un zen-TANGLING myself

  The one place that I find to be most peaceful, and where I can go to feel more connected with art and my creativity is the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester. I recently went there in hopes of finding some inner peace as well as a piece of art/exhibit that I felt was absolutely perfect to write about in this blog! And that is exactly what I found.. When I walked in I didn't take a tour or anything, I just wanted to find an exhibit on my own, one that I was drawn to and that is what led me to the most colorful piece of art i’ve ever seen. I approached Alma Thomas’ exhibit; Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas. Her painting The Eclipse from the year 1970,  was just absolutely jaw-dropping. The colors she used were so exquisite. This painting is acrylic plastered beautifully onto a canvas. I learned a little backstory about Alma, and that is that she actually ended up not becoming an artist until later in life. She was a Columbia University alum and became the first b...

  My Art And My Inspiration I think that my favorite form of art is drawing. And this is my personal preference by the way. Sometimes I have those days where all I want to do is just sit down with my sketch pad, grab my pencils, erasers and blending tools and get to work. It’s just a mood that I get into and when I do get in those moods, I tend to lean more towards graphite and maybe depending on the drawing I have in mind, some charcoal. My style which I feel fits me most and that I am best at is realistic art. I love drawing people that inspire me or people that I love. For example, last summer I found this actor who is from Uruguay that I absolutely fell in love with, in terms of his artistic lifestyle. He even is a graphic artist on the side like myself. So I decided to draw him. I spent about a week to a week and a half working on this piece that I ended up posting on instagram, in hopes that he’d see it. And he did. He liked my post and that alone made my whole year. Grap...

                                                            my future in art            My whole life I have been very artistic. I was always either drawing or coloring whenever I got the chance. I never really wanted to make art my career although my family and friends always told me that "wow you are so talented you should be an artist for a living!" yeah, I mean I definitely took  it as a compliment. But I always wanted to be a veterinarian. that obviously didn't end up working out so now i'm here. I decided that I wanted to get into graphic design. over the past few years I started expanding my artistic ability into editing. whether that's editing photos or it's editing videos. i edit. and editing is a form of art that i have never ...

  Un-zenTANGLING myself  All my life I have considered myself an artist. I have always loved and had a passion for drawing, painting etc. I sometimes dabble in adult coloring and/ or just plain old doodling as well. But I have never done anything quite like zentangles. But recently for my art class in college, I had to learn how to do so. At first I was a little thrown off because I have never heard of them, and when my teacher presented to us what they look like, I was very intrigued. It seemed like something I could enjoy doing even in my free time. Which is exactly what happened Ever since I completed my first zentangle that I did for class, I found that it was actually quite fun. I thought they would be overwhelming or confusing and to be completely honest they can be. But once you get the hang of it, you see they actually can be a de-stresser.  The process is actually simple. You first start off with your tile and a pencil. With that pencil you draw 4 dots in e...