CA's history! First time I've actually visited / been to a Mission. There were a great collection of watercolors by Chris Jorgensen that were absolutely beautiful! He and his wife traveled up and down the CA coast in 1904/05 while he painted Missions in all forms of disrepair and decay, resulting in an increased interest in the general public to restore them.

Anyway, gorgeous stuff!

I have a mini-sketchbook that my friend Danielle gave me and I keep in my purse- perfect for tiny mini-sketches! (the scans are close to actual size!) This is the courtyard's fountain and a visitor.

Orange Nut Cake Fairy (July 3rd)

2009-07-06T02:11:00.000-07:00

my re-purposed sketchbook is an old cookbook, so there are secret surprise recipes sprinkled throughout!

if anybody tries this recipe, let me know how it turns out! : D

second of july, another headache

2009-07-06T02:09:00.000-07:00

bleh... drew this while i had a headache.. not sure what it means!

EXTINCT: Endanger Show recap!

2009-07-02T19:03:00.000-07:00

First off, a HUGE thank you to The Hive LA,(gallery) Ngoc Hoang of the Professional Bakist (food), Yxta,(drinks), Music Functioing as One,(string music) and DJ Clownfish (DJ) for a fantastic opening!

We had a wonderfully large turnout for the event, and the crowd had a great response to the paintings.

Here are pics of all the paintings:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=extinct&w=29945203%40N04

Here's the Hive LA's post of the show:
http://thehivela.blogspot.com/2009/06/daisy-church-hive-los-angeles-june-27th.html

Here's the Professional Bakist's post about the show and hor'deurves
http://professionalbakist.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-go-together.html

More pics:
http://bummerws.blogspot.com/2009/06/daisy-church-art-show-at-hive.html

My concept for the show was based off the news about a year ago pronouncing the Baiji dolphin, a river dolphin found in China, officially extinct. I ended up reading Douglas Adam's book "Last Chance to See," which is about Adam's mission to go around the world and see endangered animals before they are gone forever.

I started thinking about the fact that an animal can go extinct like that within my lifetime, and thinking about other animals that have gone extinct in recent modern history, as well as animals on the brink of the same fate, and was inspired to create this series.

I wanted the human female presences to create counter-points to the animal subjects; they represent the cultural and historical context of each animal, and echo ideas about display, voyeurism, and the relationship humans have to the natural world.

if you missed the show, it's on view through august 5th!

Presented by The Hive Los Angeles
1402 Micheltorena St
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Extinct: Endanger
New works by Daisy Church

On View                           June 27th - August 5th, 2009

Artist Website:         http://www.daisychurch.com
Gallery Website:        http://thehive.la

For gallery sales and inquiries, please stop by The Hive Los Angeles or contact

Charles Renn
info@thehive.la
323.665.1028

or curator Sebastian Marlow
siidesign@gmail.com

Illustration Friday- Worn

2009-07-02T00:53:00.000-07:00

Haven't done an Illustration Friday piece in forever!

I can definitely relate to feeling worn out..

Sailor girl, take 2

2009-07-01T01:24:00.000-07:00

I liked last night's drawingso much, I was inspired to try and do a second, more cleaned up pass (with color!)

Sailor girl!

2009-06-30T01:02:00.000-07:00

Butterfly Woman

2009-06-29T22:39:00.000-07:00

Sorry for not posting this last night- was battling a bad migraine all day yesterday! (yuck!)

Here's this quick sketch from Sunday...

The Big Night! EXTINCT: Endanger opening!

2009-06-28T15:13:00.000-07:00

I was SO tired when I drew this, and I will surely follow this with a longer more coherent post, but it went so great!! A HUGE thank you to everybody who came out and supported me- it meant so much to see everybody there!

A longer post to follow with photos- promise! : D