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I've been playing around with pencil crayons and did a still life that looks nothing like anything I've ever done before. I feel like it should be hung up in a kitchen or something. I also played with using pencil crayons on mylar plastic sheets. Oh wow! It changes the appearance of the pencil crayon so much, and it feels so smooth as you are applying the colour. I coloured a drawing of a pear and the effect of the pencil crayon on mylar made it look like it was painted. But then I ruined the drawing by making an intricate background. Oops!

My studio art class was original for four hours every Thursday, but I switched to the Tuesday class with a different professor, missing the first class. The class had eight hours of studio time and an unlimited number of home hours to complete a painting in gauche, but since I missed the first class I managed to get an extension of one week. I used the studio time to draw from a still life arrangement of shells and spent an additional five hours at home doing the actual painting. I really enjoyed it! I enjoy the gauche paints, and want to pick up some more paints at some point.

I had meant to photograph the painting before I handed it in today, but I forgot. I almost missed art class altogether but luckily my roommate noticed that I was still at home. She knew the painting was due and when saw saw that it was still on the table, she woke me up, and even drove me to school because I was late. She really saved me! I'm not sure what happened to my alarm clock....