a day we went to the skatepark

I enjoy capturing the smoke, the laughs, and the floating-in-air-mess-ups.

it's life

well hello

oh hi hello it's Courtney, sooo for graduation I got a new Canon Rebel T1i ... I've been going photo-happy. I mean it's perfectly fine to bring your hunk of a camera everywhere and photograph everyone like a superstar right?? Regardless- you will soon see some more shots ;) Let's just say

I'm way too excited

now this blog can have some more.. dimension?

@party

( click it for a better view) made with my graphics tablet

My first entry into the demoscene at @party in Boston

for the Freestyle Graphics compo, placing 5th of 7

woohoo! I'm determined to improve, with it being so competitive...more demo parties to enter in the future ;]

little something

ink and watercolor

I hardly post work, and its been ages... so there's a little something for you, the whoever I'm writing to.
Currently, playing with some paintings and sketching ideas for: a tee shirt design (please let me make money in an exciting way) and a freestyle graphic that I would like to enter at @party... a demo party in Boston this summer.

speaking of after graduation...
I'm officially going to the Art Institute of Boston!
now full of curiosity, the unknown, and excitement....

another sketchbook & my March

wait.

polaroids of my lovely Hanna
As of recently in my little world, waiting and running to the mailbox has been a daily routine... waiting for letters with my name on it. so far I got accepted to art schools: Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA, Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, OR and Art Institute of Boston, Mass. to top it off they offered big scholarships :) joy!


now decisions for the indecisive.

oil paintings

oh the beauty and aroma of working with Georgian paints!
latest oils:

Gave away my narwhal today
he's in a better place now
same with the man trapped inside the hot air balloon above
both 16X12"

5X4" Restless
catching her forever moving

letters, poetry, figures

Words are left out too often
After stumbling upon this brilliant project called 300 love letters
(Check it out, highly entertaining and inspiring.)
I have found myself writing letters to people in my life (though with no intention of sending them yet)
this way I can train myself to express moreso in words, where I'm currently lacking.
The creator of this project puts it perfectly:

"I wanted to be able to pull out and vocalize the small thread connecting me to them, them to me, the something in them that I found beautiful or real and the something between us that existed beneath everything, acknowledged or unacknowledged, forgotten gestures and moments, strange and rare affinities."

(one "love letter" I'm willing to share, also found in an older post)

Fridge poetry,
temporary
an entertaining art that has always interested my soul.
I should collect pictures of said work...

this one is made by Jake Taylor:




Jacob. My model. He likes to sit for me, and I enjoy drawing him.. we all win :)
Figure drawing is my high, my craving throughout the day,
want to be drawn next?

Dear blog, it's been too long

my current assignment in my drawing class, my face must share an object.. why not grapes? still in progress.

brown and white conte crayons

going apples!

journal entry


drawing Hanna who's drawing her feet


That was a tasty apple


working on observational drawings lately to keep me on my toes
since I start my college drawing class tomorrow :o)

couch

watercolor and ink
resting will forever look graceful

vote, vote, score

Haiku & sketch!

Recently in my notebook, a written Haiku and models inspired by the simple& gorgeous fashion sketches of Sandra Suy.

This is my practicing of the dramatic look of models.
In case you were wondering, a Haiku is all about syllables.. this one is 5,7,5



One of my favorite works by Sandra Suy:

Woman

line drawing of a woman

graphics tablet

next step: figure how to make coloring/shading look decent

Final

This is the final project for my visual arts class, we had to create something on a large ceiling tile..
Everyone was a nervous wreck trying to finish in 3 hours! funny/intriguing...
My tile is a "page" from a graphic novel, making up a drama filled story of a squid attacking the poor boat and crew. Acrylic. O the sea and mysteries we won't see..

The way I see it...

To be an artist you must be slightly insane+

I can accept that, no, I NEED to be surrounded by that insanity.

Crazy drives creativity, takes it out to lunch, and FEEDS it.

embrace insanity.


water and ink

My sunshine

This is what happens when an old song is stuck in the mind while drawing on a graphics pad...