Thursday, April 22nd - Friday, April 30th

First off, I didn't die or anything. I've been busy with end of the semester projects, that I have kept putting off posting here. And I have no pictures for today. A lot of what I've been working on I had to turn in for a grade.

One big project that was due last week was a redesign of a local business. My partner and I chose the cafe at the Barnes and Noble. It was a lot of fun sketching out the space and then choosing new materials from the design library. The final project for this class is to design a living room around the design elements in one chair. This one should be fun as well. :)

Earlier this evening I finished one of two projects for my drawing class. It feels so good and motivating to finish the other one. Both are due Monday so I do have some time still.

And finally, I've been editing the pieces for my creative writing class. Our portfolios are due Wednesday. I'm doing my reading on Monday, however, so I need to have it all together then.

I just hvave one week left of classes. None of mine are meeting during finals week. Then I have a month off until my two summer classes start.

I'll try to take a few photos of what I've been doing this weekend tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 21st

I'm just chipping away at both of my drawing projects. This is the street view from the window I picked in the studio. The perspective isn't perfect, but that's not what I'm really going for in this assignment.

Tuesday, April 20th

I decided to change the theme for my second project while I was brainstroming for ideas on how to execute it. My original theme was to be centered around my mother's Barbie and Ken from the early 1960's. I came up with the idea of typing works from that era on a typewriter and then drawing over. While experimenting with this idea, I liked it so much I wanted to make that my theme.

This is one of the pieces done. I'm not sure how many I will be doing yet.

Monday, April 19th

Today I worked on one of two final projects for my drawing class. This particular drawing is part of a collaboration project we have to do with an assigned artist's work. Mine is Jennifer Bartlett and I've chosen to run with the idea she had for her In the Garden installation. She created 200 drawings of the same garden she viewed out of her window while in France. Of course I cannot do all of that, so I'm going to do about 50 drawings of the view from the studio. In class today I was able to complete three of 50, so I have a lot of work ahead of me. Not to mention the other project for this class...

Sunday, April 18th

I love Sundays. I get all of my work done during the week, so I usually the whole day is spent with my boyfriend, but today he had to work. Because of this, I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with a full day to myself. Sadly, I have been watching a marathon of Gossip Girl (love the show, it's sad because of the amount of time I've been sitting) instead of doing anything productive.

I did whip out my watercolors for awhile. I'm still not sure of myself using them and know that practice is what is needed.

Saturday, April 17th

I spent most of the day cleaning, but did take some time to play outside with the dogs. Jameson was the only one who wanted to chase bubbles. Angus just ran around him barking.

Thursday, April 15th and Friday, April 16th

Thursday was a complete bust for me creative-wise. It was another bad day, and after a string of them I hit a block. Instead I focused on a paper I had to write.

Today was a different story. My only class was cancelled due to a presentation scheduled at the same time, in the same room. I had wanted to attend, as it was on two subjects I love, art and physics. I overslept, however. This afternoon was a practicum on how to make a camera obscura. This I did not miss. I learned a lot and can't wait to play around with lenses when I have some time. My list of summer projects keeps growing.

I also had an epiphany as far as my schooling goes. I hit upon a way that I want to combine what I am learning with something I would like to do for a living. I don't want to go into too much detail here, as I want to delve a little deeping into this, but will talk about it more once I am sure. It will involve adding a few more minors to my degree.

I took a long walk with my dogs and just allowed my mind to wander. As soon as I got back, I was inspired to draw in my sketchbook. I bought a few nibs to use for ink drawing and played around with them, drawing some things I saw on my walk.

This is one of many that I did tonight. I enjoyed playing and can't wait to hone my skills some more.