a little update.

The question still lingers... will I be a student next semester?
Meh, I'm trying and I know I'll work at getting the best result possible.

I could write alot but I feel like just making a list of how things are right now:
*My brotha from another mother is here AKA Caleb
*for the past FHE we did finger painting, I make lame FHEs
*I am a very good listener
*I have been extremely good at learning peoples names this semester
*I like a cute boy and I've been pretty laid back about it.. which is rare for me..good news is hes still around and wants to hang out..hmm...sweet.
*oh speaking of boys I had a missionary, this said missionary has been back for a little over a month now annnd we haven't spoken ( typically this would be life life alteringly sad to me but I've been so caught up in my life ...well..it hasn't been) He's from Burley,ID so I think distance isn't the reason.
*I made a 92 on my last intro to visual arts quiz.
*let us not talk about the rest of school
*I spoke to my loving and amazing bishop about the process of what I'd need and go through for serving a mission... most probably starting my papers this up coming semester!
*So I'll probably still not be going to gospel docterine and probably stay in mission prep or go to temple prep
*Speaking of missions!!! My friend the Great Paul Henderson gets his papers soon and will be off serving the Lord. Not to mention my buddy Ryan Laleh will be starting his papers this up and coming semester as well. His idea is that we could get out papers back at the same time...meh, we'll see.
*It rained in Idaho today_ rained not snowed!!! Although it didn't help my cold.
*My beloved brother and his amazing wife Lorry are going to be having a little Rudd soon!
*Last but Not least, I got an art scholarship for $200 dollars. If I'm here next semester then I get to put it to good use.

Here are some bad images of what I sent in for my portfolio:
I was a little sad I didn't get to make a bunch of new stuff for my portfolio. Most of it is from my snior year 2006-2007.


^Metal bird: This bird is a bit redunkUlous. ON the bottom are the first lines I've ever welded. The feathers I cut with this great and beautiful plasma cutter. One weekend my senior art teacher took me "welding" really I just saurded all the pieces together. The craftsmanShip is not amazing. I added the piece to make it seem like I have a wide range of artistic abilities.


^ " Goat boy" : I added this piece to show that I understand the casting process ( how the mask was made) The boys proportions are horribly wrong, but I didn't really care in my high school years about those types of things.



^ probably 2008: I went to a circus with my friend Cassie and shot this pic, I thought it was interesting. My friend Jonathan said it was bad... but oh well.



^ 2009? : some birdies flying around behind Cassie's g-ma's house in Gig Harbor, WA


^ 2006-2007: my senior year..... I cannot understand why I added the shotty watercolorNess to it. I think it looks like the hall way in my high school...


^ 2010_ I wanted to prove that I understood how to draw people a bit more...but if you understand drawing then you are good at sculpture and so.. I sculpted this little baby. This way I felt better making something new for my portfolio!


^Viggo Peter Mortensen: Oh yes what a gorgous and amazing man. It'd take him any day. Uh... maybe not. Either way I made this during the great Mr.T year. 2005-2006 I believe. I added this to show that I was aware of how to kinda make a lineoleum cut print.


^2009 Made this for my sister's living room! This is my first landscape ever. I'm so glad she likes it!


^ "Beehive lady": 2006-2007 part of my ap-portfolio my senior year. Later on I made bees and they were glued on. I added it because I heard it is good to add pieces that show you can add texture...


^ lastly is "Cowboy on Mars" : 2006-2007 Umm I think it looks not so nice but I was given advice to add it because of the use of color. SO I did.

So That was my "freshman art portfolio" scholarship thingy...
I'm pumped to get better that is for sure!
At the same time I'm wondering how a year and a half not doing art could effect being better.

I think it would be neat to student teach back by my home. I hope to someday work at a magnet arts school. Like Booker T. Eventually if I felt worthy I'd love the chance to teach at a university level.
We'll see :).

P.S. here a few songs I've liked more so recently...











enjoy.

My field trip.

Today I left from BYU-Idaho campus around 6am for my first college field trip. We went to Spring feild to see some student art, there were some really fantasticO pieces. Here's some of the pieces I like most, they're the best in state. Eventually I got through the 300 plus high school pieces and made my way up stairs and found some really great pieces as well. Here's some images from just around the building.

There was some great art there as well :) There was some paintings up by probably one of the most talented oil
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After getting some great insight on the resources for art educators and some free swag we were off to the Provo campus to look at thier gallery. I had thought that I was going to transfer there some day and guess I'm still interested in that but it was just so overwhelming to be there.
I also went to a museme a block away from the conference center...
it was pretty dang amazing and had original Rembrant etchings. They had a great collection of stuff that related to the beginning of the LDS church. annnd wellpainters in the world and he is also a professor here. I love really textured paintings Provo was great! We picked up some lunch and then off to Salt Lake! I think the best part of the trip was that I was with other art ed majors. So This time around touring the conference center we made the guide take us to all of the paintings and sculptures. I never noticed how many originals were there! One of my most favo paintings how of the a whole set by an artist I like was the one and only one that was a print... quiet sad.


okay so this entry got sooo messed up but i'm too lazy to fix it right now..