Of Chalk Drawings, Long-nosed Creatures and Magazine Clippings

I think I should try posting more regularly so when I finally get around to it it's not so overwhelming. 

I have been spending a lot of my art time on a drawing of a bust for my art lessons. But I don't have a picture of it, so it will have to wait! 

I cut these squid (or is it squids??) out of paper. They now adorn the door to my room.

This is an eye I drew. I drew it round on purpose... (the picture looked too fuzzy extra-large)

I just started drawing one day and these weird long-nosed things just came out... Don't ask, I have no idea what they are.

I kinda think he's cute...

Sorry this one's blurry.

I also was running a bit low on chalk pencils, so I bought a new box of better ones with more colors.

They are so lovely!

I'm working on a water bottle. 

I made some pretty interesting sketches 

Contours of people

Person swimming with planarians

Person swimming...

So I was like "What can I do with these sketches?" 

Turn them into chalk drawings with my new pencils!!!

Duh... :)

They are pretty fun so far. My mom thinks they're creepy, but I like them. 

close up...

Girl swimming with planarians.

My magazine girl is coming along well!

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.