I've Never Made A Stencil:

I had the brilliant idea that I should follow suit and make the first letter of my name as well as Synesthesia Art & Photography in Porcelain font to match my business cards and flyers. Good thing my friend Trey had some good tips for making your own stencils! It was still kind of a nightmare, but I have to say it was well worth it. The font looks great on the wall and people have already commended me on the undertaking. Thanks John for loaning me a pencil!

Chiaroscuro, The Circus:

I've been thinking about working in a series lately. I've never really done that with my art other than in my photography while in class. It was an idea suggested by Jan Faul, and as much as a series sounds uncomfortable to me I think he has a good point about my trying it out. He has a lot of good points generally.

I've also been thinking about drawing again. Just me, some paper and a pencil. I haven't sat down and drawn anything in a while which is kind of a shame. I really love how my chiaroscuro came out, but it was so time consuming I haven't tried to do another. Maybe drawing more will help.

The only thing I seem to be thinking about art-wise lately is the circus so I'm starting there!

Wedding:

My good friend Laura and her fiance Kris finally tied the knot so I tried my hand at some wedding photography. I wonder if interning for a wedding photographer helped at all.

 

 

Chiaroscuro:

This took forever. I'm not going to lie, I almost didn't have the willpower to do it. But I'm so glad I did!

Conte on a white sheet of paper.

Anatomy:

Anatomy has always been an important part of my artwork. My dad is a doctor and I've always been fascinated with medical books. The human body is amazing. I'm particularly drawn to the ribcage, spine, heart and hands.

 

Not quite finished, but almost. 

 

Lyrics by The Tea Party

For Brandon, number 2 of 2.

I've Never Carved A Pumpkin:

Well of course I've carved a pumpkin, you know, the kind with the triangle eyes and the toothy grin. But I had never actually carved a pumpkin as an adult, so I broke out the fine point x-acto knives and went to town! The bat and tree designs are taken from a scarification pieces I found on Google Image Search and the other pumpkin is a Big Daddy from BioShock.