Newest project I just completed for Mark's class. I call it "Koi Ride" despite the fact that it looks a lot like a beta fish (some thought it was a squid, sea horse, etc). I'm mildly happy on how it turned out considering I spent alot of time thinking about the subject and was very uncertain on how to approach it when I started. I got reminded of this sketch when I went to the Earl Burns Japanese Garden for water coloring class and thought it would be awesome to actually complete the piece of work. I had alot of fun and frustration on the composition and the cohesion of the mix media, but I'm glad I did it.
Personal stuff:
Most of the stuff for the TaLK teaching opportunity has been submitted and all I really need to do now is to get my criminal records in...I should be set within 2 weeks.
The Kern River trip was awesome, though the fun was shrouded by personal drama in my life. That was not awesome. I think I'll be going back there with close friends that don't have crap drama to deal with. Other than that, I had a fun time reconnecting with nature. I felt at ease listening to the frogs croak near the river and looking up at the infinite sky. I actually saw my first shooting star, three of them to be exact and the rush of paddling through rapids and flipping over is pretty sweet. I want to go, too bad it's 3+ drive away.
-Mr. Tea
Newest project I just completed for Mark's class. I call it "Koi Ride" despite the fact that it looks a lot like a beta fish (some thought it was a squid, sea horse, etc). I'm mildly happy on how it turned out considering I spent alot of time thinking about the subject and was very uncertain on how to approach it when I started. I got reminded of this sketch when I went to the Earl Burns Japanese Garden for water coloring class and thought it would be awesome to actually complete the piece of work. I had alot of fun and frustration on the composition and the cohesion of the mix media, but I'm glad I did it.
Here's a portrait I just did for Martha's watercolor class. I'm really lackadaisical in that class. Despite it being near the end of the semester I still can't wrap my head around watercolors. I'm clashing with Nathan Fowkes style (which I admire a lot and I'm not very good at it) and traditional watercolor. Either that or I'm treating the paint like oil or watercolor. 
Here's a piece I did this semester for Mark's class. It actually got selected for the "Insights" show for the campus. The concept is "Sarcasm" and it was derived from the series of questions that everyone was given. I was anonymously given someone else's survey and the impression was whoever this was a sarcastic smart-ass. Don't get me wrong, sarcasm is funny, but it's killing the art of conversation. It's a combination of ink, water color washes, graphite and digital coloring.
