Wednesday, March 31st

We had a different female model today and we were to draw her using a brush and ink. This was my second time using ink in this way. I really need to work on drawing hands and feet in relation to the rest of the figure. I can draw each of them on their own, but when I put it all together, the proportions are off. Because ink is so unforgiveable, I just embraced the mistakes.

And like the previous post, the paper used is not really suited for a wet medium.

Tuesday, March 30th

For a class project, I have to create a book on the color wheel. My instructor handed out the wheel for us to paint in, as well as strips for us to create tints and shades for each of the twelve colors. This is a very slow moving process, as we are supposed to paint within the lines (something I'm not a fan of in my own work). Today I started in on the primary colors. I'm going to do three colors each day for the next few days to finish. Then I have to mount the strips on paper for the book and type the written parts.

The other challenge to this project is we are painting in acrylics on cardstock. Not really the best canvas for a wet medium. If we could have picked, I would have used a heavier paper.

This is my progress so far:

Class Schedules

I wanted to share the classes I'm currently taking, which will explain why my projects are all over the place. Due to already having a degree, I don't have to take any general education classes. I have only classes for my major and minor, as well as other fun classes I pick.

This semester is:
Design Fundamentals, which touches a bit on drawing interior spaces
Drawing I
Creative Writing
Art History II
Creativity seminar (one Friday night and Saturday day in April)
Design Resources Management (basically cleaning and organizing the sample room for the interior design department, includes writing reaction papers and keeping a journal)

Summer:
History of Interiors I and II, both online lecture classes

So.. summer projects will be of my own creation.

Fall:
2D Design
Photography I
Beginning Sewing
Interior Graphics I: Residential (oh hand drafting, it's been a decade since we have met)
Interior Design Careers (weekend long seminar class)
Business and Techical Writing

Currently my major is Interior Design with a minor in art. I will be adding a business minor once I fill out the application for the business college. And I am contemplating other changes, like double majoring in ID and art, minoring in business, or adding a Woman's Studies minor, or even a language minor. Desicions, desicions....

Monday, March 29th

We are continuing working on figure drawing in my drawing class. Today my instructor hypnotized us so we could overcome our inhabitions and fears with putting lines on the paper.

I can't say for sure that I actually was hypnotized, but I did feel more relaxed. Here is the result:

Sunday, March 28th

I spent the day working on a short story draft for my creative writing class. For Monday we were to either revise one we had written previously or come with a new one. I felt no passion for my first story, so new was the route I went. I came up with four pages single spaced.

Here's the first section, just to get a taste. I won't be posting the entire thing, obviously.

Betsy lived a simple life. She woke up every morning at 5 A.M. and stuck to the same routine: stretch gently for 10 minutes, start the coffee maker, feed the cat, jump in the shower, and then pour a bowl of cereal to enjoy with her coffee. During weekdays, she then puts on the work outfit she picked out the previous night before drying her hair and putting on her makeup. If it is Saturday, she would take a second cup of coffee out to her balcony to watch the morning come alive before getting ready for the day. Sundays she gets dressed for church. She always picks out her clothing the night before. She feels this saves precious time and she dislikes being late to anything.

Today is a Tuesday. Betsy dons a gray pantsuit. She decides that today she will add a few curls to her shoulder-length brown bob. Last week she applied for a different position at work and has been making strides to stand out a little bit every day. She currently is a receptionist for a mid-size chiropractor’s office. Betsy applied for an opening in the accounting department. It’s silly that she thinks of it as an entirely different department, since there are only two people holding those jobs. One of the women is retiring at the end of the month. This is the perfect opportunity to move up. She gives her cat, Pounce, a pat on the head before leaving her one bedroom apartment for the day.

Saturday, March 27th

Today was pretty uneventful for projects. I had a paper to write for a class, so that took up a chunk of the day.

I did decide to finally try my hand at knitting. A couple years ago I bought the book Stitch N Bitch and some supplies. I played around with it, but never got too far. At that time, I mastered casting on, but would usually drop a stitch or two when doing the actual knitting. And binding off terrified me.

Finding the time to learn a new task is sometimes a challenge for me. Tonight I had a good piece of time, so I set to it. Once I began, my fingers remembered the knit stitch pretty quickly. Of course I'm not a pro or anything yet, but I do feel confident enough that I could complete a full project. I'm going to start with the usual, a scarf. I should be able to find the time to finish by next fall. ;)

This is just a little sample piece to practice the knit stitch and binding off. I'm proud that I didn't drop any of the stitches. Next up will be learning how to purl.

Friday, March 26th

In all of my years of taking art classes throughout grade school and high school, I never had to complete a self-portrait. I did a few of them on my own, but they were just basic drawings of my head.


For this assignment in my drawing class, we were told to be creative in our portrait, and to draw more than just our face. My idea came to me as I was trying to fall asleep last night.

The words read "I may have my head in the clouds, but my feet are well set on the ground".

I used graphite on paper for this, which is a departure from my usual charcoal when I draw. I'm not completely happy with my head, mostly because I made myself a little cross-eyed. But for this being my third or fourth time drawing myself, I'm pretty proud of it.

Thursday, March 25th

I didn't post anything yesterday, but I sure did take some photos. It's been warm most of the month, except for the past couple days, when the temperature dipped below freezing during the day. Because of this, the sump pump hose also froze, so it was pulled off to thaw. In the meantime, water was still being ran through the sump pump.

This is the effect of the low temps:

Of course, this ice build up is not helping the inside of the hose thaw...

Welcome!

I have been contemplating a site like this since I started school in January. What finally pushed me to it was stumbling upon the Creative Every Day Challenge. As it is late for me now, I will begin posting tomorrow. I won't commit to posting every single day, but promise to produce something every day.

Things to expect will be drawings, photographs, paintings, writings, food creations, and maybe something musical. The items posted will be new creations, as I feel it would be cheating to post something I did awhile back. If I do share an old creation, it will be noted.

Over the weekend I have a couple assignments to complete. One is a self-portrait for my drawing class and the other is to write a short story. I also will be creating a color wheel book for my design class. These will more than likely show up here.

I hope you enjoy what I have to offer.