just in case i don't get a sketchbook entry done....

http://www.illustrationfriday.com/

We should do this! Well, actually I just thought about it, and it's basically what our sketchbook entries are like since we have stickers and stuff, but nobody REALLY adheres to those anyway right??
I just think it'd be interesting to compare all at once everyone's drawings.

Some of these are pretty charming!


Anyway
I made a list of things i have left to do for my concentration
.finish remaining pieces, der
.redo ugly russia page
.add footprints to pages?
.cover/back cover
.bind into a real book!!

i'm super excited to make it into a book. And I actually started a piece last class which is uncharacteristically punctual for me. It has a great composition, not going to lie.

I'm learning a lot about Pop art because I'm doing my APUS paper on it. Hopefully at least. Really, the only reason I'm still in the class is because I figured the research paper would be a good chance for me to get to know some topic of my choice, and it's interesting to read about actual art history, since besides being super awesome at art, we don't really know anything ABOUT it...or at least i don't. for long.

February online critiqueeee

I am illustrating a children's book focusing on the use of watercolors and strong compositions. the pieces tell a story together but also may stand on their own, so while the book is all one element, the pieces can individually be considered as well.

I made the images exceptionally large just so that you can see them very clearly. These are the next two pages in the story. The first is when they go to the heartland, farms and dusty roads, that sort of business. Lindsay actually suggested that one to me. I originally was going to have them go to somewhere in Africa but I thought this would show more variety in their locations. The next one is in an airport - i hope that is obvious enough - but I can't say I like it all tha tmuch. It's boring looking and the plane is weird....I just noticed now I need to finish Abdul-Jahid's hump cover. It's frustrating when I can see how I want them to look in my head, but they dont' translate that way.

I dont' really have much else to say except that I think iwant to go back and rework the airport one a bit...I'm soooooo excited to make a book out of all this when I'm done, using my bookbinding skilllzzzz

"life is too short to waste my time hating my body this way" - 20 ways to love your body

sweet!

duuuuuuuuuude
http://www.froelickgallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=224
found the artist who inspired lindsay and my portrait ideas! i love this dude's work and how scary everything looks makes me wish i had left my background empty.

adventures of lindsay and kaaaaaaaren

This weekend was sick
Lindsay and I went to First Thursday for the first time! and we made plenty of public transportation mistakes that we will LEARN FROM. haha.. I think we'll go again when it's sunnier. If you want to come we are totally down!!!!!!
we also went to hipbone saturday and I came away with two drawings I super like and I think I will stick in my breadth section. I picture my breadth section like a fat little monster and when I feed it the good art that we like he becomes full and happy and sometimes when I put things in it that I dont' like but need to put in to fill space, he is unhappy and growly. I should do an artist's rendition of this said monster. Actually we all do, because we all have breadth section monsters. excellent.

I can put penises on the internet if i drew them right???

Scholastic art awards were awesomeeeeeeee
so proud of you guys - scholarship/gold/silver key winners - the reception was inspiring!! I wish I could make better art. I liked the photography for the most part!!
someone put up pictures

~hanabi wannabee

i super like this guy's style!

i wish i coudl draw like that..

but they always come out distinctly

karen?

i also wish i could speak portugese.

pupu

Poetry would be so ugly without the spaces between the words

I have four breadth section ideas that I have yet to transform into tangible art, but I am getting on it. Scholastic is in about a week! I'm excited for the reception because I'm volunteering of course. Is anybody else afraid that when scholastic is over the mcBride will suddenly have a lot of time to devote to us and we will have a lot to do? Hmm
pictures from winter break in Seattle

i love this girl we try on ridiculous clothes and I LOVE FROZEN ASIAN YOGURT!