Around the world.

Yesterday I went on a creative splurge to make a card for my brother returning from overseas :) I really like the colours in this photo he took of the trusty bike that got him around the different countries. I discovered some awesome tissue paper under my bed which had a world map printed onto it and decided to get arty!! It didn't quite turn out how I hoped, you're supposed to see the beginning and end destinations in the background, but perhaps there's not quite enough room to identify locations....

Also, it turned out that if I had just stuck the picture over the world map, one of the destinations would not be able to fit! So with some sneaky folding behind the picture I may have warped the map a little so as to fit onto the card!! But it is fairly to-scale ;)

It's nice to have little creative jobs to do every now and then in this time of complete boredom of essays, study notes and you-should-not-be-doing-anything-but-schoolwork-ness.

Guerilla Knitting x2

 Yesterday my friend and I hit the local streets to administer a little urban art.

After a few weeks of knitting with nice thick wool and large needles, we finally had our beautifying artworks to sew up along the street. Armed with a large needle, knitting yarn and scissors, we spent some time sewing up our creations whilst avoiding eye contact with awkward neighbours.

 

 

 My friend used black, grey and red wool with an assortment of ribbons tied neatly around the edge, and some fancy metal buttons for extra charm.

 Mine was in my old spot from two years ago. Sadly, the council finally got round to getting rid of my old one, although that's probably a good thing seeing as it was looking pretty manky and falling apart! My new knitting is a combination of wool and synthetic fluffy yarn. I have added some funky buttons of different sizes and colours on each end for extra spunk.

It's great to feel you're making your local area more pretty and interesting!

Uncreative

Ahh, yeah 11 is so incredibly consuming... And I'm away on a camp all weekend, and excuses excuses, I never have any time to be creative... ever...

T-T

I am, however, getting a lot of work done.

But as the art class at school went on an epic excursion today, and I was left behind in my Ancient History class, I felt a lot like the people in that comic.

I have ALWAYS counted myself as an Art student. And now I am constantly whining that I did not choose it for senior years, as my friends and family are well aware of (Sorry guys...)

So I'm thinking I might make up for it by painting a giant canvas for an Extension English visual represenation project. Just as long as it still counts as English, and isn't obviously a vain attempt at pretending that I still count as part of the art class........

:(

I NEED MORE TIME!!!!!!!

And sleep.