Hair Extravaganza - Your Style!

Early one morning (I don't know about you but sometimes I get really good ideas at the crack of dawn) I realised my previous post would be a great opportunity to prepare a little surprise for you! All of you who left some ideas in the comments regarding what your dream hair would be like if you could try out anything, may just get what they wished for!

First Loren shared that she would like to try having a pink pixie cut one day. I think she would look brilliant. Proof? Below! :)

Sarah actually didn't go into details, but I know she would like to have VERY red hair. I always thought it would suit her so well, so I had to give it a try... What do you think, Sarah?








































The Waves has the coolest haircut, which I managed to re-draw into quite a traditional one - sorry! She said she has problems with hairdyes not coming out as they should but would love to have red hair. By the way, this photo of her is so beautiful, whatever her hair colour!  

Gracey said she would have tried out many hair colours if her hair wasn't so dark, and I immediately saw her with a good few different colours. I ended up drawing purple as I think it's both very cool and actually becoming for her. I hope you agree, Gracey, but if not, at least you've seen yourself with purple hair! :)














































Allison has the most gorgeous shade of red hair and left a comment with a great idea. She said she would dye her hair blue or purple once it turns grey. I mean, just imagine old ladies with bright, colourful hair all over the city! I'll try to remember this when I turn 70.





























Jess wished for cotton candy pink hair, and the cotton candy association ended up running wild in my head, so not only is her hair pink, but big and curly too. It also matches her latest outfit miraculously! Especially her Lady Gaga top. :)



















Jess requested a beehive, with no special colours given so I tried to keep it sort of natural, for a change. Obviously I didn't succeed and drew the biggest beehive ever existed. It would be way too heavy to carry around all day, lucky it's just a doodle!





























That's all for now, those of you who wished for a 'do, I hope you enjoy your new looks! :)
Those of you who didn't, visit these Lovely Ladies to find out what they actually look like, and look around their great blogs! And beware, you will never know when the sneaky illustrator will strike again! Be careful what you wish for! :)

Be Inspired! - By Sarah from Just Take a Bow

Hello there, readers of Madeline Quaint! I'm Sarah and some of you may know me from over at Just Take a Bow. To help fill her blog with interesting (hopefully) content while she is busy with real life, Madeline asked me to talk about a picture that inspires me and then to briefly explain why. I'm not so good at following directions, though, and will write this post loosey-goosey almost-rule-breaking style.

Why?

Because I'm obsessed with the collective works of an artist named Darren Waterston. He is from California (he's practically local for me!) and I first stumbled across his work at the Portland Art Museum (which IS local). Curious after that, I had to check out more and I'm so glad I did.




Red Cloud, The Flowering, 2007
I'm drawn to the abstract (duh), but also simultaneous edge and soft present in the works. I think this aesthetic bleeds over into much of my life, to be honest.




Apocalypse, 2007
If I told you these are the only pieces I love, then I'd be a liar, guys. You should check out his online portfolio or just simply google his name (Darren Waterston) because it is easy to get lost in the work. Especially the walk-through pieces he's done, such as one in San Jose, California.




St. Clair, 2008
I find this art particularly inspiring because each piece is kind of like a mini adventure as you try to feel what Waterston was hoping for us to feel. This kind of long quote from Peter Clothier aptly captures the experience of the art:

"Seductively, they open up their dizzying spaciousness without the reassurance of a horizon line, nor even the orientation that might be offered by defined spatial relationships between the objects that mysteriously inhabit them. Forms and images seem to be given a necessary place, but neither their relative scale nor their metaphorical association permits us to tell ourselves a story that would fully explain their presence here. These are unexplored territories, whose indigenous life forms are at once as foreign and familiar as the images in a dream. To experience them we have to take a lot on faith: we must take the risk of adventuring without map or compass."

(Psst... I added the emphasis.)




Night-in-Gal, 2001; Reverberations, 2008
In short, I think what inspires me most about this artist is the idea of the journey in each piece, plus the ruthless combination of color and monochromatic palettes. It frequently feels like he has created a natural scene but the landscape itself is almost supernatural. And, obviously, I'm obsessed with the work.

I hope you liked what you saw. I seriously encourage you go to check out his site because there are TONS of amazing things to look at.







Thank you Sarah for this amazing guest post, I've never heard of Darren Waterston before, but I'm definitely looking into his work after I return from England! Absolutely beautiful!  What do you think? :)

Special Birthday Guest

If you just thought "Oh my, she's gone blonde!", it's not me. :)
Meet Anna,  my sister whose birthday we celebrated yesterday!

Have you ever heard of a girl who doesn't like layered cakes? Well, now you have! Anna's birthday cake was a special walnut-hazelnut pastry with a vanilla sauce, called "the wasps'nest". I assure you no insects are involved in making it.

How much better is she at posing than I am? And she has fab legs... And fab fashion sense. Our styles differ, but not that much, really. See Anna's more refined take on polka dots!

Congratulations to Anna on her birthday, especially as she just won two Erasmus scholarsphips to study abroad, one to Denmark and one to Italy!

Here's her present to mark the day: a tiny silver Vespa to bring luck in Italy (and Denmark too:)!

Anna wears: Dress - New Yorker, Coat: New Yorker, Shoes: Humanic, 

Necklaces: both birthday presents :)

The downside of silver Vespas is that they don't carry you home and you still have to wait for the tram. Oh well!