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Anonymous asked - "May I ask where you got your buttons made, or did you make them yourself?"

I got them made by these guys, they’re awesome!

05
12
Making stamps

Making stamps

05
12
Forgot to post a final picture of my landscape from my media experimentation class.  It ended up coming out much better than I could have expected.

Forgot to post a final picture of my landscape from my media experimentation class.  It ended up coming out much better than I could have expected.

05
11
Makin’ Thank You cards for some special people 😊

Makin’ Thank You cards for some special people 😊

05
10

“A Brief Intermission”

A short stop motion film I did as one of my finals from this past term.  It is a parody of the classic “Let’s All Go To The Lobby.”  Enjoy!

If you have trouble seeing it try using this link

04
22
LONDON BOUND!  For the next two weeks I’ll be in London visiting with many brilliant people.  Come back and visit often, hopefully I’ll have some sketches from my trip :)

LONDON BOUND!  For the next two weeks I’ll be in London visiting with many brilliant people.  Come back and visit often, hopefully I’ll have some sketches from my trip :)

04
21

"I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies."

- Le Corbusier

04
18
Buttons are fun 😊 #buttons #pins #californiagirls #ellensurrey #edithhead #junechristy #maryblair #peggymoffitt #ruthhandler #rayeames #sistercoritakent #lucilleball

Buttons are fun 😊 #buttons #pins #californiagirls #ellensurrey #edithhead #junechristy #maryblair #peggymoffitt #ruthhandler #rayeames #sistercoritakent #lucilleball

04
18
Working on my landscape for tomorrow #landscape #art #mixedmedia #finals

Working on my landscape for tomorrow #landscape #art #mixedmedia #finals

04
17

"The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up & get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part & a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you."

- Chuck Close

04
14
I wish I had my felt so I could finish this :(

I wish I had my felt so I could finish this :(

04
06
Lets all go to the lobby and get ourselves a treat!

Lets all go to the lobby and get ourselves a treat!

04
05
Another piece of the triptych

Another piece of the triptych

03
29

Did these pieces for Susanita’s Little Gallery’s new show “Sing that Movie!”  I chose to do one of my favorite movies, Singin’ in the Rain.  I did 3 pieces because I just couldn’t choose which amazing scene to do.  The first piece is from the song “Gotta Dance,” the second is from the same sequence, and the last is from the end of “Moses Supposes.”  See my pieces and everyone else’s awesome stuff here, everyone chose a different movie musical.

03
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A piece of a painstaking triptych

A piece of a painstaking triptych