I stare at the sky a lot.

I made a star map of Ursa Major and some of the surrounding constellations for fun.  This is relatively accurate and applies to what those of us in the Northern Hemisphere will see this August.

Speaking of which...

Seriously, nothing calms me down like being outside and looking up at the stars.

How I feel today.

How I feel today:

On the bright side though... I just managed to post this from my phone. Pardon the weird coloration... I took the picture with my phone, too. In a dark room. With obviously poor lighting. Is that an artist foul or something?

Being a grown up is tough.

So... I haven't used my art supplies in so long that they were covered in dust.

Set Designs!

So I was recently asked to help design the set for an upcoming performance at our local theatre (I like spelling it "theatre" as opposed to "theater" so much better because it makes more sense in my head... also, it just feels so much more proper). The set is a Greek hotel and the show will showcase all the local dance classes/groups with a storyline to thread all the dance performances together.  Here are my sketches!

 

The last sketch (the one on the bottom) is the design that was chosen.  It's certainly going to take some work but I'm excited to see how this whole things turns out.  I've never taken on a project of this sort which means that I'm excited to be working on it.  The show opens up in two-ish weeks, so it's going to be go-go-go...  Anyway!  The stage so far:

 

As you can see, it still has quite a ways to go :)  (The photo was taken with my phone, so its not the best...).

Random Whale

Gouache is such a strange word. Anyway, I was just trying to play around with mixing watercolor and gouache. Yay for random whales!

My Antlers Are Never Quite Right...

Don't you hate it when that happens?