WIndows & Doors Brainstorming

When I travel I love to take pictures from airplanes, buses, hotel rooms and anything that has a nice view. I have so many ideas but sometimes I get frustrated with the outcome or how I think the outcome will look . It's hard to find the perfect picture to redraw and incorporate all aspects of the project. I had an idea of drawing the room I stayed in in Senegal but without a picture of it I had to draw from my memory and it was hard to get the spacing right. I also started drawing a view to my back yard from my dining room. Ideas keep flowing out I just need to keep drawing until I feel I have found a picture I am comfortable with

Visiting Artist Hamlett Dobbins

The mutlicolored lines in the middle reminded me of highway snapshots when the lights of the cars are stretched and blurred. I love those kind of pictures and the red and white contrast it well

I immediately fell in love with this picture because the shape reminded me of a lion's mane and lions are my favorite animals. The head also looks like it's in a heart shape and the purple-pinkish color stood out. 

Blindfold Drawings

When Ms.Roberts first handed out the blindfolds I felt a bit of excitement. I had never tried drawing something without being able to see what I was doing. I immediately knew what I wanted to draw and saw my grandparent's house in Brooklyn. I kept hesitating to start because I didn't know where I was on the paper. At that moment I was already a little frustrated. It bothered me that I could not see the outcome of the shapes or landscap and I couldn't adjust it. I just kept going with the flow and let my hands think that it was where I wanted it to be.

After we took our blindfolds off and had to "edit" I was even more annoyed. I felt I had drawn a piece of crap. There was no way I would be able to go back and fine tune this image I thought I was drawing. But