Painting is Finished

It is finally finished......to recap.....I had to take 3 historical works of art and combine an element from each of them together. (Renior - the Umberellas, Jack Vettriano - woman with the sunglasses, and another female artist, but can't remember her name, but her piece is called "The Burial" - the crouching man).  I also had to take modern images (like the pig, fish, girl holding the rod, and the tree) into the picture somehow.....this is what I came up with and I LOVE it. 

I used bubble rap, collaged assorted paper (background), white paper roses, stamps, wax crayon (umbrellas and melting colors), and scrapbooking paper...oh, yes and my imagination!  Tell me what you think!!

Close-Up #1

Close-Up #2

Close-Up #3

Close-Up #4

Close-Up #5

Close-Up #6

Close-Up #7

Phase #2 - Painting Final

Here is more of my Final painting...as it has progressed!  The umbrellas are wax crayon melted...like melting colors onto the umbrellas.  Hope you like.....more to come!

Close - Up



FINAL Painting....In Progress!!!

My FINAL painting project.... it is suppose to be different figures from different historical paintings put together with other modern images in a collage kind of composition.  Painted with acrylic on panel board (4' x 3') so it is quite large...for me anyway.  This is in progress...stay tuned, more to come!

Close-Up

Close - Up #2

Almost Done!!!

Almost the end of the semester....it has been awhile, but busy, busy, busy little student I have been!  Here are a few pics from my Painting I sketchbook.

I signed up for my Summer semester....Archeology 1000, Music:History of Rock & Roll from 1968 to 1990, and an online course - Children's Literature.

After this summer I will be DONE my B.A.....YAAAAHHHHH!!!!  I have applied to the Faculty of Education, and hopefully....fingers crossed.....I will start my practicums this Fall.
Right now I have 2 BIG final projects on the go.  One big painting (4' x 3') and a 3 to 6 minute video for my Video Sketchbook class.  So once I have everything done....I will post.

Take a look......

This is a painting I did on wood panel.

New Semester - Painting I

I am now into my 2nd semester of my 2nd year at University.  For this semester I have the following classes.

Neuroscience: Brain & Behaviour
Media Arts II - Video Sketchbook
Painting I
Art History - Western Prehistory through to the French Revolution

They seem really interesting, and the 2 art classes are my very last that is required for my B.A.  For my Painting class we need to create an art journal/sketchbook...oh, darn...I hate those things....he he he he!!!

Here is the inside cover and introductory pages.  I promise I'll have more to come, and I won't wait until the end of the semester to do it.

Painting I - Spring 2012 - Art Journal/Sketchbook

~ INSIDE COVER ~

~ INSIDE COVER - TAG PULLED UP ~

~ INTRODUCTION PAGE - "Where I Am at Now"

~ CLOSE-UP - "Where I Am at Now" ~

~ CLOSE-UP #2 - "Where I Am at Now" ~

New Art Journal - The Philosophies of Mine!

A new art journal to share with you ~ "The Philosophies of Mine"

This journal will be filled with my own thoughts and philosophies about my own life and experiences!  I will be adding to this journal as I go, so far I only have these 3 pages to add.

The Cover ~

Introduction Page ~

Pages ~

Photo Arts I - FINAL PROJECT

The Fall 2011 semester is finally over and here are the results of my efforts:

Photo Arts I = A
Sociology 1000 = A-
Computer Science 1000 = A-
Anthropology - Ancient Societies = B-
English Prose = B+
GPA = 3.59

Below are the pictures from my final project in my Photo Arts I class.  I LOVED this course and I hope your enjoy the many photos I took. 

FINAL PROJECT ~

My final project idea was to combine the everyday world of ordinary people and objects that we sometimes take for granted.  I wanted my idea to mirror the theme of our scrapbooks that was assigned to everyone at the beginning of the class.  The scrapbooks were to include at least 2 news articles from any local newspaper each week, as well as our best pictures that we took and developed, and above all to find and include any "visual culture" that was all around us; objects that we may not regard as interesting or worthy of recognition.

My final project was to reflect the "visual culture" that we use, see and discard everyday.  People too whom we may see everyday, and pass on the street are also deemed as our "visual culture" that we take no thought or importance to...the world around us as part of our everyday.  I wanted to bring out the "everyday" into a different, noticable light of recognition and attention.  Even the picture frames themselves are different and that we see so often in every home.  I didn't, however, want the pictures or objects to be behind glass, thus to bring more attention to one than another.  Every picture and object are to work as a whole, not singled out as being more important than the other(s).

Close -Up #1
The guy with the earphones is a fellow student in my class, Colin.


Close - Up #2
The gentleman with the beard below is my Photo Art's professor - Don Gill ( the purple blotch is caused from me not changing the Fixitive as I should have done ~ DARN!!! - I was really ticked off too!!).  The boy is my nephew.


Close - Up #3
The girl doing the googy eyes is another fellow student, Jessica.


Close - Up #4
Another fellow student, Corrie.

Sunday Tote Bag

I made this tote bag for my dear friend, Mandy, for her birthday last month.  She asked for one last year, but I finally had time to do it before Christmas.  She loved it...and I do too.

  The pattern of the houses and the angel are from Nancy Halverson from "Art to Heart".  The angel is one big pocket, as well as the antique rose and the houses!

Victorian Doll

I made this doll for a Christmas gift.  I think the bonnet adds a touch of cuteness!  Enjoy the pics.

Pin Hole Photography - Photo Arts I

Good Morning my friends.....well as promised a few of my photos from my Photo Arts class.  We begin with pin hole photography, again! (last year I did some pin hole photography in my Fountations class).  They really turned out well.  More to come!