Journal Post 4/11/12

I do love these little half strips that show up sometimes in the journals :3



Hahaha I was distracted by my two cats. If one must have a cat, one must have two because it's much more entertaining and puzzling. I don't yet understand how they can spend two minutes grooming each other sweetly and then suddenly break out into a catfight.



Oh! So I signed up for this project just because it was free, and rarely does anything come free for canadians so I was pretty tickled about that!

It's free for a reason - they send you some mystery materials but also a Prismacolor product as one huge walking advertisement, but hey, the advantages go both ways on this one. It sounds kind of fun!

You use the materials to make a small piece of art, and then you leave it in a public space for a stranger to pick up. Sounds adorable, though... where do you leave objects in public without it being considered "litter"? Perhaps that is the truly creative aspect of it?

Hurry up, they're running out of spaces pretty quick O_O

Handmade Art Journal - Golden

Here is another art journal - I have materials to make two more after this one and then I will stop for a bit.



Since the art show I admit that I've been feeling a bit self conscious with my pricing! Mine were not the smallest pieces, but they were the least expensive ones by far.

I don't think they were incorrect (I use a wage + overhead equation for accuracy and consistency), but I feel a bit uncomfortable. Researching helpful websites didn't pull up any more information than what I'd already learned, it's just that the numbers were inexplicably inflated. I feel lost in pricing, yet certain in my numbers.

Is everything so subjective as the art itself?

Journal Post 4/5/12

Last night at the gallery was pretty fun I guess! There were other artists there so that was very good, though the social fatigue kicked in pretty early on. I always feel really rude whenever I start retreating into myself halfway through social events.



It all seems so meaningless today, but if someone told me years ago that I would be sitting and journaling in a gallery with other artists, supervising our show, I would have scoffed. If only we could see these occurances as the big scary steps that they were before!



It's so frustrating, being unable to shake these heavy feelings of doubt and loss. I really don't feel much like doing anything today. I can't believe I still have a weekend of work ahead of me! It's impossible! It just can't be done.

ArtSpacific Show

Well I feel much better now!

Last night was pretty cool (even though I had to go it alone) and one thing that tends to happen at these shows is that I get to see all of the other artwork that I was "competing" with, and every visit is seriously humbling.



The work is always so amazing that I can never figure out how on earth I managed to fit in! Congratulations to all of the winners because you all deserve it! It's breathtaking.

I couldn't really choose a favourite so I just voted arbitrarily. Social events are always such a challenge for me, especially the kind where everyone already seems so tight knit. Still, I managed to practice my HORRIBLE social skills and actually remember a couple of names so there's that.



Tonight, if my calendar has not failed me, I will be back again from 7pm-9pm to hang out at the show. All by my lonesome!! Well not, really, there is another show next door so there might be more chatting involved who knows?

I'm bringing a few things in case I want to work on something, and a few supplies so if you're in the area and want some kind of small demo, come on in and keep me company! :3

Handmade Art Journal - One Wish

I am just about to go check out the show in Delta and see if there are any nice snacks, so I will just leave this here.



I admit that this journal appears in the exact opposite sort of mood I've been in all week. Does painting zig zag rainbows help? No, not really.







It's not perfect, but it's pretty cute. Available here.

Handmade Art Journal - Moth

Yesterday morning while culling a few of my old things, I found two acrylic paintings on paper that I decided to recycle into a journal cover :3



I think I originally made the paintings for some kind of show that I wasn't accepted into. I really don't remember the details. But I do remember that it was an "evolution" theme, and of course the first thing that comes to mind (for me, anyway) was the peppered moth.

(Yeah, I guess it would make more sense to think of bird beaks since that was supposedly the "beginning" of the theory, but the peppered moth case was the first time I'd actually understood what it all meant!)



So it's all very contrasty black and white (just like the real story). Because the paint was so deliberate and thick, wrapping it around a cover board was a bit of a nightmare! It was like wrapping with vinyl or something.



Available here.

Journal Post 4/2/12

Just passing through today; I haven't done much of anything creative at all. I had my driving test this afternoon and I was so anxious I just couldn't focus on anything else. I'm actually pretty bummed out today because I failed the driving test. I would have forgiven it for stealing an entire day from me if something good had come of it, but there was none.



Sigh.



Apart from being drained emotionally (and financially), I was going through some of my old paintings that drive me crazy (because they're big and annoying) and probably less than half of them bit the dust today :3

The other half... I like them but hate having them. And they're not all in particularly fantastic condition after moving house twice. And some of them are on giant boards instead of canvas. But yeah. What will I do with these? I might post pics of some of them. I totally wouldn't mind doing a video with the colour theory portfolio because it's my favourite thing!

But for today I will be incredibly sad. I mean, it's not a bad situation or anything, but I just wish the testing instructor I got paired up with was even remotely friendly at all. Like. AT ALL. :(