Show!

Well, my first show is going to be at the Community Trust Bank's Community Room in Ruston. May 10th and 11th. The Opening will be on the 10th at 7pm. (Let's hope).

Yes, let's hope. I would kinda like to graduate. ^_^

Painting: class work

Tiny pieces
Oil on Gessoed Matt board
Tiny

I did this for a project. I usually draw from life, but this time it was mostly from memory with a bit of photo help.

I wanted them to be painterly, and a bit vague... So... I think I got that.

I dunno. I like painting from life. These are okay, but probably aren't going to be my favorites any time soon.

These aren't all of them. I did a very large number. These are just the ones I don't want to burn.
Ja!

Art - Quilt for Class

Quilt for Class - Landscape
1.5' x 3'
Piecework, varied fabrics

Just thought I'd post one of the projects that's taking over all of my time. I'd post the other painting I did for class, but it rather sucks, I think. And now blogger isn't working X(. This is only one of the quilts I'm working on. I'm also working on one for Art History 465: American Art in the Age of Expansion. Anyone who tells me the type of quilt I'm doing for that class gets a cookie*. Of course it's kinda obvious, but, hey... COOKIE!

I've really got to start doing painting a day again. I really want to. But three days no sleep is killing me.

And I got offered another job. 7.90 and hour to make and sell coffee beverages. I only make 6.50 to put up with all the shit I deal with putting peoples' work in frames. *thinks about it* I dunno. I like my job framing... I just wish I was treated better. And I pretty much know I'm gonna have less stress making coffee. But I'm not sure what's gonna happen. I dunno!!

Anyway, I hope this works out.

I've started doing a comic with a friend! It's fun! It's about us being clones. And it's basically an excuse for us to draw together and get used to it so we can do a real comic! ^_^ It's working, yo!

Have fun for me everyone!
Ja ^_^

*Not a real cookie, but I might doodle you eating one and send it to you. That's the best I can do for now, yo! ^_^

Painting: Self Portrait #2

Well, the double square self portrait I did this year is finished. You can see the first one at my dA account. (Oh, yeah, forgot to mention that one won best of show. Maybe I should do a post about that?!)



I don't think this one is really great, but I only had two days to get it done. Yeah, it was my fault, but I wanted the concept to be perfect and setting up this concept was difficult and so at the end I only had two days. I think it was worth it though.

Ok, so the idea is 'me painting me painting me' and I think it works pretty well. I had to set up two mirrors, and there were two poses and for one head I had to use a photograph, though I don't like doing that. I like painting from life, even if I have to really do some juggling to get it. I couldn't quite work it out, and because I only had two days, I just used a black and white photo of my head. That way I wouldn't be tempted to use the colors in the photo.

The spot light is pretty obvious, though it may not be obvious that I tried to use a diffused blue light on my back so there is actually some definition to all the stuff back there. I think I got the light pretty right, but I think I'm going to go back and fix the hands on 'the real me' because I wanted fingers, but I had to throw them in cuz of time limits.

The colors were fun. Nothing is just one color. There are oranges in the blue, purples in the reds, indigos everywhere, and cad red light is peaking through everything. Last time I tried to do a simplified palette. This time I tried every color imaginable, or so it seemed. And a lot of them were bright, modern colors that I had fun toning down and mixing. I loved it. The only new color was indigo, and I bought it to make myself happy. I ended up using it a lot because I just loved how it mixed with the zinc yellow to make green, and plus, it gave me a rich blue in the background that was perfectly dark and shadowy. I had permanent (ultramarine), Prussian, indigo, thalo, cobalt and cerulean blues; alizarin, venetian, cad red lt, cad red med, cad red dk, rose madder, burnt sienna, burnt umber, and a modern red I can't remember the name of. For yellows I had ocher, cad yellow lt, cad yellow med, and cad yellow deep, Naples, zinc and raw sienna. I also had a handful of greens, purples, and earth tones that were helpful, and modern colors that were just fun. The toned ground of the canvas my painting is painting was done with cad yellow deep, cad red light, indigo, and yellow ocher. It worked perfectly. The clothes were difficult because I needed color, but it needed to be toned down. I need more color in the bright lights (except for where it's highlighted) so I've got to go change that.

As for the drawing, I'm pretty happy. Some of the edges have to be repainted because they get a little too lost. My head was about three times too big (I had drawn the ear in the wrong place and used it as a mark for the back of my head, but that's fixed.) It might be a tad too tall now, but it's much, much better. The canvas was a friggin' PAIN to get the lines straight, even with some embroidery thread as a straight edge. Ah well, it looks really good in person for how many times I had to paint over it and back over it and fix it and... ugh. And the actual canvas I painted on is warped, but I'll fix that when it gets down. But other than that I'm really, really happy. Wait to go MSPaint for helping me out too. Getting two figures placed on the canvas when they're both you is hard!

And am I the only girl who does not take off like thirty pounds when I draw myself? Seriously now. Everyone was a friggin' stick and I think I added weight too look a bit more solid. I like to look like I'm in a place and not just placed there because I'm really only paper thick. If that makes any sense. I don't know.

On another topic, big high five for Dane who was in the same boat as me, though not exactly because he was doing an MFA thing and I'm just in the third year of my BFA. We both did ours on the last day and kept each other company while we were wigging out. Well, as I was wigging out. Dane, what I wouldn't give for your patience with me, yo. I'm going to miss you!!

Well, that's all I can think of to say right now. It's on display at LATech VAC along with four others. If you're going on a tour you'll see it. It's definately much better in person.

Ja!

Painting: Landscape Scans

These little studies are tiny so I scanned them in. So. Bad quality, I know. I'm trying to paint in a more painterly way. Usually I'm so tight and detailed. I'm getting sick of it. So that's where these came from. I love how they came out. I've gotta work bigger though. 2"xwhatever isn't nearly big enough.