Hung At Last

Good morning everyone! Hope you all have been absolutely wonderful! I have been busy busy with the new apartment and work. That seems to be my life at the moment...work, work on the apartment, sleep, work...but I am loving almost every bit of it! The apartment is coming along. I still need to move my essentials over from the dorms to the new place (my art supplies and clothing), but it will get done soon I am sure. We have been cooking in the kitchen. I LOVE it! I made a cake, then some grilled cheese, and then last night we made tortellini and bread. Nothing too ambitious at the moment, but we haven't gone grocery shopping for a lot of items yet. It is crazy starting  kitchen from scratch. I am so used to cooking at my home in Guymon where the pantry is full, there are refrigerators and freezers with food in them, and the spice cabinet is bursting at the seems. Cooking in my first kitchen has proved to be a challenge because if I want something, or anything really, I have to go buy the ingredients. Oh well, I suppose it has to start somewhere. One day I will have the kitchen full of food and spices, and will not have to plan a shopping trip to make a single meal. Grilled cheese, however...I have all the ingredients for that.

Anyhoo, I did not plan on blogging about my kitchen today. What I had planned on was telling you all that my final 2D design piece, the couch, which you all have seen through the entire design process has finally been hung! I cannot express how excited I was when C.J. surprised me one morning saying that he had "kidnapped" my couch pieces. I am sure I gave him a look and he told me that he had taken them to Hobby Lobby to get framed. We went and picked them up the same afternoon. When we got home I wasted no time opening the bag they were in and checking out the frame job. The frames looked great. Everything still lined up, and then I saw it...an orange speck on the back cushion of the monochromatic blue couch. It was pastel. I got most of it off, but it still left a stain. Knowing that I could fix it (as you can fix basically ANYTHING when it comes to art) I wasn't upset about it. The framer probably forgot to clean off the table after framing a pastel piece. No big deal. C.J. was upset about this though, and took the painting into Hobby Lobby the next morning. He told me that he was completely polite to the people and ended up getting the entire frame job for free. He brought the painting home and I fixed it and then hung the three pieces up. They look so wonderful in the wall and I am so incredibly happy that they are no longer hidden away in my art bag.

So as you go about your day today work hard so that you will be able to enjoy the finished project one day! And remember...it's the random reasons...

In the Cushion

Hello everybody! (or those of you who so kindly take the time to read my blog...thank you btw) So in honor of my first year of college complete, a good GPA, and the start of summer I would like to share with you all my finished 2D design project. You might recognize it from my sketch which was highlighted in a previous entry.

It isn't the best of pictures, but it will do. I can't wait to get it framed and hung on the wall. So a few of the facts surrounding the project: 

• It is 3 separate pieces.
• It is watercolor and ink.
• Each piece is 22x16.
• They are three different couches.
• First is monochromatic (blue).
• Second is analogous (blue-green, blue, blue-violet).
• Third is triadic (red-violet, yellow-orange, blue-green).

Just remember that is it always important to think outside the box, to never over analyze, don't doubt yourself, and always do what makes you happy...then the masterpieces will start to appear. And remember...it's the random reasons. 

 

Imagination Express.

Wow, it has been a while since I last posted. Sorry about that. It has been crazy busy here with a ton of work and homework, and it really does not help when it is nice outside. All I want to do is go out and enjoy the weather! However, the last few weeks have been wonderful! I was able to see my sister and BPA friends in Tulsa, then I was able to go home and see my family during Spring Break. These last few weeks have also been very creatively productive as well! Yay! It is super exciting!

My last design project was an assignment to use a metaphorical window to explore the concepts of perspective and space....it was fun...sort of. I had fun with it while painting--but the rest was a tad bit tedious. Maybe it did not help that this project was assigned to be completed during Spring Break which automatically means that it was going to be created the Monday and Tuesday before it was due. However, I did start drawing it on Saturday night...so not a ton of procrastination, but not exactly overachieving either.  The idea behind my piece was to capture the use of imagination that children have when they play with cardboard boxes. I have always loved the idea of making empty cardboard boxes into fun things, so this concept was at least interesting to me--which is always good. The left side of the work reads as very gloomy and gray, this is meant to be the "real" world, void of color and creativity. Then when the eyes transition over to the right they are taken through a cardboard box, where they are able to peer through big pink flowers to see a bright and fun land with a pathway leading to a castle. It is playful. It fit the assignment. It made me smile. All aboard the Imagination Express.

So, as you go about your day and your week, remember that with a little imagination you can turn frumpy into spunky. Or you could just make something ugly into something really awesome.

Remember...its the random reasons.