Good morning, afternoon or evening! (Depending on where in the world you are....And when you read this). Last night I had only two hours of sleep. I came home from school on Monday (my first day of the semester) and started painting and drawing right away. As I was home alone for the evening, time went by so fast that all of a sudden I had been working for 7 hours straight (with just a bite to chew on). I got so into art mode that I could not fall asleep once I finally got to bed. I kept picturing different motifs and methods of making illustrations and animations. Now I have so many ideas, it is left to see if I manage to get some of them out here for "show and tell". I went to my morning class where my teacher talked about fundamental American questions, the constitution, the bill of legislation, rights, what being a citizen really mean, and how this all ties back to what made America -well, America. Here is a drawing I drew of my teacher while he was talking. The lines are blind (meaning that I looked at my teacher an not down on the paper). It should be said that I peeked down at the paper while drawing in the shadows. Art school is wonderful, I don't get yelled at for sketching while the teacher is talking. (Yes this one goes out to you Mrs. Math teacher back in high school.) My mind is much more present and focused when my pen get to doodle.
Mr. Eder and "the five nouns that made America"
After class I got to catch up with an old and dear friend, the piano. Our school now has a piano on campus. What a joy! I was thinking of completely giving up playing music in total since I haven't been able to find a piano I could borrow to play on (while not bothering anyone), that is, until this very day! Conclusion: I'm good.
Above is an illustration I believe I posted earlier this year (May?) Although this one has a minor adjustment I think makes a major improvement. Can you tell what the adjustment is?
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Animation
Hey, I uploaded two more animations to youtube. Use the link below to check them out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqKZAKBV1M0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ_pxoKpK3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqKZAKBV1M0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ_pxoKpK3E
Friday, August 26, 2011
Animation Self portrait, October 2010
Since the animations I've uploaded have been rather troublesome and not been able to play very well (or not at all), I created a youtube account where I will upload the animations and link my blog to. I hope this will work out for the better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNpMh0rafLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNpMh0rafLE
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Experimenting with long exposure photoes.
These are some long exposure photos I took last night. Instead of capturing one moment with the camera I experimented with capturing several moments from different realities, into one photo. I used what was showing on tv/youtube videos on the computer, photography I've taken, my backyard and pointed light sources (such as, the microwave light). This allows me to collage together pieces in a strictly digital way and get a different expression and feel to it.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Choices...say what?
These past two days I've done a lot of thinking. First of all, I was thinking that I'd like to start sharing my thoughts here a little more often. A more personal blog could be more fun to follow (I cross my fingers for that). The other thing I've been thinking about is all this art making. There are so many choices to take that I tend to get lost in them. When I can create absolutely whatever I want, I get more lost than if I have guidelines to follow. So I decided to go trace my steps backwards to see if I could find something to work forward on. Here is a drawing I started a few weeks ago of my dog in Norway, yet never finished. Now it's done, and that's two hours before my own deadline runs out. Barely made it.
A study of my doggy, ink and watercolor pencils. August 22nd. 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Ready, set...GO!
Hello! I am super excited to see that my sister, who just moved to the Philippines to work as an English teacher at an elementary school for 13 weeks, created a blog where she will be documenting her experience. So I thought I would share the link to her site here (located underneath), in case YOU would be interested in her adventures. She writes in Norwegian, so if you can't read Norwegian there are plenty of awesome pictures to look at. I know for a fact that I will be following her posts daily.
Now that summer is coming to an end (at least for me) I'm done with my traveling and back in Portland ready for school to start, I have decided that I will be drawing every day and post something HERE every other day, to pick up my game before school starts. So be warned, soon this site will be bombarded with silly drawings and windows into my sketchbook.
Taken by Ina Susanne Karlsen in the Philippines Saturday August the 20th. 2011
http://inasusanne.blogspot.com/
Now that summer is coming to an end (at least for me) I'm done with my traveling and back in Portland ready for school to start, I have decided that I will be drawing every day and post something HERE every other day, to pick up my game before school starts. So be warned, soon this site will be bombarded with silly drawings and windows into my sketchbook.
Taken by Ina Susanne Karlsen in the Philippines Saturday August the 20th. 2011
http://inasusanne.blogspot.com/
Sunday, August 7, 2011
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