100 Theme Challenge - Digital Whisper

    




Hello All,

     I just thought I would share with you my first image for Digital Whisper 100 Theme Challenge.  One must create a digital work of art for each challenge before the end of the year.  This one is #21 - CAVE.

Let me know what y'all think.  I think my Digital Studio class this semester is really paying off!

10 Things I'm Thankful For

     I don't think we do enough "thanking" in our world today...so below are my top 10 - What I'm Thankful For List!  ~  Enjoy!

1.  I'm thankful for the opportunity to be going back to school.  At times it is hard...but I'm glad I get to give it one more go!

    2.  I'm thankful for my children.  They are so wonderful...I couldn't have asked for better kids to raise!

            3.  I'm thankful for my many talents.  I just love to create art, sing and use my hands to do what is in my head, and then of course share it with others.

4.  I'm thankful for my car.  Now this may seem a simple thing, but without my car....I can't do the things I really need to do.  I love you Little Blue!

    5.  I'm thankful for my membership and testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  I have absolutely no idea how people cope with the world today without Him!!

                 6.  I'm thankful for my health.  I know this a cliche...but it's true...I'm glad I can walk and not faint and run and not be weary.  (I'm not sure about doing stairs...but I try! :o)

  7.  I'm thankful for my parents.  They taught me right from wrong and have always been a tremendous strenght in my life.  I love you mommy and daddy!

       8.  I'm thankful for my country...I AM CANADIAN!!!  Need I say more?

                             9.  I'm thankful for people who inspire me to do my best and to be my best.

10.  I'm thankful for my bed.  Strange yes....silly even...but oh how I LOVE my bed.  It's so soft and comfy...especially when I have a great book to read!!  :o)
   

Art Journal Page - Save Me!

Did you ever have one of those cruddy days where you vent and give yourself a pep talk all at the same time?  I certainly did today.

I hate my Drawing I class....my instructor creates art using a ruler and "exactness"!!   She sucks the creativity and fun out of the wonderful journey of art making itself.  She's taught drawing for 15 years, but the unfortunate thing about it is that the student is always at the mercy of the bias of the instructor.  If they don't like your art....your mark can suffer!

I come away from her class feeling run over by a heavy weight, Olympic sized art critic that no matter what I do...my work will never satisfy.  I come away every class doubting my own creative processes, skill and talent.

Only a bit more time left to this semester, but I truly am struggling with this one.....SO I come home and delve into my art journaling and my creative juices are patched up temporarily until I go back and get another whack of criticism and dose of creative impudence.

I have added a new page to my blog -
"Art Journal Pages"

 My first Art Journal Page

"Save Me"

Created March 12, 2011
(collage and liquid sharpie white & black pen)

Keep on Goin'!

Just an update for you:

1.  New blog look.
2.  Second semester isn't as great as my first was, but I'm givin' it my best!
3.  I hope to add some of my Art Journal pages.
4.  I hope to even do some paintings to sell.

All in the future of course....life moves on!

Spotlight Artist - Susie LaFond "Gathering Up Bits of the World"

     Another spotlight for you....Susie LaFond from "Gathering Up Bits of the World".  Her work is also shown in the Winter 2011 magazine ART JOURNALING by Somerset Studio.  Her work is so wonderful!  Susie uses textiles, text, collage, paint and other mixed media to express her lifes happenings, and very wonderfully might I add.  Visit her blog...you will not be disapointed.

     Art Journaling is becoming an obsession of mine, so much so that I'm actually doing a presentation for my Gender Issues in Art & Art History class.  I'm so excited to present this artist venue to my instructor and classmates.  I hope I do really well, and in turn more awareness can be made for this wonderful expressive art.

 

Drawings from Art 2031 Class - Fall 2010

  

As promised I have taken a few pics of my assignments from my Art 2031A class from my first semester.  I hope you like them.

Second Semester - Spring 2011

Yesterday was my first day of my second semester.  My Drawing I class is all that I have on Mondays and Wednesdays.  It sounds pretty good, and hope to do really well. 

Todays exciting line-up is Computer Art, then Pychology 1000, then Gender in Art and Art History.  Today is only an introduction to each class, but come Thursday, I will only have 10 minutes between each class, so I'll be running....alot!

Wish me luck!!!

Happy New Year - 2011

Happy 2011 everyone!   It's been a nice break from school, and Jan. 10th I go back for my second semester.  But I wanted to post my marks I got from my 1st semester and here they are:

Art History = A
Anthropology = B-
Women's Studies = A-
Art 2031A = A
Art 2032A = A
My GPA (grade point average with 4.00 being the highest was 3.68)

So needless to say....I am pretty happy about my marks.  Here are the classes I'll be taking this semester, and they are as follows:

Gender in Art and Art History,  Phychology 1000,  Drawing I,  Computer Art

I'm only taking 4 classes instead of 5, because 5 was almost too much; I thought I was loosing my mind at times.

I turned the big 40 three days ago, and I wasn't as depressed as I thought I was going to be.  Maybe it hasn't hit me yet!  I'll sure feel it when I return to school next week, with all of those young kids around.  Perhaps their youth will rub off on me...ya think?

I've started an Art Journal....you remember I posted Teesha Moore's YouTube clip on how she makes art journals awhile ago....we'll now I'm obsessed and I'm really loving the journey. 

If you're interested in starting one...and I REALLY encourage everyone out there to try at least one...it is very freeing, not only creatively, but personally.  No one says you have to show it to anyone...just do it for you, that's where it starts.

I will post more pics from my second semester as I get into it.  I still have some drawings to post from my Art 2031 class.

I wish you all a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2011!!!

Hand Casts - Art 2032A - Fall 2010

This assignment was for my Art 2023A class (3-D) and we had to do cast molds of our hands.  We had to measure exactly the width, length and height of our hands and fingers.  We were to 'double' the size and do it as realistic as possible. 

This was my 1st time making a life-like replica of my hand, and I think I did pretty good - I'm no Rodin, but not too bad either.











Then we had to make a silicon mold out of our clay hand. (no pictures for that one)  After the silicon had dried, we took out the clay and we poured plaster into our mold.








These were the results.  Turned out pretty well.  Just needs a little sanding.  I'm going to clean it up, maybe paint it and hang it in my studio at home, when I get one of course!

Then, we had to make one more hand from our silicon mold.  We had to choose a bonding agent and with a material that you could sift through your hands like rice or sand.  I tried a few experiments with wax and dried peas, white glue and fabric (to dense to completely dry), and melted marshmallows with dried dog food. (stank really bad)
 
 
 

 
 
BUT, I finally decided to line my silicon mold with Hodge Podge and pieces of fabric.  It turned out really well - as you can see!

Art Book - Art 2031A Class - Fall 2010

     Below is the art book assignment that was our last assignment for the semester.  I worked on it for 2 weeks, and it was a great success. 

The theme was "The Kiss" - my interpretation was all of the words or phrases in the english language that we use with the word 'kiss' in them.

I also tore each strip of fabric and wanted a faded scruffy look to it.

Enjoy!!

"Created by Kerry Lee & Blog URL"  -  "Kiss and Tell"

"Sealed with a Kiss"  -  "Kiss'n Cousin"

"Kiss Off"  -  "Kiss of Death"

"Kizz"  -  "Kiss of Life"

"Kiss it better"  -  "French Kiss"

"Raspberry Kisses"  -  "Kiss and make-up"

"Eskimo Kiss"  -  "Hugs & Kisses"

"Butterfly Kisses"  -  "Hershey Kisses"

"Good-by Kiss" (pic of Me)  -  "Credits and Thanks"

Teesha Moore - Fabric and Art Journaling

More pictures are to come, however, I wanted to share a YouTube video that I came across when my Art2031A class was presented with our last assignment.  We had to make a book and make multiples of it (one for each student in the class including the instructor).

I came across Teesha Moore - an exteremly talented mixed media artist that does fabric/art journals.  She shows you how to make them step by step and I LOVE HER WORK!!  Just click on the YouTube video below and then follow it through to all of her works.  She also does art journals, and shows you how to make a 16 page journal with 1 sheet of 20" x 30" of watercolour paper, with backgrounds, boarders, and college.  I know what I'm doing this Christmas!!! 

Check it out all of you "crafty sewers and artists" out there....you will not be disappointed.

Teesha Moore also has a website - http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/1/temp.html

 

Charcoal Animation - Art 2031A Class - Fall 2010

Here our Art 2031A class did charcoal animation.  One wall we had to remove the charcoal with an eraser and the other side we had to add charcoal.  Our instructor, David Miller, and a  student, Alex Horne, took 30 second pictures of the progression we were making as we added and removed charcoal.They both turned out really well.We did this assignment about 2 weeks ago.It was a lot of work....but oh so fun!

1st Wall - Animation Charcoal Remove

2nd Wall - Animation Charcoal Add

PinHole Camera - Art 2031A Class - FALL 2010

I'm still here....school has been crazy busy, but it's soon coming to an end for the first semester, and finally I'm able to put up some more pictures.

The picture to the left is a wooden make-up case that I bought at Value Village for my very first assignment I had in my ART 2031A (2-D Foundation - drawing & image) class I had this semester. 

We were to find an object and make a pinhole camera out of it.  A container of some kind that was 'light' tight, and if it wasn't we had to make it so.  It also had to be something that we could put a very small pin hole in it to take pictures with.  This camera took beautiful miniature pictures - no bigger than your thumbnail.  The detail was wonderful.  Time consuming, but well worth the results.  Enjoy the pictures - AND more to come!

 

The pictures below were done with the make-up case camera you see above - they are self portraits.

Picture B below was done with another camera I had bought.  It was a tin can in the shape of a strawberry.  Sorry don't have the pic for that.  The Funky Negative, wasn't the pinhole camera, but was me using Photoshop to get a weird altered picture of the original Negative B - another self-portrait.

The picture below was also done with the strawberry camera outside on the University campas.

Art 2032A Class Continued...

I promised more pictures and so here they are.  I completed my Cone, Cube & Sphere project in my 3-D Foundation class....and here are the pictures. (my cube & cone are on my earlier posts)

I did my sphere out of junk that no one throws away and it's kept in our junk drawers.  This one was a bit more difficult to glue, but I think it turned out great.

The first 2 pics are close-ups.  The rest you can see the whole thing.

Below are some of the works that my classmates did for this project....really cool!!

THE BELOW ARE CLOSE-UPS OF SOME OF THEM!

This sphere is made of clear plastic cups....looks really cool, like a chandelier.

This one is made of rocks.  It's not a pile of rocks, it is an actual hollow rock cube!

This cone is made from a towel, she cut it and wound it around itself....looks like a soft mountain. 

This cube is made of a mirror.  Say cheese!!!

This cone is poker chips and playing cards.  I like how the cards look like their flying.

This sweet sphere is made from candy....ummmmm, Candy!!!

This cone is by the same candy artist as above, it's made out of cat hair.  She said she won't have to brush her kitty for months!

This is a cone made from wire, which has the cone, cube and sphere shaped wire already in it.

This beautiful sphere is, of course, paper umbrellas.

This one is so cool....the cone is 3 cassette tapes that he wrapped around a cone, and use the plastic cassette case as well.

NEXT....... I had to do an exhibit for my Women's Studies class on "The Hutterites".  Here is our board we did.  Turned out very well....was one of the best ones there, I thought! (yes, there is fake wheat at the top of the board...we were going for the farm life look)