"Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know it doesn't seem fair that I'm living for something I can't even define."
-Ani DiFranco

Thursday, November 26, 2009

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.

Monday, November 23, 2009

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.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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.

Friday, November 6, 2009

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.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

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.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

NSCAD Library


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