Stokes County Fair 2012

I placed on 7 out of 8 entries for this local fair. 

Digital Photography: Location: Bahamas (Honorable Mention)

Ink Diluting Tee-shirt Design Process (1st Place) 

Handbuilt Pottery: Couch (1st Place) 

Bracelet and Earrings (2nd Place)

Painting on Wood (3rd Place) 

Handmade Book (1st Place)

Painting on Textile (2nd Place)

Handmade Book

Title: Handmade Book in Green

Media: Paper, Gel Medium, Watercolor Paint

Date: August 2011

Mixed Media Forest

Title: "In The Breeze"

Media: Sharpie Markers, Paper, Gel Medium

Date: September 2012

Pen & Ink: An Initial as a Gift

Title: "See"

Media: Pen and Ink

Date: December 2011

Mail Art: Postcards

Title: "Moving On"

Media: Tempera Paint, Marker, Pen

Date: February 2012

Title: "Create"

Media: Watercolor Paint, Marker, Pen

Date: December 2011

Mail Art: Recent Postcard Designs

Title: "Art"

Media: Pen & Ink, Cut Paper

Date: October 2011

Title: "Around and Around"

Media: Mixed Media

Date: November 2011

Drawings with Names

Title: "Claire"

Media: Marker

Date: January 2011

Title: "Ella"

Media: Marker

Date: January 2011

I made these drawings as gifts for a cousin's daughters after visiting them around the holidays last year.  Ella, especially, saw some of the black and white, non-objective drawings I like to create and started calling them "quilts," which was apparently her connection and what she thought of when looking at the drawings.  So, I decided to create a drawing for her and her sister but draw in color to match of their rooms.

One Local Fair

I entered two pieces in a local fair in September and won 2nd place on both pieces.

Title: "Musical Texture"

Media: Pen & Ink, Acrylic Paint, Sharpie Marker

Date: September 2011

Title: "Smooth Vibrations"

Media: Acrylic Paint, Sharpie Marker

Date: September 2011

Graphic Design: Sweet

Title: "Sweet"

Media: Digital Photography,

Photo Studio 5.5, Picasa 3

Date: September 2011

Some Updates

My blog, (and I,) just celebrated a birthday on October 3.  My blog turned 3 years old since I started it in 2008.

I have been working on a few projects, and I was able to enter them into 2 local fairs.  I will try to post pictures and results in the next few weeks.

I have been back in school, after summer break, teaching art now for about a month and a half.

Most of my time for working on projects has been spent helping a couple friends with pictures, creating a blog, and creating a picture calendar.