Art Survey

Skimming Pinterest
Should be an official talent.  Like...who can find the ten best photos in ten minutes.  Speed-pinning.  It should be a thing.  Anyway...

So this is how this is going to work.  I have five categories for you (will show you in a minute) and you comment on the category that you love the most.  I.E. whatever category of art work you like the most, I will do that kind.  I also have the photos below that I will use as inspiration so you're not just blindly choosing.  Survey ends April 30th (the end of the moment).  Anyway the categories I'm using are:

1. Disney Fandom
2. Anime/Manga
3. Dragons/other Fiction
4. Nature
5. Other Regular Art Junk

And those are your choices.  I have a particular five Pinterest-found pieces of art/photos that I found that are going to be my inspiration for each of these categories.  Here they are.

Other Regular Art Junk

Nature

Disney Fandom (bonus points this is also Star Wars!!!)

Anime/Manga

Dragon/other Fiction

So that's the categories.  Make your decision what you want me to do.  By the way, I might just have to do one of these these anyway...must do artwork...must.....

Geography Lessons!

Ok,
You remember those maps I mentioned a while back?  I got one finished up and here it is.  This one isn't for sale (it's for my family and isn't mounted) but this is what it looks like!  These only run for 10$ for a custom made map.  Your colors, your state/country, your map!  Check it out!

Texas Map

My Recent Art

Hola.
Before I start, just wanted to mention that the auction mentioned in the last post is totally off.  I sold the page for an English pound, then tape the pound into a "Random object" page.  My bad.

Ok, so my art lately has mostly been from art class, because I've been realllllllly busy keeping up with a killer school curriculum and all my CRAZY electives, some of which I just can't blow off (like Sod Squad - I'm president.  Can't miss that.) and spending time with friends and also working on my crafts and books and blogs and I'm just a little on the stressed side.  I juggle stuff better than a five-star circus clown.

Right!  Where we?  Oh yeah...art.  Anyway, so my mom made these cool shelves specifically for my art work.  FROM SCRATCH!!!  I could never do that kind of thing.  I'm not that kind of crafty crazy.

The selves with all my art work on it.  My favorites are below.

This I did at an event, but I made some changes and took some creative liberties with it.  You like?

Another art class piece.  We were studying the realistic eye and the color wheel, and then we put them together and it was awesome.  And I know that tears come out of the tear duct - I took creative liberty with it.

Top Left - optical illusion I did, Top Right - a cardinal painting from art class, and Bottom - a metal sculpture.

Tell me which one is your favorite in the comments (below)!  Noelle is gone.

Caps for a Cause - all about

Ok, so...
It's been a while since I posted, and even longer since I talked about Caps for a Cause.  If you'll think back a couple of posts...I make small plastic pins!  Those pins are actually made from recycled bottle caps.

Why so expensive?  Well, Caps for a Cause donates to a program here on base called TNR (Trap Neuter Release) that captures the stray, feral cats around here.  It's great.  Anyway, for every cap sold, a dollar is donated to Caps for a Cause.

Until later!

Mystery Map

So you’ll never guess 

My most recent art project.  Actually, you never will guess, because I just got an idea, no internet, nothing.  Ok, never mind there was a little Pinterest involved in this, but ANYWAY let me actually get to the point.

I’m making a Hobbit Map!!!  *non-exsistant web-audience goes wild*

Its a 100% authentic, hobbit-rune, hobbit-style map.  This isn’t the completed map, but it’s getting there.  I finished all the drawing of it last night, writing the authentic hobbit runes (SQUEE!!!) for all the labels and the border, and finished making those cute little drawings of trees that all cool, old-style maps have.  Here’s a photo so you can see what the heck I’m talking about.

Hobbit Map!  :-)

So yes, that is my AWESOME Hobbit-y map…it’s scrumptious, juicy, AND crunchy!  I’m a huge Hobbit fan.  Who liked the new movie?  And who’s planning on getting it on disk the instant it comes out?  Actually, don’t do that, from all the rumors flying around its going to be super expensive so I would wait.

Getting back on subject, once I’m done it will be caligraphy-style inked, authentically tea-stained and weathered map.  I can’t wait to show you guys!

-N

P.S.

#GoingOnAdventure

Drawing Dragons

 I could tutor.

Life as Me

So I realized
(I've been having a lot of realizations recently) that I haven't really updated my blog about my life recently.  So I'm going to do a word-post (v.s. a photo post, which is what I've mainly been doing recently, as my non-existent consistent readers would know).  Anyway, let's get down to business...shall we?

Ok, so I'll start with school, because that has been a HUGE factor in my life recently.  I'm taking Algebra, which is probably my worst subject this year - I'm getting all 85%-90%...a terrifying experience - and at first I was getting better grades and it wasn't really challenging me but in the past week and a half, Algebra has started taking a solid hour and a half to over two hours.  This is sorta because I skipped pre-Algebra.  I'm not bragging, but Mom said I'm 'advanced' so I'm doing Algebra and physical sciences earlier than most people would.

We still haven't figured out what grade I'm in (not that it really matters when you're homeschooled) but I'm just going to assume I'm in 7th because I'm not in confirmation class.

Anyway, I'm also taking Physical Sciences (also a terrifying experience by the way...those positively charged ions are a killer), Cover Story (a really fun english program I would suggest it to anyone who likes to stretch out of their creative shell),

An Art Club Meeting

Today I'm going to
Walk you through what an average art club meeting would be like.  All the times, btw, are guestaments so don't plan for them.  Nothing is even close to set.  I italicized all the stuff that you would have to do as an average member.

• 2:15 pm, Saturday:  Members are starting to get dropped off by there parents.  They hang out, talk, and help set up.
• 2:30:  The club meeting is starting!  The teacher, one of the members, presents his or her project, which should be completable in about an hour (including drying time).  If they got the idea from a book, photo, magazine...they brought it.  They also should have brought at least some art supplies, cuz I'm not providing ALL of that.
• 2:40:  The class starts the project, while having fun and swapping tips.
• 3:45:  Parents start arriving and picking up their kids.  Anyone who wants to teach for the next meeting comes up now and talks to the leaders (which right now is me and Abbie) to ask if they can.
• 4:00:  Anyone can stay for about fifteen minutes afterwards to finish their project and help clean up.  By four, most people have left and the meeting is finished.

Art Club

I am considering putting together...
An art club.  Why?  Well, it would be a good chance to hang with friends and to be creative at the same time.  I will need at least one other friend to help me teach on a regular basis (other people can teach but I suspect that most people won't want to teach) one art project every week.  Comment the following items:

• Is this a good idea?
• Would you like to teach or have any good project ideas that one of the official teachers could do?
• What day of the week would be good for you?
• Would you come!!!???

However, before you comment, be sure to ask your parents.  This club is run by the kids (and probably will meet at my house) and does not need any parents to teach, but parents will need to drive.  Keep in mind that we probably won't feed your kids, so it will probably be in the afternoon.  I think a good time would probably be Saturday afternoons, say 2:30 to 4 or something like that.

Also keep in mind that there is no true decision at this point and that the times above are NOT set in the slightest.

I'll post soon more about this, more about what this really is, but my hand is tired so I'm going to stop typing now.  Bye (and don't forget to comment!!!)