Oh geez, I guess it's been awhile! Sorry for being the lame out of touch person that I am, but that's just me! Lot's of stuff has happened since that last sickness/last rugby game/last post. Rugby is now over, but we had a couple sweet games and went to the boy's Keg Game versus Wabash College. The Keg Game was amazing, I had no idea school rivalries could be so intense! Wabash is our rival school and at first I thought the t-shirts we made were a little bit too mean ("Wabash gets no": *picture of a kitty cat*). I mean, they are super funny since Wabash is all-guys, but still, pretty mean right? Well no way, once I stepped off our bus to the game our shirts were all of a sudden quite tame. We were greeting with a huge crowd chanting obscenities at us. Terrifying!! They even spray painted big red W's on the back of our RENTED buses. We lost the game, but I'm almost glad because I think if we had won the crowd of Wabash supporters would have just brawled us to death. DePauw was definitely outnumbered! Next year it will be at home as will the Monon Bell football game (which we also lost) so it should be more fun. Maybe we'll win too!
So I've been painting more too... this is what I've got so far.... almost done with the semester!!
Landscape outside, just some planted trees on campus. Kinda boring and I don't really like the colors.
My favorite painting so far. It's a copy of Monet, but I don't care. It kinda feels like my own painting. I really wanted to paint the ocean since there's no way I would be able to otherwise (we always have to paint from life in Kingsley's class) and I really miss it so, yeah.
Another outside landscape, from life this time. It was just starting to be fall, and the leaves really did look all red and awkward on that one side of the tree. I like the sunflowers I painted in the garden but I'm not sure if you can see them.
Blah, second self-portrait. I think it looks more like me than the other one but less like a person. It's still really flat too, just like the other one. I'd like to work on this one more to get it ready for my final critique but I'm not sure if I'll have time or not.
Last landscape. I painted this outside too but not too long ago so it was freezing. Not too happy with this one, but it is what it is.
Pumpkins! For Halloween! Even Kingsley got in the spirit for this holiday, too bad I was in Indy at the time visiting Homer people that were in town. I painted these as they began to rot which was kind of fun in a weird way. I really like the inside of the pumpkin, it was fun to detail.
Taa-daa! My first ever nude model painting! Oh my gosh it was so awkward. For one, it was my first nude model experience. Secondly, it was a male model. Third, I knew the guy!! He's in my computer science class, which surprise surprise, meets right after painting. Forth, as you can see by the painting, it felt like he was looking at me the whole time. AWKWARD! But I made it through and I'm quite happy with my painting. The feet and legs are my favorite part... along with their corresponding shadows on the cloth.
And this is the first of my three painting series that will be my painting final. It is unfinished (don't worry!) and looks a lot better now since I worked on it for about three hours today. Tyrone my fish is crappy model compared to Ross since he is hyperactive and never sits still but it is much less awkward to paint him. :)
So that is all for now. I'm heading out with my cousin Chris tomorrow at nine-ish to spend Thanksgiving with family in Wheaton, IL. Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend! I'm thankful there is you!
P.S. Here's some of me too!
P.S. Here's some of me too!
