...and poof, it's been three months.
I really need to live someplace that has internet, so I'm not restricted to posting whenever I can squeeze in a trip to Starbucks.
My internship at the wildlife refuge is going well! The job is a breeze - perhaps a little too easy, but at $3.75/hr I better not have to work too hard.
I took a trip to Pinnacles National Park in late February, which was AMAZING. Seriously, that place is incredible. I need to go once more before my internship is done. Great views... and CALIFORNIA CONDORS. I think they're gorgeous, and was excited to check them off my life list, but I wasn't quite prepared for how humbling it feels to see a species that brushed extinction so closely just 20 years ago. There will definitely be a painting coming from this experience. For pics (including one of me at the top of High Peaks) click here!
Speaking of paintings... I finished another one! This is a snowy owl piece I did based off some photos I took up in Boundary Bay, BC last spring. The owl and the landscape are based off the photos, but the sunset sky and coloring are all from my head. It was an experiment for my style, but I think it turned out well!
I am also selling prints of my paintings! The snowy owl hasn't been added yet because I need to get it to an art scanner, but other paintings are available! These are all museum-quality prints, from professionally-done scans. Please check it out, buy a print, and spread the word! Link to the Prints Section of my Website
Still obsessing over Castle. Usually I get upset at a show as it progresses and veers off course, but this show just keeps getting better. It stays true to the story, and especially to the characters. Even the "clip show" episode they aired last week was so good that I actually cried. Seriously. If you're not watching this show, you should be. There's a reason fans say "In Marlowe We Trust" because the creator/showrunner just does not steer this show wrong.
Finally, my adventure in San Francisco will be drawing to a close in less than a month... but I'll be starting a new adventure in Los Angeles then! I've accepted a summer instructor job at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. They have dinosaurs there. I visited that museum in November, and it was an AMAZING place, and I'm excited to get to teach kids all about it! That will only be until August, but I'm hoping that I can find a permanent job in the area by then. In the meantime, I'm having minor panic (okay, not-so-minor) over finding a place I can afford to live. Wish me luck!
My internship at the wildlife refuge is going well! The job is a breeze - perhaps a little too easy, but at $3.75/hr I better not have to work too hard.
I took a trip to Pinnacles National Park in late February, which was AMAZING. Seriously, that place is incredible. I need to go once more before my internship is done. Great views... and CALIFORNIA CONDORS. I think they're gorgeous, and was excited to check them off my life list, but I wasn't quite prepared for how humbling it feels to see a species that brushed extinction so closely just 20 years ago. There will definitely be a painting coming from this experience. For pics (including one of me at the top of High Peaks) click here!
Speaking of paintings... I finished another one! This is a snowy owl piece I did based off some photos I took up in Boundary Bay, BC last spring. The owl and the landscape are based off the photos, but the sunset sky and coloring are all from my head. It was an experiment for my style, but I think it turned out well!
I am also selling prints of my paintings! The snowy owl hasn't been added yet because I need to get it to an art scanner, but other paintings are available! These are all museum-quality prints, from professionally-done scans. Please check it out, buy a print, and spread the word! Link to the Prints Section of my Website
Still obsessing over Castle. Usually I get upset at a show as it progresses and veers off course, but this show just keeps getting better. It stays true to the story, and especially to the characters. Even the "clip show" episode they aired last week was so good that I actually cried. Seriously. If you're not watching this show, you should be. There's a reason fans say "In Marlowe We Trust" because the creator/showrunner just does not steer this show wrong.
Finally, my adventure in San Francisco will be drawing to a close in less than a month... but I'll be starting a new adventure in Los Angeles then! I've accepted a summer instructor job at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. They have dinosaurs there. I visited that museum in November, and it was an AMAZING place, and I'm excited to get to teach kids all about it! That will only be until August, but I'm hoping that I can find a permanent job in the area by then. In the meantime, I'm having minor panic (okay, not-so-minor) over finding a place I can afford to live. Wish me luck!