Balmy Alley Abstractions

Balmy Alley is off 24th Street in the Mission District.  It has a large collection of murals painted on the walls and garage doors that line the alley. 

Yesterday, I went to Balmy Alley and I took abstract photos of the murals on the walls.  I was thinking about interesting shapes and colors to make interesting compositions in the photos.  I wanted the the photos to look like abstract paintings. 

Here's me and Michael Jackson!

Cartoon Workshop with Sirron Norris

Sirron Norris is a famous cartoonist from San Francisco.  He's made murals and he has art classes for children in his studio.  He also created the backgrounds for Bob's Burgers, a comedy animation on TV. Sirron's name is a palindrome!

I went to Potrero library for a drawing workshop with Sirron.  He showed us how to draw expressions in faces - happy, sad, tired, mad, and "who farted?"  I learned some new techniques on how to do faces.  Here are my drawings from yesterday:  My favorite is "Mr. Pear."  

 

Here's a picture of me at Sirron's mural in Balmy Alley.