Artist Books

For my Intro to Art Education class (that was finished almost a month ago...geez) I made these little guys for our artist book assignment.  It was a nice final project we got to do at the end after a hard semester of reading and writing papers.  Lookit:

They each have three little graphite drawings (2"x2") with imagery derived from the concepts of learning, discovery, exploration and vision in the art classroom.

For those of you familiar with Shaun Tan, I was really inspired by his book The Arrival for this project.

It was fun to have another chance to revisit my book making skills.  It had been quit a while since I had made any.  The accordion pages are such a nice format and unfold to an elegant display.  

Fella

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Asplode

I've been following John Martz on twitter and am now inspired to dabble in my middle school aspirations of drawing comics. I drew this yesterday on my lunch.

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Break time bird creatures

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I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved.

Sleeper

Bus sleeper on the ride home from work.

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A quick one...while he's away...

Lovingly rendered with assorted pens found in my bag.

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Some Paintings I Did

It keeps occurring to me as I see these on my living room wall that I never shared them on my blog.  It's one of those "kept meaning to" sort of things.  But since they are still new to you, dear viewer, here are the two paintings I completed last summer:

 For You Blue

Acrylic on Canvas, 20" x 16"

 

 You Were Dead When I Found You

Acrylic on found board, 23"x11.5"

 

(Detail)

 

Croc worm

This creature reared its ugly head in my sketchbook last week.

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Rats

Assignment from my Sculpture I class last semester:
Found object materials project.
Dowel rods, sticks, wood scraps, cardboard, mat board, wire, guitar strings, and of course, masking tape.

Be sure to check out the interesting shadows these create. 

The Rakes

This was a project I did for my Sculpture I class last semester.
The assignment was to create something exploring extensions or continuations of the body.
Media was wood (with glue and fasteners), gauze, and acrylic paint/gloss medium.

Departed

Yesterday the sculpture from the previous post was completed and critiqued in my Sculpture 1 class.  

Behold:

I think I'm naming it Departed.

It's wood, about 20" x 30" x 12," painted with mixtures of gesso, ground charcoal and acrylic gloss medium. 

So...no posts for September, but I don't feel too bad about it because I've been so busy with school and work, and I really pleased with my sculpture.  I've also started going to Denver West Prep middle school for my field experiences for teaching certification.  I also have some small works from my Jewelry and Metalsmithing class that I will share when I get them back from gradings.  I might try to make several posts in the near future to catch up on what I neglected to share through September, including my sketch book stuff and the completed beetle painting.  We shall see.