Plastic stuffed animals

MY MANATEE!

This was so cool to figure out how to do!

Mark Making

Usin' random stuff to play with ink! :o

Look what happened to my hands!!! XP

BONUS PICS!:

^^^ Jada and I like to go antiquing in downtown Huntsville. Here's a random backside shot of Jada going up some cool stairs 

^^^ And here's one of my better finds. A Petri s7, circa 1960. It only cost me $40 and it was pretty much fully functional. There were some pretty bad light leaks in it though, which caused only, maybe, 1/3 of the film to actually be developable, and it took a LOT of experimenting to figure out how it worked... luckily, some random person on the internet scanned it's instruction manual   into the computer and put it out on the web as a free PDF file. SUPER helpful...! Unfortunately, a week later, I dropped it and now the back won't close. Sad face. :C

Metaphor Project

So, I made this piece a metaphor for my childhood.

I've always been into girly things and when I was young I was basically a little doll. My mom dressed me up all the time, and I loved playing pretend with my fairy princess costumes, sneaking mommy's make-up out of her bathroom with no idea as to what I was doing.

So, this one's for little Emily:

By the way, this is Little Emily (quite the resemblance to the doll, huh?):

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150460041050693&set=a.10150460020545693.642686.869690692&type=1&theater

Mark Making/Story Line

STORY LINE

Monkey Bars

The first rung, right hand. One down, forever to go.  

Second rung, left hand. Third, right again.  Swinging back and forth

How does anyone do this? Hands in line, weight pulling down.

Do I have the strength? Can I make it, do I have the endurance…?

Fourth rung, left hand. Breathe. In and out, in and out…

I can do this. It’s just metal. It’s just line after line of sun soaked, hand worn, silver metal. I can do this. 

I can do this.

Fifth rung, sixth… seventh.

I can do this, I can do this…  eight, ninth… almost there… I can do this!

The finish line is in sight!

Tenth, eleventh… one last reach…! Yes!

I’ve done it!  I’ve done it!!

I have come against this obstacle and defeated it! I have conquered these meaningless bars and used them for my gain. If I can use these lines as my stepping stones, I can use your rules to my advantage. I can draw my own lines, across, though, around yours and I can win!

If I can do this, I can do anything!

MFAH Stuff

Multi-tasking! Laundry and homework,
all at once! :O

Torso of Aphrodite

19th century Art - European;
Portrait of Louise-Atoinete-Scholastique Gueheneue,
Madame la Marechale Lannes,
Duchess de Montebello, with
her children
(Francois Pascal Simon Gerard, 1814)

Head of Buddah 3rd/4th century stucco
Kushan period

For the Worshipers
Noh Sang Kyoon, 2007

a. What was the most enjoyable thing you saw? Why?

I really enjoyed some of the Grecian sculptures, early 20th century photography and the 19th century european art, especially the one I chose to sketch. The first because I'm starting to be able to see basic sculptures like those in terms of values instead of lines, which will make life drawing easier. I enjoy the photography because the subject matter was the photographer's family, which I find very interesting. And the 19th century portrait because of how well the artist was able to capture facial features and expressions. For example, I was able to guess personality traits for each of the children based on expressions and could pick out which features they inherited from each parent. It was surprisingly, and delightfully, accurate.

b. What what was the most disturbing thing you saw? Why?

I can't honestly say anything I saw was particularly disturbing, really...

c. What piece in the museum is the most like something you might make yourself, or would like to make? Why?

I'm most likely to do something more traditional, like the 19th and 20th century art because I'm kind of boring like that. :\

Survey

What is your favorite color?

Blue

How important is the appearance or design of the following products in your decision to purchase the product?

new car:  somewhat 

underwear:     not very

tv set:   not at all

winter coat:   very 

What is your 2nd favorite color?

Grey

"When you select pictures, photographs, or other pieces of art for your home, do you find you lean more toward modern or more toward traditional styles?"

traditional

"If you had to choose from the following list, which type of art would you say you prefer?"

European

Which of the following statements applies to you more?

"When choosing pictures, photographs, or other art for my home, I usually try to select pieces that fit into the general decor of my home"

Would you say you prefer older objects or newer objects to collect or decorate you home?

older objects

"Would you say that you prefer seing paintings of wild animals, like lions, giraffes, or deer, or that you prefer seeing paintings of domestic animals, like dogs, cats or other pets?"

wild animals

"In general, would you rather see paintings of outdoor scenes or would you rather see paintings of indoor scenes?"

outdoors

Which of the following outdoor scenes appeals to you the most?

Paintings of:

Lakes, rivers and oceans

Which season would you most like to see depicted in a painting?

summer

Which of the following types of indoor scenes appeals to you most?

still life paintings of/domestic scenes with:

flowers

people

Do you tend to prefer paintings that are related to religion or those that are not related to religion?

Not related to religion

Which of the following statements is closest to your view?

"Paintings don't necessarily have to teach us any lessons, but can just be something a person likes to look at."

Which of the following statements is closest to your view?

"I prefer paintings that are different-looking; if they're very realistic, I might as well be looking at a photography"

Do you prefer paintings that exaggerate the dimensions or reality of objects we already know, or ones that feature imaginary objects which have no connection to everyday life?

Exaggerate dimensions

"Do you prefer seeing bold, stark designs or more playful, whimsical designs?"

Playful, whimsical designs

Do you tend to favor paintings with sharp angles or ones with soft curves?

Soft curves

"Which patterns do you like better: geometric patterns or more random uneven patterns?"

Geometric patterns

"Do you like to see expressive brush-strokes on the canvas, or do you prefer that the surface of the canvas be smooth, more like a photograph?"

Expressive brush-strokes

Do you like to see colors blend into each other or do you like it when different colors are kept apart?

Blended colors

"Every color has a wide range of shades. Take the color blue, for example. An artist can use a bright, vibrant shade of blue, like a royal blue, a pale, muted shade of blue, like light blue, or a darker tone of blue, like dark or midnight blue. In general, which would you say that you prefer? when the artist uses more vibrant shades, paler shades, or darker shades of color?"

All shades

"In general, do you enjoy paintings that have a more serious or a more festive mood?"

Festive mood

"And how about the painting itself - do you like it to be busy and contain lots of people or objects, or do you like it to be as simple as possible?"

Simple as possible

How about the size of paintings: do you prefer larger paintings or smaller paintings?

larger

"19"" television

"Some paintings are of famous historical figures and others are of more ordinary people. Do you generally prefer paintings of famous people, or ones of more ordinary paintings."

Ordinary paintings

"If you prefer famous people, do you prefer figures from a long time ago, like Lincoln or Jesus, or more recent figures, like John F. Kennedy or Elvis Presley?"

Doesn't matter

"Do you prefer paintings which are predominantly of children, of women, or of men, or doesn't it matter?"

Women and children

"Thinking back to the paintings of people that you have like in the past, for the most part were the figure working, at leisure, or were they posed portraits?"

at leisure

"Which do you think you like better, a painting of one person or of a group of people?"

One person

"And from what you've seen, would you say that you prefer paintings in which the person or people are nude, partially clothed or fully clothed?"

Any

If you were given the choice of a gift - a sum of money or a piece of art that you genuinely like and which was of equal value to the money, which would you choose?

sum of money, so I can have the finances to create my own art and visit said painting in a museum while still sharing with the world

Which one of the following would be most important to you in deciding how much money you would spend on a painting?

the degree to which you like the painting

What is the most amount of money you would consider spending on a piece of art you really like?

However much I'm able to spend

"For each of the following names, indicate if your impressions of that artist's work are very favorable, favorable, or very unfavorable. Some of these artists are not very well known, so if you have never heard of someone, or don't know enough about their work to have an opinion, just say so."

Pablo Picasso - unfavorable

Norman Rockwell - favorable

Jackson Pollock - indifferent

Salvador Dali - unfavorable

Leroy Neiman - no opinion

Claude Monet - favorable

Rembrandt - favorable

Andy Warhol - unfavorable

Georgia O'Keefe - indifferent

"If you could pick one type of person you'd most enjoy having dinner with, would you choose an artist, a television or movie actor, an author, or a sports star?"

Actor

"How often, on average, would you say that you go to art museums - more than two times a year, one or two times a year, less than once a year, or not at all?

More than two times a year

The following are some reasons people have given in the past as to why they do not go to art museums more often. For each reason, please tell whether it is a major reason why you do not go to musuems more often, a minor reason, or not a reason at all:

1. there is not an art museum in my area:  not a reason

2. I do not have enough spare time: major

3. I don't feel comfortable in art museums because I don't know a lot about art: not a reason

4. the cost of admission is too expensive: minor

5. I simply don't enjoy looking at art: not a reason

Would you favor or oppose spending more money in federal taxes than we do on the arts?

Favor

Some works of art are displayed in public places. Do you think that average citizens should or should not have a say in determining which works of art are appropriate to be displayed in public?

Yes, the should have say

"When it comes to most political issues, do you think of yourself as a liberal, a conservative, or a moderate? If moderate, do you think of yourself as being closer to being liberal or being conservative?"

Liberal-leaning moderate

Which of the following income categories includes your total family income in 1992 before taxes?

I was born in 1992, so I don't know...

What is your gender?

Female

Feminist Project

These are my photos. I chose to do the body as a history category because I was looking down my legs and I noticed the huge scar on my left knee. It has an interesting story behind it; I was going to lunch before an audition on my first day of classes. On my way out, trying to avoid colliding into strangers, I tripped, fell and bloodied up my knee (not to mention twisting one of my ankles and spraining the other foot). I was in so much pain! It was really gross, too. :P And even a semester later, I still have the huge scar on my leg from that day.
All of the scars on my body have a story behind them, and remembering them keeps the memory fresh, as if I'm still pulling the band-aid off after the initial incident.

Hard to see here on the blog, but this scar
is from getting a little too close to an
oven rack in junior high.

This one's also hard to see, but right in the
corner of my eye, there's a scar from when I
tried to put my head on my dad's shoulder
but wasn't looking and missed, hitting my eye
on the chair he was sitting in. It was at a Boston Market
after my ballet class; I was 4 years old.

This scar is from wearing my favorite shoes
to Six Flags Over Texas when I went
with a bunch of friends all day instead of
going to my senior prom.

The scar on my pinky knuckle is from nicking
my hand on the edge of a frying pan while making
Mothers' Day breakfast, two years ago

And last but not least, this one is the scar I told you
about at the top. To this day, it hasn't gone away.
Sometimes I hate it, sometimes
I don't mind it so much.
But oh, well. At least it's got a good story.