
Printmaking
Starting August 30th, I began Printmaking I and Photography. These were not classes I wanted to take, but for graduating, they were necessary. This is the first Relief Print I have made and it is supposed to be a positive and a negative of the same object. I found that the wood of the block we carved out of splinters easily. The dark outline of the tree did not have stain, so the splintering was harsh and difficult to control. The light outline of the tree was easier to carve

New Projects and a New Part-time Job
For the last part of the summer I created a flyer for the Biodiversity Awards Ceremony. This flyer took awhile because of the paintings I decided to work on; a combo painting of a mountain lion and an antelope, and a painting of a plant species found by one of the award winners. At first the design looked like a wedding invitation, so that's when I decided to put animals and plants specific to the recipients instead of decorative flowers. My overall goal was for the flyer to