Of Weird Faceless Creatures, Hermes and Fish

I only have four pieces of art to show for a whole month! I guess they have just been taking a long time:)

I finished my weird faceless creatures today, and I am pretty proud of it. It is a whopping 19 by 24 inches, my largest piece so far... 

I don't know what to call it though.

 My collage is coming along slowly, but it will be great when it's done.

Here's her face. everything is done except the shadows under her hair and the top of her ear. Then I will have to work on the hair and the background. 

 I finally have a picture of my drawing of the bust! I'm still not done though...

Mr. Hermes:) 

My beautiful fish inspired me to draw one....

 I took these photographs of my siblings and cousins, and they are so cute I want to make a collage. I HAD to put them on here!!!

I love the perspective and lighting in this one...

Of Profiles with Swirly Hair, Demented Giraffes and Fish

First off, I am going to show some photos I took of snow as a pleasant reminder of our life before springtime... I think they're pretty pictures:)

And now for the art!

Yesterday was highly productive in the art area. 

Slightly odd man with a ring around him... coming out of his head. I think it was supposed to be Saturn!

Girl with swirly hair... drawn with charcoal. 

Demented giraffe
This is my brothers favorite!

Here are some sketches that inspired those previous pieces.

 I also started working on an acrylic of a face.

Here's a preliminary sketch

Here's what I'm working on!

 On this next sketch I have no comment. I just laughed my head off and called it good. They are pretty cute!

I am progressing on my face-less colored beings...

And on another note....

I GOT A FISH!!!!!

For those of you who know me, my fish have a tendency to die rather quickly. But this one has survived for over a week!!

His name is Poseidon...

He is soo cute!

Soooooo cute... 

Alright I'm done now.

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.