A belt for a snow day

What I do with a snow day. I love

the hippy vibe that this gives off. I wanted for it to have nature elements in it and jusr a cool surfer-esque vibe as well. So I just tricked it out.

Because Starbucks double cups their coffee

This is my second experiment with blotting out words in order to highlight others. This one went rather well. I used a less crazy approach to make the focus the pink color and the delicate work on the rest of the cup. Done on Valentines day.

How to recycle a coffee cup

Actually this is the first coffee cup that I altered. I did this one around Valentines Day so the hearts are in aboundance.

I was experimenting with blotting out words(back of cup) but it didn't go so well...

The way Coffee should be served

These were my alterations to a coffee cup. I wanted to give this one a very snowish look. It was snowing all weekend here in MD so I wanted the cup to have a lot of broken lines and such.

Tis the season to be jolly(especially when using oil pastels)

Lost into Musicland, again

Self Portrait with layers

I was trying to portray that I am a bright and interesting person. I did this by including the ornate top of the mirror and making the whitest area be the area around my head and body. I also wanted to portray that the eye sees light. When we look at things they are divided into sections and planes of color and light of differing intensitys. I put the lightest section, the mirror with my face, off to the side to make the picture more interesting. I also included the mirror and the drawers behind it to keep your eye focused on the picture. the dimmer section in the large mirror is just to emphasise the intensities of lights and darks in other areas. It is focused on my face and I can see the light on a stool in my mirror. This is placed there to give a sense of place. I created form by carving light out of the dark charcoal. I took a risk by showing a 3/4 view of my face. I couldn't even start the portrait till I had done some preliminary drawings of my face.