Done?

We're done!  Almost!  Congratulations everyone for getting through the year and making great art along the way.  It will be cool to see everyone's hard work displayed on Thursday, so enjoy it.  I'm still trying to get stuff glued onto the back of canvas board, touch up some of my pieces, and make some of my pieces not look like complete crap.  Balancing these three things is a unique talent, which I have perfected.  Basically I'm just going to hope that "The best art project ever" distracts everyone from the rest of my pieces.

Wrapping up

This 3-D thingy is turning out to be a lot of work.  Especially working in black and white, making sure everything is distinct is a challenge, plus working at an angle can be hard.  I think it will turn out fine and i am having fun working on it, but it is harder than i thought it was going to be.  I am still drafting an idea for my last piece.  It was kind of a short month, so gotta get it done and get ready for the showcase.

uhhh

The 3D canvas project is rolling finally.  I"M MAKING IT HAPPEN.  I decided just to do a single scene with a bulge near the center.  The scene, a riot/protesters, kind of brings elements of my other pieces together (fist expressions, facial expressions, etc) which I think is a nice way to wrap up the year.

I matriculated today, woo.

I also had the strangest revelation in my dream a couple nights ago.  I tell you about it if you are interested.

MARCH

SO, i have to live in an apartment for the next week because the people who are doing our floors messed up.  Living in an apartment in your hometown is stupid if you ask me.

THE 3D CANVAS IS COMPLETE.  I worked on it after school and it is awesome.  Now I just need to figure out what to paint on it (minor details).  Expressions - I need something with duplicity, so I can use the two sides of the canvas to express the two different sides of the expression (Really corny, but like happy face sad face - I'm not actually doing that, but something more creative).

Spring Break

I am incredibly tired.  I spent a majority of my spring break at a five day interviewing process in Charlottesville, Virginia.  It was a good experience, but when every hour of your day is planned out and you are constantly trying to impress a panel of unidentified judges that could be anywhere secretly observing you, it gets pretty tiring.  Unfortunately, I did not enjoy doing concentration pieces at all.  I usually like them, but they just feel like tasks now, not a lot of fun.  I think it stems from a lack of ideas coupled with spending 2 weeks out of town this month and lots of other work to be done.  Hopefully I can get through this check because I think next month will be a lot better

Mid March

I just got back from a five day swim meet in Washington and am feeling pretty terrible.  The meet went really well, but I'm tired, irritated, and behind on everything ... can't say I didn't warn you.

I'm going back to plain old acrylic on canvas this time around.  I'm trying to get away from facial expressions, but it's harder than I thought.  Hands also can being very expressive, but it is challenging to find some hand expressions that aren't completely tacky or really inappropriate.  I'm sure I will figure it out sooner or later.

Feb-March

This month I have been messing around with different ways to add depth to my work.  I never really liked using flat canvasses.  Last time I used the molding paste, and this time I tried layering actual pieces of paper.  One trick I discovered is using acrylic paint over sandpaper.  I don't know if this is a tried technique, but it really helps colors and lines blend easily and is fun to paint on.  I would like to do something with wire next month, but haven figured it out yet.  I'm not quite done with both pieces yet, but I think they are due on Wednesday, so I have a couple more days to finish them.

In other news, Lakeridge Swimming placed very well.  I have another swim meet in Washington in a couple weeks, which should be fun.  We are tapering right now, which basically means I am not allowed to do anything physical outside of swim practice.  It really helps fuel the senioritis!