Hi everyone-
I''m not sure if I do or don't have any regular followers out there, but if I do, I know I owe you this post! I have fallen off the blogging wagon the last few weeks, and I'm sorry to say it looks like I'm going to be off the wagon probably until after New Years. Yikes!
School has been really busy recently, and I know it's going to stay that way for 3 more weeks. It's been so busy I've been forgetting to take pictures of my projects to show you! Darn it.
And then Christmas is coming! And I get reaaaallllyyy busy with planning, making, and buying gifts for my family and in-laws! I take it very seriously :) (I just love giving gifts- sometimes I get so excited to watch someone open my gift I about have a heart attack in anticipation.)
I hope to post here and there in the coming weeks. Actually just typing this post made me really miss it! So... maybe I'll be back sooner than I thought... ;)
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
fall colors + a train and a bridge
Hi guys!
A few weeks ago, we had an assignment to draw a landscape using gray paper and charcoal. We had to use the same techniques as in my pumpkin drawing.
I had a couple ideas of what I wanted to draw, but I decided to drive around for a while to check out some spots and see if anything caught my eye. I knew I would be spending a few hours outside doing this, and wanted to find something good!
Look what I found!
How beautiful was this spot? This awesome bridge goes across the Mississippi River downtown. I saw this view as I was driving and probably about wrecked my car as I was looking around to see if there was anywhere I could park to get out and draw.
I ended up sitting in this little grassy median, right as cars were making their way up the ramp onto the bridge. I'd say approximately five million people passed me on that Saturday afternoon, and each one was wondering what the heck I was doing. If I happened to be looking up as they passed, we definitely made eye contact as they craned their necks to check the crazy girl out.
But honestly, I could not pass up that gorgeous yellow tree, the train which Andy loves, and the way the shape of the bridge cascades into the distance. Love!
Here's how it turned out.
And a side by side, or up and down, for my mom again :)
I don't think I nailed it as much as my pumpkin drawing, but I really like it anywho.
Has anyone else been out driving around to soak up the last bit of fall before winter strikes?
Oh, and P.S. Trick or treat night was freezing this year! We had easily only half as many kids as last year! Did anyone's plans get ruined because of the cold weather?
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A few weeks ago, we had an assignment to draw a landscape using gray paper and charcoal. We had to use the same techniques as in my pumpkin drawing.
I had a couple ideas of what I wanted to draw, but I decided to drive around for a while to check out some spots and see if anything caught my eye. I knew I would be spending a few hours outside doing this, and wanted to find something good!
Look what I found!
How beautiful was this spot? This awesome bridge goes across the Mississippi River downtown. I saw this view as I was driving and probably about wrecked my car as I was looking around to see if there was anywhere I could park to get out and draw.
I ended up sitting in this little grassy median, right as cars were making their way up the ramp onto the bridge. I'd say approximately five million people passed me on that Saturday afternoon, and each one was wondering what the heck I was doing. If I happened to be looking up as they passed, we definitely made eye contact as they craned their necks to check the crazy girl out.
But honestly, I could not pass up that gorgeous yellow tree, the train which Andy loves, and the way the shape of the bridge cascades into the distance. Love!
Here's how it turned out.
And a side by side, or up and down, for my mom again :)
I don't think I nailed it as much as my pumpkin drawing, but I really like it anywho.
Has anyone else been out driving around to soak up the last bit of fall before winter strikes?
Oh, and P.S. Trick or treat night was freezing this year! We had easily only half as many kids as last year! Did anyone's plans get ruined because of the cold weather?
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Happy Halloween!
And now for the scariest Halloween greeting of all:
Sorry about that. It seemed like a good idea at the time...
But now for our cuties.
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Sorry about that. It seemed like a good idea at the time...
But now for our cuties.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
pu pu pu pumpkin drawing
For the last couple weeks, we were drawing this pumpkin/ fall/ awesome still life in drawing class!
Yikes, sorry for the really blurry picture- sometimes my little camera is not my friend when I don't use the flash... It's also not a perfect representation of how it looked to me in person from sitting at my desk, and things moved a little from day to day from being moved around the room- like the sticks....
But you get the idea! This is actually how I cropped the objects for my drawing- there was also a mask and a mannequin and a little figure running from other angles. So fun. But I just couldn't get enough of the pumpkins, and that mirror! How cool is it?
Our assignment was to use black and white charcoal and/ or white pastel on a grey tone paper, to start with a medium value. I loved it! We also had to use at least 3 of 4 charcoal techniques- smudging, hatching, cross hatching, and stippling. My strategy was to get all the basic values in for the shapes and shadows, then smudge it all, and finally go in with the other 3 techniques to give texture and more pops of value everywhere.
I'm really happy with the result!
Here's a side by side for my mom :)
Can you see all the techniques I used? What do you think?
Happy Tuesday! We'll be passing out candy to all the little monsters and princesses tonight over here. How about you?
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Yikes, sorry for the really blurry picture- sometimes my little camera is not my friend when I don't use the flash... It's also not a perfect representation of how it looked to me in person from sitting at my desk, and things moved a little from day to day from being moved around the room- like the sticks....
But you get the idea! This is actually how I cropped the objects for my drawing- there was also a mask and a mannequin and a little figure running from other angles. So fun. But I just couldn't get enough of the pumpkins, and that mirror! How cool is it?
Our assignment was to use black and white charcoal and/ or white pastel on a grey tone paper, to start with a medium value. I loved it! We also had to use at least 3 of 4 charcoal techniques- smudging, hatching, cross hatching, and stippling. My strategy was to get all the basic values in for the shapes and shadows, then smudge it all, and finally go in with the other 3 techniques to give texture and more pops of value everywhere.
I'm really happy with the result!
Here's a side by side for my mom :)
Can you see all the techniques I used? What do you think?
Happy Tuesday! We'll be passing out candy to all the little monsters and princesses tonight over here. How about you?
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Anthony, My Love
You guys, I love the Red Hot Chili Peppers. LOVE! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
I still remember the day we first met. It was Christmas break of my junior year of high school, and I happened to see a music video. We were at my grandma and grandpa's house, and they had cable, which we did not. And I was enthralled. I fell in love right there and never looked back.
Since that time, I've fallen hard and we are now inseparable for life. Well, me and Anthony are. He's my real one true love. No worries that he turns 50 next week. Happy birthday, my love.
But back to what's going on: WE'RE GOING TO SEE THEM IN CONCERT TONIGHT!! I may die of love. If I never come back, you'll know why.
So I went around the house yesterday documenting all the RHCP stuff we have. I knew we had a lot, but even I didn't remember I had collected this much over the last decade or so. Whoa, I just said decade. Yes, it's been over a decade since I was in high school. Scary.
1. Concert shirts
2. A love collage I made from their article in Rolling Stone
3. Our RHCP cd collection- yep there are some duplicates from before we were married
4. Book collection
5. Magazines they've been featured in
6. Anthony's book Scar Tissue on cd- read by Rider Strong from Boy Meets World of all people
7. DVDs
8. A record I bought in Paris that we framed
9. A wall hanging Andy bought me as a gift when we were in college
10. Finally, here's where my design career began. Yes, my wonderful Anthony inspired me to design this shirt that I wore to their concert in 2007.
Anthony, I can't wait to see you tonight. Remember that one time you proclaimed you felt great kinetic energy coming from the left side of the stage? Yes, that was me at Lollapalooza in 2006, and it was my love energy that you felt. Yep. Me and you forever. It's okay, my husband understands.
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I still remember the day we first met. It was Christmas break of my junior year of high school, and I happened to see a music video. We were at my grandma and grandpa's house, and they had cable, which we did not. And I was enthralled. I fell in love right there and never looked back.
Since that time, I've fallen hard and we are now inseparable for life. Well, me and Anthony are. He's my real one true love. No worries that he turns 50 next week. Happy birthday, my love.
But back to what's going on: WE'RE GOING TO SEE THEM IN CONCERT TONIGHT!! I may die of love. If I never come back, you'll know why.
So I went around the house yesterday documenting all the RHCP stuff we have. I knew we had a lot, but even I didn't remember I had collected this much over the last decade or so. Whoa, I just said decade. Yes, it's been over a decade since I was in high school. Scary.
1. Concert shirts
2. A love collage I made from their article in Rolling Stone
3. Our RHCP cd collection- yep there are some duplicates from before we were married
4. Book collection
5. Magazines they've been featured in
7. DVDs
8. A record I bought in Paris that we framed
9. A wall hanging Andy bought me as a gift when we were in college
10. Finally, here's where my design career began. Yes, my wonderful Anthony inspired me to design this shirt that I wore to their concert in 2007.
Anthony, I can't wait to see you tonight. Remember that one time you proclaimed you felt great kinetic energy coming from the left side of the stage? Yes, that was me at Lollapalooza in 2006, and it was my love energy that you felt. Yep. Me and you forever. It's okay, my husband understands.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Digital self portraits
So one of my classes right now is Digital Imagery, where we learn all about Photoshop. I've done some things in Photoshop with photos, but this was my first project where we worked exclusively with the paintbrush tools. It was challenging, but really fun, and I got to explore my style a little bit. We had to paint our own self portrait, using a photo and sampling the colors from it to paint ourselves in a new layer. The final digital portrait is completely painted, with no part of the original photo showing through.
Here was my first one, which I didn't really love. But it was really good practice with different brush tools and shapes, blending the colors, and using lots of layers and effects to get the smooth look to the skin and trying to get the hair right. It took forever!
Do you recognize it? (Looks like I forgot the earrings... oh, and the slight bags under the eyes...)
Here was my second one, which is the one I turned in. I LOVED this style so much more! It was made with bigger blocks of color, blended just lightly with the smudge tool. I was going for an impressionistic look, and I am so happy with how it turned out. (The colors look off because I printed it and then photographed it... the colors are much better in person.)
And here's the original photo.
How do you think they turned out?
I am just so happy with all the things I'm learning! I'm so thankful every day for this opportunity I have to be back in school and to be creative daily. It feels amazing. I have so many new goals and dreams for my future I think I could just explode! In a good way.
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Here was my first one, which I didn't really love. But it was really good practice with different brush tools and shapes, blending the colors, and using lots of layers and effects to get the smooth look to the skin and trying to get the hair right. It took forever!
Do you recognize it? (Looks like I forgot the earrings... oh, and the slight bags under the eyes...)
Here was my second one, which is the one I turned in. I LOVED this style so much more! It was made with bigger blocks of color, blended just lightly with the smudge tool. I was going for an impressionistic look, and I am so happy with how it turned out. (The colors look off because I printed it and then photographed it... the colors are much better in person.)
And here's the original photo.
How do you think they turned out?
I am just so happy with all the things I'm learning! I'm so thankful every day for this opportunity I have to be back in school and to be creative daily. It feels amazing. I have so many new goals and dreams for my future I think I could just explode! In a good way.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
everyone deserves a treat now and then... or every night
See how I bought the special 1/2 the fat ice cream just so that I could absolutely douse it with hot fudge and marshmallow topping? Yep, I'm tricky like that.
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