end of the semester hatred

So I have one week exactly left of classes and I cannot wait for them to be done. As I previously mentioned, I have a spectacular summer planned, part of which involves sleeping which I'm anxious to get started.  The problem is, since it is the end of the semester, every single teacher of mine has decided to make sure we have more work to do than there are hours in the day. So before exams even start I have 4 paintings, one very large etching project, an 8 page paper, and two tests to take before the week is over. It does not help however that mother nature decided to skip spring entirely and go straight into summer weather in order to distract all students from the tedious mundane existence that is school. It especially does not help when I have to enclose myself in the painting studio with the blinds closed and the lights off save for my little clamp lights to light my canvas as I finish these little paintings. It's a good thing I love it. 

I do manage to find time here and there to enjoy the weather however, mostly just on the weekends.  I love it especially when my nephew comes over to play. I tried to teach him the spider game on the swing last week, but he didn't quite grasp it. We had a sweet bonding moment because of it regardless. 

This picture just makes me happy in general. Mostly because I love this kid. We're basically BFF. 

neglect

It has been almost a year since I last posted here, but I'm excited to be back. I started the blog initially for my design I class with Lee Walton who happens to be one of my favorite teachers (check him out www.leewalton.com), and I just barely decided, a year later, to continue it on my own. I'm approaching a busy summer full of travel and excitement, and I relish the idea of keeping track of my adventures in a more publicly creative outlet than my own personal sketchbook and journal. So my intent is for this to become a hybrid of the two, only less private. so I hope I can keep up with it in the way that I imagine I can. 

So with that said, here we go. 

pleas don't look at this one

the assignment was to draw/document the helen o'leary exhibit in our building. i didn't really grasp the concept of the assignment and then was too lazy to redo it when he gave us more time. so these are the pieces of crap that resulted from this project. please pass over them as quickly as you can. and i don't know why they're blue.

greensboro overlooked.

these photos are documentation of the beautiful little things i found around the city, that might be normally overlooked.

walk up spring garden st. away from campus and cross over tate st. at the corner of springdale ct. and spring garden there is a telephone pole, where you will find the subject of this photo.

walk up spring garden away from campus and cross over tate st. on the corner of springdale and spring garden is a small park. enter said park and walk over towards the left and face the small concrete owl in the grass. crouch down so you are looking it in the face.

walk up spring garden st. away from campus and cross over tate st. make a left onto springdale ct. and walk up the sidewalk on the left side of the street. on the end of the driveway to the house with the address 15 springdale ct. is this location.

walk up spring garden st. away from campus and cross over tate st. make a left onto springdale ct. at the end of the street, take a right onto walker ave. and continue walking up the right side of the street. this location is just past the yellow house and just before the tan house with the blue easter island statue on the front steps.

walk up spring garden st. away from campus and make a left onto tate st. continue up the street until carr st. when you will make a right. this location is on a telephone pole next to the driveway to the house on the corner. after turning it's on the left side of the street.

music in 2-D

this piece was an absolute blast. i picked The Mooche by Duke Ellington and this is what i heard.

wood siding

i really like this one. it's the side of my friend leda's house. i couldn't get the original photograph the drawing was done from, to upload though. 

Diebonkorn

so this was the diebonkorn copy i did with my partner.  it was sweet. though i like his work much much better in color.