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Pimp My Ride...

Clue 5... Pick a car, any car! And draw it...

Clue 6 & 7...Then morph it into whatever you wish, then render using pointillism. 

For some reason after I drew the car in clue 5 I saw a stormtrooper, so that's what I did. I threw in Jabba and Leia as scale figures. Enjoy, and may the horsepower be with you! =)

Clue#2,3, &4

We were instructed to dissect an object into at least 25 pieces and render it, the object was to make geometric forms.

Clue 3...

Next we were instructed to draw a reading nook.

Clue 4...

Then we were to render it with whatever media we wished (I chose color pencil) with three color schemes.

The Sketchbook Scavenger Hunt...

CLUE ONE: STORYTELLING IN PERSPECTIVE
Suzanne's assignment was to draw two places on campus that hold significance to us. I chose the Alumni garden, and the bus stop outside of the Graham building.

During Suzanne's lecture today I felt inspired to explore my individual style, and to push myself in ways I have been hesitant to do so...For me, I'm hesitant to draw with pen and without the use of straight edges. Today, I left my pencil, and my ruler behind. While I think it's probable that my drawing would have been a little better with them, it was a freeing experience.

Something I've learned: Pen is permanent and so are bug guts...Nothing a little watercolor can't fix...As I was drawing a bug decided to grace my presence in the Alumni garden, it decided to leave its remains on my drawing. Slightly unfortunate, however the green splatter was ironically placed among the plants in my drawing.

I have been drawn to this space since I arrived in Greensboro back in August of 2009. I immediately fell in love with this garden. When I sit there on the bench donated by the 1964 class I glance at the flowers and the back of the Alumni House and ponder who may have sat where I am? What dreams did they discover at UNCG? I see it as one foot in the past, and an eye to the future. It's peaceful, and inspiring. I cannot wait to take my graduation photos there in May 2013. =) Thank you class of 1919 for this beautiful getaway.

This is outside of Graham. I catch the HEAT bus here every day. I chose to draw this space because it is something that will be unique to my first year, and a memory I wanted to hold onto in my first year sketchbook. Taking the HEAT bus has its moments of inconvenience  (i.e. the fact that it stops by 7pm), but it has helped me immensely in my first year being without a parking pass. When I walk past this bus depot in years to come before graduation I will smile, and remember my first year fondly.

Monticello, UVA, Fallingwater trip...

IARc first year students recently traveled to Monticello, UVA, and Fallingwater...I was lucky enough to be one of them. I had an amazing time, and captured a little bit of their unique beauty. I have had the privilege of visiting Monticello and Fallingwater before, but I was able to see them in different ways than previously. I have a better appreciation after going through my first year of the program at UNCG for the details, the conscious/careful planning of every individual aspect that makes them so incredible, so unique, so beautiful. 

Enjoy the photos below! And visit these homes, and school if you ever get the chance!

To be continued...

Crown Imperial Lily

Saturday. =)

I love the shadows and the contrast of the greens in this one. Nature is wonderful.

Notice the monarch butterfly!