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So my high school art teacher is...basically one of the meanest people I have met. I have never heard ONE compliment out of her mouth, all she does is criticize. She grades based on skill, and if she likes what you're doing or not. This one guy wanted to paint some fantasy stuff, and she said "that will probably be pretty cheesy". My friend wanted to paint some imaginary creatures (that were awesome) and she was like, "they may be too cutesy" (she sells these paintings for like...$50-100). Like, who the fuck are you to say. If we want to paint that, let us! You shouldn't be restricting us just because you don't like it.
Oh, and the first day of school she asked if any of us left our paintings there from the year before, since I guess she saw them in the back. And I said I did...so I got my painting (it is a black & white oil just copying this picture I took of Chicago, nothing special just for fun) and she was like "Oh, you're the anal girl" (...don't be a perv) She was like "you like to do alll the little details in your painting bla blalbalblalaa. Oh and I would never let my students use black with oil~!!!1!!!!!" Bitch that was only one of my paintings, I wanted it to be in black & white...and yeah, I WANTED it to be detailed?
Ugh. She is horrible.

Sorry for the rant. :P
Anyway...here are some life drawings!
The ones at the beginning were from my life drawing class...the model didn't show so we just draw stuff around us. I was playing with ink & water. (:

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Just some more drawings, played with some pastels and oil pastels.I'm hoping to get some ink soon. (: I'm loving my new class, the teacher is very laid back and basically all we do is draw for 2 hours

The first 2 are 2 minutes, then the next few are 5 minutes...then 10, 15, 20...and I think 1 30 but i dunno. x)

wooop!

So...I've been pretty distracted lately...I GOT A MACBOOK PRO. It's my graduation present, but I got it early because they had a really good deal going on. xD And man is she beautiful. 13.3" and with the macbook..i got a free ipod touch?!!1 Well you can very well imagine how much I have been playing with these two babies. They're distracting from my drawing though. p:

Here's some life drawings from the past couple Saturdays, and I just started a class at another community college Monday and Wednesday nights from like 7:15-9:30! The teacher seems really nice, I think it will be a great time.

Plus I have high school...and my job. I'm keeping very busy.

All the lonely people...

Finally some drawings.

So I took a like drawing class 3 days a week during the summer, and it helped SO much. But now that it's over I can only do life drawing once a week for 2 hours on Saturdays. :/ It's tough, I've already noticed I have gotten worse.

Luckily I start another class in a week or two, that will be 2 days a week for 2.5 hours.

Anyway, here are some drawings. The first is an oil painting I did for my Dad's cousin's family, whose daughter just died. :(

Calarts Visit!

Wow, I haven't posted in forever. About 3 weeks ago I went to Calarts to visit the campus, take a tour & information session. Let me tell you...it was incredible. At first my dad, sister and I got there like 1 hour early and we just walked around. At first I was disappointed, it seemed SO small (i knew it was small), the streets cracked...it just...wasn't what I was expecting. (a castle, just kidding) But then we went inside the front enterence, and wow. I just loved it. We walked to the cute little coffee shop and got some hot cocoa, and after bought a pen & postcard at the student shop.

The information sessions was great, a lot of people, but man. Libby is seriously one of the nicest people I have ever met. She seemed so excited about Calarts, and knew so much. She very kindly looked at some of my drawings, and gave me some advice. (most of which I knew) But she told me I'm going in the right direction, and really encouraged me. :)

The tour was awesome. THE BASEMENT, IS THE SICKEST PLACE EVER. (level 5) SHIT. I can't wait to draw something on those walls. haha Honestly, that was just the push I needed to try and practice more and more so I can make it into calarts. I love the school, and it seems like just the place for me. I am extremely independent and hardworking, and it sounds like you need to be in that school. :)

I wish I took more pictures! D:

I will post drawings in my next post. :3

lol me being a loser