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THE AP ART SHOW CASE IS OVER AND I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!! AND IT WAS SUNNY TODAY. I AM SORRY THIS IS SUCH A BAD BLOG BUT I HOPE IT'S OKAY. okay? anyways. i loved seeing everyone's working and it has been a wonderful experience. i love my life.

shark bait oohh haha

i don't even know anymore. i just really want to do art and nothing else. but i need to make time. blah. three more pieces in five days. SO SCARED.

Spring Breakkkk

I went to California over Spring Break. Unfortunately the usual sunshine frequenting places such as San Luis Obispo, Clairemont, Malibu and Los Angeles, it was raining and pouring for the whole week! Maybe it was somewhat sunny the day we went to Malibu, but for the majority of the time the weather was Meh... Luckily our trip was still great! My family and I went on a college tour to Cal Poly, Westmont, Pomona, Pepperdine, LMU, UC Davis and Santa Clara (which we ended up skipping because it was raining). I really liked Pepperdine despite the fact it was on top of a very large hill and I fell in love with my tour guide. His name is Tyler and he's majoring in Sports Medicine. He was also an avid Harry Potter fan, played intramural volleyball and was in one of the school's plays. On top of that, Tyler had gone on a mission trip to Fiji and was drop dead gorgeous. If only he wasn't in college... or if only I wasn't in high school. But true love conquers all, so we'll see. I also met some really interesting people when I was with my God Mother and Sister in Pacifica (which is right near San Francisco). Two women I talked to were artists; one was an art major who was into printmaking and sculpting, and the other was a self-taught painter. The painter, Nancy, explained to me that after a short trip to Tibet she was inspired to recreate their goddess Tara. I saw her work and it was AMAZING. It took her six months to paint Tara using five hair brushes! The detail was so ornate and intricate, even I was in disbelief. But more interesting than her painting was Nancy's career. She read poetry and short articles for a San Francisco journal and then illustrated her interpretations of the authors' work. Overall I felt very inspired hearing of the different paths people have followed throughout his or her life and was instilled with a new sense of passion and determination to pursue my interests. I am still working on my pieces.... but I'm excited to hear about everyone's Spring Break tomorrow!

March Post

I don't really know what to write... I am up to my ankles in clothes and art supplies that I have yet to clean up. My room looks like an atomic bomb went off. But more importantly I need to figure out my concentrations for this month. I am still finishing up my collage from last month, so I am trying to think of something quick and easy. But I'm pretty sure quick and easy are two words that are not in my vocabulary. I am thinking about acrylics, but I don't know if I will have any time to paint over spring break (we are looking at a BAZILLION colleges in California). I also need to figure out how to make a spreadsheet of my work... man o man...

SO EXCITED.

Today, well I guess yesterday was my Mom's birthday. Unfortunately she was helping me cut out eyes and mouths for my concentration all day, but she said she enjoyed herself. I'm really excited to finish my concentration piece in a few hours, I just have to collage the eyes and mouth of the cheshire cat (i worked on the background tonight). Fingers crossed tomorrow is NOT critique because of the snow day because I will only have one piece to show for it... BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE GUESS WHAT TODAY IS?!!!
Really, you should know by now....

Here's a hint...

Okay, truth be told I couldn't find a photo. But today is my birthday and I am really excited, but only because I am in a delirium after collaging/writing APUS paper proposals all weekend. GAH.

GAH FEBRUARY... why do you taunt me so?

3 Great Things About February:


1. Valentine's Day (my dad bought ice cream cake!)
2. My Birthday! (Go PISCES)
3. CONCENTRATIONS....


Is it bad that I don't know what I'm doing. I've decided to redo the mushroom piece by putting the largest mushroom that Alice is supposed to be underneath in front of a sea of blue smoke. I also really want to go back and fix the cards so they look a bit more defined with the queen. Lauren, I may ask you about some ideas with the Queen because I want to push that idea a bit more. I still need to do the cat and I think I am going to take a photograph of two boys in striped shirts for tweedle dum and tweedle dee. Maybe some twins in American Apparel and then a weird perspective of the Queen's face would be cool. I don't really know at this point! 

Oh and here's my other piece...

note that I still need to frame this. i had a really hard time drawing the queen and I think she takes away from the piece a bit (she's cartoony) but from far away I'm happy with the composition