On to the paint.

So, on tuesday I had some touch ups and lipo-suction to get to. The person in the bathtub pretty much had no neck so Margaret helped me create one. After that I touched up a bit on little things with the paper mache and I eventually got to the paint. For tuesday I only got up to the white tub, because the rest of it had more wet paper mache. Today, I stayed after and painted some more. I recoated the white tub and I started with the skin. Tomorrow I hope I can finish it up and have it donated to weetacon!

I might be getting the hang of this. Just maybe.

Once Margaret got here friday (yesterday) I got out my little containers, poured hot water, and margaret poured a little cup of... wheat paste? I forgot what it was called, but form there I got to work on my bathtub. I got to be honest, I think I  like the squishy feeling of the paper mache! Once I finished with the tub I think I started getting the hand of it, at least I think so, for I know I could be doing this all wrong! I finished about 85% during the workshop. The container I brought in had a top thankfully, so I brought some paper mache home with some paper, and I am finishing the rest this weekend. I feel like I am making a cast of a mummy!

Mushy, mushy, paper mache.

    So today I thankfully remembered to bring in my bundles of newspaper, taped up together to create what will eventually be my seven deadly sins project. Today I walked in thinking all I needed to do was tape on the legs and I would be ready to paper mache, but Margaret had a good idea of adding arms. When I finally put that together I think it looked awesome. Probably because it put a lot into it this weekend (it doesn't look like much but, because it kept messing up, or the tape lossened up a bit, it took some time). So by ninth period I got to stick my hands in the paper mache. Its very squishy! I didn't get to cover too much of it but friday I will have about 2 hours of time to work on it so I will have to get it done then!

Paper... lots and lots of paper. Workshop day 2

So today I rushed to the testing room to get my last proof done on my math test, so I wouldn't have to miss a minute of workshop today! Today in our sinful workshop we are finally starting to put are doodles to life. Sadly Margaret makes this look easy, and creating some shapes are much more complicated that I would imagine (or maybe thats just me...). I started with the bathtub (if you don't know what I talking about, my sketch of it was in my last blog) and I can make a ball of newspaper but a bathtub... is a bit more complex (for me atleast...). After getting some help from Margaret I got the bathtub shape and some legs of the bathtub. Because of me being a bit of a slowpoke, I brought the various buches of newspaper home for me to work on over the weekend. I will finish that and next time I see Margaret we will get that paper mache to cover it!

PS: I think it is kinda awesome how Margaret started a blog!: http://margaretteachingandlearning.blogspot.com/

First day of a workshop of sins.

So today we met Margaret for the first time. She is really nice and I can't wait to work with her more. We went through her work asked her questions and she explain to us what her pieces were about, what she was thinking about at the time. Then the coofebs finally found out what our project is : the seven deadly sins. I always found that interesting but I never thought I would do an art project for it. She taught us a bit more about what each sin means and showed us some pictures of them from Dutch artists Bosch and.... I forgot the other one's name... Even though out of the 7 sins I think I relate to sloth most, I am doing a paper mache for gluttony instead. I hope I can get good at paper mache because I haven't used it since kindergarten. I hope this will get me to use paper mache more in the future!

here is my rough sketch or what my piece might look like that we drew today: