a new book

tonight i made a journal/sketchbook for an art auction. there's a photo on the projects page. it took me about 4 hours... and i'm sure that if i did it again i could easily get it down to 3, maybe even 2. i used some new techniques, so i practiced before using them on the book. and then i had it almost done and kind of had to take it apart again. but it ended up looking great, i think. hopefully it will be a big hit at the auction.

i'd like to go to the auction, but it's the same night I'M GOING TO SEE BLUE MAN GROUP! i'm pretty excited about that, in case you couldn't tell. :)

and speaking of being excited, i found out that the town of griffith is doing an outdoor art exhibit this summer. similar to the ducks highland did last year (again, photos on the projects page), but griffith is doing 4 foot tall locomotives. april and i are already brainstorming good ideas. plus, my grandpa works for a company in griffith... maybe i can get them to sponsor a locomotive for me to paint as well.