Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Color Pencil Class WIP


A work-in-progress for my color pencil class:


I still cannot get the hang of choosing which colors will blend together to create the matching hues, and always have to ask my teacher for help. I hope I will eventually learn how to do it myself, because this is one of the more interesting mediums to me and I would like to try to use it more often.

Monday, October 30, 2017

Pumpkin People

Paper Clay Sculpting

After cutting and arranging end of season flowers from a neighbor, some of us did a little seasonal project.




1. Cover a styrofoam ball with clay.



2. Mark middles and eye holes.




3. Shape and adhere a nose. No sculpting yet, just attaching.




4. Add a "noodle" for upper lip.



5. Do the same for lower lip. Blend edges.





6. Add a chin. 



7. Add round cheeks. Then work on smooothing and adding details like nostrils and lip shape and so on.



8. Form a stem and attach. Keep refining forms.
     Isn't he cute?



This will get more smoothing as the Clay sets up.



Another cute one, waiting to dry then get painted.









Sunday, October 29, 2017

Reformation Weekend in Nürnberg

Saturday Strolls

On Sunday, today, we had a Reformation service at the hostel where the group was staying. 








Thursday, October 26, 2017

Retreat

Heading Out

Tomorrow we head to Nürnberg for Reformation Retreat, celebrating 500 years. 
It would be lovely to see everyone else's celebrations , if you will take a couple pictures.



God's Word is our great heritage.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Carrying On

 Moving Forward

Funeral was yesterday. In memory -

Other things coming, so no time for sitting still. Art therapy would be good......sometime....







Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Colorful Homeworks and a Rainbow

From Leah


I made this card for Pam on her birthday. :) Markers can be tricky, but it turned out kinda pretty!


An illustration of "Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted" from my World View and Art class.


Illustration class. A black and white, and a color study. Very intense, is it not? Lol



A practice project from Watercolor class. We're starting finals now and I can't wait to see how it turns out! Watercolor does take a lot of patience and drying, but it's pretty fun!




From Sarah


This was the brightest rainbow I have seen all year, I think. So pretty... :) ♥


Here's some Illustration class homework. We were supposed to find a well-known illustrator, and do a black-and-white and then a color study of one of their works. (I was originally going to try to do Norman Rockwell, because I love his art, but for some reason or another I just couldn't get my materials to align with those illustrations properly. So I decided to do Dr. Seuss instead.) Then after you'd studied the illustrator's style, you were supposed to do a picture of your own, mimicking their style, with a black-and-white and a color study.


The blue marker I chose for the sky is drying out. So sad.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Pause

Intermission 
 
We had a death in the extended family, so posts are not a top priority right now.

Here are some further pictures of subsequent work n the last shown project, but it hasn't been touched for awhile.









Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Figure Drawing & Mini Mad Hatter Top Hat, Part I

From Leah


Haven't gotten to take pictures of my other art homework yet. But here's what I'm working on in Figure Drawing class.


I wanted to do an original, but didn't have time to cook up something. This is more difficult [of a piece compared to what we drew last time we took the classes] because it's all bigger and more of a challenge. I can't wait to see how it turns out.



From Sarah


I don't know -- I almost feel like I should have made this into two posts or something -- it seems so disjointed...?

So --

I am making a miniature Mad Hatter hat out of cardboard and various odds and ends.

I googled a few different patterns and instructions, but I got bored of the research very quickly; therefore I decided to just wing it.

I do not know if that was a smart decision or not. Let's just pretend I'm mad... XD

ANYWAY -- THE EXPANDED TOUR of the impromptu project. (It's kind of like a random doodle, I guess, except with 3D-ness and different materials??? Idk, haha...)

To start with, I grabbed a nice piece of cardboard, my scissors, a ruler, a glass (to make circles with) ((and also to drink from--stay hydrated, hey)), and Elmer's School Glue.

I would say I measured the pieces, but I didn't feel like mathing so late at night and pretty much eyeballed the dimensions I thought I needed, using the ruler to keep things straight and centered.


I cut two circles (traced from the bottom of the glass) about 3" diameter, and one rectangular piece about 6.5" by 2.5".

In the long piece, I cut notches parallel to the short side, about halfway through. Then I rolled it so that the short sides overlapped each other by about 0.5", and glued them together. I used some mini binder clips to hold the structure in place while the glue set.


Then I worked on cutting the brim. I used the ruler to mark out about 0.5" around beyond the edge of one of the circles, then poked a hole in the center and cut outward toward the inside marks, to slice the middle section into eight pizza slices (oh, man, I'm hungry now lol). I turned the points upward so they could be attatched to the cylinder part of the hat later.


Then since my glue was pretty well set, I bent the notches on the cylinder inward by about 0.5" all the way around.

Then I discovered the circle for the flat top of the hat was a little too large, and trimmed it. I also cut another circle out like it. I placed the first circle of cardboard inside the hat and refolded the notches over it, then glued the second circle over the top of everything. I held the two circles together (not very easy, haha) until the glue set.


I have not figured out exactly how I'm going to attach the brim. Nor how I want to cover the hat -- if I want to try fabric, printed tape, paper...

So we'll see about that next time or something. :)


*not an affiliate of Elmer's School Glue -- just felt like being specific about the materials I was using



UPDATE -- 8/21/2018:

You can now see the other half of the mini top hat project here!


Saturday, October 14, 2017

Little Bits of Art

Most days I feel like my creative brain has left me.  But sometimes new materials are sufficient inspiration to bring out a little art!  I got a check in the mail--nothing grand, but a bit-- from some items I had consigned at a local resale store.  I immediately turned around and put it into art supplies I had been hankering for-- a tube of paint and a couple brushes.  The most exciting part of this is the triangle brush  that I have been longing for!  It's also called a "wedge brush" and is gaining popularity lately for it's interesting strokes for loose flowers.  It has been so much fun to play with!  Once I got the hang of the right stroke (sort of a complicated combination of pulling, pressing and twisting), I was able to come up with some lovely little flowers.  




I plan to make up some note cards with some simple flowers and have them on hand for when I need to send a card, instead of scrambling to make a card right when I need it.





I also tried a few little koi fish with that brush.


And this last is a page in my mixed media journal.  There is a particular artist I follow on Instagram who does these really fantastical flowers and abstract shapes with ink and watercolor, so I followed her inspiration a little here.  This was lots of fun and maybe needs more layers, but for now I don't really know what.  I might try more later.  The photo highlights are a little blown-- the color is richer in reality.