Bloghttp://www.ehaidle.com/blog/en-US2010-08-01T05:19:02ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Teen Art Camp -- TAOS -- Aug. 2nd - 6th (10am - 3pm)http://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/7/21/teen-art-camp-taos-aug-2nd-6th-10am-3pm.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-07-21T18:24:20Zteens plus precocious 9, 10, and 11 yr olds are welcome, provided they are motivated artists! only $10 a day -- call Lucy Perera to register: 575 758 9826 x105 *** email me with any questions

]]>Women artists of Taos -- collaborating on self-promotionhttp://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/7/3/women-artists-of-taos-collaborating-on-self-promotion.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-07-03T20:03:45ZGrowing membership in what we've dubbed the 'Broad-Way of Taos'...contributes towards a artistic collaboration among Taos women artists/entrepreneurs...which will eventually produce, as our first project, a promotional calendar day-planner, to be distributed in major cities (connecting us outside of New Mexico) as well as sold locally. Meetings are occurring sporadically...email me for a sign-up sheet with more details!

]]>Bizcard design....lax blogging due to mono...ughhttp://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/6/9/bizcard-designlax-blogging-due-to-monough.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-06-10T01:57:31ZI recommend not getting mono. It will put you one month behind on work, and 2-3 months behind on socializing. sigh. Fortunately, I had started this design before getting sick, & had the easy details to do now, during recovery. Very fun project with an exceedingly talented photographer here in Taos. 

]]>Enough talk already...Issue #7 ComiCosmos is out!http://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/5/6/enough-talk-alreadyissue-7-comicosmos-is-out.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-05-06T15:50:47Z"Bizarro Creatures" - Rarely seen, often endangered, & never picked as mascots for sports teams: Creature who share this planet but look as if they’re from elsewhere. Learn how bizarre traits helped them survive the evolutionary gauntlet! & as always, you will be smarter than you were 5 minutes ago. ‘Intelligence on the Run’ is our non-fiction mini-comic motto.

]]>If yer in Taos, or visiting in May......I'm offering some classeshttp://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/4/28/if-yer-in-taos-or-visiting-in-mayim-offering-some-classes.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-04-28T18:52:22Z 

]]>Golden paint pen + eggs = quick 'n snazzy Easter projecthttp://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/4/8/golden-paint-pen-eggs-quick-n-snazzy-easter-project.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-04-08T13:25:48ZFirst, it helps if you shamelessly pilfer the green & other interestingly-colored ones from several boxes (each dozen had one with the rest of 'em brown...by the time I had shuffled them, I had about 6 of each color in mine) The tricky part: blowing the eggs. Ugg. (Step-by-step tips HERE)

Then, using gold/silver paint pens (it best replicates the look of foil-leafing, & takes way less time)...create fake 'drips' or bubbles over part of the egg, leaving some of the interesting egg color that the hen cleverly came up with.  ( i should give credit here...this idea partly due to Kristen Bortles, of 'Pocket Gallery' here in Taos)

Afterwards, knot a string in a loop & sort of stuff it into the bigger of the 2 holes with a chopstick, coaxing a bunch of glue into the hole around the edges...& dry overnite.

Wa-la. They all got hung on my chandelier that has been accumulating painted gourds & other various things.

]]>Black Electrical Tape Mustaches -- reusable!http://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/3/22/black-electrical-tape-mustaches-reusable.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-03-23T03:04:51Z(last) Tuesday was National Mustache Day, apparently. Here are some pics celebrating the temporal mustache:

 

]]>Book cover design...moving alonghttp://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/3/16/book-cover-designmoving-along.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-03-16T14:05:11Zthis is the latest variation...though turns out I need to simplify some of the linework for the printing process:

]]>Creating photoshop images w/ 3D and 2D elements...http://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/3/10/creating-photoshop-images-w-3d-and-2d-elements.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-03-11T05:46:03Zexperimenting on a 3D + 2D look for a graphic novel project...came up with these today: (click on to enlarge)

]]>Customize your car! Spray paint, contact paper, & gutshttp://www.ehaidle.com/blog/2010/3/4/customize-your-car-spray-paint-contact-paper-guts.htmlElizabeth Haidle2010-03-05T00:30:42ZAmateur car customizers unite! I want to hold a series of D.I.Y. workshops here in Taos so eventually, the roads will be covered in personalized vehicles...just driving around will become an event, once again! To hell with resale values...i say, if yer doing it right, the result should send that number upward!

Here's my work-in-progress, on my previously-boring white honda civic:

Steps:

* Buy your favorite color of high-quality 'Rust Stop' spray paint.  Buy a roll of contact paper (found it in the 'home section' of the hardware store here...who knows where else it might be lurking though)

* Have lots of masking tape and scrap newspaper, garbage bags, cardboard, whatever. (for masking)

* Thoroughly wash/dry car or at least the area you are working with. Best in sunny conditions, although you only need a good hour for the paint to cure. (That said, I did my first bit in a thunderstorm, holding an umbrella over my working area...so with enough stubbornness...weather be damned)

1. Cut with scissors, or utility knife, the shape out that you want to spray paint. Discard the shape.

2. Place the remaining rectangle of contact paper (with backing peeled off) right on your car. This is a bit awkward, but it's not too sticky & is re-positionable. (be sure to rub down all the edges of the contact paper surrounding the shape, so no paint seeps under...you want that clean edge!)

3. Mask the hell outta the surrounding 2 - 3 feet in every direction (more, if its windy)

4. Shake spray can for one minute...hold about 4 - 5 inches from surface, and spray in little spurts, making strokes from one end of the shape to the other. This first coat will be somewhat transparent.

5. Do another coat after 5 - 10 minutes of drying....repeat several times until desired opacity is achieved.

Nice thing is, if you make a mistake or you spray so densely that color creeps under the contact sticker a bit...take q-tips and acetone and you can dissolve un-intended marks without hurting the original paint coat underneath!

 

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