Showcase!

The showcase is this week! It's crazy to think about, the year is almost over. I'm almost done with my senior year. Looking back on the year I've loved art this year. But I haven't loved the work I've made.... Some of it I kind of hate. Hopefully next year I will be excited to stand next to my work at the showcase and be able to be proud of what I've created. But until then, here comes the final stretch!

AH!

Okay so The end of the year is coming up. And I'm really stressing out. Mainly because of AP Bio Pre Calc and English. I wish this year was just over already. I don't even like my concentration that much, I'm excited for next year when I get to do a new one. I've been drawing in my sketchbooks constantly but I find it harder to work on my concentration pieces. Also I brought home my big painting, but now one day soon I need to bring in all my work for the show and to photograph it. Anyway, super stressed out but this has been an awesome year in AP Art so far!

It's almost April?

Time really has been flying by. It is ridiculous... I can't handle it. Spring break is MUCH needed, I have been far too stressed out lately. As far as this class goes, I know it seems like I haven't been on the blog in FOREVER. But in truth I have, I've been showing my friends everyone's amazing work they've posted :) I just haven;t been posting much, for those who don't know (I highly doubt there is anyone) I am incredibly forgetful. Not only do I forget to post, I also forget my password EVERY WEEK. It's really frustrating. Fingers crossed I've got it down now though... Also I'm planning to stay after on Thursday to photograph all my concentration pieces that have not yet been photographed. Mrs. McBride, if you read this I was wondering if that works for you? I doubt it seeing as how it is the last day before spring break. Hopefully something will work out though :)
I'm still unsure as to what to do for my new concentration pieces. I would love to do some more comparisons between deities of different cultures.
Here are the cultures I've already worked with:
Roman
Greek (multiple)
Egyptian
Aztec
Roman-Catholic
Norse
And more, but I'm being forgetful...

Anyway, that's all for now C:

Concentration!

Okay so my sister stole my camera and left it at a friend's house, and keeps forgetting to get it home -_- so all I have is a crappy photo from my phone, but I'll post a better photo tomorrow if all goes as planned! Maybe I'll even work on them some more by then, cuz boy do they need work. (Not too proud of these)

 

Just to make it clear how screwed up my cellphone pictures are, that background... it's actually red. And not purpley red. red red.

Oh hey Finals.

Okay so I was defiantly just freaking out because I couldn't log into the blog. Finally figured it out though! so yay!
I can't believe the semester is almost over, it's crazy to think about. I got a new dremel, so I've been working on the Seth piece, which has actually been really fun!
I have to admit, I'm a bit worried about the breadth section, seeing as how I'm not all that good with photography. Or many other things that have to do with technology. For those who don't know, I have a hall of broken camera's in my room. It is the home of four cameras, and four cell phones. This is why I only get the phones that come free with the plans, and why I can't borrow Mrs. McBride's cameras.  Anyway, I've actually been taking some more photos, I found this cool looking moss

Winter break is over?

It seems like it went by way to fast. My break was pretty much Skiing, and Art. I have to admit I got a bit freaked out by the fact we have 100 photos and two concentration pieces due when we get back. Here are some of the photos I took:

I'm not the best at photography... at all. But I tried.

Mrs. McBride, I told my friend Katie about the Squirrel Portfolio at two in the morning, so me and her proceeded to take many many photos of her stuffed squirrels that night, and the next day at the mountain:
http://squirrel-luvr-4evs.deviantart.com/

Poster!

So my computer has been having issues, it crashed. So I am glad I got it working again and stuff. Also my camera no longer holds a memory card, so on high resolution I can only take ten pictures at a time.... that's going to work out just wonderfully. : /

I'm bringing chocolate chip cookies to the secret snowman thing, eat them at your own risk guys, I'm not the best cook. Hopefully they'll turn out alright. 

Anyways I gave my poster to a person from the company I sold the ad to! :D yay!

Oh and Mrs. McBride, I got a photo of a squirrel, Just for you! hahahaha :)

Concentration

So I kinda am super bored of painting cells and I've only done two paintings... so I think I'm scrapping that concentration. I had another idea today that I thought would be fun. Deities from different cultures? I don't know I think it would be fun and I can experiment with mediums more, and paint people! Yay! So anyway I'm not sure if this is what I'll do, but at least I have an idea now.
Well this was a short post... kay bye!

Micrographs

Fluorescent Micrographs.... I kinda love them. Like a lot. Okay that was the only point to this post... bye!

Failure

So the WOA project was due on Tuesday, and I thought it was due on Thursday. I didn't check like I should have so I didn't have it done. Then I forgot to bring it home Tuesday... oh dear. I finally got it done Wednesday night. So in conclusion Colleen=failure of an art student :( sad day.
Anyway, as far as my concentration goes I'm a bit frustrated. For now I am working on paintings that reflect the colors and patterns of high magnification micro-graphs. I'm not sure how I feel about this concentration really :/ I love micrographs I think they look soooo awesome, but I'm not sure if I could handle a whole year of this... so we'll see how that works out...
On another note, my sketchbook is missing, and it's been making me pretty upset. I want it back! hahaha. I think one of my friends might have it :/
Well I don't know if there is much else to write, so that's all for now!

Harry Potter!

Oh my gosh! I am so excited for the premiere, it is ridiculous. Amy gave me the ticket the other day and I flipped out! Unfortunately my parents know how much I am looking forward to it as well and are now using it as blackmail or something. Apparently if I get another paint stain on my carpet I can't gooo :(

Self Portraits due tomorrow! I am so ready to be done with that project... mine turned out bad. Sad day. Pirate photo shoot tomorrow! :O I have a kinda costume all worked out, crossing my fingers that I'll remember to bring it to school. Well time for sleep now, yay!

I don't know...

I think we might have had to make a post this weekend but I'm not sure. Well I got my Family portrait done, yay! Also cut some wood pieces for the self portrait. Alright well I don't really have much else to say, my life is hectic yet somehow surprisingly uneventful right now.

Summer

Dorms

This Summer I went to a pre-collage program at MICA--which is in Baltimore. We stayed in the dorms, which was really fun. The college students living in the dorms during the school year are allowed to paint all over the walls; however, we were not. :( I stayed there for a month. Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays we had our core class. I was in Rubino's Oil Painting class. On Thursdays we had our Workshop class. I had Raku. On Fridays we had Art history lectures and museum trips. On two of the Saturdays we had trips, one to Washington DC and one to NYC. The trip to NYC was amazing! Sundays we had free to do what we wanted. The picture to the right is of the Commons. (I didn't take these photos, Orli did)

View of Baltimore from Dorms

The program was wonderful. The teachers and Tarcs really knew their stuff, and were so helpful. A Tarc was a MICA college student who helped out with the program. For my core class I completed four paintings of models and two self portraits. The self portraits took a long time to complete. I ended up staying up for seventy hours straight--with the help of energy drinks-- at one point. There were lots of things that pre-college students could do there. There were weekend trips to the book thing, which is were you could get books for free, there was a scavenger hunt, a game of quidditch, a talent show, dances, and lots more.  I went to the AVAM while during my stay, and it was great. If you get the chance defiantly go see it.

Talent show

 A group of my friends made a band and had jam seshes all the time, a well as playing at the talent show. We also went on the scavenger hunt. Which was all over Baltimore, and super fun.

Scavenger hunt

I made so many wonder friends at pre-college, and I really really really really miss them. We were thinking of trying to find the exact mid point of all of our houses and meeting there at one point for a pre-college reunion, not matter where it is.There is so much more to say about my experience at pre-college but I think I'm going to stop rambling on for now. If you have any questions about the program ask me :) and there are like a bazillion more photos from the trip. When I have Photos of my art from the program I'll post it. In other news that has nothing to do with the summer, I will probably not be at class on Monday. My Grandpa passed away, so me and my family are flying to New York this weekend. See you all when I get back!