Yeah, yeah- I know...

So, I really suck at updating my blog! But you guys know that already, right!

Sketches

Just a couple of sketches...

Medusa Sketches

Octogirl

I've been working like crazy to get things ready for my senior show. And guess what - I actually took progress pictures! I started in acrylic, finished in oil and tried to channel Klimt. :)

Ex Libris Illustration Show

I'm having an art show and you are all invited! It will have new, never before seen work in it AND if you come to the opening reception you could be one of the lucky people who get to buy pins and prints of my work! I'll be posting more work in the following weeks, including the ones on the pins, so keep an eye out!

Sketches

Future paintings??

New Tablet!!

Just bought an Intuous4 and I LOVE it! It actually draws what I want it to and I'm psyched :)
Does anyone know why blogger desaturates the colors when you upload images??

Big City

Definitely very influenced by the trip to New York on this one.

NY Sketches

I was lucky enough to go to New York with the art department at UVU earlier this year - here are a few of my favorite drawings from the sketchbook I brought along.

Gretel

Gretel in traditional Czechoslovakian (now Czech Republic) clothing. Well, sort of...
Watercolor!

Late.

I'll be sharing what I've been working on for my BFA show very soon, but in the meantime enjoy this scary drawing!

Digital Rain

Sketches

Okay, maybe this should just be called procrastinating...

Collage

This is from the beginning of the year. It's layers of paint that have been sanded and has a gesso-transfer map across it.

Post-It Art

Well, I'm back to school after a hectic summer. This semester my work will (hopefully) focus more on finished art & not just classroom studies!! (Yay!) I'm going to be concentrating on my BFA show for the upcoming year so that should be fun.

Ariel & Tinkerbell copyright Disney - of course!

Red & Green

A couple more oil studies, the top one had a red toned canvas & the bottom one was green. I've been looking at a lot of Sargent's work lately, so hopefully it will have a positive influence :)

Another Painting Study

Brown Paintings

More oil paintings - I kind of like the scratched up background. (I cut up a still life study from last semester and sanded over the pieces.)

Still Here.

Thalo blue, Cad. Yellow Light, Permanent Rose & White in oil paint! (I can hardly believe it myself.) I had 7 of these little paintings to do this week & this is the only one I really like. It has it's problems, but overall I think it was a success. (Sorry for the bad photo!) I tried to put some warmth in the reflected light/shadow side of the face. I really struggle with shadow color, & color in general... but I'm working on it! :)

Pudgy?

This little bulldog is getting in shape with style! This was done for a class to accompany an article about doggy fitness & obesity. I'm not going to complain about what I wish I'd done differently, so I'll just say that I love her little face - especially her crooked teeth! And I love her little fat rolls :)

Me

Digital self portrait for a class. My hair is quite light right now :) Photoshop.

Mad Rush

These were really quick studies, like the fastest things I've ever painted. The one on top is going to be my final for Adv. Illustration so we'll see how it turns out! It has some photoshop-ing (is that a word...) to help it look like she's surrounded by notes.

Do Something About It

March is over?!?

Okay - so where did March go? I drew about a zillion pictures, some of which I will try posting next month... trust me there's only a couple worth sharing - you're not missing out on anything. This was a really fun painting - It has gesso applied unevenly on watercolor paper so when you paint on it a cool texture appears. Oh ya, I didn't bother stretching the paper before-hand, so if you were to see the original it has a lovely ripple-effect... I should really know better!

More Faces

These were fun! - they're acrylic with gesso texture on watercolor paper. Here's the assignment: On the top, a brown under-painting with color dry brushed over it. Next, vivid colors. Then a high-key painting with neutral colors mixed from complements & white. And finally a low-key painting which has many colors, but all very neutral with grays and no value lighter than a 3... (okay I sort of cheated with the eyes.) They're all stylized, which I love doing :) I think I'm getting the hang of acrylics, but I still feel a little out of control when I'm painting, like I just don't know how things are going to turn out (or even if they'll turn out sometimes.) So I've got a lot more practicing to do.

But I'm happy with these :)