3/4 face

Here is a 3 quarters face I did based on the lesson by Tamara laporte! I love her fabulous faces class! It is still mostly front facing, I need to work on the 3/4 view more. :)

Collage assignment

Here is an assignment for one of my classes. It drove me up the wall lol. It is a self portrait collage. I tore a lot of magazines to get all the pieces I needed, this was so time consuming. Definitely not my forte but it was a lesson in visual texture so I suppose it was worth it :)

Journal page

Just wanted to share real quick a page I have done for my art journal. I hate the other pages I've done so far but this one I really like. This journal hasn't yet turned into the amazing ones I always see but hopefully once I muddle and get through this one, I'll know a little better for the next go around!
<3 Kristin

Small update

So I have been avoiding doing a post because I don't have any photos uploaded yet of what I have been doing.  I will try to get some of that up this week, but mainly I have been busy.  Working 40 hours a week and I am now going back to school! I have decided to go ahead and get my art degree.  I am currently taking a class which I think is great for all artists to take.  It looks into the fears of choosing art as your career choice.  It looks at the legal aspects, what doors it can open (or close) for you, what it really takes.  I think it really touches home for me, I have a lot of these fears we have discussed.  I feel like I'm not a real artist, I don't have a unique style yet, I don't know if I can make a living from it, etc.. It is a great class I am excited to be a part of it. 

I hope everyone who is a part of Life Book is enjoying it! I see a lot of posts concerning it and it looks amazing.  I wish I could have been a part but my decision to go back to school has strained me considerable finance wise.  40 hours a week barely covers the tuition/books/bills, my money is 100% exhausted. but it will hopefully be worth it in the end *fingers crossed*

Another exciting thing! One of my other classes requires that we do an art journal, so now I am really pushed to do one.  I have been wanting to do one, but I had no idea how to go about it.  So here it goes :) I will post that as I progress in it, should be interesting. 

Well that is it for now, I hope to show some pictures soon!

<3 Kristin

October Recap :)

Hello!! I have been a very busy person, I put in my reapplication to go back to school, had to take a big certification test for my new position (which I passed and am now an official front end supervisor, not super exciting but its better then working fast food! ) and new longer, later work hours (getting home 11 pm then still have to clean and cook dinner!). I did do a few things in October and would like to share that with you :)

Firstly I had ordered a calendar from Juliette Crane in one of my splurge moments (I got some grief for it from my boyfriend) but although it was more costly then I would have ever spent on a calendar, I love that my purchase helps support an artists lifestyle and I think that in itself made it worth it. Along with the calendar I got a surprise of a few stickers too!

I also had a bit of time to do another of Willowing's Fabulous Face lessons.  This is the 3 quarter portrait:

I think she turned out pretty good, I can't wait to have a minute to sit and do another one!

Vampire Face

Hello!! Just wanted to make a quick post tonight.  I've been pretty busy at work with my new position and way too tired to even think about doing anything.  This has hindered my art and cooking, as lately I've been resorting to quick frozen meals or take out :-x blah I need to start cooking dinners again no matter how late or tired, eating this badly has left me feeling very blah and gross.

Anyways, I love halloween!! I love seeing the art and decorations everyone has been doing.  I've got up some orange lights around my living room and a few halloween decorations up.  I'm almost done with a ghostly wreath and I've seen a couple cute halloween banners I may try to make too :-D In the spirit of halloween, I mustered up enough energy to do a vampire face in watercolor pencils.

I had not planned on her hair being all those colors but alas that is just how it ended up being.  I hope to post again by the end of the weekend with the finished wreath and hopefully a few other things to share :) Have a good weekend everyone!

<3 Kristin

Painted face

So last night I moved on to week two of Willowing's Fabulous Faces and it was wonderful! My first time using watercolor crayons and now I am in love with them. They are amazing, I only have a small starter set from Michaels, thats all they carried.  When I get more money I want to order a bigger set from dickblick or something.  Anyways I only have one painting to show today, but I really liked how she turned out.  I want to do a halloweenish one next :-D I plan on doing several more before moving on to week three of the course, I should have more by the end of the week!

I did notice the watercolor paper kind of knotted/rubbed off, I assume that was because I am impatient and don't let it dry enough? Any tips on that?

Also for anyone that didn't know, Ady at Doll Dreams is doing a Halloween Dollie course that looks really awesome.  I recommend everyone to check it out.  I unfortunately cannot participate *pouts* but maybe around christmas I can get it with the xmas money I will hopefully get from distant relatives :-P Ahah I'll give out halloween pictures for christmas :-D hehe

And a Happy Birthday to Kristin's (Twinkle Twinkle) beautiful 6 year old daughter!! :-D

<3 Kristin

**Update: I did another face today! Instead of watercolor paper/crayons I used acrylic on canvas :)

 

Also check out Effy's giveaway!! She is doing an amazing giveaway of a spot on willowing's Life Book along with a couple other fantastic goodies! Life Book is an amazing course with several awesome instructors.  I really hope to win a spot in the class as well otherwise I just can't afford it.  But Good luck to me and to everyone else!! I hope everyone can take this course :-D