Shelly is indeed the waitress that remembers us. She has our orders down pretty good, but not our names. Soon though. Not as many fries as we are used to, but the burgers were great.
And then I wasted my Friday. Like I usually do. I have a care package that I have to wait till tomorrow to get. Mom says it has cookies in it. Talked to mom a little bit. Sorting out the Thanksgiving situation yeah.
hi
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
good job Thursday crew
Left early to grab my pieces out of the locker and print out a photo. The printer didn't work (the Phaser is always breaking down or out of ink). We didn't look at the photos though, ran out of time.
Martin had to get to Seattle so the rest of class after the critique was cancelled. Just pure critique and new assignment.
The critiques went well all over. Mine went great. I put both the monotype and painting up and having both was met with high favor. It was suggested to scan them and play with balance between them (I made my "if you cross your eyes, it is the best piece ever" joke and got some laughs). The color pallet was complimented. The figures and the message was clear. No lack of voice. It was awesome. I was first up and could not have felt better. And the good critiques rolled on. Madeline's portrait was emotional and colorful and had wonderful touches. Kristen's horse and Beth's alpaca were colorful and meaningful. Danny had to leave so he didn't get a proper critique but his was lovely. Cassi B's had some nice pattern. Chase had a dynamic Mayan brawl scene. Everyone seemed to find a good sense of resoulution. Class ended on a wonderful note. The new assignment is Manifesto. Illustrate a manifesto (could also be a declaration from a song or poem or story). Tricky. Don't know where I'll start.
Played around on the net with Madeline. Talked to the library crew. Went to Safeway and treated myself to some ice cream for a job well done.
I then spent the rest of the day eating and watching TV. I made myself a penne and sauce lunch that ended up being twice as much food as I was expecting. Finished it off for dinner. So much food. So much television. End to another week. Goes fast, ya.
Martin had to get to Seattle so the rest of class after the critique was cancelled. Just pure critique and new assignment.
The critiques went well all over. Mine went great. I put both the monotype and painting up and having both was met with high favor. It was suggested to scan them and play with balance between them (I made my "if you cross your eyes, it is the best piece ever" joke and got some laughs). The color pallet was complimented. The figures and the message was clear. No lack of voice. It was awesome. I was first up and could not have felt better. And the good critiques rolled on. Madeline's portrait was emotional and colorful and had wonderful touches. Kristen's horse and Beth's alpaca were colorful and meaningful. Danny had to leave so he didn't get a proper critique but his was lovely. Cassi B's had some nice pattern. Chase had a dynamic Mayan brawl scene. Everyone seemed to find a good sense of resoulution. Class ended on a wonderful note. The new assignment is Manifesto. Illustrate a manifesto (could also be a declaration from a song or poem or story). Tricky. Don't know where I'll start.
Played around on the net with Madeline. Talked to the library crew. Went to Safeway and treated myself to some ice cream for a job well done.
I then spent the rest of the day eating and watching TV. I made myself a penne and sauce lunch that ended up being twice as much food as I was expecting. Finished it off for dinner. So much food. So much television. End to another week. Goes fast, ya.
drizzle
History of Laughter. We finished discussing and picking apart the Miller's Tale in ye olde english. Quite funny I must say, once you know what is going on in it. Talked with Bekka, Diana, and Rachel R about the water brush. Then we watched some Richard Pryor.
History of Printmaking. We talked about calling things printmaking. I was the first to bring up wanting to assign "printmaking" to work as a special term and that assigning it to something easy like a computer print out makes the term loose its special meaning. Looked at some more etchings. Started to drift off even though I had a full thermos of black tea in me (oh by the way, turns out I just left my thermos in the illustration room).
Diana and I went to Cha! Cha! Cha! for lunch again. I bought a burrito and ate a third of it. We went to Utrecht. I bought a sheet of paper for my illustration final. Diana bought a water brush.
Shared some of the chocolate Llyw got for me in Ireland. Well just shared a nibble with Robin and Daniel W. Rest of class was spent looking at prints in textbooks and talking about printing techniques and the development of them and which museums to go to.
After class I went to the print lab and light boxed my monotype onto my sheet of watercolor paper. Then from then till 6:15 I painted in the library. Ate another third of my burrito.
It was Fawn's birthday so she wasn't there to teach yoga, but a friend of hers was. A lot of stretching. My hamstrings were super tight and my right knee was as weak as it has ever been. I couldn't get up into lunges on my right side. It really sucked to be so bad at something I have done religiously for two years. But it gave me the energy to finish my piece.
Jon W got to the library at around 9ish and we chatted while I worked on my final touches. Left school at around 9:45. Should have spent more time painting but oh well. It is what it is. I wish I could combine the two images though. Each one has what the other is missing. Texture in one, character in the other.
Katie cooked a chicken and I ate a little bit of it. Made myself some tea then I TVed out. So You Think You Can Dance was AMAZING. So intense. They really want great and versatile dancers this season. Top 20 next week, can't wait. Glee reached a nice little turning point. I really want to stay up and watch some more but I should get some rest. BUT, but I only have the pre-lunch chunk of class to attend tomorrow so I don't have to be that alert. I'll watch a little bit of something.
Oh, on the way back from school yesterday I ran into Lindsay (first roommate, remember). I was going past PGE Park when I heard "Trillian Spencer!" and there she was. We talked a little till her bus arrived.
History of Printmaking. We talked about calling things printmaking. I was the first to bring up wanting to assign "printmaking" to work as a special term and that assigning it to something easy like a computer print out makes the term loose its special meaning. Looked at some more etchings. Started to drift off even though I had a full thermos of black tea in me (oh by the way, turns out I just left my thermos in the illustration room).
Diana and I went to Cha! Cha! Cha! for lunch again. I bought a burrito and ate a third of it. We went to Utrecht. I bought a sheet of paper for my illustration final. Diana bought a water brush.
Shared some of the chocolate Llyw got for me in Ireland. Well just shared a nibble with Robin and Daniel W. Rest of class was spent looking at prints in textbooks and talking about printing techniques and the development of them and which museums to go to.
After class I went to the print lab and light boxed my monotype onto my sheet of watercolor paper. Then from then till 6:15 I painted in the library. Ate another third of my burrito.
It was Fawn's birthday so she wasn't there to teach yoga, but a friend of hers was. A lot of stretching. My hamstrings were super tight and my right knee was as weak as it has ever been. I couldn't get up into lunges on my right side. It really sucked to be so bad at something I have done religiously for two years. But it gave me the energy to finish my piece.
Jon W got to the library at around 9ish and we chatted while I worked on my final touches. Left school at around 9:45. Should have spent more time painting but oh well. It is what it is. I wish I could combine the two images though. Each one has what the other is missing. Texture in one, character in the other.
Katie cooked a chicken and I ate a little bit of it. Made myself some tea then I TVed out. So You Think You Can Dance was AMAZING. So intense. They really want great and versatile dancers this season. Top 20 next week, can't wait. Glee reached a nice little turning point. I really want to stay up and watch some more but I should get some rest. BUT, but I only have the pre-lunch chunk of class to attend tomorrow so I don't have to be that alert. I'll watch a little bit of something.
Oh, on the way back from school yesterday I ran into Lindsay (first roommate, remember). I was going past PGE Park when I heard "Trillian Spencer!" and there she was. We talked a little till her bus arrived.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
documentation smackdown
Ya like all the art I'm actually getting around to posting?
Fall has officially set in. Had to change my sweater layer that goes with my leather jacket. Went from light hoodie to thick Puma asymmetrical zip. Pretty good weight but now I need to dig out my gloves. The rain hasn't come yet, but any day now.
The first assignment in monotype was to mix up a brown and use it to create and image featuring a boat, a ladder, and a figure. Finished my little figure just in time for lunch. It was an okay image, nothing to write home about (even though that is exactly what I am doing now).
Lunch was a bagel with shmear in the library. Checked out a Philippe Halsman book. Bothered Madeline while she tried to read. Then I went and sat with Marshall and Kristen.
I decided to attempt the Trobriand piece in monotype anyway. I cleaned a huge plate, I bought a sharpie, and did the drawing on the back side to use as reference. It took me a long while to draw it. It was a lot more difficult to render the piece than I expected. I threw in some nice browns and all that, but in the end it printed a lot lighter than I expected. That is more of a pressure issue. It was hard to tell what it would look like. It got some favorable responses but in the end I am going to paint it. I'll get a new piece of paper, turn on the light box, trace the idea of it, and paint away. I'll probably just stick around at school tomorrow while I do it, just so I won't crinkle it with transportation. School week is at the halfway point already!
After class I documented all my monotypes. All of them. Some 20 pictures. Most are in the huge, unadjusted state right now. And are trapped on the school computer. So expect to see more of my printmaking in the coming weeks.
Returned home. Worked on the sketches for Bekka and mine's show. Got my four designs. Hurray!
Adam came over again. He's pretty much crashing here during his couple days in Portland. He brought chicken. Whoo. Now to go to bed, have to get up in 8 hours.
Fall has officially set in. Had to change my sweater layer that goes with my leather jacket. Went from light hoodie to thick Puma asymmetrical zip. Pretty good weight but now I need to dig out my gloves. The rain hasn't come yet, but any day now.
The first assignment in monotype was to mix up a brown and use it to create and image featuring a boat, a ladder, and a figure. Finished my little figure just in time for lunch. It was an okay image, nothing to write home about (even though that is exactly what I am doing now).
Lunch was a bagel with shmear in the library. Checked out a Philippe Halsman book. Bothered Madeline while she tried to read. Then I went and sat with Marshall and Kristen.
I decided to attempt the Trobriand piece in monotype anyway. I cleaned a huge plate, I bought a sharpie, and did the drawing on the back side to use as reference. It took me a long while to draw it. It was a lot more difficult to render the piece than I expected. I threw in some nice browns and all that, but in the end it printed a lot lighter than I expected. That is more of a pressure issue. It was hard to tell what it would look like. It got some favorable responses but in the end I am going to paint it. I'll get a new piece of paper, turn on the light box, trace the idea of it, and paint away. I'll probably just stick around at school tomorrow while I do it, just so I won't crinkle it with transportation. School week is at the halfway point already!
After class I documented all my monotypes. All of them. Some 20 pictures. Most are in the huge, unadjusted state right now. And are trapped on the school computer. So expect to see more of my printmaking in the coming weeks.
Returned home. Worked on the sketches for Bekka and mine's show. Got my four designs. Hurray!
Adam came over again. He's pretty much crashing here during his couple days in Portland. He brought chicken. Whoo. Now to go to bed, have to get up in 8 hours.
workin' 11 to 8
Oof, I'm pooped. Eating a dessert of carrots and then I think I'll be off to bed.
Had a weird restless night sleep. Woke up early and it took me forever to settle down and accept that I had no further obligations.
Arrived pretty much on time. Daniella flew in from New York and brought us some Rugala from Zabar's. Delicious! We reviewed our sketches. Some had longer discussion that others. Nothing much to go into detail right now. Breaked perfectly for lunch.
Lost my appetite somehow during lunch and had to force myself to get through my sandwich through the day. Photocopied and wrote and printed out.
Rest of class was a work day. Teamed up with Rachel and Kristen and we discussed our stories. There was a verbal skirmish in the other room that I only heard half of (the loud half). We assisted Rachel in how to spice up her Rapunzel reimagining. Space 80's, flapper, hillbilly, etc. She did manage to settle on a few cool character designs. Not space 80's though.
At around 4:30, Daniella gave us a slideshow about allegory and showed us the first in Matthew Barney's Cremaster cycle. The one with the blimps. It was neat. I worked on painting my pieces. Hung around Youtubing it and wasting time till yoga.
My hamstrings are getting awesomely loose now. I can get my palms on the floor almost always by the end of class, and my downward facing dogs are boss. A good class. The healthier I am, the better it goes. Whoo! Miss Mona was in class, as was Esteban and Serenity and a girl I don't know. Small but good.
House was good. Lie to Me had Marc Blucas from Buffy. Who next, Juliet Landau? Actually that would be really cool. Adam hung out for a bit. Showed us some of his new awesome glasswork and had gifts. Had a volcano marble for Katie and a trilobite for me! It is so freaking cool.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sketchbook Responses - 3
Sketchbook responses to Narrative Image's weekly reading. First three are for David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp. Last two are for Sorry? by some author I forget.
Ink, watercolor pencils, and ballpoint pen in Moleskin sketchbook.
Sketchbook Responses - 2 - Dame Darcy
Sketchbook responses to weekly reading for Narrative Image. These three are all for Dame Darcy's Gasoline.
Graphite, charcoal, watercolor, and marker in moleskin.
Sketchbook Responses - 1
Sketchbook responses to weekly reading for Narrative Image.
Watercolor pencil and ink done in a moleskin.
haberdashery!
It's 1am and I have to cover for three days of missed writing. Bleh.
Friday:
My suitcase ended up being a lot heavier than I expected. I also had to bring two Hammerpress posters with it (a Franz Ferdinand one that is to go to Caleb and one of Karen's Alphabet posters for Llyw). I shouldn't have brought so much art supplies. I knew I probably wouldn't use them. Sort of like a safety blanket. Those things add up.
My train seat mate was an adorable little lady named Tessla. She had a mighty snore but was otherwise sweet. Behind me was a Scottish student by the name of Rob. He was studying zoology at whatever college is located in Corvalis. He, myself, his seat mate, this sweet old couple across from him, and a knitter behind them, we all had a conversation. We came in at random times but it was a lot of fun. Talked about things to see in Seattle (Pike's Place and the Fremont Troll) and the correct pronunciations of places like Puyallup and Sequim.
Portland was gray when I left, but Seattle was beautiful. Caught the 71 effortlessly and got off at University and 43rd. Llyw left his place unlocked and I relaxed with Alive in Necropolis (I had finished my required reading on the train). We went to Shultzy's for dinner. I had a stout that I can't recall the name of (it was German) and a bacon Cheddar burger with fries. Talked about Ireland and digital graphics in televised sports.
Saturday:
Llyw is recovering from a cold, so we took it easy. I didn't think I would become sick again from his company though. Orange rolls for breakfast followed by a walk around the neighborhood. This box of stuff had been dumped in this park and I rifled through it a little bit. I found a beat up copy of Botany of Desire, so that was awesome. Played some Beatles Rock Band. I'm getting almost passable at the easy level on the guitar. Switched over to regular Rock Band. Watched some Glee and Peep Show. Hulu is the best. Dinner was Pho, but that came after a visit to the little opening celebration of the new Goorin Brother's hat shop. Llyw picked out an attractive herringbone cadet cap. Now if he only buys 7 more Goorin Brother's caps, he will get one for free.
Pho was delicious. Num num nums. We back and watched Cube, because the American Astronaut disk was scratched. I really wanted to watch that as well. Still, Cube was cool. Amazing what you can do with a single good set, a good script, and some creative film work. Very solid.
Sunday:
Breakfast was lunch and we had burgers from A Burger Place. I bagged up the leftovers to consume later on my train ride back to Portland. The 73 was late and we got to the International District at around 2:05. Train leaves at 2:20. It was a quick hop and step down the blocks and stairs but I got my seat assignment just fine. The guy who sat next to me was reading about Durer but he didn't seem all that interested in discussing it. So I just read my book.
I took the Green Line for the first time. It goes North to South through the West side, so no more walking through Old Town for me. I caught the Red Line to Goose Hollow from Pioneer Place. It was one of the new trains too, but it had really hideous colors inside. Like Dairy Queen. Putrid whites, poor lighting, way too much yellow. It didn't look that great.
Katie and Luke were hanging out. I took a little breather and unpacked and then it was straight to homework. Almost. Got a good rough draft and I'm working on my sketches. Not where I would like to be, homework wise, but I enjoyed taking some time away from school. That's all I've done for five years now. College college college college college. And I have two years left. College college.
Friday:
My suitcase ended up being a lot heavier than I expected. I also had to bring two Hammerpress posters with it (a Franz Ferdinand one that is to go to Caleb and one of Karen's Alphabet posters for Llyw). I shouldn't have brought so much art supplies. I knew I probably wouldn't use them. Sort of like a safety blanket. Those things add up.
My train seat mate was an adorable little lady named Tessla. She had a mighty snore but was otherwise sweet. Behind me was a Scottish student by the name of Rob. He was studying zoology at whatever college is located in Corvalis. He, myself, his seat mate, this sweet old couple across from him, and a knitter behind them, we all had a conversation. We came in at random times but it was a lot of fun. Talked about things to see in Seattle (Pike's Place and the Fremont Troll) and the correct pronunciations of places like Puyallup and Sequim.
Portland was gray when I left, but Seattle was beautiful. Caught the 71 effortlessly and got off at University and 43rd. Llyw left his place unlocked and I relaxed with Alive in Necropolis (I had finished my required reading on the train). We went to Shultzy's for dinner. I had a stout that I can't recall the name of (it was German) and a bacon Cheddar burger with fries. Talked about Ireland and digital graphics in televised sports.
Saturday:
Llyw is recovering from a cold, so we took it easy. I didn't think I would become sick again from his company though. Orange rolls for breakfast followed by a walk around the neighborhood. This box of stuff had been dumped in this park and I rifled through it a little bit. I found a beat up copy of Botany of Desire, so that was awesome. Played some Beatles Rock Band. I'm getting almost passable at the easy level on the guitar. Switched over to regular Rock Band. Watched some Glee and Peep Show. Hulu is the best. Dinner was Pho, but that came after a visit to the little opening celebration of the new Goorin Brother's hat shop. Llyw picked out an attractive herringbone cadet cap. Now if he only buys 7 more Goorin Brother's caps, he will get one for free.
Pho was delicious. Num num nums. We back and watched Cube, because the American Astronaut disk was scratched. I really wanted to watch that as well. Still, Cube was cool. Amazing what you can do with a single good set, a good script, and some creative film work. Very solid.
Sunday:
Breakfast was lunch and we had burgers from A Burger Place. I bagged up the leftovers to consume later on my train ride back to Portland. The 73 was late and we got to the International District at around 2:05. Train leaves at 2:20. It was a quick hop and step down the blocks and stairs but I got my seat assignment just fine. The guy who sat next to me was reading about Durer but he didn't seem all that interested in discussing it. So I just read my book.
I took the Green Line for the first time. It goes North to South through the West side, so no more walking through Old Town for me. I caught the Red Line to Goose Hollow from Pioneer Place. It was one of the new trains too, but it had really hideous colors inside. Like Dairy Queen. Putrid whites, poor lighting, way too much yellow. It didn't look that great.
Katie and Luke were hanging out. I took a little breather and unpacked and then it was straight to homework. Almost. Got a good rough draft and I'm working on my sketches. Not where I would like to be, homework wise, but I enjoyed taking some time away from school. That's all I've done for five years now. College college college college college. And I have two years left. College college.
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