6 (progress)

I've been working on my large rainbow swirl painting a little bit... from now on I'm calling it my "6" painting, since that is the title of it.

Notice the white space is gone!  That hasn't happened in awhile.  I also painted over some areas that have been more or less untouched since the beginning.  It turns out they were fitting in the direction I plan on taking this painting...

I REALLY want to finish this painting this summer since I'm:

a) almost sick of working on it
b) REALLY want to start something new on a clean white canvas
c) want to actually finish a project for once.

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Progress

I actually did some painting on Sunday (a nice change of pace).  Don't think I painted since I was back in my old apartment!  It felt great.... BUT the heat/humidty/rain made my acrylic paints act funky and dry fast.  (And I like when they dry fast... but this, whew... too fast)

See some details from the painting:

Old progress updates of the same painting (so you can see how far I came... or not):

September 8, 2009
July 17, 2009
June 6, 2009
May 1, 2009
April 29, 2009

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finished plate

I got my plate back from the from June 5.  A few of my friends and I went to the local mall and painted some pottery!!!  We had SO MUCH FUN!  Above is the result!

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Something Different

From June 5.  A few of my friends and I went to the local mall and painted some pottery!!!  We had SO MUCH FUN!  Stinks we have to wait at least a week to get our pieces back!  I'll post an update picture of my plate, and the other three pieces when we do.

It was fun to do something different... express myself in a new way.  And as a result of our pottery painting, I came home an doodled for quite a few hours.... I haven't doodled in AGES.

Thanks BBSaLt girls!!!

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I'm back.. for real this time!

Hey! Happy Tuesday that thinks it's a Monday! I am sorry for my absence recently. I've been sick this past week and didn't do any art work. But I did get to paint for a few hours last night AND did some sketching! My sketch isn't done yet, but I can share the progress of my painting since it seems like I will NEVER be finished!

I worked on the yellow (it's hard to see) and I touched up the green.

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Design Fundamentals

I'll admit, I haven't been very productive at all this week. But I really want to do some work tonight. Until then I will dig something out of my (dwindling) archives.

This project was for my Design Fundamentals class I took my fall of my senior year of college. Yes, Design Fundamentals sounds like a freshman class, and trust me that's who my constituents were... but it was a Rutgers class and I used it as an elective... plus I needed it to take my painting class. In retrospect, both classes changed my life. I honestly don't know where I'd be without them! Not to be cocky or vain, but I was definitely ahead of the curve in my Design Fundamentals class. But that's not to say I didnt' learn anything. I challenged myself by adding another element to the project.. make it harder on myself. My teacher allowed me to take this liberties after awhile :)


This is the project that definitely changed it all... changed my thoughts on abstract art... it was a platform for my doodles to develop. The goal of the project was to create a black and white design where you can't tell which color is the foreground and which is the background.

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Dun Dun Dunnnnn

My art contest entries are due in a little bit. Eeek! Looking back on them, I dont know if they are good enough to be in it... but I guess it's too late now.

These are the entries I put in:

The new "Adidas" Doodle... without the logo

"View from Brooklyn"
"View Uptown"
"Washington Square Arc"

"Wooden Indian & Harvest"

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"Forgotten Childhood"

I did this painting in the same class I did the painting from my last post. Our teacher set up a still life of run down drab things. It was our challenge to make an interesting composition and painting.

The last painting was 2'x2'... this one is 4'x4'. Needless to say it's quite large, I don't personally have it, my parents have it hanging in their stairwell... it's the only place that doesn't dwarf the wall and look awkward.

My favorite part of the painting is the shoe

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All the world's a stage

I have mornings and weekends free with my 12-8 work schedule, and the Art Center of Northern New Jersey is literally right down the street so I was looking at classes when I ran across a call for entries for a juried art show. I haven't done an art show since the photography one in February, I figure it's time to put myself out there again.

I know I do a lot of doodles and things, but I have a lot of projects I am still working on, and other projects I don't think are worthy (they dont allow all pieces into the show... hence the juried part)

I am going to enter the below painting I did in my painting class senior year of college... and the Washington Square Arc drawing.



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Another 2 steps back...

I got looking at my painting last night... and i realized I didn't like parts of it.... most parts. So I got out my white paint and went to town....

I'll have to fix it this weekend when I'm stuck in my apartment on call and working.

My goal this weekend is also to FINISH one project...

Have a great weekend!!

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Two steps forward, one step back.

To enjoy my last day off I decided to paint. The goal was to fill all the white space so next time I paint I can go in with skinnier lines and details. No such luck, I didn't like some of the brown areas I created before I knew where this painting was going, so I painted them over with white. Oh well... maybe next time I will finish the under painting. On a more positive note, when I was painting the blue I was using more detail... so there is a step in that direction!

(sorry for the weird picture angle... there was a glare from the flash)

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Not traditional, but still VERY cool!

My cousin found this link and sent it to me. The artwork isn't traditional, but still VERY cool!:

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"from Smashing Magazine:
40 Stunning and Creative Graffiti Artworks

Graffiti represents an art form that is unrestricted, one that rebels against conventional forms of artwork. Graffiti is intertwined into human history, dating back to the Roman Empires where they were plastered onto walls to make political statements and satirize current events.

Modern graffiti achieves many of the same things - to state a message that doesn’t necessarily fit into the norms of society. In this collection, for your inspiration and adoration, we present 40 remarkable graffiti and street artwork.

This article follows and adds to an article written last year, entitled Tribute To Graffiti: 50 Beautiful Graffiti Artworks."

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This article, as well as all 40 pictures is located here: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/06/40-stunning-and-creative-graffiti-artworks/

Here are a few of my favorite photos:

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Over the Rainbow

It's coming along! Yay!


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Call me a Renaissance (wo)man!

Holding true to my word, I am doing some more art (or at least posting it). I spent sometime watching tv and painting recently.


In all fairness I didn't do it all at one, mainly worked on the green and blue parts. The rest I did before my move.

The canvas is 4 feet by 2.5 feet. Not a shabby size. The bigger the better... haha at least as far as canvases go.

It's not quite done either. This is an under painting... the paint is applied thin and is just mapping out where I will go back in with detail. But it's a start.

I love how I already have it hanging on the wall... that's where it is going to stay while I work on it and when I'm done. It's taunting me when I walk by... "work on me, work on me, paint me, work on me, spend some time with me, make me pretty"... haha. yes... my paintings talk!

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Warm Fuzzy Feeling...

Here is a painting I did for my design fundamentals class in college. I really love it. We had to create an abstract painting using only warm colors, so anything from a red-violet to a yellow-green, without spilling into blue violet or blue-green.

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