Summer Days

It's great to have a break from school, and Summer vacation has been very enjoyable. I like doing
practically nothing, and having lots of time for myself. The weather has been very warm (of course), however, it has also been a lot of rain lately as well, which is strange for this state. Even so, I like the rain, and in fact, my favorite type of weather is cloudy days with a cool wind breezing by.
=)
My body is kind of going crazy as well, sleep-wise, probably because I haven't had to get up at a certain time each morning. For example, just last night I suddenly felt tired at about 8 o'clock, so I went to bed. Unfortunately, my body thought it was a nap, and sure enough I wake up at 10, wide awake with energy to spare. *sigh* I wasn't able to get back to sleep until about 3. Well, I'm awake now, and I'm able to laugh at myself for this silly little thing that seems to happen every summer.
I hope everyone else is having a great Summer!

School Artwork From 2011

Here are all of the drawings and paintings I did over the course of the school year, from my second semester Painting II class. It was a lot of fun, and I'm taking another art class next year as well. It helps to break up the school day.

Tools (pencil sketch)
Fruit (acrylic paint)Three Things (acrylic paint) -
dragon figurine (because I like dragons), apple (I really like to eat them), and my writing journal (it has all the creatures coming out of it).
Pallet Landscape (as done with a pallet knife)
Brush Landscape (acrylic paint)
White Dragon (acrylic paint)
Abstract Dragon (acrylic paint)
Zachary Quinto (acrylic paint)

Request: Guys and Dolls Paintings

During the play, "Guys and Dolls" my part was as a street painter in New York. And being an painter in real life as well, I actually painted while on stage. Due to request, here are the paintings I did over the course of the play performances.

Amaryllis

Sunflower

Most likely I'll touch them up, because although I'm happy with how they turned out, neither is as good as I could have done them ( and I haven't finished the Sunflower one).


Also, I intend to put on some more of my artwork that I have done this year, since school is almost over.

General Conference

I really enjoyed General Conference this last weekend, the talks are always really interesting, and I always especially like the ones from the First Presidency. Unforunately, I missed the fourth session because I got pretty sick, and I spent most of Sunday sleeping. I hope to be able to watch it sometime soon online. =)

LDS website
http://lds.org/?lang=eng

Spring Break

This week has been Spring Break, and I have been having a great time! Recently my family has been going on short car trips, visiting some monuments and interesting places of this wonderful state and taking pictures of our stay. Now that I look back on the week, everything kind of blurred into a single day, so it's a little hard to separate what happened which day.
From the top of my head, we visited a dinosaur museum, the Union Station (with lots of big trains), and saw some ancient rock carvings. Most of my enjoyment, though, I believe from spending time with my family. Amazingly, everyone has been pleasant for the outings, and it has made the trips more enjoyable.
On a side note, it is snowing today pretty heavily, even though it is April. =) Just one of the reasons I love this state: its crazy weather.