tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2554653199868055992024-03-14T00:13:39.358-07:00EalaĆn anam - The Art and Soul of Lauren PetitiLauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-17296866017615305962017-07-29T09:46:00.002-07:002017-07-29T09:46:36.309-07:00Sketching Trip and Some Reflections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This last week, the family took a trip to the Central Coast, Bay Area, and Oregon. Since I went out and bought a sketchbook that conveniently fits in my bag, I wanted to make sure that I included it in my packing. </div>
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One of the other reasons that I wanted to bring it is so that I could continue to build up my consistency in my sketching habits. It can be very difficult for me to sketch, not necessarily because I don't want to, but because I feel insecure about a number of things surrounding my art. In particular, I can sometimes feel bad that I'm taking time to sketch when I'm with other people. </div>
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But one of my goals is to work past the insecurity that I feel, not just in my art but in other areas of my life. As I've said before on here, I'm so glad I actually took the time to draw. Right now I'm dealing with a lot of things and taking the time to draw actually made me more at peace. </div>
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This is the Pigeon Point lighthouse...it doubles as a hostel and was absolutely adorable. I might try to come back here someday. </div>
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Baseball games are not necessarily my favorite places to draw...I often feel like there's too much going on. This sketch ended up being one of my favorite recent ones though, and it's always fun having people around you tell you that they like your work.</div>
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That's all I was able to do...we went to Crater Lake, OR one day and I absolutely <u>kicked</u> myself that my small, compact sketchbook (that I bought to fit in a bag)....was left in the hotel room. I took a ton of pictures in the hopes that I will be inspired to take the time to create a more fully developed work. </div>
<br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-46779000841906431242017-04-17T15:33:00.000-07:002017-04-19T17:03:21.523-07:00Character Design Improvements, Part 2Thanks to some of the lessons I'm teaching my students in the final days of school (five weeks and counting, yay!) I decided to do some practice at character designing. This method is what I basically call the "Frankenstein" method. Basically, I take elements from different figures that I like, splice them together and paint over it. It allows for a more hyper-real (in some cases) look to the character and, quite frankly, saves a ton of time. Being the nerd that I am, I decided to reach out to a group of friends and have them send me descriptions of their characters. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-62748096239622638462017-03-28T16:54:00.000-07:002017-03-28T16:54:04.844-07:00Character Design ImprovementsOkay, so life is still pretty hectic, and I haven't been posting nearly as much as I hoped I would this year, but nonetheless I am still drawing. I wanted to share a new piece that I'm working on. My newest character, Sibella. Not much to say about her, except when I compare her to my previous character, Rowena I see just how much I've grown as an artist over the last four years. That's a great encouragement, especially when I am continuously beating myself up for not drawing as much as I think I should.<br />
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(On a completely unrelated note, I had not realized how much of an influence Disney has on my design until I took a look at her and saw how much she...unintentionally...looks like a Disney character...)</div>
Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-30674507938739787822017-01-13T16:48:00.000-08:002017-01-13T16:48:27.407-08:002017: The First Post and a RediscoveryAs part of my <a href="http://ealainanam.blogspot.com/2016/12/my-2017-resolution.html" target="_blank">New Year's resolution</a> this year, I'm excited to post the first drawings of 2017. My friend and I went to a local restaurant to hang out and got to spend some time drawing.<br />
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Part of the reason that (I think) I was reluctant to fill up my sketchbook was because I was too concerned about making things look like something people would be pleased to see. To all of my students reading this: <u>That is a <b>terrible</b> mindset to have!</u> I was so concerned about making each of my pages perfect that I missed out on the joy of creating. <u>That should be one of the primary motivators of your work: </u><b style="text-decoration: underline;">the joy of creating</b>.<br />
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In response to that, I switched up my drawing tools. Normally I work with my micron pens in my sketchbook and I don't vary it too often. Last night, I switched to drawing with one of my favorite tools in college, my carbothello pencils (a type of charcoal pencils). Now, this may not seem like a huge difference, but it allowed me to loosen up a little bit.<br />
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Lately, I've been rediscovering the joy of creating. I'm excited to be working on a pet project of mine, a 3D Design class (covering animation and modelling); because I need to teach the material, I've had the chance to shake the cobwebs off. I haven't animated in 3 years...and the last time I animated, it was for school purposes. I had forgotten something: <u>Animating is </u><b style="text-decoration: underline;">so much fun</b>! This is a rough pass (a <u>very</u> rough pass), but considering how long it's been, I'm also extremely pleased with it!<br />
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Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-58043422035289527832016-12-22T08:49:00.000-08:002016-12-22T08:49:00.688-08:00My 2017 ResolutionOver the last two years I have been adjusting to a life where making art does not comprise the majority of my time. It certainly has been a weird adjustment and I am still figuring out how to budget my time so that I can regularly create my own artwork. <div>
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In the hopes that I will let this inspire me to create more artwork, I have decided to create a New Year's Resolution specifically for my artwork. This is going to be loosely based on a set of goals that I created back in March.</div>
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<u>New Year's Resolution (Art Edition)</u></div>
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<i>As my art is still an important part of my life, I resolve to devote a portion of 2017 to the creation of my own artwork. I resolve to create, blog, and exhibit throughout the year in the hopes that I might inspire both myself and others with the work that I produce. These are my goals:</i></div>
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<li><i>During normal work weeks, I will schedule time each week to work on some artwork (sketching, painting, etc.). This does not necessarily mean that I must complete a drawing or painting every week, but I resolve to work on some sort of artwork on a weekly basis. </i></li>
<li><i>During vacations, I will devote a portion of my time to catching up and starting new projects. These projects are to be worked on in the hopes of exhibiting my work locally. </i></li>
<li><i>Throughout the year, I will develop a plan for improving my figure drawing skills, including regular sketching, with the possibility of devoting a sketchbook to figure studies.</i></li>
<li><i>I will establish a connection with other artists in the area, including establishing a connection with the Multicultural Arts Center.</i></li>
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<i>These goals may be simple, but it is their simplicity that I hope will inspire me to actually complete them. Writing these goals in such a public forum is somewhat terrifying , but I wanted to post them here in the hopes that it will help hold me accountable for my work. My work may not always turn out the way I want it to, and that's okay. The way to create better artwork is to continuously produce artwork. I will remember that even 15 minutes a day is enough to get started. </i></div>
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<i>December 21st, 2016</i></div>
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Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-34562024013935672602016-12-21T09:09:00.000-08:002016-12-21T09:09:10.925-08:00Artwork with a purpose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As soon as I posted my conclusion to 2016 post, I realized that I wanted to post one more project that I completed this year. This was perhaps the largest project that I have completed and one that I am immensely proud of.<br />
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The whole process was amazing. I went to discuss Creekside's website design but ended up leaving with a new job. Over the course of one week, every hour I could spare was spent painting our mission/vision statement on our sanctuary wall. It was somewhat scary for a number of reasons...<br />
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In spite of my nervousness, it was exciting to complete this. Here are the rest of my progress photos:<br />
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The completed project is about 9 ft by 5 ft (I think...) and I am immensely proud to have used my artistic gifts to complete this project for my church family!</div>
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Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-3946427996455518902016-12-21T08:23:00.002-08:002016-12-21T08:23:49.954-08:00A Conclusion to 2016With Christmas Break comes an opportunity to catch up on all of those projects I haven't had an opportunity to work on over the last semester. One of those projects is this blog; in November when I was at the Adobe Max conference, I got inspired to redesign the blog and I am extremely pleased with the result. Now the goal is to actually make art to put on this and perhaps even continually update my official portfolio website: <a href="http://laurenpetiti.myportfolio.com/">laurenpetiti.myportfolio.com</a> (shameless plug...)<br />
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For the past month and a half, I have been meaning to update my blog with posts from Inktober...even though it has been a long time since the actual Inktober took place. Busyness should not stop me from keeping an Internet presence for my art (small as it is...).<br />
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Here are the highlights from an Inktober that I am extremely proud to have completed. Did I finish all 31 days? Absolutely not! But I set a goal and managed to accomplish it; next year I want to set an even higher goal.<br />
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<br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-1041101576780072272016-11-03T18:42:00.000-07:002016-12-02T13:06:28.152-08:00Watercolor Wednesday 2016 - Some Archived Work<div dir="ltr">
Being an artist as a student is very different than being an artist as a professional....particularly when it is not your full time job. As much as I try to believe that I will make art spontaneously while working full time and going to school, it doesn't happen. I'm not that perfect.<br />
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Instead, I have to be intentional about my work. This means actually setting a reminder on my phone to paint/draw/whatever. Last year I did a semi-weekly thing where I did watercolor paintings every week. Thankfully, my busy summer month (June) has ended, leaving 6 glorious weeks of nothing to really do...I may even try to paint while on vacation in a couple of weeks.<br />
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Anyway, I've actually been able to do some watercolors before starting up on my blog again. In addition to today's watercolor, I have included a couple that I've done over the past couple of weeks. Enjoy!</div>
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Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-3737995670511391202016-09-30T08:27:00.000-07:002016-09-30T08:27:09.617-07:00InkTober 2016 - Finding Inspiration Last year's InkTober sort of crashed and burned for me. In fact, upon taking a job as an art teacher, I have found that with all the other stuff that is going on in my life, I have very little time for making art...but I've already talked about that before on this blog.<br />
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This year, I'm hoping to start breaking my habit of not sketching as much as I should. After all, I want to keep my skills sharp so I can teach my students in the best way possible, don't I?<br />
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So, tomorrow starts another InkTober. I spent my morning pondering over topics I could do...knowing my own weaknesses, I wanted to keep some simple guidelines in place in the hopes that over the next month I'll be able to keep up.<br />
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Here's what I'm hoping to do:<br />
1) Keep my drawings simple - the idea is to keep myself drawing, not to create elaborate works of art this year.<br />
2)Carve out a specific time each day to draw - I have thought about drawing for exactly 31 minutes a day or starting to draw at the 31st minute of some hour...still thinking about that though.<br />
3) Have fun! It sounds cheesy, I know, but that's one of the reasons that I got into art in the first place...I enjoy it.<br />
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I'm also hoping to not let my panic show through my drawings. I've been looking back at some of my artwork and notice that I go between trying to get fine detail, and panicking about not being able to get it. I want my drawings to be more relaxed this year.<br />
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<br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-86999266238480307972016-01-19T16:10:00.000-08:002016-01-19T18:52:53.027-08:00An Unexpected Retreat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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California. As usual, we can't go by the Magic Kingdom without making a
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parents had to go help my sister move back in (she goes to school
nearby) and there wasn't going to be enough room to have four people,
groceries, and a whole lot of luggage in the car, so I opted to stay at
Downtown Disney (which was a reeealllly big sacrifice for me, I know). I
had planned on shopping, looking at the hotels, and <u>maybe</u>
sketching. But my original plans turned into a half a day of sketching
in one of my favorite places and a lesson in the art of slowing down and
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started at the new(ish)ly renovated Disneyland Hotel. I got to sit in a
giant teacup and sketch the lobby. One of the more unique drawing
experiences I've ever had. This sketch is also something that I would
categorize as my "normal" way of sketching: trying to be exact, feeling
nervous and having everything look a bit stiff.</td></tr>
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continue wandering around the hotel and came across the perfect place
to have my wedding (someday). It was also at this point that a Cast
Member came up and complimented me on what I was doing. Now, at that
point, I was just working on proportion, and there wasn't much on the
page, so I took that compliment as a Disney employee trying to make my
day more "magical". And yet, even though she was probably just doing her
job, there's always something about interacting with Cast Members that
puts me in a really good mood. I spent the rest of this drawing smiling
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moved over to the most beautiful hotel on the property, the Grand
Californian. This hotel is inspired by "the famed arts and crafts
movement" and the ceiling was beautiful...but painful to draw.</td></tr>
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ended with drawing the "main attraction" of the lobby; the fireplace.
Although I can't say for sure, I THINK this was inspired by the
fireplace in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, so it was especially enjoyable
to hear the player piano playing HBOND music. That, combined with the
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<br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-26569259667996000252015-11-08T18:27:00.003-08:002015-11-08T19:04:04.818-08:00Inktober: Why It Didn't Happen...and Why I'm Posting About It AnywayI was very eager to participate in Inktober this year. For those of you who don't know, Inktober is a chance for artists to do 31 days of ink drawings in October. I was able to partcipate in it last year, all 31 days (which if you understand how difficult it can be for me to make time to sketch, was a great accomplishment), and couldn't wait to work on it this year.<br />
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The plan was to pick a theme, which would make it easier for me to focus each day on what to draw. Since I love location sketching, my theme was 31 Day, 31 Places. I was off to a good start...and then life happened. The reality is that I have a very busy life outside of my art. It was perhaps easier (or more convenient at least) for me to participate in Inktober last year.<br />
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One of my mentors has mentioned to me that there are seasons of life that we go through. Right now, I am going through the season of teaching, which does not always allow for time for my own art. It reminds me of one of my favorite lines from <i>Rise of the Guardians</i>:<br />
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As odd as it may seem (after all, my occupation is to be an art teacher), I don't make a ton of time for my own work. Which is not necessarily something to feel guilty over because it just may not be the focus of this season of life; this brings me to why I'm still posting on this.</div>
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I want my students (and everyone else reading this blog) to know the importance of working on your own art, if that is something you are passionate about. School project take a LOT of your time, but if you don't have your own work, it can be very draining. So, I'm posting my limited participation in Inktober because I am proud that I made some effort to work on my own work<i> </i>and did what I could. I hope that I will be able to make more opportunities to do my own work as soon as possible!</div>
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Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-86713366456673090542015-11-04T15:15:00.001-08:002015-11-04T15:15:22.891-08:00A Bit of Portraiture...This week, my Computer Graphics students are working on making typography portraits in Photoshop. As I was creating demos for them, I remembered how enjoyable it is to work on these projects, so in whatever spare time I could get, I continued working on the demos that I had started and turned them into some new pieces.<br />
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As my students probably know by now, I'm quite and Old Hollywood fan. So, naturally, I wanted to select photos from that era. What resulted were portraits of three of the greats: Claude Rains (who I can't help but always return to as a subject), Katherine Hepburn, and Bette Davis.<br />
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<br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-35210870455966972002015-09-28T18:35:00.001-07:002015-09-28T18:35:33.371-07:00A Mountain RetreatThis weekend, my church took it's annual trip to the mountains for a retreat. For the ten years I have been going, I've always brought work with me. This year, though, I decided to take a gamble and not bring any work with me. No grading, no homework, <u>no cell phone</u> (gasp!); just a couple of books, my Bible, and my painting supplies.<br />
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Ever since I got this new job, I have struggled to find time to make my own art. That's one of the things I want to make sure I make time for, so throughout the weekend I carved out time to work on two paintings (one below my original goal...)<br />
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Have a good week!<br /><br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-17669280847203676972015-08-25T08:22:00.001-07:002015-08-26T16:10:29.620-07:00Waterolor Wednesday - By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea...<p dir="ltr">So...my attempt to do a watercolor painting each week sort of fizzled out, but for good reason. Shortly after I started Watercolor Wednesdays, I got hired as a high school art teacher! So the last few weeks have been spent prepping the classroom and lessons, though I'd love to get back to posting on a regular basis.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Over the last few weeks, I've spent a lot of time at the beach, and used those opportunities to work on landscape painting, something I love.<br><br><br></p>
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Although I normally use my blog to showcase my own work, I thought I would take some time to show one of the biggest inspirations in my artistic life. As most people who know me know, I have a great love for all things Disney (some might say obsession).<br />
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July 17, 2015 is a big day for Disneyland; it's the 60th anniversary! On this date, Walt Disney opened up one of the first modern theme parks, changing the way millions of people were entertained. Behind all of the rides and attractions, there has been an army of artists and engineers, called Imagineers, who have come up with the ideas. So this post is a celebration of those artists, who in turn have given me and many others, a lot of inspiration.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On his television show, appropriately named <i>Disneyland</i>, Walt introduced the country to his dream</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Concept art for the original Snow White's Scary Adventures</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pirates of the Caribbean concept art is some of the most imaginative of the old concept art</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original designs by Herb Ryman of Sleeping Beauty's Castle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Haunted Mansion is a wonderful mix of the macabre and the absurd. This example, done by Rolly Crump, is an example of the absurd.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lesser known piece of concept art (because the attraction never materialized). Rock Candy Mountain (artist unknown...to me) was supposed be made out of actual candy. Can't imagine why this never materialized.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have a love-hate relationship with Pirates. I love the concept art, regardless. Marc Davis did some of the best work, including the designs for the bride auction. Say it with me "We wants the redhead!"</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Hench was (is) an amazing designer for Disney. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moving a little bit past early Disney art - Sam McKim's concept art for Splash Mountain</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary Blair deviated from the traditional way of doing concept art and instead embraced her own wonderfully unique style for "it's a small world".</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Finally, we come to the most recent piece of my favorite
concept art. When California Adventures got remodeled, the entrance
plaza was remodeled to look like 1920s Hollywood. The Cathay Circle
Theater was where Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.</span> <br />
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Why do I love Disneyland's concept art? I guess because it inspires me to push my work to this level. In one sketch, people like Marc Davis, John Hench, Rolly Crump, and others took an idea and said, this is what it would look like. Having seen some pieces of concept art up close and in person, I can say they absolutely take my breath away.<br />
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So, congratulations to Disneyland on 60 great years. Here's to Walt Disney for making his dreams a reality, and here's to the wonderful artistians, engineers, craftsman, the Imagineers, who are the real heart and soul of WED and Walt Disney Imagineering.<br />
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I've been wanting to get together with one of my close friends here in town to work together on this whole Watercolor Wednesday project. We've finally been able to get together after a couple of weeks of trying to. </div>
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First off, her house is chocked full of some of the most awesome stuff for painting. We decided to set up a still life. Hers looks amazing and I can't wait for her to post it to her blog when she's finished. Mine, well, I've been really trying to work smaller lately, so I stuck with my watercolor sketchbook. Normally, I either stick with a small still life or a complex one; I've never tried a complex still life on a small canvas. Still, I'm pretty impressed. </div>
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Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-44174273338091039372015-06-17T10:41:00.002-07:002015-06-17T16:25:29.010-07:00Watercolor Wednesday - A Simple StartSince I'm no longer taking art classes as part of my education, I'm trying to use this blog to help me keep improving my skills and most importantly, to <u>keep drawing</u>.<br />
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Over the last year, I've discovered that watercolor is one of my favorite mediums to work with (probably second only to charcoal), so I decided to start filling the pages of my watercolor sketchbook and simultaneously keep improving my skills. I was partly inspired by my participation in last year's Inktober to try to find a theme to work with to accomplish this. Hence the "Watercolor Wednesday" idea. <br />
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For now, it just means that I'll devote a little time each Wednesday to working in watercolors. Who knows where I'll end up taking it though!<br />
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There's not a huge amount of gestures here; gesture drawing (heck, probably figure drawing in general) is still one of my biggest, if not my biggest insecurity in my art. But, I wanted to post some gestures partly <u>because</u> it makes me feel uncomfortable to do so. Are they perfect? Probably not, yet not every piece of art I make has to be perfect the moment it moves from my pen to the paper. Gestures are still something that I need to work on, so I will continue to do so (hopefully...)<br />
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Every summer, my dad and I take a day trip to somewhere in California; I sketch, he reads. It's been our way of carving out some time to spend together. For a couple of years, dad's been wanting to show me Mono Lake. Now, being a Central California girl, I've gone to Yosemite at least once a year for as long as I can remember, but I don't really remember going as far as the Eastern side of the Sierras (though the family has traveled that way).<br />
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I have never seen a stranger place; Mono Lake seems almost completely unspoiled, save for a handful of tourists (numbers no where near as large as the ones we passed on our way through Yosemite). The lake is huge, surrounded by volcanic mountains, and contains more salt than the Pacific Ocean. That wasn't the weirdest sight, however. The coolest thing about Mono Lake are the tufa towers. on the south side of the lake. It seems weird that we are still in California.<br />
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These things remind me of coral, and the ones that we were near were huge. Apparently, these were once underwater, but as the water level of the lake goes down, they become more visible. <br />
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I used to love using chalk pastels, but during college I sort of fell out of practice with them, so I decided to bring them along. I wanted to warm up with a quick charcoal drawing. <br />
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<br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-29188419046378274102015-06-03T14:52:00.000-07:002015-07-28T13:38:40.848-07:00Charcoal Reversal DemoWhen most people work with charcoal, it's usually drawing on white paper. The process of doing a charcoal reversal drawing is similar in that it's black charcoal on white paper, but we, well, reverse the process. Here's a basic demo on how to create a reverse charcoal drawings. I am planning on adding photos of the process soon.<br />
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<br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255465319986805599.post-33089160985329943762015-05-14T22:54:00.000-07:002015-05-15T10:24:19.499-07:00A Final Look at SchoolThis semester was a great end to six years of undergraduate work. I can't believe where I started and where I am now.<br />
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This is one of the first pieces I completed after graduating high school:<br />
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This is one of the last pieces I've completed as an undergraduate:<br />
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This is a good thing for every artist to remember: it really doesn't seem like you're improving in the day to day grind of being an artist. And in reality, maybe the improvements you make each day are pretty small, but the important thing is to continue working so that you can continue to make progress.<br />
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Anyway, what do my final projects look like? I've finished the first 50 pages of a screenplay (and I hope to finish it this summer) for one thing. I also...<br />
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Finished a portfolio for my printmaking class...<br />
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...made three rings out of bronze, one out of thread, pins and paperclips, a bell, and a brace...<br />
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And spent the entire semester trying to learn and enjoy where I'm at as much as I can. This is definitely not where I set out to be when I graduated high school with dreams of working at Pixar, yet I don't think I would trade where I am and where I'm going (even though I'm still not quite sure where that is...) I hope I continue to grow as an artist throughout my life.<br />
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I also want to take a moment to thank everyone who's been reading my blog! I've reached my 35th post since starting this blog back in 2011 and I've really enjoyed sharing my work with you! It's great to have an audience and I hope that my art has been bringing you joy. Please share my blog with others, I love showing people what my work means to me!<br />
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<br />Lauren Petitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088309444930610869noreply@blogger.com0