Concentration Statement

The Central Idea of my concentration is to show the diversity and culture of the world thru landscapes using various mediums.

Breadth 13 : Draw an Interior

For these 2 weeks I only had to do one piece because I was working on the Float for the founders day parade. This piece was done in black and white charcoal on white paper. And it is what it is. A drawing of my bathroom.

Breadth 12: Draw a drawer in Charchol

This assignment was a pretty random breath piece, but I liked it. We had to draw an open drawer in charcoal, and drape something to create movement. I drew on gray matt board, with black and white charcoal.the reason I chose grey matt board was so that both the highlights and the darks could be shown .I have some perception issues, but I tried my best. I think that it came out pretty well in the end. I especially like how the fabric ended up, I had no idea I would be so proud of it.

Breadth 11: Self Portrait in Oil

We were studying expressive self portraits at the time, so our assignment was to make one. I did mine on canvas with oil paint. I really love to use oil , because I feel like the piece becomes more personal, especially when doing a self portrait. When I do oil I like to use a palette knife to create texture. I really love this piece, it's my favorite piece that I've done this year.

Breadth 10 : Still Life in Chalk Pastel

During this set I had time to do both my pieces in class so I did another still life. The still life is of cow skulls, and it was interesting to draw. I drew on gessoed matt board, with chalk pastels. It was my first time using chalk pastels, but it was fun. I'm really liking these mini labs because I feel like the quality of them is MUCH better than my larger pieces because I have time to work slowly and then go back and fix things.

Breadth 9: Still life in oil

For this pair of assignments we did still life's. This one is of 3 apples and a banana. I did it on a piece of canvas, and in oil paint. It is a small breath piece.I think I did pretty well on it. I really like to paint in oil. Even though most people like oil because it can make a painting look smooth, I perfer it because I can make things look texturized. I like Everything except the Apple on the right , I began to burn out when I was doing it . Over all I think that it was preety sucessful.

Research for Breadth 9 and 10

For our 5th in class assignment we are painting a still life in oil paints with an underpainting in acrylic. I experimented over the summer with oil paint and I really enjoy painting with it. We have been using gamasol and linseed oil to speed the drying of things. I actually really like how it makes the paint thinner and easier to spread out, and quicker to dry on the upper layers. I love using a palette knife to put texture into the piece.I have been looking at Trisha Lamoreaux http://emptyeasel.com/2008/02/26/the-art-of-texture-impasto-oil-paintings-by-trisha-lamoreaux/) .

I have been looking at Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin http://www.lib-art.com/artgallery/10081-portrait-of-giovanni-arnolfini-and-jan-van-eyck.html).

Breadth 8 : Conceal and Reveal

For this assignment The concept was "Conceal and Reveal". I had a hard time getting started on this one. I thought about how I am different, based on where I am and who I'm with. At school I go and work on my things and look cheerful on the outside, but when I get home I'm usually stressed and worn out. The front figure is the "me at school", while the further one is the "me at home". I used Yellow and blue as symbolism for cheerful and depressed. I know that the table is warped and off . I used Acrylic paint and colored pencil, on purple charcoal paper. I Love how colored pencil looks with acrylic, and I will defiantly use them together again.

Breadth 7 : Vantage Point

For this project we had to draw a broken bottle from two distinct vantage points. I broke a couple of bottles then i decided just to reconstruct a broken bottle in a way I liked. I chose to draw on black matt board, because I really like how charcoal looks on it. I also used red and brown conte crayons, and whit and black charcoal pencils.

Breadth 6 :Recipe Sheet

This is at home assignment number 3. For this project we could do any thing we wanted using the recipe sheet. I really enjoy doing landscapes. This was done in watercolor and colored pencil. I really love how the colored pencil adds to the watercolor paints, they really complete each other. I think I need to go back in and make things a bit cleaner. I've gotten better at watercolor, but it is very hard to use and requires a lot of layers. The back round also needs to be made less prominent.

Breadth 5 : Extreme Foreshortening/ Point of View

This is In-class assignment number 3. The breathe topic was: extreme foreshortening/ point of view. I drew Lauren in class. I sat below her. It is done in graphite. It was really difficult for me because I am relatively inexperienced in foreshortening . I think I should smooth out the graphite more, and get more practice.

Breadth 4: Shelter

This is the second homework assignment that we had to to. The concept was "shelter". It is done in watercolor and ink once again. This piece is about the little hermit crab and his tiny shell. He is small in a big world, and his only shelter is his shell, Looming in the backround is a little girl who wishes to pick him up, which could be fatal because children aren't gentle.

Breadth 3: Recipe sheet

This is the second in class assignment that we had.

We got to Choose what we wanted to do. I did a self portrait in watercolor and pen. I could of used better planning stratagies.

At home Assignment 1

Breadth 2: Still life

For the first at home assignment we got to do what ever we wanted. I decided to do a still life. I painted all glass objects on a green sheet. For the media I used watercolor and pen. I really like the composition. I also think that this piece would have been much better in acrylic or oil paint.

Breadth 1: Line

This is the first In class breadth assignment. For this piece I drew The covered sidewalk area next to the carpool area in the front of the school. I did it in Graphite pencils on white paper. I was bored while drawing the piece , and Now I know that it showed thru in my art work.

Research for art assignment set 3

F0r this set the assignments the in class assignment was "Extreme Foreshortening/Extreme point of view". The observation had to be 50/50 with the aid of a photo permitted. This was pretty hard for me because I'm not good at foreshortening.

I did alot of practice sketching in my sketchbook, but nevertheless it didn't come out so great.

It needs more visual tension, and I need to try to stop making things parallel with the sides of the paper and probably some better mark making ,Oh well.

For our homework I did a watercolor landscape of some trees, then I went back in with colored pencil to add the details. I really liked how other medias help bring a sort of punch to art work. I liked it but I should of made my backround balance the foreground.. oops. I looked at Gregory Conley http://www.watercolorpainting.com/gregoryconley/landscapes.htm and Maud Durland http://www.maudart.com/Landscape2.html . I love how there work looks clean and not forced.

9/24/09

Well So in AP: Drawing we had to create a blog ,so this is mine. It's not much ,but enjoy it anyways:>