Summer 2017 Assignments
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Over the course of my summer, I created one still life, one self-portrait, and one landscape. The still life is of a dead flower in a tiny ceramic vase that I painted in watercolor then outlined everything using micron pens. For the self portrait, I used graphite #2 pencil and colored pencils, matted with construction paper. The landscape I painted with acrylic on a square stretched canvas.
From left to right: Magic (11x8.8"), So it goes (5.75x7"), and My Escape (10x10")
From left to right: Magic (11x8.8"), So it goes (5.75x7"), and My Escape (10x10")
Still Life Series (x3)
Beauty
Using a reference image that I took of some roses in a ceramic vase, I completed the still lifes in three different media; copic marker, micron pen, and graphite pencil on 5.5x9" paper.
Composition Recomposed Series
Colored pencil and micron pen on 5.5x4” paper: “American Gender Roles”.
Gesture Series
From left to right: Lisa (5.5x6"), Lorna (4.5x7"), and Lori (3.5x5.5") using #2 pencil, copic markers, and micron pens on paper.
Updated masters’ works using graphite #2 pencil, Copic markers, paper, and acrylic on canvas paper.
From left to right: Van Gogh Away (4x3.4), Let Them Buy Lip Kits (4.5x5”), and Frida On Fleek (12x12”).
From left to right: Van Gogh Away (4x3.4), Let Them Buy Lip Kits (4.5x5”), and Frida On Fleek (12x12”).
Opposite project
Micron pen drawings of the opposite of what I have been doing in an A5 size notebook.
Moth
Prisma colored pencil taped on to 9x8.5” black paper.
embroidery
Embroidery and watercolor designs on 4.75" diameter fabric.
Baby sun
Acrylic painting of a sun with a baby face used to represent the sun phase in a child’s art life on 9x12” canvas paper.
old moon
Acrylic painting of a crescent moon at night time with the Milky Way in the background on 9x12” canvas paper.
Concentration Series of 12:
Culture
Deep fried series
Masters’ works, deep fried, and painted using acrylics on canvas paper (8x6").
From top to bottom: Deep Fried Picasso, Deep Fried Van Gogh, and Deep Fried Monet.
From top to bottom: Deep Fried Picasso, Deep Fried Van Gogh, and Deep Fried Monet.
My own photos, deep fried, and painted using acrylics on canvas paper (8x6").
From top to bottom: Deep Fried Mums, Deep Fried Sun, and Deep Fried Susans.
From top to bottom: Deep Fried Mums, Deep Fried Sun, and Deep Fried Susans.
it’s what’s on the inside that Matters
"It's What's on the Inside that Matters" Prompt given by Mrs.Murphy completed using regular #2 pencil and prisma colored pencil on a 10x7" poster board/cardstock.
tougher than Nails
"Tougher than Nails" is a pencil drawing on 6.5 x 4.75” paper with water color in the background and magazine clippings behind where I cut out the finger nails using an exacto knife.
The EYes are the wiNdow to the soul
"The Eyes are the Window to the Soul" is a portrait of a model using #2 pencil, watercolor, and rose petals behind the eyes on an 8x8" poster paper.
green thumb
"Green Thumb" is a micron pen drawing of a hand becoming one with nature using watercolor paints and a few sacrificed limbs from my pothos plant on 10x7" watercolor paper.
don’t cry over spilled milk
Portrait of a model that is crying suing micron pens, white gel pen and water color on 6x6” poster board/cardstock.
Busy as a bee
Watercolor paint, colored pencil, and ink pen on 7x7" watercolor paper.