4 posts tagged “painting”
- laundry
- target
- michael's
- painting
- apartment hunting
- knocked up
[overall, a good day.]
oh, and bri & i are most likely going to get that apartment we looked at today. it's not much more than we're paying now, and it's in better condition. the only real pitfall is...:dun dun dunnnn:...it's in woonsocket. ugh. my commute to work/school just grew a whooooooole heck of a lot. so much for being walking distance from RIC. :(
and speaking of school, i have a whole host of issues to deal with next semester that i need to sort out ASAP. but long story short, they're trying to screw me on my financial aid. oyyyy vey. :(
and in case anyoe was wondering, knocked up was actually really funny. you should probably go see it if you were considering it. :)
okay well i'm tired and i have work tomorrow @ 12.
so nite nite everyone!
i created a couple of new things today/tonight, as well as started some other new projects, and i'm very happy with the way things are turning out. i found myself very short on supplies [i.e. i only had ONE blank sheet of watercolor paper left. haha] so i ended up skimming through old sketchbooks and whatnot to see what i could work with or otherwise recycle. so those, along with some magazine clippings, were reworked into brand new creations.
so anyway, like i mentioned, i only had one sheet of watercolor paper left. but why waste the cardboard backs of the watercolor pads?! heh. i also found a bunch of acrylics, most of which i haven't used in ages, so i went ahead and gave them a go. the first pic is just acrylics on cardboard, the second is cardboard and a good ol' fashioned sharpie. i have a tendency to doodle very similar images in my notebooks in class. i expect this one to acquire much, much more detail within the next few days.
i found a clipping of andy warhol's marilyn monroe, so i cut it out and glued it to an old project that i had started and then retired before it was finished [see very last pic in the left row]. i painted over the clipping to make the color pop a little bit more. the oil-pastel flower isn't glued on yet; i'm not sticking it on until...well, until i know where i want to stick it. hehe.
the other picture [marilyn's lips] was freehanded in acrylic & watercolor on half of a watercolor postcard [...i really wasn't kidding when i said i was hurtin for supplies! heh] & i threw in the pic of me holding it as a size reference.
i think i'm going to see how long i can go without buying more paper. :)
alright, this night owl definitely needs to hit the hay. but before i go, and on a completely unrelated note, i haven't watched any good movies lately [well, aside from in the land of women; if you haven't seen it yet i suggest you do!]; anywho, help a sista out:
have you seen any good ones lately?
hook me up with some recommendations please!
1. i am trying one of those detoxify-your-body diets. let's see if it works. basically it consists of a lot of green tea and organic juice/broth [it's a week-long liquid diet]. so far i haven't felt hungry yet...although, 'tis only day two. ;) we'll see how this pans out. heh.
2. i really want to check one of those dream websites to check out the significance of certain images that have been showing up in a lot of my paintings. i figure since dreams are subliminal messages, maybe creative endeavors have some sort of unintended subliminal message as well [obviously they all have a level of personal meaning, but i'm curious as to what's beyond even that].
3. i registered for three classes in the fall; i still need to find another one to enroll in to make full-time status, but i don't know what to pick! i was interested in taking an asian philosophy class, but it was already full. :( and i can't take any of the fun art classes because i haven't taken the prereqs yet. SOOOOO that leaves me with....english? i already took the zen class. meh. i just want to take something fun and interesting to break up the monotony of all my psych classes. i wish yoga was a class!
4. it is laundry day, which means i must journey back and forth to the landromat all day. le sigh. i don't feel like going to hell tonight. i do, however, feel like going to the pzc tonight at six for the meditation class. zen = good times.
5. i'm thinking about buying a bicycle. gas is getting way too pricey lately. plus, it's getting nicer out seeing as spring has, well, sprung...so it'd be nice to get a little exercise while enjoying the sunny weather.
and on that note, i've run out of blurbs! have a great day everyone!
i will start by saying that my roommate introduced me to this fabulous thirft-type store yesterday, called the hope chest. $100 later, i am now the proud owner of dolce & gabbana sunglasses, a louis vuitton scarf [which at the moment is doubling as a curtain, considering how giant it is], a black prada bag, and a beat-up vintage gucci bag which i absolutely adore. nikkie bought a cute charm bracelet and a louis bag. this store is seriously a godsend. haha.
i spent the past few nights creating some new things, which is always fun. i also painted a wine bottle, which i didn't photograph. but considering how many wine bottles i go through, i figured why not try to reuse at least some of them? heh. i'll probably buy some fake flowers for it and leave it somewhere in the apartment. :) also, i painted another picture of olivia, only this one's entirely black & white. i'll have to remember to take a picture of that one for next time.
other than that, life's been pretty...average. i was stuck in a funk earlier this week but it seems as though i've come out alive. which is always a good thing. :) i guess with all the stress of school piling up, not to mention the neverending stress at work and then various other issues that come and go, it's enough to drive anyone a little mad. it just seems like everyone else is better than me at managing it. ehhhh.
speaking of school, i have to go study for the chemical dependency test that i have to take in less than three hours. fun fun.
hope everyone has a stellar day :D
