graduations and celebrations

want to see pictures from my graduation...?

click here.

other than that, here are some highlights from the last couple of weeks...

end of the year party in Laguna, 50's themed...this was nearly 2 weeks ago...






hanging out at Pip's one Saturday morning...





a few of my favorite commencement pictures...










oops...spill...mom was the only one who didn't notice...

better


Industry Open House and miscellaneous fun...







Thursday thru Saturday of last week i took care of an elderly woman with Parkinson's. her name is Dee...

after i left her house on Saturday i drove to school and met up with Tiffany and Elizabeth and we spent 8 hours making a present for Beau, who was throwing a graduation party...


some pics from the party...






yay...



more in-depth post in the future. promise.

now
bed.


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Chapter 1

I have been thinking a lot about where i am.
i know, weird.

I graduated yesterday from LCAD. Summa Cum Laude, with art i am proud of, and so many people around me that i have fallen in love with i can hardly even hold it in. i am such a different person than i was 3 years ago...my mind is different, my outlook is different, i wrestled with doubts, fears, sadness, and experienced countless times of faithfulness from the Lord, in spite of myself.

All i can do is thank and praise Him with all my heart. and for the prayers and support of my family, my friends, of you...

i feel like everything leading up to now has been a prologue to my life story, and now it can finally begin...

RAD.


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whelmed-over

here are some pictures of me presenting on Friday (painting of Nick very unfinished)...

i am madly getting myself ready for my show wednesday. probably won't sleep much in the next 3 days...and i'm already exhausted.

lots going on...lots of people in trials and under pressure...just found out that one of my classmates has been pronounced brain-dead after being sick with pneumonia...it's really hard to stay focused. please pray...!

updates later...



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Capstone Tomorrow

colleen is very very not happy about talking in front of people.

my studio all cleaned up...



head drawing...

Tracey picking lemon-herb chicken flower bouquets...

a somewhat current photo of the Nick painting...bad color, etc...

i can't work on it anymore today...i'm just too frustrated!!! agh!

so tired. i think i'm going to drive back to my apt and eat soup and try not to worry about tomorrow...

before you go, you should really check this out...CLICK HERE! RIGHT HERE!!

and this...courtesy of Pip...


amazing.


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for now...

things are better.

here are some of my working progressions...again, i must repeat that the color in the photos looks terrible...

*NUDITY ALERT...*

watercolor on hot press

pastel on canson paper

oil on sanded canvas

the painting of Nick is coming along...

...and Ashlee is 97% finished!! i'm so excited! just some touches here and there before next Tuesday...


NEXT TUESDAY
I HAVE TO FINISH THESE BY NEXT TUESDAY

i can't believe things have gone so fast...

my friends and i just spent the last hour and a half cleaning up our studios for individual gallery interviews...

Friday is my Senior Capstone Oral Presentation...
Monday i'll be up all night...
then Tuesday we hang the show...
the show is a week from tomorrow...
then finals...
then Industry Open House...

oooooh goodness.




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