Week 4. The Shoe

This weeks assignment draw a shoe from the top-ish angle.Medium: Our choice, I chose charcoal.

I was in a rush to complete this drawing so I was afraid it wasn't very good, but when I got to class everyone loved it. It made me feel very happy! who doesn't love to be praised. I love these shoes so much they are starting to fall apart. I feel like they have character.

Week 3. The Fruit

This week our instructions were to take any piece of fruit, draw it whole, draw it cut in half, and draw three slices. Medium: Prisma pencil. This week I learned I do not love working with the primsa. (Primsa is a type of colored pencils) It was hard for me to draw this because it is very hard to erase, so instead of just shading and erasing where I don't like it, I had to apply layers of color. It was hard but a good thing to learn. I guess.

Week 2. The Bag

Our teacher handed us a paper bag and told us that our assignment was to take the bag, fold it, crunch it, tear it, basically do whatever we wanted with it. Medium: Charcoal

I wanted it to look like it was packed with lunch, ready to take to school! It was my first time ever using charcoal, and well unlike most of the people in my class, I LOVED IT. For some reason charcoal just makes sense to me. I love shading with it and the amount of contrast I am able to produce is amazing. This project just started a great friendship between me and charcoal.

Week 1. The EGG.

The first week of class we were assigned to draw an egg and focus on using several different values. Not to hard but I had a hard time making it look 3 dimensional. Medium: Pencil

This is probably my least favorite drawing so far, but to be fair it was my first.

The First of many.

This semester I finally decided upon a major and a minor(s). Kinda a big deal. This decision has led me down a path I have never traveled and that path is Drawing. I have been fascinated with all things art and creative as long as I can remember but i never thought I was capable of drawing. I don't get a long well with pencils. This semester I took my first art class and well I have fallen in love. I have had so much fun experimenting with drawing and have truly come to appreciate the artistic process even more then I did before! My dad recommended I put my pictures up on my blog so Here it goes. I am going to put them up in the order they were assigned. Enjoy!

As the weather grows colder

Well November seemed to zip by me with out even stopping to say hi. I can not even believe that it is December, and finals are around the corner, and with finals come much procrastination. So I though what better thing to do then catch up on some blogging. Well since it has been so long since I have posted I thought I would do a combo-post. I am going to write a little blip about all the the new things I did this past month or so.

1. NEW MOON-

well I wouldn't be a true girl if I didn't see the latest of the Twilight saga movies. Twice. Opening weekend. Hahah. Yes I am just that cool. I actually had the opportunity to see a pre-screen showing the night before it came out in a little town theatre. It was such a fun adventure, Caity called me up around 930 that night telling me her friends friend knew someone who was showing New Moon, well it only took me a few minutes to realize, HELLO I have to go. First, I love premieres, and even better is a pre-screening. It turned out to be the cutest old theatre, it only had one screen. The theatre was maybe half full, and of course we were the only ones acting like 12 year old girls, swooning over every male that showed up on the screen. ( and there were plenty to swoon over!) It was terrific. Then I went again the next night to the midnight showing, with the rest of Utah valley. There were herds of girls everywhere. I am not a die hard fan, and if you know how I feel about the books, you will know I have a very strong opinion, and although the story is creative I am not the biggest fan of the writing style. But I sure do love the movies. And this one did not let me down, I loved everything from the music, (I can't stop listening to the soundtrack) to the boys, to the Italian volturi. Jacob was great, Edward was great (minus the hairy chest.. ewww) and of course my favorite, Carlisle was fantastic. It was a fun movie and I am not at all ashamed to say that I loved every minute of it.

2. Cathing Fire.

For those of you who have not read Hunger Games. DO IT. This is the second book in the series and it is just as suspenseful as the first. The characters really grow on you. I have fallen in love with two of the boys in the books and you just want to see her love them back. But don't worry this is not just a romance, it is fill with fighting and action, something to please all audiences. Suzanne Collins, the author, has a way of pulling you in and capturing your interest within moments of reading. It was a real page turner and I may or may not admit to the fact that I pushed aside my homework for a little while so I could finish reading this. It was so worth it. The down side to the book, it leaves you wanting more, and the next and final book doesn't come out until next year. Pshhh...

3.New Games.

This Thanksgiving my Uncle Mike and his family came to Utah for Thanksgiving at Grandma's. We played a couple new games that were really fun. The first was called zoo. It is similar to Matthew Mark Luke and John (aka Big Booty) but instead of using names or number you create an animal sign, (horns for a ram, a hand slither for a snake or an arm nose for an elephant) and you have to do your sign followed by somebody's sign to the beat of two leg slaps and one clap. It was challenging and competitive making it a favorite to all. Another one of our favorites was the Indian Canoe game. this one is harder to explain on paper, but just imagine one second you are standing still the next you are chanting EYEYEYEYEYEY at the top of your lungs while "rowing" the canoe for the person next to you, then must jump back to standing still. It was a blast.

4. A Hard Day's Night

For my Eng 311 Class I just turned in my final paper, a 10 page research paper. The plus to this was we could choice our topic, as long as it had something to do with Art and Humanities. Well I chose to write my paper on the fab four, Paul, John, George, and Ringo. As I was writing my paper, I decided it was only logical for me to watch their first Movie, A Hard Day's Night ( not really as I was doing my research but more as I was typing it up.) I was not ready for what I was about to watch. It was HILARIOUS. Who knew these guys were so funny. I went from loving them to adoring them. I guess it helps that this movie was made before they were crazy into drugs and crap, but I think I even laughed out loud a few times, as I was watching it in the library, surrounded by people. Ringo was great. The movie is not the greatest movie ever made, although in doing my research I found out it was somewhat revolutionary in the British film scene. it was clever and very enjoyable, full of true British humor. I felt like I got a little piece of Beatlemania as I was watching it.

5. Impossible

I just finished this book, about a half hour ago. Once again Caity has passed on a book to me that I just couldn't put down. Literally in between taking patients back at work, because I was so enthralled with the story. It is part mystery, part fantasy, part romance, part suspense. A little bit of everything. I think one of the main thing I liked about this book, were how real the characters were. Zach, the love interest, is a real boy, with real feelings, and emotions, not a perfect vampire boyfriend, angst with the his feelings about being a monster. Lucy the girl is rational, independent and smart, in a very real way, oh and the story was catchy too. It was a fun quick read that kept me entertained the entire time. It was most definitely a girly book though.

6. Noah and the Whale

I also bought a new Cd, Noah and The Whales latest, The First Day of Spring. This is one of those Cd's that needs to grown on you. I first put it in and although I love there style of music, I was somewhat surprised in this album, it has the same edge that makes them who they are but I feel like this album was a little more experimental. There is a lot more going on, and It really works for them. The more I listen to it the more I like it. It is very relaxed and chill, perfect for background listening. There is one thing I was disappointed in though. The did not include the female singer on this one. It was(ok is) my dream to be a female singer in a band like this, maybe play the tambourines or synthesizer, just be the cute girl in an indie band adding that little feminine touch that every band needs. It was almost like they got rid of me from the band. How could they?

Sometimes you just have to let it out.

So usually my post are happy and cheerful but today I just need to unleash some of my deep thoughts. In these deep thoughts of mine, I have a few things I just need to let out. Things that just get to me. Here are a few that have bothered me today.

1. People who celebrate Christmas before it is time. Thanksgiving has feelings too you know. You can not just skip over Thanksgiving. People seem to think that as soon as Halloween is over, it is time to get the mistletoe and holly out and jingle bell rock, but this drives me crazy. Is it really to hard to wait for a few more days to spread the holiday cheer. As I was walking around campus there are already Christmas trees up and even Christmas music playing. Really? Really?

2. People who don't wear weather-appropriate clothing. I don't care where you grew up or how cold it was where ever you served your mission, when its 30 out side it is not acceptable to walk around in boardshorts and flip flops. Join the club and buy a coat.
3.Love confessions over facebook. Seeing very "loving" couples all over the place now I get to see the love pasted on facebook too... I just think that those words should be saved for private convos.
4. People who don't even try to be quiet in the library. Hahah as i was sitting in the library this one just came to me... I might not be the quietest person so I can understand a whispering convo, and some laughter here and there. Too much studying can lead to insanity and the only cure is laughter. It really is a wonder that more people aren't laughing. But when people don't even try to whisper, it just confuses me.


well that feels much better.
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