Sketchbook Diaries

Waaaaaay back in October I talked about how my high school art teacher had given back my sketchbooks from my junior and senior years of IB Visual Arts. I even showed teaser photos, promising to produce actual scans in the future. Well, it's December and here you go. Finally.

(A malfunctioning scanner/cable prevented me from doing this sooner!)

 This is a process we dubbed "never dull." 

Basically, you take regular old white Elmer's glue and use it to mark off parts from a glossy magazine page.

After a day or so of drying, you take Never Dull (found in the automotive section) 

and rub the saturated cotton from the can all over until the desired affect is achieved.

The page was a jewelry advertisement in Vogue, I believe.

I decided to take it one step further and played around with chalk pastels to recreate the look.

At the time, I swore I was only decent using chalk pastels as my medium.

Meh, it's fun to see how I progressed over the course of two years. More scans next week!

Until next time, ♥.

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Sketchbook Diaries: Introducing the Forgotten.

 I run into my former art teacher from high school all of the time at the Art Center because we both take classes there. Last week, she surprised me with my IB Visual Arts Sketchbooks. As a part of my graduation requirements, I was to keep and fully fill a sketch book both my Junior and Senior year of high school. They are to be kept for a year post-graduation in case something funky comes up and the IBO needs to verify something. 

Anyways, I'm glad to have them back.

They're the closest things that I have to a scrapbook. 

Flipping through the pages, I was shocked by some of the things I included. 

So many memories.

 The growth I experienced from one year to the next is incredible.

My Senior sketchbook completely blows away my Junior one.

You live and you learn.

Anyways, here are some teaser photographs. 

I will be scanning some especially terrific entries for future posts, so be sure to keep an eye out for them! 

Until next time, ♥.

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