Rejoice!
For all I have to do today is take my paintings up to ASU and drop them off to be graded!
The downside is I really have no idea how I'm doing in the class. We had one critique before, but there were no grades attached as everything wasn't due until the end of the semester. That said I think I'm doing rather well, partially because I've showed up and actually worked every day plus put in a bit of extra time outside of class. The feedback has also been rather positive so I believe I'm doing rather well.
I know I've done well in my Drawing class. It was a blast, I just need to keep up this momentum. It took Renee and I nearly an hour to take down all of my drawings, heh. If you count my trip-tick and the seven-pieces-in-one image as ten individual drawings I completed over 30 pieces this semester. If not, it's still well over twenty. Most of them are 9X12 pastel pieces, but still, that is A LOT of drawings. And it was a blast.
In contrast, I managed to do six paintings this semester. Five assigned plus one. I have two more that are in-progress, which I plan on finishing shortly. I don't think that my rapid-paced, somewhat erratic style with the pastels works well with the oils, but we'll see. I do believe I'm more of an "Alla Prima" painter than anything. I just don't have the patience for glazes. I can do it, but it's not my favorite way to work. I'd rather dive in and throw some paint (or pigment in general) around. I think that's part of the reason why I've shifted away from colored pencils and am into pastels as again, colored pencils require more patience and layering to get the right results. More planning. Same with markers, which can be spontaneous, but you have to be careful as you can't run back over and lighten up an area once you color it in.
And I still have a TON of paper and boards left to work with. I came to this semester expecting a mild explosion and just completely took off. I ended up not using any of the nice watercolor paper that I had purchased, but that Colourfix paper was quite fun to work with and handled both the pastels and the ink well.
I think Friday I'll be taking pictures of everything.
It might take all day.
I'll also be picking up my paintings Friday and they should be graded by then. Hurrah!
Completely unrelated: I was nailed in the face by some weird desert bee thing yesterday. I was leaning over to roll up the window of my car as I was getting ready to head home from a lesson and it zipped through the window. I'd call it a head-on collision and the bug seemed much worse for the wear. It wasn't the classic yellow-and-black, but it's legs were fuzzy and it had a general bee-ish look to it. Perhaps it was just some weird fly, but it sat on the seat towel looking rather dazed. Even as I nudged it off (not with my finger) it half-responded and barely reached out for the new object. It ended up flopping over. Feeling pity for this poor creature whose path I managed to intersect I flipped him back over and he continued to sit there, dazed and his little abdomen pulsing.
I am none the worse for the experience and didn't get stung or anything, just startled by the sudden impact with my skull, like someone threw a little rock at me. I think the bug just hammered his tiny little bug brain against my much more durable cranium.
Time for breakfast and then delivering some paintings!
The downside is I really have no idea how I'm doing in the class. We had one critique before, but there were no grades attached as everything wasn't due until the end of the semester. That said I think I'm doing rather well, partially because I've showed up and actually worked every day plus put in a bit of extra time outside of class. The feedback has also been rather positive so I believe I'm doing rather well.
I know I've done well in my Drawing class. It was a blast, I just need to keep up this momentum. It took Renee and I nearly an hour to take down all of my drawings, heh. If you count my trip-tick and the seven-pieces-in-one image as ten individual drawings I completed over 30 pieces this semester. If not, it's still well over twenty. Most of them are 9X12 pastel pieces, but still, that is A LOT of drawings. And it was a blast.
In contrast, I managed to do six paintings this semester. Five assigned plus one. I have two more that are in-progress, which I plan on finishing shortly. I don't think that my rapid-paced, somewhat erratic style with the pastels works well with the oils, but we'll see. I do believe I'm more of an "Alla Prima" painter than anything. I just don't have the patience for glazes. I can do it, but it's not my favorite way to work. I'd rather dive in and throw some paint (or pigment in general) around. I think that's part of the reason why I've shifted away from colored pencils and am into pastels as again, colored pencils require more patience and layering to get the right results. More planning. Same with markers, which can be spontaneous, but you have to be careful as you can't run back over and lighten up an area once you color it in.
And I still have a TON of paper and boards left to work with. I came to this semester expecting a mild explosion and just completely took off. I ended up not using any of the nice watercolor paper that I had purchased, but that Colourfix paper was quite fun to work with and handled both the pastels and the ink well.
I think Friday I'll be taking pictures of everything.
It might take all day.
I'll also be picking up my paintings Friday and they should be graded by then. Hurrah!
Completely unrelated: I was nailed in the face by some weird desert bee thing yesterday. I was leaning over to roll up the window of my car as I was getting ready to head home from a lesson and it zipped through the window. I'd call it a head-on collision and the bug seemed much worse for the wear. It wasn't the classic yellow-and-black, but it's legs were fuzzy and it had a general bee-ish look to it. Perhaps it was just some weird fly, but it sat on the seat towel looking rather dazed. Even as I nudged it off (not with my finger) it half-responded and barely reached out for the new object. It ended up flopping over. Feeling pity for this poor creature whose path I managed to intersect I flipped him back over and he continued to sit there, dazed and his little abdomen pulsing.
I am none the worse for the experience and didn't get stung or anything, just startled by the sudden impact with my skull, like someone threw a little rock at me. I think the bug just hammered his tiny little bug brain against my much more durable cranium.
Time for breakfast and then delivering some paintings!