Wow. As you can probably tell, I am very bad at "blogging". I don't know why, since I've kept a journal for years, but anyway I do want to keep this blog interesting and up to date for all of you awesome people who come and take a gander at my site from time to time! So where to start, where to start. I've got a lot of projects happening right now, and of course I'm pumped for my studios this semester. I'm taking Sculpture (Hello, welding and plasma cutters and plaster veggies and other crazy adventures that will surely occur!) and Figure Drawing (the awesomeness is implied). I wasn't as excited for sculpture at first, but I think it will be fun to mess around with some new media and learn a few new things. Of course figure drawing is awesome, I've already learned a lot and I love to draw people. I think it will strengthen my painting a lot too, because I'll have a better understanding of the human structure. I haven't really gotten far enough in either class to talk about new projects or anything, BUT I'm working on some things outside of school, like an oil painting for my grandma. Yes, that's right. An oil painting, coming from me. Oh AND it's a landscape (a photo she took of a South Carolina wetland). The world must be ending, because those are two of my least favorite things (oils and landscapes in general, not the wetland), but I'm actually enjoying this painting and I think it will turn out well ! I decided this painting had to be done in oils as soon as Bumble asked me to paint it for her den. If you knew my grandma, you'd agree. She has a very classic sense of style, and in my mind, there was no other way to go. I'll post a picture of the progress sometime, my goal is to have it done by Christmas. I kind of miss painting class. Even though there was a lot of work (not to mention pressure, even though that basically all came from me anyway) it has still been my absolute favorite studio. (Good thing I have 3 sections of advanced left to take!) I feel like I've made my most meaningful pieces in paint. Even going back to things I painted in high school, I can still remember exactly what I was thinking when I painted them. There is just something about it that I have loved ever since I can remember. Even the properties of the paint itself (fluid, ephemeral, changeable, mixable, you get the idea) mean endless possibilities. Anyway, I will try to have pictures (and possibly more organized thoughts) in my next blog, and I will do my darnedest to write it in a more timely manner than say, nine months. Cheerio!
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