anthro photos

Anthropologie is just beautiful in every way possible. It is also a place that provides great photo opportunities! I could literally stay in the store all day just drawing and taking photos....

sweet shop

I love sweets, that's one important thing. However, a place that can satisfy my sweet tooth is the most important. Maxie B's is by far, one of those places. They make the town's best cakes, cupcakes, and frozen yogurt. This cute little bakery is known for all of their delicious concoctions as well as their very chic decor. Best of all, you can order these cakes by the slice..and they aren't just little slices..it's more like three slices in one.

I, often times, find myself craving the Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake..one of my absolute favorites! Today was different though, I decided to try the Birthday Cake..and believe me, I was not let down..

you can stand under my umbrella..ella ella, ay ay ay

I have finally recovered from the "inability to feel creative" sickness. After a week of being at the beach and seeing the wonderful colors of beach umbrellas, I finally got some inspiration to draw. I'm hoping this sickness won't return and I can get back to drawing on a regular basis. We'll see how this goes...wish me luck!

collaboration with brother

Wow, I've been extremely busy this Spring semester. I've been unable to draw like I've wanted to; however one weekend I managed to finally draw something other than stuff for school. I ventured out to Grey's Tavern with my brothers! One of my brothers and I did this drawing together that night and I thought it looked so.....blog-worthy!

*note: this drawing was definitely drawn on the beer coaster they give you at bars!

mellow mushroom pizza

Have you ever eaten at Mellow Mushroom? It's definitely a neat place to try.

oh, and this pizza was drawn from memory--yeah, the pizza is that good.

while in class + on my break

Monday and Wednesday we had our critiques for the dining rooms we designed. I caught myself drawing a thing or two during my other classmate's critiques. I drew the bottom one during my two hour break between classes...

What in the world is ELSEWHERE?! [final]

Our second assignment at ELSEWHERE was to claim a spot on the first floor by marking it with duck tape. This spot was ours for about two weeks. Our goal in claiming this particular spot was to somehow capture everything in that space. I chose a space that was near the back of the museum and was also resident's desk. The particular space I chose seemed to be very "girly". It consisted mostly of flowers, perfumes, a feathered lamp shade, and sunglasses. I loved my area because it felt cozy due to how little it was. There was also a huge wall of shelves packed full of stuff...very overwhelming! I decided to only focus on the desk because there were things that I thought would show the space the best. I chose to draw the main items that were sitting on the desk space...which are seen above. Overall, I truly loved doing this project. It was definitely a new and unique experience and I am really happy with the way my drawings turned out!

ELSEwhere [photos]

These are a few photos from Elsewhere. This was an extremely fun and unusual experience! Our last visits consisted of working on our final project as well as a project for Elsewhere's website. A later post will show and explain what we had to do!

Time to go to ELSEwhere..

In drawing class we have been doing a project at a place called Elsewhere (check this site out!) for a few weeks. Our first day there we had to pick out five objects to draw. These drawings are the objects that I picked and believe me, it was very hard to pick only five!

EUC perspective

El Carreton

Thursday in class Suzanne reserved 30 seats at El Carreton. Not only did we eat lunch there, but we also had to do some sketching! I may or may not have gotten some salsa on my sketchbook =)

drawing + STARBUCKS

I did this quick sketch in Starbucks a while back. I wasn't sure if I liked it, but once I added color I liked it a lot better. Top drawing is a blind contour! Bottom is a quick sketch..my favorite technique!