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Table of ContentsBedizen Textsketch

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Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

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Time for some Tea

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Drawing No Limits

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Wheel of Wonder

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Express your Heart

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Color your World

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About the Author

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Beholder

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Beauty


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The key to ones life may

be a simple smile or hug,

but for me its a batch of

tasteless desire. The ideas behind

the mask is just this, a tasteless

world for all those who wish to

venture into it.

When I wasa small girl I was

subjected to an old

story about the evil

that went along

with the mask,

funny enough it

was from a movie I

watched as a child

with my grandmoth-

er. That fear that sent

a chill down my back

and the wanting of that

mask is what made the

mask such a big part of my

life. I wanted to help express

this to all those around me.

When I looked at the

masks alone on the sheets I knew

that others would most likely

never make connections to the

feelings that I was having about

each and every one. I knew from

many past acquaintances that the

best way to express oneself is to

show them the deepest feelings

through a group of words. So, I

decided that my group of wordswould be my very own poetry.

And from this came my title,

Bedizen Textsketch.

Bedizen Textsketch

stuck with me from the

moment I created it.

Bedizen basically means

tasteless and when I think

of something written or

drawn I either like it or I

dont. And I believe that

everything needs to have a

specic taste for someone to

like it. So, when I was looking

upon my illustrations I realized

I was placing the two differ-

ent ideas of poetry and drawing

in one picture. I then decided

that this work would be seen as

tasteless

yet taste-

ful to many

people, so

I decided

on the term

bedizen.

The

textsketch part

came basically fromthe idea that I was writing text

within an application by sketch-ing it. When one writes text they

are simply writing or typing it,

but when one uses an application

like illustrator they will need to

draw or sketch the text within the

illustration, hence textsketch.

When I rst began

these illustrations I kept thinking

about how I was going to draw

the object. I started to sketch the

objects with fluid lines and lled

them in with lights and shadows

by adding more and more lines.

I used lighter colors to represent

the lighted parts and the darker

colors to show the shadows.

When I rst began the

sketches of the masks I placed

three masks upon each picture. I

then realized that I had created a

lot more masks than I needed to

create. So, I ended up pick-

ing my six favorite and

placed a single mask in

the center of each illustra-

tion.

This worked from the

very rst mask that I created.

I then began to play with the

different line types and thickness

until I found the one that poppedout to me as if it was saying yep,

you nd me and Im perfect for

your mood.

After looking at the

masks that I crated I realizedthat I needed something else,

something to express myself, so

I began to write with the pen tool

around the masks on the paper. So

I recreated all of my text, my own

poems; I then increased the lines

thickness until I found the perfect

amount to pull the illus-

tration together.

When

I looked at

the masks

I began to

think of

the type

of story

each

mask

would have. This led to me

thinking of some of my past

poetry that I had created so I de-

cided to do some shing. I decid-

ed that the poetry should surround

the mask, but not go through or

behind the mask itself. This made

the page look like a jumbled mess

and I needed something to x it

and fast.I decided that the best

way to x the jumbled messwas to include something on the

outside of the illustration to make

it look like it wasnt just thrown

together. I used the octagon

symbols rst to make the picture

look as if it was being held down

as if it was in a scrapbook. I then

used lines to place a box around

the text. This made it look like a

simple picture that was being held

down. It worked perfectly.

Now the only

thing that I have left

to do is wait and

see if everyone

else feels the

same once

they look into

the eyes of

the masks.

~EB

Lookinto theeyes of themask.

yep,you find meand Im perfect

for your mood.

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The third mask in the Bedizen Textsketch set was named World Starvation. This was mainlybecause of the rough uneven lines that seemed to be running wild and out of any control. ~ EB

WorldStarvation

The Feasting of Death was the second mask in the set. This mask captured everything I washopeing to express about the violent yet beautiful nature of the mask and its wearer. ~ EB

TheFeastingOf Death

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This was the rst mask in the Bedizen Textsketch series. This picture was named Bal

Masque since that was the same title of my rst mask poem. It was a perfect t. ~EB

This was the last mak that I had created. The idea of this picture was to name my style

within my style. I felt the need to show the name as a mask to t my style. ~EB

BalMasque WhatIs ItBEAUTY AND THE BEHOLDER


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RubberSoled

Feelings


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I guess the rst thinganyone wouldever say about myartwork is that I place my

feelings within everypiece. This was

the rst time

that I have

ever used

the Illustra-

tor programfor art and I

really enjoyed

it. I am known

for doing small

little details in most of my

work, so the program was

an extreme joy. In these

illustrations I was able to

cover many different areas in

my personality: the dark and

grim, The Temple Beast;

crazy colors usage, Crazy

Colors; and fantasy and

mystery, Wonderland.

The rst project

that I needed to do was of

shoes; I never thought about

the use of shoes in any major

artwork since the shoes Im

most attracted to aretoo expensive for me

to purchase. But,

I found out that

a simple pair of

sneakers could ex-

press ones feelings

just by changing

their color.

When I rst began

this project I wondered tomyself how the heck am

I going to make

shoes look cool,

and then it hit

me-person-

ication. I

love the idea

of looking

at objects

and thinking about the life

they would have if they were

people. And when I was

looking for places to take

pictures of my shoes I came

across my front room couch.I always think about

those little fears that people

have and thought-what

would shoes be afraid of? So,

I decided to use the couch as

a monster. The shoes would

then have personality and I

would make them afraid of

this giant monster. I guess

one can say I have a veryactive imagination if I could

walk past a couch and see

a monster within, but

nonetheless I had my

perfect situation.

First, I

used the couch

and its center

cushion. Then I

used two identical dog toys

and two flashlights for eyes.

Then I placed a

blanket on top of all these

items. And lastly, for thetwo shoes I used two

green pipe clean-

ers to hold the

laces. I wanted

to see more

of the couch

in the frame

than the twoshoes. Also,

I wanted

the couch to

seem like a

giant monster

so I made sure

to push the shoes

back far enough so

the couch would look

huge.

By using pipe

cleaners wrapped around the

laces of my shoes I was able

to give them the expression

of being scared of the couch.

I also propped the cushions

open to give the couchthe mouth that I saw

in my head, I cant

expect everyone

to be able to see

a simple couch

as having a

mouth now

can I. Well,then I took

the picture

and I had it!

When I

rst began my

illustrations of

the picture I was

ready to switch

it, it was so compli-

cated. But, like most

things I stick to it just to

see if I can nish the project

Ihave a very

activeimagination

Ireally

enjoyed it

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thats what Ilove about artanyone can

interpret it theway they want

without hitting my breaking

point. I thought I wouldnt

make it.

Well, I made it and

nished my rst illustration

of the couch. I then startedthe next three pictures in the

set. The rst was a simple

changing of the colors. I tried

to pick the colors that would

make one another standout

the best they could, and sur-

prisingly it worked. I loved

it, that is until I started to

make the second illustration.

My second illustration wasof the temple beast. When I

rst started this illustration

I was thinking am I ever

going to be able to nish this

on time?

The second illustra-

tion was so complex because

I had to create every single

brick separately. But after a

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This is one of the many different examples of the use of extreme de

tail within the larger image. This is a close-up of Wonderland ~EB


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The many different

techniques and colors I used

for the Wonderland illus-

tration were somewhat more

difcult because there were

so many layers upon layers. I

believe this illustration takesthe longest to open because

of the layers, but its worthit.

The only thing I re-

ally need to say about my il-

lustrations is that I started to

create them for others, but as

the class went on they started

to go more in the direction

of pictures for me. I believe

many can look at my work

and understand the concepts,

and those that cant can then

create their own, thats what

I love about art anyone can

interpret it the way they

want. ~EB

long week I was able to cre-

ate a couch that resembled a

temple. I even threw in some

perspective work by making

the bricks smaller as they went

back into the picture.

This illustration tookso much time that I literally

had a single weekend to do mythird illustration. Me being me,

I already decided that I needed

an illustration that I would,

maybe would, place upon my

own wall. This is how the

Wonderland illustration was

created.

Wonderland is my

overall favorite illustration

from the shoes set. The way

that I was able to create such

detail on super-small objects

was so exciting for me, even

though many cant even see

the detail unless they place the

picture on the tip of their nose.

This is a close up on the eye in the original couch layout. This eye

took me so long because of its many c urves and shadows. ~EB

For the recreation of the eye in this Crazy Colors layout i sim

ply picked those colors that would make one another pop. ~EB

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CrazyColorsOriginal

This was the rst illustration that I created and I hit many trouble spots, but like

most things that I create I had to include a splash of color. Its a nice tongue. ~EB

This was such a fast illustration since all I needed to do wa s change the colors.

However, the shoes were constantly blending so I decided to keep them green. ~EB

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WonderlandTempleBeast

This illustration was a wild one from the beginning. I got the idea from watchingthe movie Transformers and thinking of the desert, I guess it worked. ~ EB

This illustration took me the longest and I didnt mind because I wanted it to be thebest. Its a perfect example of my imagination in action, enjoy it please. ~EB

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The rst thing that I

had to realize while

taking this com-

puter graphics class

was that I was going to have

to create work that, if I had

any say, would be consideredcompletely pointless. But,

like most things I do I made it

about me and I learned to like

it. The teapots were this kind

of assignment.

We created these

teapots as a sort of warm-up

assignment, an introductionto the use of the pen tool. I

began this project with a very

low attitude, how stupid, how

boring, but then I liked it. I

realized very quickly that the

pen tool wasnt that difcult

to use so I started to deviate

from the original assignment.

I always tend to do my own.

We were supposed

to recreate teapots that were

centered in the classroom.

Since I flew through this

basic sketch of the teapots I

began adding personality to

them. I started to give them a

situation, a life, a story; then

I had them all to me. I made

cups, spoons, and squirt pat-terns, anything I thought of at

the moment. I then put some

creative design qualities into

the line work to make them

look even crazier. I like crazy

and had to show it off like

usual.

The nal resultswere quite nice and so I

decided to keep most of them.

I think the way that I created

these pots shows a different

side of my artistic qualities.

This was probably one of

the very few things that I

have created that were more

about having fun and doing

whatever. I liked the freedom

of just expressing myself in a

more simplistic way.

I created this pot with the idea of steam and waterspraying out as the whistle starts to blow. ~EB

I guess I like the idea of a tea pot blowing thesteam becuse I began showing it all the time. ~EB

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TEA TIME


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CoolCrustatian OhCindy-ella

This was one of many tea pots that I

created that I truly didnt like until Iadded some Swirly bits to it. ~EB

I have to say that this is my favoriate

pot out of all the pots that I drew. Itsjust so different and I love it. ~EB

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Stretchingthe

Boundaries

of a

Sketch

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STRETCHING THE BOUNDRIES OF A SKETCH

Ive been do-

ing it since

birth; no

sorry

to say its

not smil-

ing- I hit myteens and that

sure changedquick- its draw-

ing. I can still

remember to this

day drawing horses

and every farm animal I

had ever seen on anything I

had in front of me. Yes, I was

one of those little kids that

begged their parents for a pen

at a restaurant just so I could

draw on the placemat- all the

placemats to be correct.

I guess my fasci-

nation with drawing and

pictures came fromwell

actually I dont know where

it came from. Perhaps I had

inherited it from my father

and grandmother.

Well,

whomever it

was I thank

them to the

fullest of

my ability.I grew up

going toa catholic

school, which,

like most catho-

lic grade schools,

had no art program. But,

no matter what the project I

always seemed to showoff

my artistic side.

Ive

done things like

creating an

igloo out of

sugar cubes

to making a

functional

roller-

coaster out

of chicken

wire. Of course my father had

helped me with the hard dif-

cult parts, but I still did it.

It wasnt until the

sixth grade that I nally got a

taste of an art class. I was in

heaven from the moment thatI stepped in the door. There

was so much that I had neverseen, including things that as

I learned from experience-

stained clothes.

I was being entered

into art competitions through-

out the school from sixth

grade until eighth grade.

And I somehow

came in the

top ten every

time. But

thats what

changed

my views

on the art

world. I

wanted rst

place.

When I started high

school I knew that I wanted

to continue taking art

classes. And by the end

I took an art class or

two every single

year. It was sadthat I always put

aside my elec-

tives for gym

classes and art

classes, but I

guess I did for

a reason since

Im majoringin both now.

High

school art was

such a rush for

me. The moment

I walked into my

rst art class in high

school I knew I had to

have the control to make

myself the best I could be.

And from the rst project I

was assigned I did just that.

It didnt matter how

late I stayed up for A.P. and

Honors classes I always set

time aside for my art.

Like junior high

I was still being

introduced tomedia that I never

knew existed.Charcoal, Cray

pas, graphite,

oil pastels,

the drawing

capabilities

were endless.

However it

wasnt until

my junior year

that I realized I

had the ability to

create really cool

artworks.

As one can

see from my many dif-

ferent projects, I like color.

Well, when I rst started out

doing drawings and sketches

anigloo out

of sugarcubes

I alwaysset timeaside

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I wasnt enjoying them because

they were so bland and boring. I

soon learned the value of, well,adding value to my work.

Depending on my moodor the outcome of a project I

could create the drawing to

capture a feeling. It was all in the

lights and darks that I added to

my pictures. Sure, I sometimes

added a splash of color to them

to liven things up a bit, but with

color or without I made pictures

for me.

When I hit college I was

still in the mindset that I could do

whatever with my drawings, but

I was wrong. There were rules

for every project. Rules like the

materials I could use, the paper I

could use, the ideas I could use,

and even the amount of time I

could use.

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I wouldwhine and

complain whenwe had to dothe thirtyminute

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My rst drawing

class was such a joy I loved

working with graphite sticks

and even doing erasure draw-

ings. But, the class that really

surprised me was gure draw-

ing.

No, it wasnt the

fact that I had to draw nude

people that got me, it was thefact that I had to capture the

person and their bodys move-

ment in a three minute sketch.

I had never drawn that fast in

my entire life.

Needless to say I

caught on and by the third

class I was having so much

fun with the quick sketches

that I would whine and com-

plain when we had to do the

thirty minute sketches.

I learned a lot about

drawing and capturing images

from that class, but it wasnt

until my second drawing class

that I realized the ability to

do a feeling drawing while

using my imagination. Oh,

and I created my number one

characters for my childrens

book.All in all these

classes taught me a lot about

myself and my abilities to

create drawings, sketches,

and doodles with anything

from pencils, oil pastels, to

erasures. It also taught me the

quality of time and its factors

in creating a piece of artwork.

I hope to pass this knowledge

on when I teach my future

students.

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DustysSlide UltimateWorld

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This is one drawing that shows my original character Dusty on one his many ad-ventures around his own home. I use Dusty for many of my stories. ~EB

The idea that was behind this picture to create an alternate world, a perfect world, aworld I would love to visit. It consists of stories and creatures of imagination. ~EB


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Band-it Dusty

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This piece of work was simply a lessondrawing the many values of a hanging

cloth. I, however, decided to make itmore interesting by putting an emphasis

on the two folded spots that looked likeeyes. ~EB

This is another illustration of my originalcharacter Dusty. This was the project

which lead to my creation of both Dustyand his partner/caretaker Starlight (a

cat). The idea behind the backgroundwas my simple imagination at work once

again. ~EB


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Decomposingaway LifeDanceof Life

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This is one of the many quick three

minute sketches that I had to createduring my gure drawing class. The

movement was the hardest part tocapture. ~EB

This is one of two skull studies that I

had to complete. I learned alot aboutthe uses of shading while trying to

capture the leftover carcas on thehorns. ~EB


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Spin

Take a


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TAKE A SPIN

C

lay, machines, and

my shaky hands

had failure writ-

ten all over

my transcript before Ieven started my rstceramics class. But,

to my surprise some-

times those that

look the worse in

the beginning can

become the best in

the end.

My rst

experience with

the wheel was a bit

nerve racking. And

then I was told that

the way I was trying

to throw the clay

wouldnt work. I was

fed up, tired, crabby,

and ready to quit. But,

when someone told me

that I was doing everything

in a way that would never

create a pot I looked them in

the eye and said watch me.

The one thing that

people dont know about

me is that no matter what

Ill do something to

prove to myself that

I can or cant do it.

This was ceramics. I

was throwing to fast

according to every-

one else in my class

and thats why I kept

messing up. And after

two weeks of class

I realized that I was

messing up more than

everyone else, but to my

surprise I had triple the

amount of nished piecesthan they did.

Sure my process

and stubbornness had me

making double the amount

of mess-ups, but it

also had me creat-

ing more than

enough n-

ished pieces tochoose from formy nal ones.

The

rst assignment

for a holiday was

a tad bit difcult for

me to narrow down.

But like most things for art,

I picked my design ideas

the day they were due. Once

again my imagination had to

be working for this project

since I needed to show the

idea of Christmas in a set

of pottery. The results were

very pleasing to me. I still

look at some of my work and

wonder how I came up with

it.

When I received

my second assign-

ment for a culture

project I real-

ized that I could

depict scenesin the claypots, as a way

to tell a story

or life. I picked

the Mayan culture

because I am really

fascinated with it. The

ideas of their life and the

loss of all their culture

is incredible. This

assignment was

extremely fun

especially

since I got to

do research

on the culture

and recreate

some of their

pieces of ceram-

ics.

The last project for

the class was to glaze our

works. This was exciting

for me because that meant

I got to show those piecesthat were seen by everyoneelse as simple screw-ups

and turn them into amazing

pieces of art. I also, started

a trend among others within

my class by showing them

that those old vases, bowls,

glasses, etc, could be

decorated and displayed.

Overall the intro-

duction and creat-

ing of ceramics

really showed

me another side

to the use of an

imagination. And

I also learned that

no matter what the

material one can

always create art.

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Ikept

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Ilooked

them in the eyeand said watch

me.

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This is one of many

pots that I created forthe Christmas series.

I decided that this pot

should have a top forstorage. Perhaps I could

put some mints in it fornext Christmas. ~EB


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CapturetheEye Express

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This is one of the extra pots that I had leftover after one of my projects. I decided to

create a design by using the slip on a paintbrush. After ring it looked like an eye. ~EB

This was one of my practice jars. The cracking of the slip and engobe was because the

engobe was past its expiration date. The outcome was very pleasing to me. ~ EB


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Prayer tothe WaterGods TheFeast

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This was one of the rst pots that

I created for my Mayan set. I useda needle to carve into the clay pot

and create an image of a Mayan

seding an offering to the Gods forwater. ~EB

This is another pot for the Mayan

set. this pot is very different sinceI actually created a lid for it. Both

the lid and the pot were carved to

depict specic shapes and cultureevents. ~EB


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Penguin The FairyCatcher

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This was one of the many mess-ups

that I ended up having during mymany adventures with the wheel. I

painted this pot to look like, use yourimagination please, a penguin. ~EB

This is my absoloute favoriate pot and

of course it was a mess-up. I placedthe craziest colors and designs on this

pot since its overall design is, well,

crazy! ~EB


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A SIMPLE STROKE OF ME

Bob Ross,

thats all

I can re-

ally say

about inspiration

for painting. Unlikeall other little kids I

grew up hating paint-

ing and using things

like nger-paints. I

absolutely hated it.

We always had to

do some sort of little project

that would use watercolors or

tempera paints when I was in

grade school. These projectswere so stupid to me and I

would do my best to limit the

painting to the minimum.

It wasnt until my

sophomore year of high

school that I was nally in-

troduced to the magic of oil

paints. Lets just say when my

teacher came up to me and

asked me how

long Id been

painting for

because I

blended my

oils betterthan anyone

else I knew

I found my

key.

Sad to say

that particular teacher

was retiring that year so, like

Ive always had to do, I had

to show the new teacher the

real me-the artist me- theperson who had to

out-do everyone I

could. Needless

to say I did it

on the rst

day of class

and from

there on she

helped me

develop into the artist that I

am now.

She made me create

things I didnt know existed,

made me paint on objects

that I didnt know I could,and she even taught me to

paint for me.

I created many dif-

ferent paintings in my high

school career. I even had

the chance to paint things

like key boxes, chairs, and

tabletops. But, the ultimate

chance that I received in

school was the chance topaint our mascot on

our gym doors and

the front ofce

window.

But, like

most things in

my life I only

do it when Im

told. I really

do wish to know what

I could really do if I

actually took the time

to create some-

thing for my own

enjoyment in theproper amount

of time.

Time,

time is a big

issue when it

comes to my

painting abili-

ties and Ive

been learning

this since myrst day of col-

lege. For many

that dont know

me Ill ll you in,

Im a huge procras-

tinator.

I dont mean

like waiting until the

last week to paint

my paintings. No, I

mean like deciding

my topic the thirty

seconds before its

do, standing and

watching otherspaint in class

and staring at

my blank can

vas because I

just cant do

anything, and

Im the type

of person tha

can paint the

entire paint-ing no matter

the size in one

night.

Last night

is my main motto

these days for my

paintings, I love it, and

I love the rush and fear

that I wont nish. But

the

ultimate

chance

beauty

and heart

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she

even

taught me

to paint for

me

then theres a little part of me

that wonders how good I could

truly be if I actually took my

time on a painting, if I actually

put 100% into a project. But, no,

I cant, I like my 50% far toomuch.

My projects range from

little things like body image

problems that girls face or thepressure of being told youre

worthless two much bigger

problems like fear, love, beauty,

and heart.

Of course this is just

my point of view and what I

think is the most important

things in life, but I guess I can

sayIts my work so Ill do what-

ever I believe is important. And

also whatever is inspireing me.

The one thing that has

really been capturing my mind

and sort of inspiring me lately

would have to be beauty and

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This is one of the craziest masks that I decided to include inmy mask painting. Its one my favoriate mask shapes in the

entire world. ~EB


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heart. This is why I will, well

if I dont change my mind atthe last minute, be focusing

on the beauty and heart of the

horse and its bodily move-ments.

My last painting was

primarily that. I focused on the

horse and how such a huge,

beautiful, majestic animal

has its heart and soul sitting

there for us to see. The key

to the soul the eye. I love the

idea of being able to look at

something and have my ideas

become clear for others to see

as well.

This would have to

be one of my favorite things

about paintings one could

show with color, shape, im-

age, and layout whatever they

wanted to show. I love the

ability to be able to show a

complex situation or prob-lem and have others see my

views on that particular idea

or topic.But, besides all

that, I have been creating

many different types of

work to compliment work

from my other classes. And,

like most of the things that

I tend to create they are

based off of my best helper

my imagination.

My imagination

helps me show off the

visual side of my many dif-

ferent dreams, short stories,

and even some of my novel

work. I love this about

painting, and one day per-

haps I will be able to paint a

picture book for children.

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Posess ourMinds You CantdoAnything

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I created this painting because of the many differnt factors that children have to

face while growing up. I fell to pressure and want others to see their horror. ~EBThis is one of the most personal paintings that I have ever created. It happens to

everyone. Everyone is their own individual and they need to remember that.~EB


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Creationof ColorTheLastBattle

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This is probably one of the most exciting paintings that I have ever created. The idea of

fantasy creatures makes me so excited and I was happy to share them with others. ~EB

This is one of my rst paintingsdeaing with the idea of color a nd

beauty begin hidden deep withinand object and how the only thing

one can do is give time and love toan obeject to be able to see whats

hidden deep within. ~EB


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WickedLove Keyto myHeart

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The one thing that people notice about me is that Im completely fascinated withthe Venetian mask. I try to share this love with this painting of various masks. ~EB

This is the second picture that I created regarding my idea of hidden color andbeauty. I used a horse because thats one thing that I took time to truly understand.~ EB


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Blendur

Life


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BLEND UR LIFE

N

o amount

of money

will ever

keep

me from doing thistype of artwork.Yes, colored pencils

they are magical and

make me feel like a

child all over again.

I was rst introduced to

this particular medium my

sophomore year of high

school. When I rst heard

my teacher say that we were

going to do a colored pencil

project I nearly fell out of

my seat laughing. How silly

I thought, doing a project

with simple Crayola colored

pencils. But, to my surprise it

wasnt Krafts time to shine.

Prismacolors, thats where

my heart belonged, I never

thought I could love a media

as much as I

currently do.

The rst time I

started color-

ing with thesespecial, andvery expen-

sive, pencils I

was star struck.

My mother, on the

other hand, didnt

care for them because

they were so darn expen-

sive.

But, after my rst

project she real-

ized that I was

worth the big

box, the

extremely

expensive

yet beauti-

ful 132 set

box for

approxi-

mately $200!

Lets just say thats probably

the most expensive gift that I

have recieved in a very, very

long time. And I think aboutthat every time that I pick upa colored pencil and begin

creating an artwork. I love

the texture of the pencils, I

love the way they smooth

onto any material. Its so

liquid like, so peaceful, and

yet when I use them I make

them pop.

I would observe

many people in my classes

using the Prismacolors

putting layer after

layer on top of one

another until they

had this very soft

and beautiful

picture. And one

friend of mine

would do it until

he had a deep, smooth, dark

creation, and from there I

found my own style.

When I usecolored pencils I use

them heavy. I mean to

say that I press them

down with a certain

amount of pressure

so I dont need to

do the layer on

top of layer, half

a year for one

picture type of

way. I do say that

colored pencils take

the most out of me

when it comes to

time, I can never cre-

ate any type of picture

in less than a month

with colored pencils Im

just too particular.

I like the idea of

extreme lights and darks so

I have also created the

style of placing blackalong all the outlines

of any picture that

I am coloring. I

also place white

in the middle

and use it as m

blender for all

my pictures. I

actually tried

the prismacol

or blender on

day and gave

it away after

fteen minute

because I didn

like its handi-

work.

Needless to

say if I had to pick

one thing to do for

the rest of my life coloring with my prisma-

colors would be it.

they

aremagical

the restof my

life

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BLEND UR LIFE

Carnival Dream

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This is a negitive space project that Icreated. This is the rst time I ever cre-

ated a negitive space project and I was

nervous that the plain white circus horsein the center would take away from the

colored pencil, but it actually made thecolors pop. ~EB

This has to be my favoriate picturethat I have ever created with colored

pencils. The idea behid this picturewas simply to create a collage of

black and white photos and recreateit in a larger version using colored

pencils. ~EB


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ABOUT ME

Theres a lot that

people dont know

about me and Im

denitely not going to

tell you right now. What I will

tell you is that Im a very active

person.

I grew up learning that

school was the only important

thing about life. Well need-

less to say I found sports and

decided those where going to be

the most important thing about

my life.

Ive been playing

many sports my entire life start-

ing from the fourth grade on. Ido have to say that I learned a

lot about myself through sports.

Also, Ive seen its one of the

best outlets for my ADHD.

Sports have been there for

me as a stress relief, a social

hangout, and even a character

builder.

My competiveness that

I tend to express when it comes

to art is from my many different

sport teams and all the differ-

ent coaches that Ive had over

the years. Another key thing

that my sports have given me is

inspiration to express myself.

The main one would have to be

horses.

Ever since I could

remember Ive been surrounded

by the sweet smell of manure

and hay. Sure, some of you

may be thinking yuck what a

horrible smell, but when you

grow up with it its like a fresh

towel from the dryer. Anyways,

I guess thats where I get my

obsession with the horse as an

element in most things that I do.

But, other than all that

Im a big bum. I never dress-up

unless I have to, I never spendmore than ve minutes picking

out my clothes in the morn-

ing, and I hardly ever look in

the mirror except for when Im

brushing my teeth.

I tend to spend my

days writing stories and poems

and thinking up new possibili-

ties for artworks. I really enjoy

day dreaming about many

different worlds and adventures

and I hope to share as much as

I can with as many people as I

can so they to can have a won-

derful outlook for their future.

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e being competitive at a Service Club event. Letsst say I won the Pin The Tail On The Cougar game.

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Dreamyour dreamswith your

eyes open.~Loui Naoj....

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