money man

everyone is a bit like money man at some point. most people are like money man as soon as they start earning money and they become too tight to spend it, or too dodgy to be reasonable with it, ripping everyone else off. i hate money men!!!!! MECHANICS ARE THE BIGGEST MONEY MEN AROUND, AS WELL AS INSURANCE AGENCIES!!!

more uni work

today i've been working on some uni stuff and i have 3 of these drawings to do, but i thought i'd post these 2 now that i've done them, cos i think i am deserving of a break, hehe.

the top one is a 360 turn of a room, everything i saw in it.

the bottom one is a over view shot, standing from the res balcony and looking over the buildings.

apollo bay!!!

yo. me and my boyfriend alex went to apollo bay for our one year!!! it was lots of fun and i took some happy snaps! look how nice victoria can be! this is only 2 hours from geelong!!!!!!!!

the 12 apostles. how many are there now? 4???
stevenson's falls.

this is behind the waterfall at stevensons falls!!
the talls were very tall compared to little ol' me.
this is looking back towards apollo bay and port camble and stuff! very pretty. lots and lots of ocean.

thats about it for now!!!
have fun looking at my fotos.

the journey continues...

so this is my latest update. i finished layering the blue, but i thought it looked too solid and my sister agreed that it needed something to break it up. i was always going to break it up, but i didn't know how, whether i just varied the tone of blue, or put an effect on it. i decided to sponge paint it. thats when you get a dry sponge and u dip it in the paint and blot it on. i hadn't done this before, so i guess i learnt throug practice. i probably blotted it on a bit think at first, but yeah, through practise and layering, i became happy with my outcome. after that i blotted the bottom bits of the stool a darker blue. i thought this would just look cooler, you know, create interest and what not. im going to paint more on the legs, like reeds and a sea bed maybe, you know, with sand and coral. i'll keep thinking on that one.
so this is my little work station!!

these are the legs up close.


i'll keep u posted!

ditching one task for another...

story of my life! but this task is a money making thing (HOPEFULLY). so this is my idea. i love mermaids right..... so i thought i could paint a mermaid on a bar stool!!! here's my progress so far.

1. so i got my raw pine stool from the big shed. after looking everywhere i could think of in geelong and asking everyone i thought might knew, it seemed that getting a stool from the big shed was the best option. you know you can get more if you need them, they're made well and they were cheap. it was good because i even managed to bargain with the man for it and got it for cheaper!! woooo!!!

2. i went to bunnings to get paint. so i looked at all the colour cards, you know the ones. and i got this nice blue colour, called water raceway. so i got a sample pot of that. that was pretty cheap too. cheaper then at the art shop, getting several bottles of acrylic paint.

4. BEGIN PAINTING!!!

5. layers!!! so the first layer is done. i'll keep u posted when more progress has been made!!!!!

inspiration

i went to the ocean grove market the other day. it was soooo cool there!!! i really recomend people go. especially people who are interested in like arts and crafts and stuff. there are alot of people there doing their own sing and trying to put themselves out there and they're really talented. there were heaps of cool stalls, and i bought this ring at one.

i love it cos of the little hands. it reminded me of fern gully, the last rainforest. u know that kiddies movie where they chop down the trees? well you know the old lady... magi, she is like the protector of the forest, well at the end of the film she gives Crysta (the main fairy) a seed and puts it in her hands and clamps them together. then she says "help it grow" and the speed sprouts and yep, thats like LIFE growing out of a seed!!! it spreads itself everywhere and it replaces all the destruction and death that human impact on the land. well the new life makes it way up through this twisted old tree and i tried to find a picutre on the net of it, but i can't, but its some really really really good imagery.

so i remembered that picture in my mind when i saw the ring and got this idea of like... the rebirth of life and stuff u know? coming togther and stuff. and i also remembered this picture i collected once.

i really dig this picture too. so i thought, u know, combining all those ideas, i could really come up with something, so ehre's my rough sketch.

i'm gonna do it again, but better obviously. but blogging my processes is a good way to get it down, and into ur head, u know. like a draft. if any of u guys have pictures or ideas that you think would make it even cooler let me know!!! catcha later and i'll post the good copy when its done. cya!

trees

i like treeeeeeeeeees in a non hippy way, i just think they're cool.

these trees are at lethbridge primary school!!!! GO LETHY

this tree is in this paddock in bannockburn. i think its cool too. hehehe. thats all for now, but keep it in mind.