Sand Art

(Via Youtube: Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation (Україна має талант/Ukraine's Got Talent)...
One of my art teachers showed my drawing class this video awhile ago but I never get tired of watching it every now and then. It amazes me how a material so simple can create something so meaningful, powerful, and symbolic.

Em's custom painted shoes part 2

(Custom Painted shoes Beatles design for Em...Click to Zoom.)

These were suppose to be a Christmas present for my friend Emily, but I kept putting them off till last minute. This is our last year together before we go our separate ways in the big world. You could say they're a Christmas/Birthday/Graduation present. Yesterday I had this burst of inspiration and got them done finally. She loves anything Beatles so that's what I based them on.

Adopted

("White Wash" in watered down acrylic...)

Being adopted affects people differently. In my case, I had this feeling of abadonment and in school some kids would say mean things calling me 'white wash,' or 'twinky,' and even 'halfbreed,' which really hurt sometimes. I always have this feeling of not being complete because I've never gone back and I don't know anything about my past. It confused me how just because I was adopted and raised by white parents, I was considered not 'Asian' enough. How I don't know my own language or hangout with all Asians at school makes me white. First of all, I had no choice in the matter what happened and second, I'm proud to be adopted. I'm the best of both worlds.

Bear Necessities

(Pencil sketch of bear...)

I always loose the motivation and never have time to blog. But since there is a massive snow storm outside that has trapped my mom and I inside, this gave me the perfect oppurtunity to write a bit. I really hope it gets warm soon. Mother nature needs to stop throwing curve balls. Anyways, this was a colored pencil sketch I drew for my dad for Christmas. He loves outdoors and nature and since I don't see him much anymore, maybe when he looks at this he'll think of me.

Speak Out

("Speak Out")

The first thing people say when they see this piece I drew is.. "Ouch...What's wrong with that dudes face?" One of my pieces for my drawing class was this pencil/charcoal sketch of a person trying to speak out and break the barrier of what ever is trying to close his mouth shut. I want the viewer to have a sense of the pain the man's going through. There are many times when others and myself feel like they want to speak out what's going on inside but they can't. I wanted to make him look like he's finally fed up with keeping his mouth shut and is trying to SPEAK. I love expressing how i'm feeling in art and just letting it all out. It can be so relaxing or 'free feeling' sometimes.

Korean With a Pearl Earring

(Painting from my Adv. Painting class 2010...click on the pictures to enlarge to get a closer look.)

I haven't blogged in so long due to lack of motivation, and just the winter weather makes me lazy and tired all the time. So I finally took some pictures today of some pieces. I'll try to post throughout the week. For my painting class, our second painting was to change a classic piece and make it our own. I chose to replace the original girl with a Korean because I wanted them to look the same from a distance, but when you get up close you notice that she's actually Asian!

Conquest Gameboard Design

(Conquest Gameboard design for my last years honors modern global class... I made some game pieces too, but I couldn't find them in her class at the time. They look like the characters in the second picture from the top...)

Last year my favorite class was honors modern global not just because I love learning about other cultures, but also because my teacher would make us do projects that were really creative and fun. One of my favorite projects, was creating a game board about the french revolution. I left it there from last year and just remembered about it when one of my friends told me he saw it during class. So I went in today and took some pics so I could remember what it looked like. I remember my group and I spent so long working on it and we only played it for 10 minutes...but the're so many good memories and it was fun hanging with my friends just goofing around and coloring!