Jessica Mundell

new blog!

2011-07-02T20:10:00.000-07:00

new blog!

http://jessicamundell.tumblr.com/

Comfy in Nautica

2010-02-12T15:51:00.000-08:00

This was an in class painting done outside of class.....? The idea was to take a photo reference and kind of make it your own and go with your gut. I decided to use Panda Bear's album Person Pitch as my reference. Overall pretty happy with it, I think the composition could have been stronger.

Family man

2010-02-04T16:00:00.000-08:00

This is a piece I started awhile back and abandoned, but I decided to finish it this week. Feels slightly more storybookish than some of my other stuff, but I feel okay about how it turned out.

Knock loud, I'm home

2010-02-02T08:13:00.000-08:00

Portrait of the lovely Neko Case. I will scan this soon and repost it. I'm not sure how I feel about this one yet, maybe the colours are not bubblegum enough for me or something. I'm going to skip the part where I promise to post more work.

Twins!!

2009-11-17T14:39:00.000-08:00

For fun- playing with stencils.

That Teenage Feeling

2009-11-16T10:26:00.000-08:00

A portrait of the Ben and his beard. I also scanned a couple old illustrations so that they can be enlarged... have a peek. I'm not making any promises, but I will try to be more diligent about updating. Pester me, please. Enjoy!

Work in progress.

2009-11-10T19:28:00.001-08:00

Working on this piece still, experimenting with gel medium and lots of layers. Just playing around.

Howdy!

2009-11-10T19:23:00.000-08:00

Its been too long. I apologize. For the horses and the lack of pictures.

Wallspace.

2009-11-05T18:09:00.000-08:00

Thanks Sean!

2009-08-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

I found this neat book among countless other cool things at Gadabout just down the street. If you're bored or need to kill about 2-3 hours, you should check it out. You will not be disappointed.

This book made me think of some possible thesis ideas, despite that being a year away.

This and that.

2009-08-18T08:55:00.000-07:00

So.... I'm not taking thesis this year. BUT I will be making lots of pictures and obviously be taking other classes. I'm taking the time to hopefully have some shows as well as work and possibly do some traveling. But nevertheless, I am so excited for all of you!

This is a little piece I finished up this morning.

2009-08-10T15:45:00.000-07:00

I just found out my chimp was selected for publication in CMYK. Pretty pumped about that!

Leafy Greens

2009-07-29T07:29:00.000-07:00

New piece for a collaborative show I'm doing with my sister, Thea, in September. I'm pretty happy with the end result- I tried new things and they worked for the most part. I'll have more paintings to come in the next few weeks!

cuts the mustard...

2009-07-21T16:54:00.000-07:00

Today at the mustard shop I was joined by Wil Wong who did an awesome sketch of the booth. Check out his work, it's super neat!

Finished.

2009-07-15T21:43:00.001-07:00

After taking a break from looking at it, I'm okay with how it turned out. Glad to have it over and done with.

Fun stuff soon!

Grrr

2009-06-24T19:08:00.000-07:00

Tiger for Eric!

Sunshine!

2009-05-24T15:04:00.000-07:00

Starting another commission. I hope to have it finished in the next couple weeks which might be a bit too ambitious, but so far things are going smoothly.

These are two portraits I did for fun. Trying to make things faster without sacrificing the quality. I'm pretty happy with how the first one turned out, not so much the second one.

Cranky blue man for Terry's final project. Looks like my Opa.

BS

2009-05-17T21:31:00.001-07:00

Just for fun.

2009-04-17T09:12:00.001-07:00

Piggy

2009-04-17T09:07:00.000-07:00

Pig for Jesse.

48 Laws of Power

2009-04-09T17:37:00.000-07:00

Assignment #4 for Paul's class. We randomly selected 2 laws from the 48 Laws of Power and then illustrated them. Mine were Law 21- 'Play the sucker to catch a sucker- seem dumber than your mark' and Law 24- 'Play the perfect courtier'. The boy is 21 and the man in the mask is 24.

Subtle Colours!

2009-04-05T18:13:00.000-07:00

Terry's class.

Sketchbook stuff

2009-04-05T18:07:00.000-07:00

Review Portrait

2009-03-19T19:48:00.000-07:00

2009-03-01T09:43:00.000-08:00

Guilty Pleasures assignment for Paul's class. Mine was toesocks. Kinda gross, I know.

Respect, Protect, Fulfill

2009-02-27T09:02:00.000-08:00

Second assignment for Paul's class. We had to illustrate the words Respect, Protect and Fulfill. It had to be B&W line art as well as a floating image... I didn't follow that exactly, but I'm pleased with how they turned out. I think the little eggies are my favourite.

2009-01-31T21:12:00.000-08:00

2009-01-22T21:42:00.000-08:00

In class painting using only cerulean blue, yellow ochre, cadmium red and white. Cool experiment.

2009-01-22T21:06:00.000-08:00

2009-01-17T17:57:00.000-08:00

Sneak Peek

2009-01-16T11:45:00.000-08:00

A little collaboration between me and Sean-boy Lew.

Updates Soon!

2009-01-16T09:12:00.000-08:00

Tonight is the show at the Gladstone Hotel... more art in the next few days.

Goldfish

2008-12-17T18:48:00.001-08:00

My two little goldfish for the show, Bobby and Jimmy.

2008-12-03T19:29:00.000-08:00

I glazed over my paintings to try and fix them. Not entirely happy with them, but it did help a little.

Cora

2008-11-26T19:53:00.000-08:00

Watercolours always kick my ass.

2008-11-22T20:33:00.000-08:00

I thought I was finished. A couple changes... I removed one of the birds and one of the dragonflies. finished?

2 down, 1 to go!!

2008-11-16T20:47:00.000-08:00

almost finished!! I'll be adding in more blowing leaves in the second panel.

Stolen Art

2008-11-15T15:08:00.001-08:00

Illustration for an article about stolen art.

Laboratory specimen

2008-11-10T22:57:00.000-08:00

Up way too late as usual, but not because of homework. Experimenting with sanding and different surfaces. The scanner didn't do the colours justice, the original is more vibrant. I want to play around with textures and find a new recipe for my finals. I feel like I'm in a rut and I need to branch out from my comfort zone. I'm going to tell myself I'm going to experiment more, but we'll see how it goes.

Juicy Brains

2008-11-05T10:19:00.000-08:00

This was my submission for the Orangina contest. I'm not very happy with my concept... more like lack of a concept. I wish I had of known about it earlier because I would have submitted more work.

1 down, 2 to go!!

2008-10-17T19:16:00.000-07:00

I finally finished the first panel of the commission I'm working on. They weren't completely happy with the colour of the girl's shoes, so I toned them down. I think it's more balanced now, good suggestion. 2 more panels to go and I'm done.

Assignment #1

2008-10-15T08:31:00.000-07:00

This was our first assignment for core class this year. The assignment was to take three classified ads and make a narrative. My ads were "Nice Girl with Herpes", "Seeking One Submissive Female" and "Congratulations, Happy 65th Wedding Anniversary".

I like to Paint

2008-10-08T13:14:00.000-07:00

20 minute poses, acrylic.

2008-10-07T18:11:00.000-07:00

Still working on my commissions from the summer. I'm pretty happy with it so far, it's just taking forever especially now that school is in full swing. Looking forward to completely them.

2008-09-15T21:33:00.001-07:00

Summer thus far...

2008-07-28T10:59:00.000-07:00

This is one of the sketches I did for my commission for Karen and Adam.

BEAST!

2008-05-23T12:24:00.000-07:00

My beast for Harvey's class.

Bear

2008-05-07T22:26:00.000-07:00

This was based on a piece I did for Gary's class last semester which I wasn't happy with. I liked the outline of the bear and wanted to play with it more. It was fun at first, but now I'm just glad it's done. I think I need to take a break from patterns and circles for a bit.

At home in Kingston

2008-05-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

Playing around with stencils and sand paper.

2008-05-01T15:27:00.000-07:00

Roots and Animals

2008-04-11T14:46:00.000-07:00

Creative lifestore project for Taxali. This wasn't my favourite one out of the bunch, but it was mostly just experimenting. I tried doing some transfers as well as my brush pen.

Playing in the Mud

2008-04-11T09:31:00.000-07:00

Another Harvey assignment. The idea was man vs. machine, but my concept was a little loose. I was really happy with the colours and textures. Usually I avoid collage at all costs, but I think this changed my mind. Hopefully over the summer I'll try it again.

Life Painting

2008-04-11T08:38:00.000-07:00

I finally felt like I was getting a hang of painting from life... unfortunately that was the last class of the semester. It's unfinished because I was working on the face mostly. I feel like it was a big step in the right direction compared to where I was even last week.

foxy!

2008-04-02T16:41:00.000-07:00

Inspired by Fleet Foxes who I am about to go see play. very excited!!

rabbits and bunnies

2008-04-02T16:35:00.000-07:00

Abstract

2008-03-23T15:28:00.000-07:00

The Boat

2008-03-13T23:03:00.000-07:00

"I came, I saw, I conquered"

2008-03-13T13:15:00.000-07:00

3 part series

gel medium transfer on wood panel

6"x6"

Goldfish, Lip Gloss and Addiction

2008-03-11T14:57:00.000-07:00

For this project we were given a class photo from a 1970's yearbook. We had to write a story and create an illustration for it, however we were not allowed to include the person from the photograph. My story was about a girl who had no friends except her goldfish and became addicted to lip gloss as a desperate attempt to fit in.

Sketch #1 and Sketch #2- I really liked the first one with the glasses on the desk, sadly it was the first one that was rejected. Sketch #2 I thought was blah.

This was the Sketch that Taxali chose for my final. It was my second choice and I figured I could do more with it and stay true to my original sketch.

This was my ink drawing for my final. I wanted to do it without digital help, however when I began to paint it with water colour, I really messed it up. Thank Jesus I scanned it before I painted on it, but it meant finishing the colour digitally.

In the end I was pleased with the final, but I only got 72%. Oh well, c'est la vie!

Bjork Portrait

2008-03-11T14:39:00.000-07:00

Sketch for portrait assignment for Taxali's class. This was the final. Not entirely happy with it. I liked the birds in the sketch and the spacing better. The colour is more vibrant in person, my camera and photoshop skills couldn't match it.

I heart animals

2008-03-11T14:01:00.000-07:00

Poster I did for my graphic design class last semester. We had to make an event poster so I chose to do The Royal Winter Fair so I could draw some animals. I was very happy with how it turned out, which is rare.

It is time

2008-03-06T12:25:00.000-08:00

Decided today I would start a blog for my illustration. I hope this can be a place to display and get feedback about my work. I'm currently in my second year at OCAD taking illustration in the Faculty of Design.