First Few Weeks...

Well, the semester has started out pretty well. I am getting more sleep than last year (most of the time) and have been doing alright with the homework. It feels like perfectionists amplified 20 times over, but it is still going well enough. Just gotta stay caught up. Here is one of my assignments from the second week of class. (This week has me painting swatches like crazy for a 24-step color wheel. Busy but... fun, fun!)


The first week Kaylana started school was interesting. Gotta get in the habit of setting the alarm and getting up to it in time. Did better with that this week. :) Kaylana is just LOVING her class and I think Colson is adapting to Kaylana being gone sometimes, plus it gives him and I some one on one time.

Here is a hilarious picture of Colson at the local coffee shop (Mud Bay Coffee) with me, where we had some hang out time, just the two of us. So much fun!

Kaylana with her teacher. :) I LOVE hearing all the wonderful things she is learning and how much she loves it. Still can't wait to bring her back for homeschooling though... Trying to be patient, this is just a season in our lives. But, remembering to enjoy it all is SO important!

Fall 2010

My Color and Design Theory class is going to keep me extremely busy, as well as hopefully keep me on top of my blog even more than others have (for technical reasons having to do with my class). And since I have already begun... here art the first of my assignments.


This is the start of my Notebook Project that I am building throughout the class. This is one of many typeface studies that will continue for much of the semester.


And these are the lovely swatches I have painted using goache (pronounced gwash like squash) and will use to create a 9 step value scale.

With my swatches cut out, I created a meticulous scale for my notebook project. Here it is...


Now to use the scale to do my optional painting... hopefully this weekend I'll get that part done. :) Feels so good to be on top of the homework this semester; now I'm praying for no sicknesses and to keep right on going!

Catching Up... Once More!

I was so lost in last semester and the summer flew by much too quickly, I would like to give a quick preview of what the end of my semester held before jumping into this new one. And to start I got a C+ in my drawing class and an A in my writing class. :)

Happy with that; especially considering all the illnesses we managed to get that semester. (Between me and the kiddos it was around 5 each, so about 15 total. Yuck!) But, we made it through and are now jumping into the school season again, this time Kaylana will be joining Geoff and I in the school zone. She is more excited than I can describe!


Here is an earlier assignment from one of the first 5 weeks, (I think). Torso bust that came out ok-ish...

Midterm; which was a 30-40 hour still life assignment. Came out pretty good until I had to rush some of it to finish in time. Pretty happy with it anyway.


This is an idea of my working environment in the middle of the craziness... Still working on my art room setup, but this is doing the trick for the time being.


This was my final. Can you guess who it is? It is a young Clint Eastwood. This was up my alley, but again I was crunched for time and didn't perfect it quite as much as I would have liked. Overall, I was happy with my outcome and can't wait to do some more in whatever free time I can find.


This is a closeup of the eye as I was in progress still. I thought it came out pretty cool looking.

Well, that is my semester in review; a quick synopsis. Hope you enjoyed it! Now, onto new concepts and projects. This semester is about color and design, presentation being a big part of that class as well as a class in narration otherwise known as creative writing. I'm excited for both, but they will definitely keep me quite busy! (As usual...)