Wow...really glad it's Friday! Here is what I worked on today...CED #104...and in-progress piece for the self-portrait project...
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...in the world of (teaching) art today...6th graders, finishing up the Mehndi hands...7th grade...finishing up our Pop Art Logo paintings...8th grade...sketching out their Character Counts/Graffiti designs on canvas board...5th grade...just busy being awesome. I love teaching ART! I do not, however, love the stress of FCAT. Kiddos, if you happen upon this blog, please take a deep breath...you can do it. In fact, take your FCATS, rock it out, and let's finish the year up making some amazing artwork : ) In the world of art (making)...started to enlarge my first 'sweet thang' per request Angela...worked on my piece for the Self Portrait project...and finished up my CED #103, a blue-haired lady with oreos in her hair...yummmmmm! ...good turnout for the opening reception at Old School Square...always cool to see your own work hanging up with gallery lighting and folks checking it out...and especially looking around to see all of the awesome work from my fellow art teachers, also showing in this exhibit.
Oh...and CED #102...done. Posted it before I left for the reception! I usually like to add filters to my pictures but I wanted to post the pics to the left in the actual color. So...the piece that I made last night...wow, the color really changed once it was dry. I expected to lose shine..maybe not that much. But, then again, I did buy matte...but the color? Wow, it really looks darker now that it is dry, and translucent. This is my first go at working with modeling paste, I chose it for the texture. I may revisit CED #100 at some point to try and get some of that color and shine back... As for tonight...it was another textural experiment...guess I will see what happens with the color and opacity tomorrow. One thing that I think I need to push more is integrating the texture more into the overall piece, not confining it just to the hair. But then again, I do like the emphasis that it creates to have the texture of the hair stand out so much...not sure how I will approach this in the next piece. Even though it is 'finished' the concept is still very much a work in progress. So anyway, here is CED #101; ...before I forget...I downloaded the photos I took yesterday after I first sketched out the Star Wars pieces along with the original picture that I used as the basis for the drawing. Of course, I added my own spin on each one...really loving large eyes lately.. I heart blue backgrounds. ...I started working on the backgrounds...I am not sure what approach I will take to painting these, but I figured painting the background was fairly low-commitment. Another 'wait and see'... Hmmm....maybe I will actually attempt more than five hours of sleep tonight... ...awesome day! Got observed...during which my friend Siddhi made a guest appearance to show my 6th graders her freshly done Mehndi...all the kids chilling and making art (starting 8th grade starting Graffiti painting, 7th grade finishing up Pop Art Logo painting, 5th grade starting some cool line designs)...five Star Wars images quickly sketched out on some square canvases during 'free draw' time...surprise Easter basket hanging from the door when I got home...extensive nap (might as well, I stay up late every night regardless)...a 1 mile run (hey, gotta start somewhere)...and that was before sitting down to watch some tv with the husband and work on my art for the evening. And then...time to art. So this is what I came up with (below). Went over the 5 canvases with some black acrylic, I sure do love outlines. As for the CED #100...started off with a pencil drawing because that is the way I like to begin...cut that image out, attached it to a 5x7 canvas board that I painted in my favorite blue for painting...some modeling paste for icing/hair and the polymer clay cookies I at Jessie's last Friday...add some rhinestones (of course) and...my CED 100 is complete. I think these Henna tattoos will not make it til tomorrow... ...and like that...it's past midnight and my 100th day has passed. Now, again...I made more than 100 pieces of art...sometime I guess it would be cool to actually count the works..but I set out to be creative, do make art, every day...and I am on my way to my goal. And the on-line event well well. Had many folks participating from all over. Will work on a slideshow for that tomorrow. But for now...per usual...I need to get some sleep. 5am comes way too early. So me and my boot-leg henna tatted hand are washing up for bed. Happy 100th day to me! Yay!!! Tomorrow marks 100 days that I have committed to making art. Every single, stinkin' day. Now, the challenge was to just be creative everyday. But me...gotta make it a little tougher...create an additional challenge. I chose to make a piece of art every day. And honestly, some days I made several pieces, or worked on some things that took a few days. But I did it, I was creative every day. I made art every day. So one thing that I did tonight was to sit down and create an on-line event for my friends on Facebook. The idea is that in lieu of a physical gathering to celebrate this 100th day of art making... ...side note, I do feel like I want to celebrate it, it's a big deal for me artistically and personally... ...anyway, getting everyone together, not an option. So I created the event, it's a 24-hour time period for folks to raise a glass (of whatever, could be a coffee or juice, that's cool) and celebrate with me...and take a picture to document it. I am hoping to gather the pictures together and combine them with the art/art-making pics from these 100 days into some kind of slideshow or something. Not sure what yet. I will figure that out tomorrow. It was weird finishing my CED #99 so early. I mean, I had it ready to go at 12am this morning. So I planned some of the pieces for this week and did some prep work, looked for inspiration for the Star Wars paintings I am going to create for the show at the Green Room...and tonight I sat down and started my teeny tiny work for the 'Self-Portrait Project'. (below) This is a project through the Art House Co-Op. I did their 'Sketchbook Project' in 2009 (I think that was the date) and it was pretty cool, my sketchbook went on the gallery tour with all the other works. I got a chance to see it in a gallery in Chicago, and John and I even turned it into a chance to visit his cousin and her husband. So...anyway...just some randomness that is going through my mind. Getting observed tomorrow, so I better get some sleep!
...just in case I don't get a chance to post again on Easter (it's 1:22am on Easter morning now)...here is the making of CEDs 98-99! So..finished my CED #97 pretty early today, a Peppermint Sweet Thang, by 2:00...found my oil pastels, made a pink-haired dame...and had a very productive art night with my friend Jessie...I mean, who doesn't love making clay candy and assorted sweets in full costume jewelry? As in Old School Square. After some spring cleaning, and ANOTHER Gironda 'tire issue' (insert big sigh) John and I headed down to Delray to deliver my painting for the PBCATA show at Old School Square. We figured we might as well make a day of it, so we walked around, had some lunch and some coffee. Aside from the car trouble, it was a good day. Looking forward to the reception this Wednesday (April 11th from 5:30-7:00) Yes, a shameless plug! I also finished up my CED #96 this evening. It reminded me of a piece I did in January, and then I looked through my March pieces and found a few more profile/person facing something views so I compiled them into one grouping of pictures (below). Kind of interesting to see that certain compositions or ideas will reappear in my work without me really making a conscious decision. Tomorrow...or this weekend...or whenever it happens...I need to finish up Paul's commission, start some pieces for two shows at the Green Room in Fort Lauderdale, maybe make some funky cupcake paintings...and...wait, just gonna try to tackle these items...
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