Makeup Monday

I'm going to be trying to update a new makeup look every Monday. This is a normal makeup routine for me. :)

Here is the finished look:

First start off with a clean and clear face:
I use moisturizer because I have very light and dry skin
I use MAC Studio Sculpt (foundation) with my MAC 168SE brush and MAC studio finish concealer
Next I apply MAC Studio Fix powder with a Kabuki brush

The best and most important product that all make-up appliers should use are eye shadow primers. They make your eye shadow stay longer and more vibrant. I use either Urban Decay Shadow Potion or Too Faced Shadow Insurance. They both work very well, I just think you get more for your money in the Too Faced bottle.

Step 2: Apply purple eyeshadow up to crease (NARS- "Strada")

Step 3: Apply black eyeshadow onto the end of your crease line and outward, towards the end of your eyebrow (Kat von D- Beethoven Palette "Lucifer")

Step 4: Blend eyeshadow together with a fluffy brush in circular motions. (this step takes a little practice!) Add a white eyeshadow or light color to highlight your skin under your eyebrow while blending. (Victoria's Secret- Very Sexy "Wink")



Step 5: Apply black gel eyeliner (MAC- "Blacktrack") I like to use gel eyeliner with an angled brush (MAC 266) because it gives me more control and a hard look. You can use a pencil or liquid, whatever you prefer. :)
I use NYC black waterproof eyeliner pencil for my bottom waterline.



Step 6: Apply mascara to top and bottom lashes, starting at the root to tip, moving back and forth
For this look I used MAX Factor- Volume Couture in Rich Black, waterproof



Step 7: Apply blush to the apple of the cheeks, flowing upward along your cheek bone up to your hair line. (NARS- "Orgasm")
I use the MAC 2 brush and blend with my Kabuki if the color gets too strong
Make a fishy face sucking your cheeks in if you need help to see where your cheek bones are!



That's it! I'll do more complete looks with lips and pictures of cheeks once I get more into the swing of things. I hope this was good for my first go at explaining. Please let me know what you think! Any questions or suggestions are welcome! If you have a certain look you'd like me to cover let me know!

New Kittens!

I haven't posted in a very long time, but I thought it'd be nice to start back up again and what better way than to show pictures of my new little babies.

They're around 5 months old and we adopted them from a shelter. They're sisters, the only two girls from a litter of 5. The litter lived with a foster family so they were well taken care of and so sweet! We named them Luna and Lily.











~me and luna~

As you can see I've taken so many pictures! I have more pictures of my cats than pictures of my friends. lol
My 2 year old cat Sheena is still getting used to them. Hopefully she'll start playing with them soon.

Let's take some E!

The E! network that is. And who's the best person on that network? Well... it's Joel McHale!!
My best friend Michelle and I are going to see Joel perform stand-up tomorrow! And we decided to make matching T-shirts of course.
This will be my second time seeing Joel and I am SO beyond excited.
We used fabric markers, puffy paint, and glow-in-the-dark fabric marker =)
(hopefully that works...)
Here's the picture of the shirts front and back. I'll post more pictures of us from the show tomorrow. =)

Missing

So the last few slides of my presentation did not show.... still not sure what caused it, but what can you do. I decided to post them here. :)
I've already posted the picture of my cat transforming into my boyfriend, so I won't post it again. :)
Of course I kept some of the bests for last.

ACEOs

ACEO= "Collectible little pieces of art. An ACEO is always two and one-half inches by three and one-half inches. That is the size of a standard sports trading card. The rule about size is the ONLY rule in the ACEO world. An ACEO can be created in any medium the artist desires: paint, colored pencils, ink, etc. There are even ACEOs made from wood, clay, fabric, and metal." (Read more here)

Here are some cards I've made, alot were in my presentation for school but I added some more.
I like making them, but sometimes it takes me awhile to get inspired and putting everything together. Now with summer coming I hope to make alot more, it's been awhile.

Octopus!

I really enjoyed every one's presentations in my art seminar class! It's cool to see every one's work so far and I can't wait to see them all when they're finished. I was pretty nervous presenting because I don't know what to say....but I think I did better than I thought. I'm more comfortable around everyone in this class than any other so I think that helped.

This is my octopi charcoal drawing. I like this piece and it's from my Drawing I class, which is one of the first classes I took at CCRI. I know some people wanted to see it here on my blog. :)

Artist Statement

Here's what I'm thinking so far on how I want my artist statement to go:


Inspiration for me comes straight from the heart. I'm most inspired by emotions that I feel at certain times. Foremost, I'm a hopeless romantic and fuel my art on different forms of love, therefore I'm inspired by friends and family (including my cats). I have really strong friendships and a loving boyfriend.
Fueled by my emotions that I receive from my daily life from happiness to sadness, I get inspired by music and television. I'm a movie addict which makes me feel connected to the types of films I'm watching which pours through in the art that I make. My favorite types of movies are comedies and also the mythical, fantasy type genre such as the movie The Dark Crystal.
I feel myself favoring colors like purples, blues, and greens which feel very mythical and magical to me. For example, I've been a fan of Amy Brown who watercolors hundreds of fairies and dragons, among other creatures in her artwork.
Different eras in history also inspire me, from clothing, hair, make-up. I really love the Renaissance, knights and princesses, and the 60s, 70s, and 80s. I feel like different periods of history present certain moods and tones to a piece.
As far as music goes I become very inspired while listening to The Beatles. They hold so many different meanings and emotions for everyone. For me, their music makes me feel like I can do anything. On the other hand, I like heavy metal and rock and that music can produce different emotions in me that affect my work.
All of these factors affect all aspects of my art, from photos and drawings, to my jewelry and collage. I want people to feel something when they view my art. I think I make my art to look pretty, I always want it to hold some sort of beauty to it.

Let me know what you guys think. Should it be more structured as far as an introduction and conclusion, like an essay? I have a lot more examples as far as different music, movies, and artists that I like, should I include more?

Art Show Names

A few people sent me their ideas for the name of our art showing...and since I know we want to get this going I will post them now. If anyone else has any more ideas or suggestions please e-mail me or let me know in class.

1. The Student Seminar Premier Exhibition
2. Knights Keystone Presentation
3. CCRI Student Fine Art Seminar Exhibition
4. Inaugural Fine Art Gallery
5. The Collection
6. Left Side
7. Thoughts of the Mind
8. The Works
Rate these from 1-8, one being the best. Again e-mail me, comment, or let me know tomorrow in class.

EDIT:: It's been decided in today's class that we are going with Fine Arts Seminar Student Exhibition.

Creative Muse Where are You?!

So, how much art work did I get done this week? ummm slim to none. =( This spring break went by way too fast. After I drew the English flag on my nails I haven't done anything creative. Now I've been sick since Friday so I haven't felt like doing anything at all. Atleast I got sick at the end of the week. I had a productive week visiting with friends and catching up on sleep. That was all good. I hope everyone else had a nice week off. Not really ready to go back into school mode, but we're almost done with this semester! Crazy. Well I do have a 2D project I should go finish...

Came across this artist Cathy Peng on Etsy. She has really cute stuff.

Bead Fiesta

Yesterday my mom and I went to a bead show called Bead Fiesta at the Sheraton Airport Hotel in Warwick, RI. There is an upcoming show in MA. There was alot of different vendors there with beads. One in particular was selling her handmade lampwork glass beads. The artist goes by Kim V Glass and I've made her the artist of the week. =) All her pieces were so beautiful and you could tell a lot of hard work went into them (hence they were a little pricey). But I figured it was worth the money since each piece is different and you'll never find any like them. I bought these two beads since I couldn't decide between the two. Today I put them on chains. I've always wanted to make my own beads from glass. I'm trying to find a class I could take...maybe even if RISD offered a class over the summer.

I also joined Twitter yesterday after my friend became addicted. It's actually pretty cool. So feel free to follow me if you have one, or think about signing up! The link is on the side panel under other sites I'm on.

The Motherland

I love England. I'm a huge fan of British movies and television...anything British really. I want to go to England so badly and maybe even live there one day. While looking up a British comedian/actor Russell Brand I found a picture of him with the British flag on all of his nails. I loved it and wanted to see if I could find them. But instead I decided to try painting them on my nails myself. I only tried my thumbs because I felt it would draw more focus on them. They didn't come out perfect, but for my first try I think they came out well =)

Le Cafe

One of my friends showed me this little animation, Odelaf & Monsieur D - Le café. It's pretty interesting and funny, not long at all. We both enjoyed the music. It's in French but has English subtitles. Here it is if you would like to take a look. =)

Kitty Cats

I took a million pictures of my cats. I love taking photographs of them when theyre in a good pose by the window, or whenever they're near good natural lighting. Here's one that I took and edited.

Thoughts

I've been thinking alot lately about where I want to go...what I want to do...all those questions we constantly have on our minds. Art seminar has really been making me explore these thoughts and feelings. I've been leaning towards photography, like fashion and for weddings. But my friend recently visited a tattoo shop her neighbor owns and she showed him her portfolio. He told her he'd take her on as an apprentice. I'm so excited for her. But it got me thinking about my own interest in the tattoo world. I've always loved tattoos and that culture. My dream was to become a tattoo artist, but over the last few years its just that, a dream. I always put it down and say I could never do it... I'd be too nervous, and what if I mess up?

But my friend has really inspired me...and if she can show them her portfolio, why can't I? I always come up with a thousand reasons why not to do something. Whats the point of having dreams and goals and trying to live life? I should be going after what I want. I need to try to not be so afraid. And if I'm that bad, of course they're not going to let me tattoo people, so why not atleast try?

Local Rockstars

First of many....but this is a photo I edited quickly of my friend Jim. He played in a show this past Sunday at Jerky's in Providence. He along with my boyfriend play in the band Black Vendetta. I really enjoy taking photos of them. The batch I took weren't my best...but I liked this shot and decided to see what I could do with it.

2D Project Photos

The first image is of the objects that I chose for my pattern. The next two images are the layouts that I made. I'm finishing up the finished product today with pen and ink. Hopefully I'll be able to load that image up later today.
This is one of the first projects I've had to do alot that involved alot of tracing...usually in all the artwork that I do I free hand. So this has been different tracing over all my work again and again. I hope the end result comes out as well as I want it to.

Little Update

In my 2D class we're working on a rhythm and repeat pattern project. We're taking objects of a certain theme and grouping them together to form patterns. Then that pattern is put in the shape of a necktie or sock. I chose to use photography as a theme and drew a 35mm camera, tripod, film, and a flower design. At first I was worried (as usual) I would not make an interesting pattern, but today in class I cut out my objects I drew and played around with them. I think I have a nice design going and I'm really excited about this project! It's going really well, and I plan to put up some pictures soon of the process. :)

Vishnu Drawing

I've always had an interest in Hindu gods. The visual pieces of them are always full of vibrant colors and beaded jewelry. I like alot of Indian culture, mostly Henna art. I decided to draw this picture of one of the gods Vishnu. I edited the first picture. And I was thinking of making them into earrings.

Today I went into Michael's Arts and Crafts and they had four glass pendants of the different Hindu gods and I was pretty surprised. I want to try to make pendants myself to make necklaces. We'll see how that goes...

Editing

My uncle told me about this site over the holidays that you can use to edit pictures...and it's wonderful! I've used it alot recently, editing tons of my favorite photos that I've taken. Some of you might have heard of the site, it's called Picnik. It is a free site, but for $24.99 a month you can use the "premium" features and upload 100 pictures at a time. So check it out if you're interested. :)

This is a photo that is my favorite piece from my first photography class I took. It was taken with a 35mm camera with black and white film and I developed it myself in the CCRI dark room. It's an overlay of two photos...and this was the first try which I got really lucky with! But I do have to thank my professor Adam Ryder, for teaching me how to create this effect. So I took a photo of the original and used Picnik to edit it.

The Beginning

Hi everyone!
I'm really excited about this class. In other classes I have not met many art majors and I think these blogs are a great way to see what others are interested in. I think its going to be inspiring to be in such a creative environment.
That's all for now, just wanted to write a little first post. :)

l.