Mast and Sails

For this weeks drawing class we went to the Maritime Museum. I wanted to draw the boats but we were supposed to be doing perspective drawings of the building.

The term is so close to being over. I am excited to be coming home so soon but I also wish I had more time to finish all the projects still left to do. We only have two more photo classes and I'm not even half way finished my final project. Mind you, some people haven't even started so I guess I'm doing okay. I hope to get it near completion this weekend. We'll see.

Drawings and a Print

This is from our life drawing session. I think we get to do it a couple more times this semester.

An in class self-portrait. A bit wonky but at least it looks like me. I'm working on another one as a home assignment right now.

This was for our Paint/Print class. The teacher supplied the photos to work from and we had to first make a pencil portrait and then one with stamping. I was really frustrated and annoyed that we had to do this and I left it to the last minute the night before. So I ended up doing both of them in an hour and a half. The funny thing is, I'm actually pretty happy with them.

Prints

These are some prints from a couple weeks ago. I am knee deep in ink right now(ok, exaggeration, but I do have ink on my feet where I accidentally dropped an inked plexi glass plate). Only a couple more days of print class so our teacher has loaded on the projects.
These prints are lino cuts that I have printed on a background painted with gouache. The photo doesn't do the colours justice.

Local Tourist Assignment

This assignment was to choose something or somewhere we walk by everyday and don't normally notice, and explore it with our camera. We were to make a series of three postcards and write a note on the back of one of them.

I struggled with this assignment because my whole roll of film turned out overexposed. I did what I could to save some of the shots but I would have liked to be able to pick three completely different shots rather than two being very similar.

Oh, and there is a shoe in the second one, it's hard to see in the scan.

A White Surprise

This is what I woke up to this morning.

Cat Portraits

I've just been playing around with my camera. I am constantly amazed at the shots that I wouldn't even have tried before because I know my old camera couldn't do them and yet they work perfectly with this one. Particularly low light shots.

NSCAD Library

This is just the third floor of the library at school. This is where all the lovely coloured periodicals are kept.

Collage

This is one of a few collages I had to make for my Paint/Print class. I'm not sure what it has to do with either of those things but maybe I will find out in class today.
As always, you can click on the image for a bigger version.

A New Camera!

Well, I probably don't have to say how excited I am.

So many options and settings and whatnot.

I'll be sad to say goodbye to my old camera, though. I have had it for so long. But it will be in good hands with my mum.

It will be different not being able to just throw my camera in my pocket. I guess I will get used to having it hanging around my neck.

I really struggled with the decision of which one to buy. My last camera was a Canon and I suppose I was feeling some loyalty. It came down to how they felt in my hands. The Nikon just felt sturdier.

So I guess you'll be seeing better quality pictures on here from now on.

Film Still

This is a still from a movie Autumn and I worked on years ago and is still in the editing process.