I had my art 'midterm' today, which meant laying out all the stuff I've done so far so my teacher could get a good look at my progress. She told me I've got a B+/A- average going on, and with a bit more work I could easily have an A. She also told me I 'work fast' which kind of made me want to laugh hysterically. :X But I have managed to produce a surprising amount, I think it helps that this is something I am doing to be happy, and not just something I'm doing because hey, art high school, it's what I was supposed to do. I didn't put everything up, because I don't feel like showing off my rough scribbles, but I did photograph my three main projects that I was really happy with until I photographed them and they started to look like crap on the computer screen. >_< Oh well, they DO look really good, considering my years out of practice, and as long as I keep working I will get better! They're up on DeviantArt now and I'll make a Facebook album so my mom can see.

Mercury decided to pee on the sleeping bag and possibly the couch the other day, I am unimpressed. He almost never does stuff like that, so I am also vaguely worried and if it happens again I will take him to the vet. But it may have something to do with the upstairs dogs coming down into the apartment for an accidental visit when I left the door open to do laundry.

Anyway, my next art project is actually a lot of no-pressure fun. I had to do random messy splashes covering some sturdy paper with india ink, making sure to represent the whole greyscale as much as possible, and then I chose a photo. I'm going to chop up my mess into individual 'pixels' with which I will roughly build a collage that will sort of look like a photo I took of my family's horse, and then fill it in a bit with charcoal and pencils. So far I had a lot of fun with ink and brushes and tape and salt and all sorts of things to make interesting patterns. :3

My teacher recommended I try doing a self portrait in white-on-black, it's kind of intimidating but I'll try it if I have time.