GrimmTales: Little Red Cap

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. 

Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called 'Little Red- Cap.' 

 So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red-Cap, and then he said: ’See, Little Red-Cap, how pretty the flowers are about here–why do you not look round? I believe,too, that you do not hear how sweetly the little birds are singing; you walk gravely along as if you were going to school, while everything else out here in the wood is merry.’

Little Red-Cap raised her eyes, and when she saw the sunbeams dancing here and there through the trees, and pretty flowers growing everywhere, she thought: ’Suppose I take grandmother a fresh nosegay; that would please her too. It is so early in the day that I shall still get there in good time’;

 and so she ran from the path into the wood to look for flowers. 

 And whenever she had picked one, she fancied that she saw a still prettier one farther on, and ran after it, and so got deeper and deeper into the wood. 

this is the result of my photography series of the story "little Red Cap" by The Brother's Grimm. i have yet to work on the pieces of the wolf. i'm thinking of illustration for it, perhaps? shooting in forests is so wondrous by the way

SelfPotrait

my final project from my introductory drawing course last semester. the task was to create a self portrait and somehow implement time. the term "self-potrait" was vague and gave us the creativity to do whatever we wanted. i choice to separate the project into three different drawings rather than one large piece. the series was done in charcoal, graphite stick, willow charcoal, coloured charcoal (brown/sienna), and pencils (b to 6b).

prt1:

for this piece i chose to draw the face as a typical self portrait (realistically) and do the hair differently. the hair is more of an illustration feel because i wanted to focus more on it. for me my hair is a part of me, it's a safety blanket i suppose and people just obsess over it (if i were ever to chop it off again, though i doubt i would, there'd probably be an outraged group of people haha). it also goes off the page cause i let it grow and rarely go for trims (once a year...).

 prt2:
 (blind portrait/contour)

this piece was done using the blind contour method. i chose to jut draw the basics of my face and do so by not glancing down at the paper, solely on my reflection (hence the blind contour aspect). i chose this technique because people are blind to what they see/how they perceive themselves. we perceive the way we think we look differently the world (either better or worse).

also you may have noticed that in both part one and two my left eye is larger than the right...that's because i suppose sub-consciously i drew it out that way. in photographs when i smile the right eye is most often smaller than the left. funny how your conscious pours into your work ain't it?

 prt3:
the piece was when i had fun letting my creativity take over, as it should. i implemented time through the tree; on the left there are blossoms sprouting (as it does in spring), the center is summer and a bit of fall, and then the right is autumn/winter and barren with dead leaves falling. this piece is symbol of how i am strongly rooted to my faith, values, spirituality, and heart. i know that wherever life takes me, whatever gets thrown at me, i will always be rooted to god and i know through whatever season of life he will carry me through and be there.

emily carr portfolio submission

pieces i submitted for my portfolio a couple weeks ago. i like the result of this year's submission a great deal more than the work i submitted last year. unlike last year where i was trying to find 15 pieces to submit, i had to narrow done a buttload to get to 30 pieces then cut that in half to get only 15. wahooo, now all i have to do is wait patiently till march...aggghhhh 

blind contour's:

 fetal:

 en-twin-ed:
inspired by twins and their strange/indescribable connection to one another

 Naked:

 ViVa GAGA:
a piece inspired by the musical genius that is gaga.
"baby i was born this way"

(this is the piece of gaga i showed in my last post. it's done in charcoal (the paper was white by the way)

i have more but i'll upload them later seeing as how i have to start getting ready for work now
ps sorry for the lazy descriptions, the ones i wrote were better but im too tired to write them out again. forgive me.

Little Red-Cap.

today the most ridiculously amazing idea and inspiration popped into my head. it's all got to do with two brothers by the names of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. their stories have inspired so many fables and children's stories/movies and now they have inspired me for what could possibly be the biggest artistic challenge i have ever thought up.

i am going to attempt to do a series of paintings, illustrations, photography and perhaps even some very short films based on several of the brother's dark tales. i am so extatic and full of inspiration it's mind boggling i just want to go create right this second.

little red- cap

 i will begin my series with little red-cap (commonly known as little red ridding hood) tomorrow. wish me long this series could take a year or so...

sneak peak?

here's a bit of a peak of a charcoal drawing i started today. it's just about done, just need to touch it up and draw in the volume and little details.

can you guess who? betcha you can't.

Degas

first official homework from my painting class. we were to select a work from a list of famous artists and try to mimic their painting technique. i chose to re-create one of Edgar Degas potraits from his collection of women sitting and brushing their hair or stepping in/out of the tub. i don't know why but i love drawing or painting the woman body. something so delicate and elegant about it. anywho below is his orignal painting, i still need to go back at touch mine up. not quite satisfied yet but i spent a good 5-6 hours painting it.

Degas is  most known for his dancers (danseuse) series which i loved when i was younger. i remember look at the ballerina's and thinking how beautiful their tutu's were and how delicate they looked.

interesting fact i learned from my professor seabel: he was pretty much a creeper. he adored woman and was fascinated with them but never had the courage to go up and talk to them. due to his shyness he painted/drew these woman from a distance where they didn't even notice him. bizarre but brilliant.