Summer Figure Drawing Longer Poses

This is all I have.

Summer Figure Drawing Shorter Poses

Summer Figure Drawing Doodles

And a girl with deer I'm working on that has zero meaning other than I'm drawing something.

I don't have much to show.

Sarah Dee

Sarah Dee the Beard Queen

8" x 7"

Canson Mi-Teintes paper on Canson Mi-Teintes board 

My camera did not do justice on the background colour :( It's a bit more vibrant and less of a pale olive colour. 

For the summer art challenge at my workplace we had to do a portrait of one of our coworkers in a certain style or technique. I was given Miss Sarah Dee and paper cutting, and seriously paper cutting is really hard. My supervisor lent me a book all about modern day paper cutout artists and the work they produce is mind boggling! It's a totally different way of working for me, usually I plan the basic picture then build it up as I go but for this I had to really plan it all out from the beginning. The result is really amazing too, the feeling of holding this lacy piece of artwork you spent hours cutting out is thrilling! And they look so good once they're framed, my gosh.

Close-ups and mandatory low-side-view pictures.

My final image done on photoshop before cutting the paper.

I'm going to try and make some more cutouts through the year, I want to incorporate them into some paintings and see what I can do with them. One of the most frustrating and rewarding projects I've done in awhile. If you guys want to see it in real life drop by the Oakville Curry's any time, it's hanging up there somewhere waiting for your eyes! 

Compilation

Sorry guys, I haven't been posting much (or replying to any of my notes on tumblr, I'm so bad ;_; ). I haven't been drawing much if that's an consolation? I have some old school work though.

It's all I ever have.

The last painting of the year; we had to do a still life containing only one general colour (red, blue, etc.) but still use a full range of colours on our palette. Roughly 8 hours, acrylics.

The last figure drawing painting of the year, 9 hour pose, acrylics.

And some gifts:

For one of my best friend's 18th birthday featuring her favorite breed!

A memorial picture for another friend's birthday

See if you're irl friends with me, and you have a dog, you'll most likely get a dog picture in some point of our friendship.

AND A PREVIEW (NEW ART?!)

You won't see this baby until Wednesday (with some exciting info!)

 In un-art related news, I went to Edgefest in downsview park on Saturday with a good friend of mine. It was AWESOME. The Pack A.D and the Silversun Pickups were my favs from the main lineup.

Picture taken by Young the Giant. My friend and I were at the very front!

I even moshed! And got into a car accident! (no one was hurt)

 It was crazy!!!

Snake Man

Hey guys, I'm looking for a man who's bald, has slitty eyes, a pointy nose, a boa constrictor and has a face that just screams I'll beat you up just for the fun of it!!!

jks no... I'd be too afraid Q_Q

Just doing some late night doodling, I actually really like this guy's face. I'm thinking about doing a little series on people who resemble animals just for the fun of it.

And things smoothed over at home which is a huge relief. I feel pretty stupid for blogging my inner emo but it felt really good at the time so no regrets?

so many who am I kidding.

Change

I'm not one for change. I stress out really easily and change brings unknown. Maybe this unknown is a good thing; yet it could just as easily be a bad thing. 

Last year there was a lot of change for me. School changes, friend changes, social changes, family changes. A lot of these changes were good but some of them were pretty terrible as well. One change is currently not working out, and something new might stem out of it. Right now this growth is pretty ugly, and I'm worried it may not work out for all parties involved.

Last year I was excited for this, new beginnings and a fresh start. Happiness was almost a sure thing since things couldn't get much worse.

I always thought I was a good kid, I've never been drunk, done drugs, gone to wild parties, stolen anything or brought anyone home. I don't go out often, I have jobs (which I love), work hard at school, don't spend much. I eat a lot, and I'm pretty lazy, and I suck at making plans and responding to people, but no one's perfect. 

I worked really hard to be that good kid.

Sorry guys, I really wanted to keep this blog a neutral art blog but it kind of devolved into a vent space. I still seem to have a lot of silly teenage angst hanging around... I was really hoping I could grow out of shouting at the internet but maybe it'll just take time? Who knows.