A Little Perspective

At last! I'm done with finals. The weather was just perfect today right after my exam as if spring was beckoning me. And I am ready for some SUN!

After I got home I plopped onto the couch and watched Aladdin. I had no recollection of what it was even about, just some magic carpets and such. But it was SO GOOD! I might be my favorite so far (and so far I've re-watched Beauty and Beast, Hercules, The Jungle Book...there's more I just can't remember). Re-watching old Disney cartoons are so much fun. You forget how good they were, and you also pick up on things they say that you did not see or understand when you were little.

But back to why I wanted to write a post in the first place. Most of my friends also get done with finals this week, inundating Facebook with "yayyyy spring break!!!!" type of statuses. But I saw two posts one right after the other that made me chuckle.

(the person on the bottom goes to school in california, that's why it's funny)...

Have a super spring break!

SHOES!

I should really be studying for my philosophy final tomorrow...but then I saw these shoes and couldn't stop looking at them. They are on this blog that I have been perusing through. All her outfits are fabulous! Go check it out!

Alright I won't keep you hanging any longer...here they are.

Ahh...they're so awesome.

a new direction

I haven't done any sort of art in a long time...so this blog was going nowhere fast. I figured I could use this blog as a sort of virtual sketchbook where I collect inspirations. My high school art teacher said we should always be keeping track of our likes and dislikes, it really helps us develop our taste and preferences.

I've been perusing through many fashion blogs lately and finding inspiration through new combinations of color and design. What has stood out the most are outfits that combine bold colors with bold shapes. I'm a bit of a minimalist when it comes to fashion, just a few simple pieces can make for one heck of an outfit! Here's what I mean:

I have a thing for primary colors.

I also have a thing for outfits with just black, white, and red.

There's no white in this outfit...but you get the idea.

Sketchbook

Some of my favorite sketchbook pages from my last semester in art :'(

Hogwarts!
Pen on paper

"Draw an elephant." - Kylur
Pen and watercolor

Muse forever
Pencil on paper

Pen and watercolor

Pen and watercolor

Pen and acrylic

Pen drawn on a London map that I got in London. =)

Inspired by something I saw at a gallery in Pioneer Square.

Pen and watercolor

This one took waaay too long to do.

Pen on paper

Pen and watercolor

Pen on paper

acrylic fingerpainting 

Master's Painting #2

Wassily Kandinsky

Houses in Murnau 1908

Acrylic on board

June 2010

Master's Painting

Monet

Beach at Sainte Adresse 1867

Acrylic on board

June 2009

Self Portrait

Acrylic on canvas

October 2009