final paintings!

So the end has come. Painting is over. Finally!!

After I started over three times on my second self portrait I have finished it. I found an artist named Jerome Lagarrigue. I love his paintings! They are detailed in certain parts but them not in others. I really liked doing this painting. Here is his website..http://www.jeromelagarrigue.com/

This is an example of one of his paintings from his series Boxing 2007..

Then here are pictures of what I've done..

I might go back in and add some things but I am not sure yet..

I also finished my other painting: food! Here is my finished food painting and a detail of one of the dumplings.

findlay market

My first time going to findlay market was amazing! I loved all of the food, people, and stores. So I decided to take some pictures and I am going to share them all with you!!! So enjoy...

 

 

how to.... reuse magazines!!!

My family and I are all packrats. My aunt had a ton of magazines that she gave me. Magazines are good for collages but I don't make a lot of them. So now I have a ton of magazines and what in the world do I do with them!

So I researched what I could do with them and found a lot of different things, but I decided to make a picture frame.. Here I will show you how to make a sweet picture frame with old magazines!!

First start with a pile of magazines.. Rip out pages that you think are colorful all over or whatever. And then trim the ripped side.

Next cut the magazines into strips.. I cut mine into inch strips but you can do whatever depending on how thick you want the frame.

For the next part, you can do two things.. I cut the strips in half because I didn't want the rolls to be super thick (plus I was just experimenting). You could also just use the entire strip for a thicker roll. After you do either one, you roll the magazine really tight. Then tape the end.

After you have done a lot of these its time to put them together! I bet there is a more sturdy way but here's the way I did it.. I wanted a 5x7" rectangle so I added and inch on each side for the frame (7x9"). Then I cut that size out in mat board so the middle was 5x7" and the outside was 7x9".

After my mat board was cut I started gluing the rolled up magazines on to the mat board. I used Mod Podge. The problem with my method is that the frame was a little flimsy. But I really liked how it turned out.. Good luck making yours!!!

food painting progress

So I have posted some food painting progress pictures but I want to put them all together.. so first is the magazine and then after that are pictures of the progress I have made...

 

 My finished food painting!!

let's go to the circus!

Last night I went to an opening exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum. It was all about circus posters made by Strobridge Lithographing Company. I thought this was interesting because the Strobridge Lithographing Company was based in Cincinnati and all of the posters in the exhibit were made by them.Also I found out that the Cincinnati Art Museum owns all of these posters and were kept in the back.

At the opening, there were circus performers, music, food, and games. I thought it was put together great! It was very interacting and fun, also there were nachos!! Free food is always a great way to get people to come to an exhibit.. or at least me ha.

The exhibit was also really well done! I loved how they connected the old poster with the walls. On the outside walls, the posters were just on a painted wall, but in the center, the walls were different. They looked like wooden crates or something, which I thought was really clever. I liked how they tied everything to the circus.

The posters I really liked, however if it not in poster form I would probably not enjoy it as much. I liked the old feeling of the prints. I have taken some printmaking classes and my family owns a printing press so I have been around printing my whole life! But I also really like the look that a print makes.

If you are interested in seeing this exhibit, you can (if you leave near Cincinnati). I think that the exhibit is free for the public now, but parking isn't. I definitely recommend it!!!

amazing person!!

One of my good friends, Leanne Cacchiotti, just changed her entire theme throughout art!! Which I thought was incredibly bold!! At first her idea was connecting nature and love. She also connected her family with nature. However she changed her idea because she thought it was too cliche...

So now she is doing sound!! I can't wait to see how her screen printing idea goes! She wants to take different atmospheres like the classroom, driving in her car, at home, silence and more that she experiences and turn them into art. After listening to her idea I think its going to be really cool!! To read more about her and how her idea turns out, check out her blog... http://leannecacchiotti.blogspot.com/

new inspiration!

As I was stumbling, I stumbleuponed a really cool photographer!! I really like how he transforms everyday objects. Also his pictures are so simple and I personally really like black and white film better than color. His name is Chema Madoz and here are some of my favorites of his... ENJOY!!

You can also check out his website.. chema madoz