Assignment #2 -- The String Spangled Bangle

My lovely friend Jessica and I were strolling along minding our own business looking around funny old shops when we happened upon some really awesome bangle bracelets.  They were a dollar each and we almost bought some, when we decided that we should make them instead.

Assignment #2:  Stringed Bangles

What you'll need:
- A pack of metal bangle bracelets
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Colorful embroidery string

Directions:  It's easy enough, pick your colors, tie one end to a bracelet. Hot glue the string end in place (to keep things tight) and begin winding that string around the bracelet!  Make it smooth, create knots, braid the strings together and around... there are so many different ways to create something unique and fun!  Make sure you tie and hot glue the end to keep it from coming undone! 

I'd love to see what YOU made!

Defying Expectations

This is my pride and joy.  Titled: Defying Expectations

I have a strange fascination with birds on a wire and flocks of birds in flight.  I wanted to paint a bird piece for a long time and when the time finally came, I was unexpectedly struck with a lightning bolt of pure awesome.  I feel like this painting describes me pretty well and it continues to inspire me to paint things that are true to me.

Be Sure to Take Notes! There WILL be a Test! (Assignment #1)

For as long as I can remember, I've always had urges to kill. -- I MEAN, urges to do creative artsy things. (:-P)   Boredom would strike and I'd pull out all my coloring utensils, but I'd just sit there frozen.  I could never think of what to do and when I could, I couldn't trust my own ideas.  ... So I decided to take art classes as my electives.

The first class I took was Design I.  And I was so excited to have someone else give me assignments for me to do!  He would give me the broad idea of the project and it was my job to come up with the specifics.  Suddenly, a switch flipped.  And I was hooked.

Now this wasn't a painting class-- it was a design class.  Nothing fancy, just the basics.  Which was exactly what I needed to start off with.  Here are the first few projects I ever did:
 

It's actually pretty fun and easy creating images like these with only black and white paint.
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So HERE is Assignment #1 for the bored and creative-at-heart:

Create a 18x20 completely symmetrical piece.  Using only black and white. Keep things balanced.  When you're done, you should be able to fold the painting in half and have things exactly the same on either side.  Use my first picture as a reference.

 

Make sure you draw it all out in pencil first and use a ruler to keep your lines straight!

 

What you'll need:

 - poster board or foam board

 - black acrylic paint

 - a few different sized acrylic paint brushes

 - scissors
 - a ruler

 - a pencil

I'd love to see what y'all come up with! 

Welcome to my Brain!

After being so kindly asked to be a guest writer on a good friends blog, it suddenly without much warning or thought became a good idea for me to create my own blog.  

Who knows what will come from this, if anything.  At the very least, I'll have a place where I can gather all of my writings, drawings, paintings, photography, recipes and thoughts.  

... I guess, this blog is a sort of window into my brain.  What a terrifying thought.  Be wary of tumbleweeds and/or whimsical creatures.  You really never know what you're going to get in here...