An Angel

It's important to note that this actually started as an abstract painting.

I'm not an abstract painter, but I wanted to try it again. I first dabbled in abstract painting last semester for my painting class. I discovered that I suck at it!

So, when I started making this painting I was going to make an abstract landscape...or something like that. Then this character appeared in the middle of the painting, emerging out of this hellish rift. I think she's an angel. Or at least that's what I intend to make her. Oh yeah, the city behind her was on accident. I just figured that I would add some type of skyline behind her, and there it appeared.

I've had a lot of fun working on this painting so far. It's a project that started as a way to just decorate the space over my couch, but it's much more interesting now.

This is also the biggest painting that I've ever worked on. It measures 40 inches by 36 inches. Now a perfect square, but close. I really like the square format in my artwork after working with medium format photography for the past couple of months. It's nice to break out of the 2/3 format every once in a while.

Here's another shot of the painting. This time without the mess of my workspace to distract the viewer:)


Unfortunately, work will be halted for the next few days. I got the flu a few days ago, and I still have a consistent fever of about 102 degrees:( It's not fun.

Featured in another Treasury!

I was so surprised when Creeplings contacted me. The name of the treasury was "Pale and Pearly". I did manage to get a screen shot of it. Thanks so much!

project: Visual Storytelling

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My new project for my photography class: to tell a story using the photograph. They have to be seen in order to make sense. So, I cheated a little bit, and did this.

The model is a long time friend of mine. He's trying to tell you a story...

serene

serene
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Woot! I bought a new camera...A DSLR. So far, I'm having a lot of fun with it. I do have to admit that I like less of the pictures that I take with it. More of my film shots are keepers. But, for color work the DSLR will help save me some money.

This is one of the first shots from this camera. Also for sale in my etsy shop!

Drawing II, again?

So, I'm really pissed right now. I finally got my admissions letter from the College for Creative Studies, and I'm really pissed.

1)I got less award money than what I thought I was going to get.
2)A lot of the classes that I took at HFCC are not going to transfer over. As in about 15 credits worth!
3.)They're making me retake Drawing 2! WTF!!!!

I could understand if this was the second time I've had to retake Drawing 2, but this is the THIRD TIME! And, yes, I was yelling. There are no words for how angry this -ish makes me.

So, I'm going to march my tale down to the school and protest against this. I don't think that I should have to retake this class. I'm hoping that I win the battle against them, because I really don't feel like this is fair.

Here are some of the drawings that I submitted for my portfolio.

I've been busy

I've been taking pictures like crazy. I just discovered TTV, and I love it. It's so much fun. That's what I love about photography:it's a very flexible medium.

What was I thinking?

I have no idea why I did this... I was about to develop my film. For some reason I opened up the tank! I can't even remember why I did it. I just wasn't thinking. The tank had both rolls of my Ilford Delta 400 in it. I did those rolls first because the have DXN coding. It is the only film I own that can be commercially scanned. I'm really bummed now:(
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What I had for dinner...

I'm so proud of my husband. He finally learned how to cook delicious meals, thanks to our Palestinian friend. The ingredients are:

Meat (he's used chicken, beef and shrimp so far, but you could probably sub seitan)
carrots
green or red bell peppers
mushrooms
onions
squash
zucchini

Spices:
paprika
chili powder
curry powder
thyme
sea salt

Heat the pan up, and add vegetable oil. Add in the chopped ingredients and spice to flavor.

You can serve this over rice, but I prefer it with quinoa.

Enjoy!

Featured in my first treasury on Etsy!

Help me get this one on the front page!

Hooray! I'm featured in my first treasury from BlingbyChristine.

Here is the link.


This is the photo I was featured for:

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!
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I hope that everyone is safe on this holiday!