I spent all day outside

Here are some pictures I managed to take despite all the dangers of the wilderness and my inability to walk and/or balance myself on solid ground.

I got enough sunlight and exercise for the rest of the year. I will retreat back into the shadows now.

 

 

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I need to catch up to everyone in the Intro. to Painting class with these self portraits. I'll try to do at least 20, if not one every day.

 

 

 

 

Today I learned that I look like Frida Kahlo in ALL my self portraits. Can I just say that she is my hero? I mean, her hair always looked nice, she didn't take shit from anyone, and had impeccable taste in men. I can only hope that one day my mustache grows to be as furry as hers.

Yet another coffee filter. I didn't realize I'd already painted this one until I was halfway done with it. 

And two out of four peppers I have to render for my Illustration Media class.

And the first painting of the series I'm working on. It still needs more work, but not a whole lot.
Yubi, you were such a great model. I'm sorry everyone keeps mentioning Black Swan. You can cover me in glue, roll me in feathers, and set me on fire for your next painting if you want. I will do it just for you.

That is all. Have a good night, friends.

Ihop adventures revisited + new artists + actual artwork

 

My narrative (Ihop) painting won a gold ADDY award last night. Here is what the award looks like and here is a better picture of the painting than the one in the original post.

I was really excited to see so many fellow SUVA students there, not just as award recipients but also as guests and volunteers. Karla and I were proud to be part of the SUVA crowd (and in my biased opinion, I think us SUVA kids cheered the loudest).

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Now for more interesting news:

My ever-growing list of cool artists can now be found somewhere to the left of this blog. This way the list will be a lot easier to access and I won't have to update the original post every time I find an artists to add to it.

Having said that, I've added new artists to both my artist list and my blog-following list that I'm very excited about!

Artist List (links to the left)

Carol Marine- oil painter. She does chunky awe-inspiring still life paintings. Here is a demo Karla found of hers.

Francine Van Hove- paints lovely topless ladies. 

Joseph Lorusso- oil painter; similar to Liepke and Kobayashi.

Mark Tennant- oil painter; beautiful wispy paintings.

Michael Carson- oil painter; also similar to Liepke and Kobayashi with a greater focus on fashion.

Milt Kobayashi- amazing oil painter. (I was waiting to find his official website to put him on the list, but I can't find one, so I give up). Here is an article or something that talks a little about his process.

Blog List (links to the right)

4 Itchy Tasty- My friend Zach Michaels' new art blog! He is an animation major/illustration minor and is currently taking an Intro. to Painting class. I'm very excited to see his progress throughout the semester!

Carol Marine's Painting a Day- she paints a chunky still life painting every day!

Ann Feldman- oil painter

Art by Anita Tresslar- oil painter

James M Coulter- oil painter

Okay, here is some actual artwork.

 

I like violet. It's a nice color. Now that I have it I want to keep using it. 

And this green! It's called verde hoja in Spanish; I assume leaf green in English. 

This was an exercise I did for my Illustration Media class. I'm not a huge fan of chalk pastels but I definitely find them more tolerable than scratchboard. 

 

And this is the actual pastel assignment. It took a lot longer to finish than I anticipated, but I feel a lot better about it than I did about my last assignment. This one should get a higher grade or I will quit art school and never come back.  

Also, I started working on a series of paintings this week that I'm really excited and nervous about. They're completely unrelated to school and they have a lot of personal meaning. I've never thought of myself as a painter and I still have a hard time putting myself under that category. I don't know what I'm doing, so please don't be too harsh if you don't understand or like the paintings. They're not for you, so keep that in mind when you look at them.

I'll explain the concept behind the series later on once I have a couple of them done. 

And now I'm going to bake cookies. Happy Sunday!