Halloween at the Space!

Here is some of our art that was on display at The Empty Space gallery! We will be there again for their Christmas show! The reception is going to be so much fun! More details to follow!

Reel Me In!

I think I have officially gone off the deep end. I'm paranoid about Q-tips, my eye twitches, I've ruined about twenty paint brushes, going to bed at 1 am is early, when I finally go to bed I don't sleep because I'm dreaming about scientific terminology, I'm completely confused about English grammar, every time I hear the word Moodle I giggle, and I've written about one hundred pages of notes. Despite all the chaos, I am really enjoying learning all about Speech Pathology! There's a ton of information to take in, but it's so interesting. The other night during our online Elluminate session, the professor mentioned the words, "tissue box ear model" and I was ruined after that. I haven't crafted in what feels like years, but after I heard those four words all I could think about was making models. So the very next day I raided Michaels, trashed my room with paints, stickers, and other crafty things and started making...models, and pillows, and decoupaged boxes, and framed scrapbook pages. I think I just may be a visual learner. I'm still working on the ear model, but I have to put that aside for now because I have to buckle down and get back to the note taking... for now. :)

Skulls!

"I lost my mind" when I saw one of my art camp student's shirts! I loved the skull design and I went crazy with my examples for the next few projects we did. I have always appreciated a good skull design and seeing his shirt brought back my love for the macabre. But seriously...how dark could a skull with shades be and how could I not be inspired by that? So, for the next few days all my sample project carried this theme... we made an oil pastel drawing and pregnant belly casts (they are really supposed to be masks). The cutest part about all of this is that we had a fast finisher project where the students could watercolor a shell and the same student who wore the skull shirt painted the sweetest shell. There is just something about it that is so charming. Well, I told his mom and she made me a copy! I almost cried when she gave it to me!!! It's the little things...