Congrats to Yvonne Kettner!

Kettner's piece revealing her next creative
project: 365 more zentangles-
 this time, with color!

I was assigned to write a piece about a current event in the world of visual art. :)

This is for my Art Appreciation class.

I decided to write about my friend Yvonne Kettner, who recently finished her 365 project! Such huge congratulations, Ms. Yvonne!! :)

Here is what I wrote:


I found this article on the blog 365 Freestyle Zentangles. This is a blog hosted by the website Blogspot.com. The article URL is as follows: 365freestylezentangles.blogspot.com/2012/08/what-will-it-be.html

• WRITE A MINIMUM OF ONE PARAGRAPH SUMMARIZING (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) THE ARTICLE

My friend Yvonne Kettner embarked upon a journey to create a zentangle every day for one year. A zentangle is a free-hand drawing, usually containing unpremeditated patterns. Kettner was inspired to attempt such a project by Noah Scalin, and artists who tackled his own year-long creative process to make one skull every day. Kettner finished her venture on  August 30^th, 2012. On that day, she revealed her decision to tackle yet another 365-day-long project, continuing to draw zentangles, but this time adding colors to her beautiful designs.

• WRITE A STATEMENT OF “RELEVANCE”
  
  This statement of relevance should also be a minimum of one paragraph in length and discuss HOW you see this news item as relating to the study of “ART APPRECIATION.”

            In a world constantly creating new types of art, Yvonne Kettner embraced a style not commonly known. Because of her fervor for zentangles, Kettner was able to create a unique piece of art every day for one year. Her appreciation for this distinctive art style shows her most beloved qualities to all those who are graced with seeing her collection. Truly challenging herself and letting her creativity flow every day, this artist from the Netherlands captured the meaning of art: having perseverance and taking joy and pride in her work.

5 Camping Songs for My Generation

My mom's fire pit. :)

I love the classic roadtrip songs my mother would sing with us. "Boom-dee-ada", "Kumbaya", etc.

However, being 19 years old and having friends that didn't grow up with these songs, I've decided to put together a list of songs that we would all know-- in light of a camping trip we'll be taking in a few days! :)





1. "The Campfire Song Song"- Spongebob Squarepants
This song is hilarious and we love singing Patrick's part! It's a lot of fun to sing it fast and do the "OH, YEAHHH!!" at the end as well, hehe.~


2. "We Are Young"- F.U.N.
A pretty campy song to begin with, this song has become incredibly popular among my generation. Who wouldn't want to shout "TONIGHT, WE ARE YOUNG!" around a campfire and under the stars? :)
Though we'll try not to "set the world on fire" with our makeshift fire.


3. "Fireflies"- Owl City
What better than singing about the beautiful creatures floating in the distance?

4. "Mean"- Taylor Swift
A little twang is good when you're in the woods surrounded by good friends!

5. "Lights"- Ellie Goulding (OR Boyce Avenue)
Boyce Avenue has an amazing (and slower, acoustic) cover of this song.


BONUS SONG:
"Bad Moon"- Creedence Clearwater Revival
I felt like this would be an awesome song for under a big, bright moon! :) But not many people my age know it, so, alas, it is a bonus.

Let's be Controversial

Someone posted a comment on Yahoo! that Chick-fil-A "is nobody's puppet." (This was the article reporting how the Muppets company decided not to support Chick-fil-A.)

I LOVED the comment and decided to make a political cartoon out of it.

I just grabbed a Sharpie and my sketchbook and doodled this real quick:



Also, at Safety Day at the mall (where kids meet firefighters, police officers, etc and learn about them), there was a booth for Chick-fil-A and I got a bumper sticker which reads, "I <3 Chick-fil-A." I just slapped in onto the back of my car and will be driving it around with pride. :)

Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."

Questions Women Ask

My latest video. Just a late-night (aka, early morning) video I made for fun.

Not the best quality because I made it on a whim.

Enjoy.~

Show n Tell

My older sister gave me a blank canvas a while back. I've been wanting to paint it to match my bamboo-themed bathroom.

Yesterday, I bought some green paint from Michael's and used some brown paint I already had to make...

                  

While I had all my unwanted junk-mail out as a tarp, I decided to wrap my little sister's birthday present. I made the bow by folding a long strip of the paper, then stapling the middle, then making the ends meet on each side. I topped it with a shiny sticker, and voila.~

Have a nice day~!

Captain America's Shield

A while back, I found a wooden toy shield at a garage sale. :)

I painted it yellow and planned to put a dragon sticker (or something similarly knightly) on it. I was going to give it to my nephew and teach him to sword fight, which my older sister told me not to.

I should have listened. When you say, "be soft!" or "don't hit hard," he could care less. He hurt me more than I'd like to admit, hehe.

So I decided to sit down and repaint the shield.

I've recently found myself liking Captain America more than usual. I got out my red, white, and blue acrylics and went to work. Here is the result:

Before I stenciled on the stars:

This is Captain America's first shield from the film. :) I know the top is a little more wavy than the one in the film, but the shield came shaped that way, so :P

What's that guy doing in here?

Howdy!

The fires have been pushed away from my home and I'm not likely to be evacuated now. :)

Still, prayers and good thoughts are needed for those who have lost their homes, as well as the victim(s) of the flames. We are yet unsure of the number of fatalities. :(


I haven't done a thing art-wise for a while now-- apart from that sign I showed you in a previous entry.

Tomorrow I'll be attending a rodeo with the boyfrannn! (If he doesn't work tomorrow... I may have just bought the tickets now, at 2AM, and haven't asked him yet...)

I love rodeos! Afterward, there will be a dance!

Slightly related story:

Last summer, my grandmother (Maw-maw) took the boyfrannn (who is a dark-skinned Dominican) and I to her hometown in Louisiana. There is a bar there which plays live Cajun music in the morning.
Many people were dancing and, once we stepped in, everyone started giving Joan interested looks. Let's just say that town is a little behind on political standings of sorts...

Joan and I tried to dance, but the Cajun two-step is NOT my thing. We were too used to pop, so we were shaking our hips and shoulders. Everyone had the right to stare at that point...

I was embarrassed, so we left the dance floor to stand with my grandmother. Joan surprised us by asking Maw-maw to dance! She actually said yes! He took her to the floor and he was much better without me trying to lead, hehe...

They danced until the end of the Cajun-French song and I caught it on video! :)

Later, I overheard my grandmother speaking on the phone to a friend. "I haven't danced in... shoot, 20 years?"

It was a beautiful thing.