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.