Marpessa Dawn

(gouache on cardboard)

(copyright 2011)

What I'm currently working on:

(From a screenshot I took of Lady Gaga's new video, "Born This Way")

(gouache and micron pen)

"A Meal For One"

Progress.

"Taste this, it's terrible"

I am making progress on my poetry book. Here is what I've got in terms of the illustrations so far:

(cover)

("Brushing my teeth")

("December 3, 2010)"

("A haiku")

(All images copyright Amanda Russel, 2011)

Progress, Frida, and Some More Sketchbook Stuff

Currently working on this for a composition class; it's slow and frustrating, but it's headed in the right direction. Gouache on canvas.

I am continuing to draw inspiration from Frida Kahlo, which led me to do these colored pencil and gouache portraits:

And, here are a few recent samples from my neverending sketchbook. Someday I plan to compile all the artwork I've done based on screenshots from Vera Chytilová's 1966 film Daisies. 

(all images copyright Amanda Russel,  2011)

"Wake Up"

I finally finished it!

"Wake Up," ink, gouache and newspaper on canvas.

(copyright 2011 Amanda Russel)

On the bright side,

(watercolor, ink, microns) copyright 2010 Amanda Russel