5/30/2011 0 Comments Take a PictureHello Everyone!
On this lovely (partly-sunny, partly-cloudy...The usual weather) Memorial Day, I decided to add to my sketchbook during my brief break from studying for finals (I spent nearly four hours at Starbucks this morning-AHH!). I feel like I've done too many charcoal portraits lately, because when I went over my art website I noticed that the last few pieces looked waaayyy too similar. Therefore, I decided this time to try something new and get out of my comfort zone. ;) I usually enjoy drawing realistic looking portraits with just one or two media (charcoal..or charcoal with watercolor), but this time I used three media (charcoal, watercolor, pastel) while I used a picture I found online to venture somewhat on the middle ground between naturalistic and abstract. My favorite part about making this piece was having fun with all the bright colors! I hope you enjoy it! ~~MC
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5/18/2011 0 Comments Part IIOn Day 3 post Facebook deactivation, I made this charcoal portrait. :) More to come! ~~MC
I present to you evidence that without distractions like Facebook (more intensely detailed in a recent post on my Here It Goes blog; for website address, see home page!), many brilliantly colorful things can emerge. :)
I will keep this small canvas (4" x 6") sitting on my easel next to my bed, so that every time I walk past it I will be reminded of what capabilities a person can unravel with just a gallon of extra time, a cinnamon stick of a paintbrush, a dash of acrylic paint in seemingly infinite tones, and a ginormous dose of inspiration. Happy Tuesday! ~~MC 5/9/2011 0 Comments The Most Natural ThingRecently, my friend and I took an adventurous two bus rides from the campus to the Seattle Asian Art Museum. It was part of a written assignment we had due the following Monday (aka, today!!) for our Indian Art class, where we had to look at three sculptural pieces extracted from Hindu temples and develop our perceptions of them. But really, to me it was also an exciting opportunity to visit the museum, since it was my first time there as it also defied my expectations.
To be honest, the striking impression I got from the museum had little to do with the artwork inside. Rather, it involved the ambiance. Before I visited SAAM, I had this image in my head that it was very similar to or pretty much the same as the Seattle Art Museum...I imagined the bustling streets with hoards of people streaming past the large modern-looking windows, as the peace of one's walk through the museum's exhibits would be occasionally interrupted by the honking sounds of cars outside. But as my friend and I approached the wide sweeping green of grass outside SAAM filled with freshly-bloomed tulips and the light scatter of sculptures gleaming in the afternoon sunlight, I felt the drastic difference between the two Seattle museums. Instead of being a museum almost completely lost and ignored in the crowded streets of Downtown Seattle, SAAM was in a quiet, park-like location; it was as if the museum was stating that it came out of nature just as much as what was surrounding it (the tulips, the sunlight...)--As if the art that it carried with it was the most natural thing in the world, as something to be greatly appreciated as much as when you watch the Sun rise on a memorable summer morning, taking in all the smells and sounds of the season you don't want to fleet from you. As you can probably tell, I love art museums. And although I unfortunately go not as often as I'd like, it's nice sometimes just to think about how one feels while walking inside, to get a taste of the atmosphere I found during my first time at the SAAM. Happy Monday, and enjoy everything that comes to you (or that you go to...by bus perhaps...:) )! ~~MC |
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