Fine art: August 2007 Archives

I had this art bin since my college days. And some of the stuff in it is also from those days.

One of my favorite items in this bin is my craft puncher, it's that pink circular thing in the bottom tray. I have used that countless times for different crafts and projects.

I also love my watercolor crayon set. They look like crayons, but when you add water they turn into watercolors.

I use this case when I want to travel light. I store my paint brushes in this case, because it can accomodate my longer brushes.

Christmas is soon coming, so I decided to start on my Christmas gifts early. My goal is to turn out three paintings for various family members. No, I'm not cheap, it's just my parents, and grandparents already have everything and I know they'll appreciate these paintings more, unless they turn out crappy...

Oooh one more thing, if you look at the top left corner you can spot one of my four cats, her name is Sparkles and she is a fiesty little lady, Actually, she is not that little she's the fattest of the bunch, but she has a tiny head...meow...

My friend Christine sent me her pictures of our chalk drawing.

Here is the begining stage. I'm blending the the yellow and orange colors to create a smooth blend. This took some time getting the blends even and consistent with one another.

I'm working on another section of the drawing. Our technique for the drawing was starting in the center and working our way out. We would also lay down the color first and then add the black borders. I used a squirt bottle occassionally to dampen the chalk, this makes the chalk heavier when wet and less like to blow around.

Almost done, I think we ended up having about 30 minutes to spare at the end.

Here are some pictures of the other Chalk drawings. A great variety and great competition of art styles.

This chalk drawing was my personal favorite. The artist who created this, said he likes putting a smile on people's faces.