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Artwork 2016-2017
Reflection Project (prisma colored pencils)
For my reflection project i did a astronaut helmet because I love space. I chose cool colors for this project because I wanted the color of the astronaut's suit to be different from a normal plain white suit. This is my first project using prisma colors and i found it challenging at times not know when to blend. Overall, im proud with my drawing and im sure ill be using prisma colored pencils for future projects. If i would have to improve this project I would probably layer more to get that smooth texture i felt everyone else had. Also, i would have made the planets in the reflective helmet be more oval to make it seem like a real reflection. |
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Fruit Oil Paintings
Ive never worked with oil paints before so this was new to me. I like oils more than any other paint ive tried because i feel theyre easier to blend and theyre smooth. On the left is my apple which is painted with a brush, and on the right is my pear which is painted using the palette knife technique. Out of the two i like the pear the best because it looks different/unique. I also enjoyed the process of usuing the palette knife.
Oil Painting Project
For this project i chose to paint a souvenir that i got in London. I enjoy traveling very much and I was trying to make it as life like as I possibly could.
For this painting I mainly used reds and a lot of white. When I first started putting the paint on the canvas I tried to dab it on to give the painting texture but realized after I had my smooth background it looked a little weird. So, I blended the colors in the telephone box. Also, originally my background wasnt grey and I forgot to take a picture of it before i painted over it. I have refrence pictures from google so you can understand what the background looked like before. It was just to busy and took the focus away from the box.
When I originally sketched this out I had planned on showing a lot of depth within the windows and now that Ive finished i realized there is no depth. Now that ive finished I wish I would of picked a different object to paint because I honestly got bored with the piece and I think i would of enjoyed doing a project with the palette knife.
For this project i chose to paint a souvenir that i got in London. I enjoy traveling very much and I was trying to make it as life like as I possibly could.
For this painting I mainly used reds and a lot of white. When I first started putting the paint on the canvas I tried to dab it on to give the painting texture but realized after I had my smooth background it looked a little weird. So, I blended the colors in the telephone box. Also, originally my background wasnt grey and I forgot to take a picture of it before i painted over it. I have refrence pictures from google so you can understand what the background looked like before. It was just to busy and took the focus away from the box.
When I originally sketched this out I had planned on showing a lot of depth within the windows and now that Ive finished i realized there is no depth. Now that ive finished I wish I would of picked a different object to paint because I honestly got bored with the piece and I think i would of enjoyed doing a project with the palette knife.
Mentor Assignment
My "mente" is Riley. Mrs. Rossi assigned her to me a few weeks into class. Im originally from Cary High school so when we started doing this i didnt really understand why. At Cary we never helped out lower art classes so when we started this i thought it was a great idea. I think people grow a lot when theyre surrounded or guided by someone with more experience and such. I know its helped me to be around all the Art 4 people since i skipped Art 3. I think i would of definetly benefitted from having one while i was in Art 1,but thats okay. Im glad i get to help out Riley and give her and advice or motivation she may need.
Ink Monster project
For this project, we had to blow ink through straws and create a image with the ink that was splattered. You didnt have to make a monster but I did because i liked the monster drawings that we watched on YouTube in Ms.Sudkamp's room. I created a dinosaur with dance shoes because I wanted it to be funny and scary. I went in with red sharpie and outlined the dinosaur's spikes. I think this is was fun and enjoyed it(:
For this project, we had to blow ink through straws and create a image with the ink that was splattered. You didnt have to make a monster but I did because i liked the monster drawings that we watched on YouTube in Ms.Sudkamp's room. I created a dinosaur with dance shoes because I wanted it to be funny and scary. I went in with red sharpie and outlined the dinosaur's spikes. I think this is was fun and enjoyed it(:
Interior Spaces project
For this project we had to choose to draw the inside of something. I chose to do this picture of my step sister holding a cup of hot chocolate because 1: she wanted me to do a project with her in it, and 2: The hot chocolate was going to be challenging to draw. I chose to do stippling on this piece because that is my favorite method of drawing and it keeps me focused. My plan was and still is to make the cup in color along with the hot chocolate in it.
At first, I sketched out the picture in my sketchbook and had to crop out some of it so the cup wouldn't be dead center. After that i sketched it onto the paper and started stippling in black sharpie. I didn't just use sharpie for the project. I also used pen and micron pens because it adds more detail and depth having different sized dots.
For the hands i had to be careful about the shadows because i really didn't want to mess them up. I think they turned out really well after adding the shadows from the cup (under the handle of the cup).
For the shirt: it was originally just white. I realized it needed depth so i tried to add wrinkles to the shirt. I think the right side of the shirt is a lot better than the left side because the wrinkles on the left i don't feel are as real.
Im making the cup and hot chocolate green and brown. I think the hardest part of this piece is getting the proportion right on this cup. I need to curve the bottom of it a bit more.
Overall I love stippling and this project.
For this project we had to choose to draw the inside of something. I chose to do this picture of my step sister holding a cup of hot chocolate because 1: she wanted me to do a project with her in it, and 2: The hot chocolate was going to be challenging to draw. I chose to do stippling on this piece because that is my favorite method of drawing and it keeps me focused. My plan was and still is to make the cup in color along with the hot chocolate in it.
At first, I sketched out the picture in my sketchbook and had to crop out some of it so the cup wouldn't be dead center. After that i sketched it onto the paper and started stippling in black sharpie. I didn't just use sharpie for the project. I also used pen and micron pens because it adds more detail and depth having different sized dots.
For the hands i had to be careful about the shadows because i really didn't want to mess them up. I think they turned out really well after adding the shadows from the cup (under the handle of the cup).
For the shirt: it was originally just white. I realized it needed depth so i tried to add wrinkles to the shirt. I think the right side of the shirt is a lot better than the left side because the wrinkles on the left i don't feel are as real.
Im making the cup and hot chocolate green and brown. I think the hardest part of this piece is getting the proportion right on this cup. I need to curve the bottom of it a bit more.
Overall I love stippling and this project.
Self Portrait project
For this project Mrs. Rossi showed us a lot of out of the box examples so I stayed away from the usual self portrait. I sketched myself as a sugar skull (think Día de Muertos). I did the project in watercolor paint and used a lot of different brushes for different things. I also used prisma colored pencils to add depth to my hair and dress.
I started this by painting my body white and then adding light grey for shadows. I didnt choose to make myself peach because sugar skulls are suppose to look dead. I think if i were to go back id most likely push the shadows in my face to make it seem more bony and dead. More skull like.
After that, i painted my dress making the mistake of making it to dark. After i finished the whole piece i went back with light purple prisma color and added more shadow to try to fix the dress.
After painting the dress i started the detail on my face with my water brush. The thin tip of the brush created crisp lines for the eyeliner and the stitches on my mouth. Looking at the finished piece I now know need to go back and add eyelashes and clean up the under eye on the right side of the face. Also, i think i need to go add shadows to my neck and chest.
After the face i painted all the hair light light brown just to make a base. I let that dry for a day then added different shades of brown and black, again lightly. After i let that dry for another day, i went back with darker paints to add individual strands and i also went in with prisma colors to add deeper brown to my hair because it looked blonde-ish.
In the process of the hair, i also started on the background. I did it in blue because i feel like reds and blues complament each other nicely. After letting the light blue dry I went in with prisma color to add depth and deeper color.
After this project I realize i dont like watetcolor as much as i thought i did and added the prisma color only made me wish i did it in prisma. I also know what i need to go in and fic such as, shadows, my hand, addition of eyelashes, and my neck and chest. Even though there is room for improvment i still like the piece.
For this project Mrs. Rossi showed us a lot of out of the box examples so I stayed away from the usual self portrait. I sketched myself as a sugar skull (think Día de Muertos). I did the project in watercolor paint and used a lot of different brushes for different things. I also used prisma colored pencils to add depth to my hair and dress.
I started this by painting my body white and then adding light grey for shadows. I didnt choose to make myself peach because sugar skulls are suppose to look dead. I think if i were to go back id most likely push the shadows in my face to make it seem more bony and dead. More skull like.
After that, i painted my dress making the mistake of making it to dark. After i finished the whole piece i went back with light purple prisma color and added more shadow to try to fix the dress.
After painting the dress i started the detail on my face with my water brush. The thin tip of the brush created crisp lines for the eyeliner and the stitches on my mouth. Looking at the finished piece I now know need to go back and add eyelashes and clean up the under eye on the right side of the face. Also, i think i need to go add shadows to my neck and chest.
After the face i painted all the hair light light brown just to make a base. I let that dry for a day then added different shades of brown and black, again lightly. After i let that dry for another day, i went back with darker paints to add individual strands and i also went in with prisma colors to add deeper brown to my hair because it looked blonde-ish.
In the process of the hair, i also started on the background. I did it in blue because i feel like reds and blues complament each other nicely. After letting the light blue dry I went in with prisma color to add depth and deeper color.
After this project I realize i dont like watetcolor as much as i thought i did and added the prisma color only made me wish i did it in prisma. I also know what i need to go in and fic such as, shadows, my hand, addition of eyelashes, and my neck and chest. Even though there is room for improvment i still like the piece.