Summer Pass Time

My favorite part of summer is breaking out the chalk and going CRAZY! I draw with chalk just about every year, just before it gets to hot to be outside. I went to the riverfront park in Spokane, during the late part of this summer. And there were some chalk artists working on the sidewalk, and I became utterly inspired after seeing their BEAUTIFUL pieces. The only thing that I find sad about working with chalk is that eventually the beautiful works of art will either fade away, or be washed away by rain. On the bright side it is a great way to publicly show your art without the illegal part like graffiti. Here is some of my work, I played around with colors a LOT.

Smoke Painting

Something New and cool, I discovered is painting with Smoke. It's SUPER easy, all you have to do is smoke up a board using a candle, and then use a paint brush to brush away the smoke. But, be careful not to light your board on fire! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z9dBZHwDm8

Horses

Rockstar

This was another Picture on an art supply box; I guess every now and then I just have to prove to myself that I can do it' I also had just got some really awesome markers and was super excited to try them out. I think it turned out pretty cool, Maybe someday I'll even learn how to play guitar.

Polar Bear

Isn't he handsome? I would never have used those colors together like that had it not been an exercise that Tim gave me. It turned out awesome, which I was fairly doubtful of during the process.

-The medium is pastels on grey paper.

Favorite! =D

I don't know what it is about this picture, but it is my favorite picture I have ever done. Maybe it is the mystery air in it, or maybe it is just because she looks like she could kick butt. Whatever the case this is my absolute favorite picture I have ever done.

Lovely Ladies

Can You Guess Who This Is?

That's right it is our country's first President. President George Washington. This picture was an important turning point in my art; I sometimes limit my abilities with what I 'think' I can do, but those limitations are often more passable then I previously realized. Before this picture I felt that I need at the very least an hour to make a Good picture, a picture that was not only pleasing to the eye but also understandable. But can you believe that it took me only Eleven minutes to do this piece? I sure couldn't. I realized that I don't need to limit myself by what I think, and that was a huge obstacle in my art. Yay for realization and overcoming.

Unfinished though Beautiful

I believe that a work of art doesn't have to be finished to be beautiful. Suggestion can be just as beautiful as a finished master piece. And one of the questions i ask myself is, " is a piece ever truly done?" You get to a point where you are happy with it and can put it away, but is it ever truly finished. That is a question only the artist can answer. No one can answer it for them.

Fine Arts 2011 Nationals - Change of Scenery

This is my Fine Arts 2011 'Nationals' picture. The medium is Acrylic paint and charcoal on mat board. I built up a thick texture using acrylic paint and baby powder, and then I drew with charcoal on top of it. ~ "Change of Scenery" symbolizes what everyone must go through at some point in their life. The woman with her back turned depicts the place in our lives where we are turned away from God. Blinded to all that he has for us we feel lost and alone. We are not yet ready to turn around. Then the woman's focus shifts: she is looking to God but has not completely given herself to Him. She is happier, knowing that she is no longer alone. Finally she lets go of control - looking out into the world with new eyes, reflecting a mission to show others the love from God she now sees.

The granite-like background represents the strength of God's love - surrounding the woman even before her awareness dawns.

Fine Arts 2011 Districs - Coming to Life

This is my Fine Arts 2011 'Districts' picture; the medium is: Graphite, colored pencil and pastels on Matt board. ~ God gave me this image one day while I was worshiping; at the time I didn't know that I would use it for Fine Arts 2011, I just thought it was so cool that God had given me a picture. Later at one of the Fine arts meetings I was contemplating what I would draw when God again brought this image into my head, I was so excited that I accidentally interrupted the meeting with a gasp. Through the process of drawing the image God slowly helped me to understand what it meant; The woman is in a Garden, she is black and white because of the cliff that was put in front of her when Adam and Eve sinned. In her eyes is the cross that Jesus died on for our sins, she is looking upon Jesus' death. And because He died for our sins, the world comes into light, into color. The birds are carrying the color into the world on a strand of music, the lyrics of the song being "Father forgive them." The Sparrow is especially important, God showed it to me while I was listening to a worship song. In the song one of the verses say, " For if His (God's) eyes are on the Sparrow more so his heart on me." If he cares and loves a sparrow so much, then he loves me and you more.
Closer look at the Garden.
Closer look at the woman and the sparrow.

Briánna's Dreamings

Random Space

I can do it!

I painted this picture to prove to myself I could.
You know how art supplies will have a crazy awesome pictures on the box or package that they came in? Well as far back as I could remember when ever I got a new art supply of some sort I would tell myself that there was no way I could draw or paint the picture on the outside cover.
I finally realized that no way was that true. I could do it, and I knew I could. So this is my proof that I can do it.

How He Loves Us

(Shannon Gaines and I painting "Identity Student Ministries" How he loves us tree.)

How He Loves Us -John Mark Mcmillan

He is Jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
and I realise just how beautiful you are,
And how great your affections are for me.

And oh, how he loves us so,
Oh how he loves us,
How he loves us all.

Yeah, he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Yeah, he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves.

We are his portion, He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking.
So heaven meet earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don't have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way . . .

He loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Oh how he loves.
Yeah, he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves us,
Whoa! how he loves.

Thank you God for loving us!

Horses

Horses have been a passion of mine since I was little.
I have used that passion in my art, horses are kind of my thing to draw.
The drawings are 5x3 inches big, and were done with a soft pencil.
The Stallion drawing (Bottom) after i had finished still needed something. My art teacher Tim Ely; showed me a technique where you put tape around the edge of drawing, and smudge in color. I used Sepia charcoal shavings to do it. I feel it gives the picture a rustic old photo feel. The young colt drawing (Top)never quite seemed finished, but I finally got it to a place where I could step back and say," Okay this is good." And be done with it.

Parrot

(Colored pencils on black paper)
I got some new very nice colored pencils for my birthday, and this was my first picture that I drawn with them.
I drew it free hand, instead of outlining it and then coloring it in...
This is also my first attempt at using color over black and white(other than oil pastels, and sepia colored charcoal).

Imagination

I was messing around with Oil Pastels one day, and I noticed that if you take something sharp and run it through the oil pastels on the paper it clears a small path...And looks really cool. I used so many colors to make it special..

Free hand horse paintings

I painted these cause
Horses have struck me since I was a little girl.
I used to draw them all the time, it is funny comparing my old drawing to my new ones.I am way way better at it now..=]

Colfax H'art of the Palouse Banner Competition

So this is a banner that I did for the 2009 Colfax H'Art of the Palouse banner competition..This actually isn't the finished picture, I never got a chance to take a picture..But this is pretty close to what the finished product looks like.