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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

student work

here is some student work from this second semester. my kids created artwork based off the theme STEAM which could be interpreted literally, metaphorically or whimsically. These are some of the best examples and they are all a variety of media and content.

these kids are so stinkin talented!

after we finished up the STEAM project, I had them relax a little bit with some Zentangles. Instead of just filling in circles like my art 1 classes did in the first semester, they filled in animal shapes.

these are some of the ones I have so far.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Saturday Morning Fun

So I played around on Gimp this morning. This is what happened. I'm a little obsessed lately.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

blends and shades

Hi there. It's been a while, I know. Welcome to January 2014, kids. So far I have really only been working in graphite, a medium I forgot I loved. Wooden pencils, blending stumps, big erasers. They feel so good in my fingers and it's been so long since I drew with them!

In college it was all charcoal, chalk pastels, ink, paints, etc. No pencils. I even took my notes for class in mostly pen, so there's that. I mean, but here we are now with graphite. New year, new(ish) medium? It makes sense.

Enjoy.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

mask maker

My roommate Kelsey makes masks. They're awesome. She just created an Etsy shop too, so go check it out.

I took these pictures of some of her masks so she could list them on Etsy, and since I'm shamelessly plugging her shop and abilities, I might as well shamelessly plug my photography too, right? Yes and yes.

Native American Mask: