so this semester ive been taking a class called intro to print making. its basicly etching, woodblock, lithography and silkscreening. etching and woodblock were the easiest to do yet the hardest to clean up. there was so much work involve since the paint was oil based. by the time i was done cleaning up one color i was to tired to make the next color. lithography was kinda fun. its sorta liek an old fashion copy machine. whatever your image was, thats how it would come out. print was easy and so was cleaning up (sorta) but the preparing for the plates could take from an hr to maybe 2. i got a few good prints from lithography and i gave some out to people.
     currently im doing silkscreening, and i must say i think this is my calling.  the image comes out really flat and smooth i think tahts waht i liek about it. etching can be tidious at times. and wood block is really time consuming and if you fuck up a peice u baiscly have to restart that whole block. the only down fall for silkscreening for me is the registration of the paper. i think i fucked up about 15 dollars worth of paper. ill upload some images when i get a chance.

    so my mother told me she wants me to get out of the house in the summer. no shes not throwing me out. she wants me to go somewhere.
she was liek " your 20 years old you should travel."
she said i should go to canada to visit my grandpa. i wouldnt mind that but i wouldnt know waht to do there. i woudl probably go to goodfoot ( canadian sneaker spot) and thats about it. i dont think i could stay in my cousins house for a whoel week or so and not do anything. no i dont want to do some tourist shit. i dont really find those things fun. like one time we went niagra falls. it hink tahts was a waste of time. yea it was pretty cool for liek 2 minutes. or that tower where the floor is made of glass. ( forgot the name). i guess im not much of a tourist. i mean yea i def want to travel and see places. but i dont want to see some tourist shit. i want to go to places where regualr people go. liek small diner in neighborhoods or random parks or something. liek everyday shit in ANOTHER country.... if that makes any sense.

    i guess the only place i really want to go to is china. again not some tourist attraction china. but like the dirty grungy villages where peopel live a simple life. i guess its my idea of getting back to my roots. yea ull proabbly say ALE WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT UR FROM MEXICO. yea i want to go back to mexico as well. but first CHINA. mayb ill go with my sister or one of my coworkers since they pretty much know the places liek the back of their hands.

    also my second year of college is coming to an end. i dont think ive learned anythign really form this year. the onlyt hitnk i really enjoyed was painting and printing. drawing was kinda of a bore. sometimes i question myself of waht im doing.

in the next few weeks i really want to push my art work. i guess ive just been lazy. going to class and ocming home not really putting any effort into my work just doing it wen i had to.i have alot of projects to finish and a paper to write.

i think tahts it..