Steampunk Clocktower in Progress

"You'll build a box," she said. Box. How boring. Then she showed us pictures and everything changed. As we passed around the laptop, one photo caught my eye. A tall, wavy box, shaped very much like a clocktower. Turns out, it wasn't a clock, but my mind had already begun racing. Clocktower equalsMinyrva (a novel written by a friend who wishes to remain anonymous). Minyrva equals steampunk. Thus, my vision began to grow from mere thoughts to a drawing, to the actual tower, and it was so.much.fun. Before this project, I had found working with clay incredibly frustrating. Somehow the material refused to obey my will, but that had been coils. Now I could build with slabs, which brought me back to creating things with my brother in his basement workshop. Of course wood doesn't comply quite as well as clay, but the process still seemed a bit more familiar. So, here it is, the result of my three-week adventure, and I still need to glaze it.

Above the Storm

It's been a long time, but among summer events, sewing, knitting, entering artwork in the county fair and going to college, I haven't gotten around to doing any noteworthy art to post here. Yesterday, however, a tidal wave of inspiration hit me at approximately 12:30 - a terrible time when you planned to spend your afternoon researching the crusades - and I came up with a myriad of different ideas, one of them being this. It began as a simple sketch, which needed ink, so in the name of Inktober, I attempted to make beautiful black lines, then, it needed color. When will I ever learn to buy watercolor pads instead of simple sketchpads? Decent washes don't really happen. Oh well, I had fun. And really, that's all that matters.

The Way of Kings

It's official. I love The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. That book is just incredible: thoughtful, imaginative and incredibly complex. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys fantasy.

This first drawing began as Kaladin, but I thought that he looked too old. Also, it didn't really express his character properly. After drawing the brands on his forehead, I became thoroughly convinced that this was not him. Then, I erased them again and realized I had drawn how I imagine Highprince Sadeas.

And here's Syl, because she's awesome.

I Want Adventure in the Great, Wide Somewhere

I want it more than I can tell. 

~Belle-Reprise: Beauty and the Beast

I wanted to paint something really special for my friend's eighteenth birthday. After mulling over a few possiblities involving travel, I suddenly remembered her graduation photos. This one happened to be perfect, because I don't feel terribly confident painting faces yet. Also, source photo credit goes to Jason Bailey at Pixlphoto.com

Two Drawings!

I really haven't been ignoring art, just never got around to uploading stuff. So, here are two of my latest pieces.

The girl here looks a bit too old to be riding one of those stick horses, but children are hard. I have yet to make them look young enough. Also, by the time I got to the horse, I was rather tired of the picture.

Lately, I've been in the mood for drawing lines from songs. This drawing I based on "Thrive" by Switchfoot. It portrays the line, "I wanna thrive, not just survive." 

Watercolour Phone Booth

In honour of my love of Great Britain

Dreams of Magic

If you may not have yet noticed, I tend to favor the romantic, magical scenes. Therefore, I scour the internet in search of these scenes to alter and make my own. Here is one such piece.

It's rather difficult to photograph a canvass covered in acrylic paint without getting some glare, so really there shouldn't be any white marks in the darker areas.