I am lame.

Sorry. I lied. I did not post my figure drawings as promised on FB.... MEH.

It's been a rough quarter dealing with a TA that is extremely... irritating and unfair. I say this after 8 weeks of trying to give him a chance and discussing this course with a fair amount of peers.

Meh. School is draining of inspiration sometimes, especially with professors that make you doubt some of the greatest artists of our history (Uhh, Da Vinci?!) and TAs who are more into their own penis (actually) than other perceptions of art.

Fortunately there are students who share the feeling of suffocation and are willing to join forces and find outside outlets for creativity. A friend and I have found a figure drawing public opportunity ($5 for three hours!) and just with one morning I feel enlightened again (the hot model might have something to do with this. Dang that girl was... attractive!)

I will put an alarm on for Saturday to post my sketches! Especially since this Saturday is going to be my first experience with a two hour pose. I'm debating how to tackle this time; painting or really intricate charcoal? I am leaning towards painting... I've never painted a nude pose! I'd put my sketches on right now, but I'm on campus from 8-11pm.

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Going back to why I am lame. I feel like just writing on this blog is boring for you guys to read and I should be just be putting artwork with maybe a description. But then I realize that writing here helps me move forward. I mean, blogs are supposed to be selfish anyways, right? This blog in particular is my artistic outlet. Obviously I haven't been very artsy. I need to focus and get back into this.

Okay class is almost over. Until next time! Get ready for some nudity! ;)

Dreams Come True When Giraffes Fly

Flying Giraffe, Digital Art

So here's a flying giraffe. I'm getting to my dreams, even if I have to create a way. :)

Love,
Sheila

Happy Holidays!

Ally and ZhuZhuPet (Cutie), Digital Art

It's been a while, but come back to "Dear Ally" with a new attitude and a new means of reaching my dreams. I have the best friends you'd envy-for my 21st birthday they chipped in to buy me an INTUOS 4! A replacement for the tablet that was stolen from me last year....

Oh man.

This kicks ass.

Cheers to more updates and more artwork!

Two Months

Two months of:
Moving into a new apartment for school, lots of settling in, tons of sketches and some paintings, and lots of web-slacking.

Oh, and my camera broke.

SO!

Until then:Ain't that cool? My ta, , showed this in class. I thought I'd show it here!

K, Update HOOPEFULLY soon <3
-Sheila

Sketchoholic!

So this was my first time doing the 3 Hour (which turned into a 4 Hour) Marathon!

Topic: Satan's Little Helper.
Medium: Color Pencil

Topic: Strange Encounters
Medium: Graphite

Topic: Strange Shapes
Medium: Graphite

Topic: Animal for a head

Medium: Graphite

The first one I was literally two seconds too late to submit it online. I realized that I had to resize it too late :(

I had fun with all of them, though the last one I had to finish in a hurry so I could continue working on my other projects! :) These are really fun. It's challenging because it makes you think and it makes you focus.. a lot. Hopefully by continuously doing these marathons I can improve my art skills and have a couple to put in my portfolio towards the end of the year!

K, back to the projects,

LOVE-Sheila

Art Sketch Group

So the last contest for Dice's artwork was on www.sketchoholic.com! Fortunately or unfortunately, I lost. It was the first time I ever did something like that, so I'm for sure going to keep going on the site and submitting artwork when I have the time!

..And since I have the time I decided to do a simple sketch for a contest ending today! Most of the contests on the website don't have prizes, but it's fun to do for practice and to see other artistic renditions of the same topic.

Here's Mr. Moonface for the anthropomorphic character contest:

Graphite

:) It's so nice to be sketching often again.. especially since I'm not worried about my classes anymore. Classes are amazing to increase technical skill and receive amazing critique plus keep yourself practicing with a certain medium or mediums. Now I'm excited to take what I learned and continue exploring my mind!

End of Summer Classes

First off,

AUG 8, 1:00-1:30PM PT, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME #63!

"You Got Mail!" Acrylic

Did this today to submit in a contest for one of Dice Tsutsumi's original artworks! For those who don't know (and you should so now you will!) Dice is one of my FAVORITE Pixar artists. I love his artwork. Love. Adore. It inspires me all the time to push myself harder and try new techniques. To have one of his artworks will be.. well.. amazing. If not, it'll be nice for him to notice me? Even a bit?

Oh, he was also the art director for Toy Story 3. Yeah.

PLEASE VOTE!

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I apologize for the lack of blogging. My excuse is that my classes got harder and took up a large chunk of my time. And I've been feeling extremely exhausted lately, which I'll blame on being female and on my thyroid :D

Here are artworks from my figure drawing class:

Left: Soft Pastel, Right: Graphite

Soft Pastel


Soft Pastel


Soft Pastel


Soft pastel

Here are my finished 3x5 series and my final painting from Acrylic class!

Acrylic


Acrylic


Acrylic


Acrylic


Acrylic


Acrylic (2x4 feet! First big canvas attempted)

Hopefully next time I will be able to post new soft pastel drawings. I'm feeling really inspired by Bill Cone. I'm going to try and imitate his style!

Until then,
Love- Sheila