Silly Pictures

Here is an arty picture of my paint brushes this afternoon.



I think that it is rather more exciting than the homework assignment I was using the brushes for,



though it's a useful exercise even if all I learn from it is that the reds in pictures taken by my camera are SERIOUSLY off.

I'm debating a bit on what the scope of this blog will be. I'll probably post knitting and sewing stuff at some point. I at least want it to not be all classwork stuff. And we're going to switch over to a longer project soon, so I won't have new stuff from class anyway. But where to draw the line? A garment in progress, okay. A picture of the terrifying orange striped fabric I bought? I don't know.

Someday there will be a picture of my thesis. I will probably be sad when that day comes.

Belatedly...

first oil painting, originally uploaded by alicen.

I forgot to post yesterday. It comes of the going to Pan's Labyrinth on Friday and being out 'til 1am, then getting up at 7 to help collate a fake qualifying exam for the physics juniors. The prank was well done, but I spent the reset of the day stumbling about and giggling tiredly.

It didn't help that I went to the mall. This was successful - I now have clothes to work out in, a sweatshirt with wonderfully long sleeves, and an INCREDIBLY pink bra. I sort of blame the tired for the bra, but I'm still rather enamored of it even now that I've slept, so perhaps not.

Kind of cheating, still

Warm:


And cold:


These were part of an in class assignment. We had to do them with fairly gigantic brushes, which was fairly frustrating. Accidentally paint-flinging type frustrating. I'm not accustomed to oil paints.

Today was, in general, good, even though I spent rather a lot of it in line at the DMV. My thesis meeting was not a disaster. Moreover, I've managed two weeks of the semester without becoming very sleep deprived or dramatically ill, which is a serious improvement over last time. I ought to have some time this weekend for sewing, which is good as I'm rather sick of my wardrobe.

Day 2

master painting acrylic study, originally uploaded by alicen.

This was the first painting I did for my painting class. Maybe that's cheating, but it's really the only way I'm going to have enough content.

It's supposed to be upside down. We were copying master paintings (though I didn't think to write down what exactly I was copying) to find distribution of light and dark.

The Plan

A picture a day of something sort of creative I've done. To motivate me to do something other than lament my lack of academic progress this semester. Expect a lot of poorly photographed notebook doodles, unless maybe that shames me into doing something more interesting.

And now, what I did during a lecture on Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil an hour ago: