Christmas was great. The night before, my Grandma beat us in Pictionary. The day of, my brother came down from Santa Barbara, we opened presents, and we ate a ton of food.

As for presents I got a sock monkey hat, 2 pairs of pajamas, a large multiple picture picture frame, a pea coat, and some money which I used to buy my new camera. Had a great holiday. Can't wait until next year. Sadly, the vacation is coming to an end.

I do love me some Christmas...

Well, like every year, I got a bunch of art supplies for Christmas. A pad of canvas sheets and two canvas' along with acrylic paint and brushes! I'm happy about what I got, but I put lots of thought into my X-mas list this year. I asked for a typewriter, Oxford shoes, little colored glass bottles (to hang from my ceiling), Nike pants, and art supplies. I got art supplies. It's all good in my hood though.
... I figure it's the season to be thankful:)


Hali

Christmas Joy

Okay. So I got a bunch of sweet new things for Christmas.

1. 365 Days Creative Journal - Amazing inspirational book that give 365 suggestions on things to make everyday for a year. Their blog is http://makesomething365.blogspot.com/

2. Three MoleSkin sketchbooks - Fantastic for lil sketches.

3. "An Illustrated Life" by Danny Gregory - I love this guy because he sketches and watercolors. He is my inspiration and my favorite artist. He put together a book of his and many other artists' sketchbooks for public display. Great stuff. Check out his blog at http://dannygregory.com/

How was everyone's Christmas? I want to see some blogposts on all the artsy stuff you guys are doing for the break. Hit me up!

Laters,
E

Pretty normal

We gotta do this on BART sometime.
I mean... we see plenty of crazy stuff on BART, this would be normal.

A Site for the Artist in You

http://honestlywtf.com/

Enjoy? :-)

The Lobster Law

The hammer's coming down! I think we should start organizing this bad boy. I talked to Dyana, and we want to assign people to doing posts every day or so. Basically, just so we can obtain the art-blog goal of this blog. I don't know how much I have to say... but comment with ideas please! What kind of visions do you have?

Sing-Off

MY soft spot for Glee Clubs, although I don't watch Glee. Anyone watching the Sing-Off on NBC?

That Afternoon

And the second video. My bro is in this one. Like it?

Yeah, so today I decorated cookies for Winter Faire for Art Club. Hali, you were the only one missing.

Fashion Smashin

Who showed me this blog? I like it.

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

I dare you to be this for halloween.

Stephen Wiltshire.; phenomenal artist

Stephen Wiltshire.
This young artist is grabbing a lot of attention by the likes of CBS and other national news outlets. Stephen has been drawing cities since being diagnosed with autism at a young age, saying it’s his way to express himself. What’s unique about this artist though is that all he needs is a 20 minute helicopter ride above New York and after 7 days, 12 pens, and a lot of music on his ipod, he finishes the massive 18 ft accurate depiction of the city all from memory. He’s so accurate that when drawing Rome, he drew the exact number of columns in the Pantheon. His work is being shown at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute along with his permanent gallery in the Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mal.

Probably the Best Video Ever

Pinole Band Kids
Ruben Murillo
Dominick Whitworth
Joshua Tomada

At the Pinole Library at night.

Today is a Winner

I helped my aunt out at an arts and crafts gig. I made friends with two sisters that go to El Sobrante Christian. They were absolutely silent at the start of the workshop, but I taught them how to emboss stamps and they freaked out and chilled out. We talked about everything and they were really sociable. I found out that I don't hate kids today. They're all right creatures.

Oh and I missed Hadley's Birthday so I feel like a butt. Not literally. Gross.

I WILL finish APUSH and feel amazing. Now let's just start.

Montana

Montana in summer: (about 15 minutes from my house)

Montana in winter: (Its crap. Normally Cloudier.)

Imaginary Tin Can of Ideas!

"Masters of Disguise"
"Voice of the Lobster"
"Cats with Mustaches"


... add some more!

Mind-Blowing Awesomeness

This made me giggle. :-)

Procrastinating instead of doing Pre-Cal homework: The story of my life.

Forever Dancing

KERI SMITH

My favorite on and offline artist/teacher/beast in general.

http://www.kerismith.com/

Black Friday

Aiyana : "Gotta love black Friday."
Me: "Why's it gotta be BLACK?"
Aiyana: "Cuz the prices are a steal!"

To Barcode Tattoos:

I hate you.

Masters of Disguise?

Soo lets talk about this title thang. I like Masters of Disguise, but it reminds me of that weird movie every time I read or say it. I'd be chill if that's what we stick with, but I thought we could do more brainstorming. One thing I was thinking is "Voice of the Lobster" (Its my favorite poem, written by Lewis Carroll in Alices Adventures in Wonderland).

Also I really like lobsters.
This one's combing his hair! Actually, sugaring it. Read the poem, it's all in there.

I'll keep brainstorming, but let me know what you guys are thinking!
Signed, The Voice of this Lobster

LOL, Dyana.

Sunday Salutations!

By all means Halli, type away :-)
I can't wait until the others get on.
We can finally start being all artsy and...
stuff. :-)
Okay.
How's that for general?
I'll be more awesome some other time.
;-)
Over and out.

Miller at Mills

ALAS. I feel so accomplished doing this blog. Here's an update that I think you will all enjoy.

My mom got a new job. She's an administrative consultant at Mills College. And recently I've started an independent research project on the musician and inventor John Cage. The only books on John Cage that I could find were on the online Mills Catalog. So this past Saturday, my mom took me to the Mills library. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. The shelves went all the way up to the ceiling and there were countless rows of them FILLED WITH BOOKS. I was getting dizzy. But anyway, I found a ton of info on Cage. You should check him out. He's a strange dude.

Needless to say, the visit was reminiscent of old Tech Trek times. I saw the field where we went stargazing that one night before the fog rolled in. I saw the science building where there was a little boy that everyone was stalking. I saw the grass area where we played our first teamwork game (the one with the blankets, remember?). I saw the gift shop. Mills rocks.

I would never go to Mills, but the memories from that place will never cease to make me smile.

Ahoy!

Welcome to this bliggity-blog, m'ladies! I can't wait to spend lots and lots of time on it. This post is going to look strange to anyone who isn't us, but I'm ok with that.

So we still need to decide on a design for the page, concrete this title, and organize the whole thing in general. I'm not really sure what else to say... But I'm so juiced I just want to keep typing! Ok bye.