Clothes for Classy

TA-DA! Not fancy, simple and lovely though.

The red one is inspired by a black and white jacket from the 50s. The blue was was originally going to be orange, but Leah begged me to make it blue. The gray is loosely based on the outfits the housekeeping ladies wear at work. (Loosely because after I started sketching I realized I never paid any attention to what they actually look like.) Notice her 5 year pin. I imagine Classy (the doll) wants to be a big movie star, but until she gets the job she has to get a regular job. The other two are for after she makes it big.

Also I finally got around to trying my expensive art pencils I bought way back when Hungates closed. I put it off because I was sure once I used them I'd never want to go back. My fears were right, they're so smooth and gorgeous I can't help but like them better. The red and blue are done with them and the black pants of the uniform. Blue shoes are glitter pen.

Also want to quickly thank Liana of (http://www.joechip.net/liana/) for talking about how she uses the colorless blender. You have changed the way I draw and I am grateful from the bottom of my heart to you. You are a paper doll angel, thanks for inspiring me.


Edit. Figured out the link issue. You need to type something, highlight it and then insert link. I am on a roll today.

Queen Holden

These dolls are drawn by Queen Holden. They are part of a set called "Dolls of All Sizes" from 1945. Yeah, so that means they're 65 years old, the oldest dolls I own. I purchased them at the paper doll party in March, but haven't gotten around to posting them. They should be printable and should fit a standard sized sheet of paper no problem. Queen Holden was a wonderful artist who really enjoyed painting little children. Her daughter is also a paper doll artist, but I'm drawing a blank as to her name right now. My favorite is 3. I don't know if she has a name but it says 3 on the back of her body and on the tabs of her clothing. I love, love that three of the outfits for the girls involve paper dolls. There are two dresses where the girls are holding a book of paper dolls and one where the little girl has been cutting out a doll with scissors.

Hope you like them.

For Classy

Obviously they're unfinished, but here's what I have so far.
The unfinished one will be a long ball gown. I'm not sure what color it will be yet.

The uniform is largely inspired by the uniforms the cleaning ladies wear at my work, but snazzier. I figure Classy had a regular job before she became a famous leading lady. (That's the story I envision for her). Maybe more than one.. Who knows?

Plans, too many plans.

I am thinking about drawing something for Hispanic History Month. I love the use of colors in the various traditional fashions and a lot of modern fashions I like are inspired by those clothes. The trick will be if I can put the face I have in my head to paper. I think her name will be Anna or maybe Anna Maria.

No telling if she'll be finished before the month is up. ;)

Judy's Classy

Judy Johnson, paper doll artist & publisher, is having a Dress-a-doll event. I guess it would be called an event. Everyone is welcome to make a outfit (or several) for her doll Classy before June 26th. Here's a link to her post with lots more info.
http://www.papergoodies.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idProduct=1191

Here is another link to the Facebook Event page. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites&eid=120717437940529

Designs can either be submitted to Facebook or sent to an email: judyspapergoods@charter.net if you don't have facebook.

I have no idea what I'm going to do, but there's plenty of time to come up one.




Edit: I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but when I tried to link to the sites they didn't show up in the post. So I just copy/pasted the URLs into the message. You might have to copy/paste them yourselves, but at least they're visible now.

Something long over due.

So it's been a month since the PD Party and I still hadn't posted my dress-a-doll scan. This is now fixed. So there's the owl outfit and a red costume. A blue dress that was inspired by my daughter & a frozen fountain. The blue dress I drew in the car on the way to the party, which is why it looks I dunno... Unfinished. The mask I did at the hotel. The doll as you can see (and I've mentioned before) is not drawn by me, she is from a very old and very beautiful set the host owned.

So I plan to draw her more costumes as I get the chance, but for now this is what she has.

Found a paper doll card

So I was out grocery shopping with my kids. We had been there long enough that the begging for junk food was starting, so I headed to the register through what I thought would be a "Safe Isle". I saw paper doll out of the corner of my eye and I just had to get it. Here she is for the rest of you to enjoy.