found

The paper is actually florescent pink, but I guess it kind of conflicted with my scanner. It was found in a park on my way home from work, a high school proejct on biology ripped to shreds.

anxiety

keri smith

Keri Smith is one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to art, writing and living life as an artist in general. I read this piece she did recently and it has become probably my favourite piece she has ever written. I highly suggest you check it out.

"Form Sculpture"

This is an assignment for my 2 & 3D class. The purpose was to come up with a sculpture that has an inside and an outside, and that shows things like space and form and colour and contrast.

I used warm colours and tried to convey a feeling of chaos and disorder, and cool colours and neatly placed objects in candle wax to give a contrasting feeling of relaxation and calming. The corset-type image is supposed to give it balance and symmetry.

For this, i got a lesson in propane and used to learn a blow torch. I tried melting wax with a normal lighter but would have been there forever.

This is very comforting right now.

"If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you're doing isn't very vital."
-John Irving

carving paintings

Long story short, my papa carves wood carvings and I go with him Tuesday afternoons after class and take lessons to paint them. I initially started to do it because it meant a lot to him (the lady that was painting them before, the lady who is also giving me lessons, is retiring this year) but I actually really enjoy it. It's very relaxing. And, I'm always up for learning new art skills.

This is my first one, whihc was finished last night. Well, actually I did a horse before this one, but it was much smaller and had very minimal detail. This one was much more complicated and took me two classes (so 4 hours to paint in total). It's an Old Squaw Hen. I made a point to document some of the process, since you know, I'm real into that.

planner

I have bought planners/organizers before, but was never able to keep up with them. I recently bought one one night on a whim, hoping it would help me be more organized, a symbol of hopefulness since I (and it seems the rest of the students in the program) have been sick and am behind in my school work. I have successfully been planning out what to do every night for the past week, crossing off homework as I complete it and reminders to do simple things during the day and it feels great. I think it works because as a creative person, I am a visual person, and it helps to see the tasks and cross them off. A visual sense of completion. I am now a fan of lists even moreso than before, and have become quite attached to my little green book, which I just decorated with stickers and buttons and put a flowery ribbon in for a bookmark.