Sketch-collage

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Sketch-collage

It's like when I make guacamole!

Sketch-collage

Something important needs to be said, but it's hard to say it.

Sketch-collage

You decide which finger that is.

Sketchbook Poem

It reads:

SHE WAS CHILLY

SO SHE PUT ON

A SHAWL.

I was in my Art & Spirituality lecture and someone wrapped a shawl around her shoulders and I thought that was interesting.

(Lots of posts today, I just decided I want to try to catch up for NaBloPoMo haha)

Sketch-collage

I'm experimenting with a new way of sketching... well, it's new to me.  That is, combining elements of collage with my sketches to create bizarre but strangely compelling images.  This is the first one I've done, and I hope to do more (maybe tonight).

Drawing, Painting Sketches (Progression)

The first is a random drawing in my sketchbook, the second is a painting sketch I did, and before I really overworked it I did another painting sketch.

This is what I did in my Art & Spirituality class last week, and I won't be returning to class so I don't know where these sketches will be heading.  Maybe they'll be useful in my new screenprinting/painting class?

Switched My Studio

I switched out of Art & Spirituality today.  I have four lecturey classes and the Art & Spirituality lecture half was really the straw that broke the camel's back kind of thing.  I am excited for my new class:

Printmaking: Digital and Traditional Routes

Where traditional boundaries between media have all but disappeared, high quality digital printing and non-toxic screen printing and transfer techniques have made it possible for artists to combine mechanical reproduction and painting. This course combines printmedia's imaging processes with studio painting to create hybrid works complex in form and content. Technical demonstrations and critical discussion will drive independent projects that redefine the parameters of contemporary print and painting studio practice.

Baaaasically it's screenprinting for painters/people who want to combing different printmaking media and also combine it with painting!  Fun!

I want to write more about school here and also show pictures of art.  Also I realize I signed up for NaBloPoMo so I better get on the posting wagon.  Unfortunately I am already woefully behind in my reading and assignments, so I am going to try to catch up with that a little bit.

I also think I am going to write a little bit about the challenges of being more religiously observant in grad school, especially an art program, and especially life.  I think that belongs here, right?

Ha! #1

In Houston there is a store called "Texas Junk Supply" that advertises as having over 1800 "pre-owned" cowboy boots.

Of course, I bought a pair, and they were only $35:

If you are ever in Houston, check out this store.  It is definitely worth it as a unique Houstonian experience.  Also, the boots are pretty awesome.  If you know anything about cowboy boots you know how expensive they are, but many of these boots are in great condition and are quite cheap.  If you're willing to walk in another man's shoes [I am hilarious], you should get a pair for your very own.

PS: I thoroughly cleaned and disinfected the boots before wearing.

NaBloPoMo: September

OK, for real, I am going to try September.  This month's theme is "Ha!" as in, jokes, or things that go "ha!"  So we'll see what I do with that.