Live Art, Breathe Art: October 2015

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Halloween 2015 - Evil Ash

This Halloween my husband and I will be celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary! Oh my, how time flies. For our anniversary we bought tickets to see Army of Darkness at Alamo Drafthouse on Halloween night. Since the movie falls on the same day as our anniversary and Halloween, we decided to dress up like the main characters from the movie. And so the challenge began.

About two and a half weeks ago, I started the construction on the helmet for my husband's costume using a roman helmet, cheap dollar store mask, cardboard, masking tape, newspaper, and a bag of bones.

Helmet:

two coats of primer ( Pro Art Premium Gesso Canvas Primer):

Toasted Marshmallow Paint (Apple Barrel Brand) from Wal-Mart:

© Claudia Peña-Martinez 2015

Finished helmet with a coat of brown and the bones with a brown acrylic wash to give it an aged look.

Constructing the armor: For the armor I relied mostly on studiocreations.com and their interpretation of Evil Ash's armor.
Studio Creations made their armor out of hard plastic. I decided on a cheaper route and made the armor out of cardboard and paper maché.

Right Shoulder Armor:

Left: Bicep Armor Right: Left Shoulder Armor

two coats of primer ( Pro Art Premium Gesso Canvas Primer):

Chain: Plastic "Pimp Chain" purchased from the Spirit Store to resemble the chain Evil Ash wore to hold his cape spray painted to match armor.

Forearm Armor: Kids Star Wars Costume Piece we found at Dollar Tree, spray painted to match armor.

Rib Cage Armor: Latex Skeleton Wings purchase from the Spirit Halloween Store.
We cut a section of the wings off and spray painted them.

Shirt: Target sales rack

Pants: Purchased at the Flea Market ($ 5.00)

The costume was finished only hours before I drove my husband to Creeping Beauty to get his special fx make-up done. Here is the result:

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

My Students need your help!

Hi Friends,

I want to make sure my students have the materials they need to succeed. So, I've created a classroom project request at DonorsChoose.org, an award-winning charity.

I'm asking for donations of any size to help my art students. For the next 4 days, any donation you make to my project will be doubled (up to $100). you know anyone who is passionate about education, please pass this along. Your donation will brighten my students' school year, and you will get photos and thank yous from our class.

Here is my Classroom Request:
A Safe Place to Dry Our Artistic Creations!
To have your donation matched dollar for dollar, enter the promo code SPARK on the payment screen. This awesome match offer lasts through October 16.

My students and I greatly appreciate your support.

- Mrs. Peña-Martinez

Monday, October 5, 2015

Chalk It Up!

On October 10, take your family and friends to Artpace Chalk It Up, a free festival of contemporary art, transforming Downtown Houston Street into an art gallery - from the ground up.

San Antonio's best local artists will be there to create chalk murals along historic Houston Street which will be closed from 10-4 for the event, and food trucks, live music, a photo booth, performances, and more make Artpace Chalk It Up the most exciting art party of the year.

And the best part is that it is FREE and open to the public. I hope to see you there!