Spring Finals

Sorry for the hiatus, the Spring semester swept me up and into its arms without so much as a moments notice. Several projects happening. Luckily since it is the end of the semester we are given more self directed projects. Here are a few process photos, taken quickly with my webcam. Hey, they are just process photos ;)

First of my cut paper monsters, more of a "what I learned" kind of piece.

Second try! I figured I should just make my own Collage pieces rather than hope that everything will fall into place. Paper craft, meet illustration.

Getting closer to final, needs some clouds and a final texture over lay. So much for a Matte Medium being matte...jeeze.

A quick piece I'm working on for Pinecone & Chickadees Monster Show. Starting on May 4th at Portland's monthly First Friday Art-walk.

And a sketch for a "secret" project in my illustration course. This one probably won't be used, I have two other directions to explore this week before I come back to this Dapper..thing.

I've also completed all of my forms and applications for either a semester abroad in Ballyvaughan Ireland at Burren School of Art or for the one month summer intensive offered there. Perhaps with a little post-intensive wandering. I do hope I get in, but lets keep a leveled head and not dreams, difficult! The Burren is beautiful, fields, agriculture and art in a historical setting and with the chance to get to some of the most famous museums.

A little bit of everything

Its a snow day and classes/workstudy are cancelled for the day so I figured I would take a few pictures of the Art I had laying around the house. I sincerely thought I had more hanging around here.

But first, check out the snow! It's coming down at a good clip, I do not look forward to walking outside in it later, but it will be worth it.

 So here are a few figures I had stashed under my bed. I prefer the quick shading with lines in the 2nd drawing, but I suppose its more of a challenge to be 'painterly'. We had Mid Term Critique this week in Figure Drawing, and I need to work on finding the core shadows.

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Then over in my Mixed media course we are working on 16"x16" compositions for an exquisite corpse piece. We are to make three compositions, but I only like this one. It will be a mix of colored pencils and washes.

Sketch

process

I made a triptych of chrysanthemums a while back using complimentary colors in each of the different panels. Also, I drew Batman in a bathtub. I find the Art that I find the most enjoyable to make is making it for the purpose of making someone question either what you were thinking, make them smile for a moment or both. Some call it a shallow reason to make Art, but I'm not a very Highbrow person. Perhaps someday my sister can help me define things about my Art, she will be an art historian after.

Eventually I'll get these to my Mom.

Bat(h)man.

Also, you should totally watch this music video. Enjoy the snow New England, it had to happen eventually, so why not March.

A Few Figures

This semester I get to take a figure drawing course. Its nice to get your hands on something tactile and dirty, although I leave class every time with my face covered in charcoal.  The figure is amazingly fun for me to draw, I hope that eventually we get to do poses longer than 20 minutes as the semester progresses, perhaps next post I'll show some gestural drawings, those are fun as well. We have had primarily female models, and these are just a few of the drawings, more to come.

Media: Charcoal sticks, pencils and dust and erasers~ January 2012 to Feb 2012

Summer print experiment

"Tyger, Tyger"- Linoleum Print on water color paper, colored with liquid pigment water colors. 2011

 This is actually maybe the second linoleum print I have ever done. I'm pretty proud of it. I hand colored him though, thank goodness for water resistant printing ink.