This morning I printed out two of my Pit Bull drawings with the thought to experiment with watercolor and in hope that it would possibly spark an idea. I did the watercolor to one of the images but I stopped after a little while because I did not like the look... and I ended up smearing some of it across the image.

An idea that did come up when I first printed out the drawings was the possibility of putting the images into a coloring book. The idea behind the coloring book could be a way of teaching children the responsibility of owning a pet. Maybe giving each dog an identity and a little story to go along with each of them would help with making a connection to the kids. I could possibly even move it towards being an activity book and including crosswords with focuses on responsibility. 

An update from the end of summer: I had sent out several e-mails to organizations and animal controls through out Massachusetts. The majority received no response back. I was not able to get a hold of the information I was looking for. This led to me taking a step back and looking at subjects with a wider scope. From doing broader research I came across several interesting topics such as several states taking into consideration including pets in temporary restraining orders and I was also introduced to http://www.coolinfographics.com which is very interesting to me and has helped me start thinking of ways to display information. 

The semester so far: I am working on a side project right now. I am trying to construct structures and sculptures while having them correspond to the information I have so far. My first project is going to be constructing three different sized spheres covered in fur, each representing a specific number of animals euthanized in Merced County, CA for the year of 2009. 

I will also be listing links I have come across during my research, or stumble on through clicking through various sites and blogs. They may not have anything to do with my seminar research but the links will be of something that interested me, this being the first one:  http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/