Studies

Besides homework projects every few weeks for art, we have to do a series of studies with a theme. I decided on eyes. At first, while I was deciding, I wasn't sure I should choose eyes, because it seemed kind of obvious and boring. But, I love to draw them, so I'm going to try to all types of different things with my studies to make them interesting. I'm going to use emotion, reflections, different compositions, whatever I come up with. My first few studies involve a straight-on and a slightly-turned view of my eye, and then one of my friend Magda's eye. They don't have particular emotion, but that's definitely something I'll be doing. I'll also try out different medias: colored pencil, acrylics, watercolor, pastel.

October 13th

My dad was born Friday, October 13th!

I've spent about 15 hours over the past two weeks on this painting for him, it was from a picture I took this year when we were on the Daniels Glacier, on our way up to the main summit!

I doodled the little thing and "what the hey?" on my hand while I was doing calculus homework last night... I was wicked confused about the topic and I could absolutely not concentrate. Since I'm taking calculus online through VHS, I'm basically teaching it to myself from an ebook... Hard!!

                 Close-up!

Warped

Our latest homework assignment for class was to create a self-"warped-trait." I worked on mine for hours every day straight - 10 hours over the weekend - and finally finished as Tuesday night (by that time really Wednesday).

I basically drew myself being transformed into some weird, scaly creature!

Besides constantly doodling in class I sometimes like to tattoo myself with a nice ballpoint pen. I actually haven't been doing it much this year - less boring classes I guess! I pretty much always do some random quote or word (usually from a song) and sometimes accompany it with designs. 

Superhero

I'm not happy about being back to school but first period Studio Art is awesome (and my internship = I leave school at 12 = having real food at home). Our AP summer art assignment as mentioned previously, involved marbles. One from life in some sort of container/ object, one inspired by a marble. My inspired-by marble was of this made up Superboy, lifting a giant marble. For the other assignment I put marble in measuring teaspoons, using a circle light as a cool light sources that created a cool reflection :P I did these both in acrylics

Also, I had to draw a scene from and excerpt in Beowulf for English, so I drew an enraged Beowulf ripping of Grendel's shoulder; I used colored pencil to draw him and paint for the black background.

North Cascades 2010!

I got back just over a week ago from the North Cascades in Washington State! It was another awesome year out there and I got some good sketching in! A film crew traveled with us this year, it'll  be awesome to see the documentary when it's done! I'm actually currently working on a short video that I just make for fun of our trip with pictures and some short video clips, I made one last year of the 2009 season as well!

From Top: I drew this little point the day we were out on Iceworm Glacier, I think it might be called Michael's Thumb; I started this sketch of Blanca lake and the surrounding area last year and continued it this year - I plan on finishing it for good soon!; I started this sketch of a small lake in the Camp Kiser area of Mt. Baker last year as well, and I returned there to finish it this year (although snow was pretty much covering the lake this year.); Us putting on our crampons!; In an ice cave below the Lower Curtis Glacier!