Had a drawing midterm this afternoon. It's a pretty heavy purchasing-load for that class. I keep spending money. See, you don't go to school to learn how to do art. You go to school to learn how to survive being an artist. To learn the true meaning of 'starving artist'. Oh yes, because I live that life every day. You know how much I spend on paper? At least 10 bucks a week for cheapo stuff, and then over $20 sometimes getting 4 sheets of the good stuff. Then I have to buy $4 micron pens, six tubes of $9 acrylic paints, a $10 set of charcoal, $20 pastel kit, ETC. All the goddamn time. 

I bought paper today for my midterm, instead of feeding myself for 2 days. The real cost of art, my friends. Starvation. 

BUT IT MAKES ME HAPPY! :D (the art part. not the non-eating part). And I so suffer (almost) gladly. <3

The midterm pretty close to killed me. It was 4 hours of intensely boring assignments. I decided about an hour in to, as I continuously say, 'just fuck it', and finger-paint and scribble and scratch and whatever. And so I did. Not my best work. But it's decent and acceptable and follows the guidelines, and I managed to stay awake. Yay me. 'A' for aggravatingly innacurate.

(someday I'll get around to finishing this blog layout...)
Edit: Finished my layout! I think. It might still be fiddled with as we go.

~K.L.

say something~

Had a drawing midterm this afternoon. It's a pretty heavy purchasing-load for that class. I keep spending money. See, you don't go to school to learn how to do art. You go to school to learn how to survive being an artist. To learn the true meaning of 'starving artist'. Oh yes, because I live that life every day. You know how much I spend on paper? At least 10 bucks a week for cheapo stuff, and then over $20 sometimes getting 4 sheets of the good stuff. Then I have to buy $4 micron pens, six tubes of $9 acrylic paints, a $10 set of charcoal, $20 pastel kit, ETC. All the goddamn time. 

I bought paper today for my midterm, instead of feeding myself for 2 days. The real cost of art, my friends. Starvation. 

BUT IT MAKES ME HAPPY! :D (the art part. not the non-eating part). And I so suffer (almost) gladly. <3

The midterm pretty close to killed me. It was 4 hours of intensely boring assignments. I decided about an hour in to, as I continuously say, 'just fuck it', and finger-paint and scribble and scratch and whatever. And so I did. Not my best work. But it's decent and acceptable and follows the guidelines, and I managed to stay awake. Yay me. 'A' for aggravatingly innacurate.

(someday I'll get around to finishing this blog layout...)
Edit: Finished my layout! I think. It might still be fiddled with as we go.

~K.L.

say something~