The Nine Hour Drawing

Drawing 1

We had our midterm interviews in drawing class so I brought home all the drawings I have done so far. I had a request that I put them on here. These aren't all of them but these are my favorites.
Sorry they are too big to scan so it's back to taking pictures of them.

We started with contour line drawings.

Here we were sticking with contour lines but working on accuracy in proportions.

This class was about perspective and vanishing points.

Finally we started tonal drawings. First we did an egg but I think that is in my locker so I can't post it.

We spent a whole class drawing mushrooms.

Last class was about hatching and cross hatching. This was my first time using a bamboo pen and ink.

These are all in class drawings. I haven't been to proud of my home assignments. I will post a photo of my latest one when it's finished. It had better be good after I put nine hours of my life into it.

Mittens!

Jenn is home after being away for three weeks. It is really nice to see her again.
I haven't met her mum but she was very sweet and knit me these wonderful mittens as a thank you for looking after the cats while Jenn was away. The inside is all fleecy and cozy.

Tea

Stormy Morning

It was very windy and rainy this morning. Knocked over our big canvas umbrella in the back yard.

Of course, by the afternoon there was not a cloud in the sky and it was lovely and warm.

I also finished my final Studio Practice project today. Tomorrow is the last class.

These are terrible photos. We don't seem to have good lighting for taking photos at night in this house.

I'll try to take some better photos in the daylight.

The Top 250 Best Movies of All Time Map

This has been my guide for movie watching lately. Of course a list of the top 250 best movies of all time is completely subjective and I totally disagree with some of them on here but I have also found some really good ones. As you can see I have quite a few but you can definitely see which genres I am more interested in. War movies, Westerns, and Mysteries are looking sadly neglected. I'll get to them eventually.
(If you click on it you can see it bigger and hopefully be able to read it.)

Black Dresses

This is a return to an old idea where a figure's garments are done in solid black ink and the rest of them is done in pencil.
I did this back in the beginning of september but I finally have a scanner so the images look okay now.

(P.S. I have a new favourite song: You Were The Last High by the Dandy Warhols. Not sure why I like it so much but it probably won't last long as I have practically had it on replay all night.)

Public Gardens

Assignment: Self Portrait in Relief

For Studio Practice we had to create a self portrait in relief using non-traditional materials and a photo of ourselves that we had already used for a previous assignment.
I had fun with mine but didn't have enough time to execute it as well as I had envisioned. I think the teacher liked it but I probably will lose marks because it doesn't really look like me.

Yes, I know, it is sitting on the toilet. That is simply because it was the best lighting for photographing it at night. Oh, and I must have added the eyelashes after I took this.

Cameras

In photography we learnt how to use the Mamiya which is a medium format camera. It shoots large square negatives and there are only twelve shots to a roll. It doesn't have a built in light meter so we have to use a separate one.

You see the image by looking down into the hood.

This is what it looks like with the hood up and the bellows all the way out.

I am glad to have the chance to learn how to use this camera but I don't think I will switch to using it for all the assignments. It simply takes too long to set up a shot when you have to figure out the light meter and then you only have twelve shots to play around with.
So I am still using the Pentax as well. This is the lens I have on it right now.

Well, it's a sunny day. I should get dressed and go take some photos because I need to develop and print two rolls by thursday.

Thanksgiving

It is a beautiful day here but definitely fall.
It was nice to have a four day weekend because it meant I didn't have to dedicate the entire weekend to homework. Not that I did a lot with the extra time. Watched lots of movies as usual.
Well, no turkey dinner for me tonight. I was craving soup so I made a pot of it and I am perfectly happy to have that for my thanksgiving dinner with Jenn. Maybe she will make something to go with it.
Happy thanksgiving everyone.

Lou

She actually will sleep like this. I always wanted a cat that would ride on my shoulders.

The Darkroom

I took these sneaky pics in the darkroom at school. I could only do it because I was alone in there. You aren't allowed to have anything that casts a light.

This is really hard to see but it is an enlarger that you use for printing.

My Littlest Sister is 7!!!!

Happy Birthday Taio

Love from your biggest sister.