Of Dog Kings, Collages and Faces

 I am so happy that I finally finished the picture of the Dog King. 

He's so regal:)

I especially love the boots.

I also got the most beautiful, humongous, Bristol sketch pad!!!

19 by 24 inches... amazing...

 So I am now doing a collage of a face on my beautiful new Bristol paper

preliminary sketch

wonderful work area ( my floor)

Here is the beginning!!

 I also got a black paper sketch pad. 

Chalk pencil is beautiful on it!

These are just sketches I have done of faces. 

Of Faces, Paintings, Dogs and Little Elf Things

I have been sick for a week or so, which means I had a ton of extra time for art in between naps. But I seem  to have that teenager trait of starting a bunch of new stuff before the old is done, so I have a lot of unfinished pieces waiting to be worked on. 

I thought starting this out with a very interesting picture of my self would be good...

I took this photograph at Monticello in Virginia. I just love it and thought it worthy of posting.

 Alright, now to the real art...

I am doing this one of my cousin in chalk. I am not completely pleased with the proportions of her face, but it's good practice.

I am falling in love with this one as I keep doing it. I can't wait to finish it!! It is definitely a challenge for me since I am a new painter though.

So I was like: Why am I throwing away all this leftover paint I have mixed? Obviously this problem warranted a solution, and my abstract painting "Palette Entrails" was born. I will add to it every time I paint.

I added the ears, belt and necklace to my King Dog. Should I add a crown?

 I would like to say before I go any further, I have the complete and utter intention of putting clothing on these little elf thingies. I just had to let the paint dry before I did so.

I have no idea where this came from in my head, I just pulled out a canvas and started painting. I think they are cute.

This is a very rough sketch of my dog, Daisy. She frequently moves, so this is one of three sketches I did of her; the others are unfinished due to her leaving the room. She was getting a bit uncomfortable with me sitting and staring at her.

This is a sketch I did for something I may do later. 

Of Paintings, Dog Kings, and Chalk Drawings

I have been working very hard of several pieces of art, few of which are actually finished. 

Okay, so this is technically not art, but I drew on my nails with a nail pen and I thought it was cool.

 I finished the drawing I was doing of the little blue man. I used all the shapes I had drawn on the paper to come up with crazy creatures. I am actually quite proud of it!

It is titled "Visits to the Planet of my Brain"

This is an oil painting I am working on. I am using a picture I took of my cousin as a reference. 

So after I finished my "Visits to the Planet of my Brain" I had little to work on except paintings. But I often don't have more than a half an hour at a time to work on art, so paint is usually inconvenient during the school week. I was baffled at what to do, so I started looking through my old stuff for inspiration.

Very cute drawing from my childhood.

New drawing.

My mother and sister think it's freaky. I like it. 

It's a King Dog! Actually modeled after a stuffed animal of mine. I just added human features.

I am also working on a chalk pastel of my bedroom. But the last time I worked on it, I was covered from head to toe in black chalk dust. No joke. I had to take a shower and scrub myself. 

Here's the drawing

Here's a picture of my actual room. Artistic Liberties!!

A photo I took of my sister in the snow. I thought is was pretty.

This is an acrylic of myself I am working on. I am painting it from my reflection in the mirror.

Of Christmas Gifts, the Backs of Heads and Blue Creatures

Now that Christmas is over, I can finally post some of the things I made but didn't dare post online in case they were discovered!

I made this for my aunt and uncle by mod-podging music paper onto canvases and then using acrylics to paint the silhouette. 

The color in this picture is really bad, but this is what I did for my sister. I drew her and her guitar in chalk pastel.

The pencils are AMAZING!!!

I did this one with the chalk pencils... obviously an eye.

I am still working on this one. It appears to be a blue distorted man, but who can really tell? I used light coming in from a window to draw shadows of my hands in odd positions on my paper ( the brown lines in the background) and I am using them to create odd creatures. 

This is a sketch I did of the back of my dad's head. I was in the car with a blank sheet of paper and chalk pencils. So I drew the first thing I saw. :)

Here is a drawing I have been working on for a while. It is me and a friend of mine. I think it is coming along well if not quickly.

My grandma got me a new light switch cover that I found very pretty. So I am posting it. ( I like to state the obvious.)

I forgot to post this sculpture I did. If any of you normal people out there have no idea what it is, he is in fact a man with a heart growing out of his head (hence the veins and arteries). 

 Anyway, I took some good pictures. 

My cousin and brother looking out of the window at the snow.

My sister at a grand piano. I thought the lighting was beautiful. 

Of Progress on "Forgery"

I haven't been working on this a ton, but here it is! She now has a chin.

Of Cards, Feet and Acrylics

I made these cards for my grandma for Christmas!

They kinda remind me of an Andy Warhol...

These cards I made out of different stamps. Starting from the top left, the stamps were lemons, potatoes, potatoes, lemon, paint roller, and the last one is potato and marshmallow.

I did these sketches of feet in a mirror

It's pretty messy but I think it is beautiful. I did this one last night in acrylic. I worked from a picture of my cousin.

I forgot to post this. It is just a random jumble of shapes I did.

This one I did in the car. I put the media I was using (crayon, pencil, oil pastel) and let the car bump my hand around for a very  long time. Highly entertaining.

Of Photography, Painting and um... um...

Because of the fact that I have been reading the 5th Harry Potter book, I have neglected to do my email, blog, chores and some school. I have been doing some art in my reading schedule though. I will start off by saying that I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving and took as many pictures as I did. As much as I am sure you all would love seeing the numerous photos I have taken, I will not torture you. Here are some of the ones I like. (Photography is art!) 

This would be the back of my brothers head. His hair is so spiky I just had to take pictures. In reality, I took about 10. I will only show you one.

Sun over a rock at Dorsey's Knob, WV.

If anyone other than me has wondered what the end of a slide is like, look no further. I took this just as I was rocketing off the end of one.

Graffiti star on a rock

 OK... I will admit it. If I don't know what to post or I don't have a lot of drawings, I will post random pictures I have taken. It's kinda fun though. I will post my actual paintings and drawings now.

Here is the still life I am doing for my art class. The only thing that is done is the apple, I am still working.

My progression on 'Forgery'

Cloooose up!

This is the picture that the part of the post title 'um... um...' refers to. I drew them this morning after my math lesson.        
If you would like to know what they are I have no idea, go ask someone else.