Bird Project

For this project, I decided to draw some kind of parrot in white charcoal, colored pencil, and a black matte board. I wanted to change up the composition and placement of the bird and its wings to change up what you usually see parrots doing. I made both wings come strait up, almost making a heart shape. This piece is going well, other than the messy smudging the white charcoal creates on top of the black matte board. Other than this slight issue, I am liking the way this piece is going.

~With the final piece, the only issue I have with it was having to use white acrylics to cover up the discoloration on the tops of the wings. Although I don't personally like that decision, I think it helps bring some more attention to the wings, and really contrasts against the black matte board. Other than this, I really like the final piece and its results.

 

                                     Flower Project

For this project, I decided to go with a Georgia O'Keefe inspired painting. I am using a black matte board and white colored pencils, thus far. I am not sure on if I will add some color to the piece, or not. So far, I really like the white outline kind of look I've given it, and might decide to stick with this look.

Georgia O'Keefe Inspiration

PROJECT 2 REFLECTION

For this project, I originally had the idea of messing with watercolors, but thought that taking a few steps back and working with colored pencils would help my painting technique. I got my inspiration from Georgia O'keefe, and thought that doing the opposite of her bright and vivid colors, would give a different look into that style. I decided to use a black matte board, and color pencils for my medium. I worked mainly with a white crayola pencil, then added the finishing touches with a more advanced colored pencil. I really enjoyed working with proportions on the deer skull, and really liked focusing on light sources. The shading gave me a challenge, but I am truly proud of my final piece. I'm sure some may think that more detail in the shading would be beneficial, but I purposely left some places more vivid, to show my own sense of style. 

PROJECT 2 ~ DEER SKULL

#2 Painting Project

Cow Skull Project Inspirations

~For this project, I was inspired by Georgia O'keefe's paintings of cow skulls, with desert landscapes and flower accents. I really enjoy the composition and placements O'keefe uses in each of her paintings. For the beginning of my project, I was really wanting to focus on using watercolor paints, but think I might go with more of a color pencil, or charcoal route. Here are a few of the paintings that inspired me.

My Final Painting

                 Painting Outcome

~For my painting, I used acrylics, ink pens, and colored pencils. I like the final piece, but wish it turned out possibly more realistic and detailed. The painting was very monochromatic, and lacked detail with color variations in the acrylics portion of my painting. I am not very talented with using acrylics, so I regret not using watercolors, or more colored pencils. I liked the original idea of painting on a black board, but think a white board might've turned out a bit better. 

         *My Thumbnails*

My Project's Process 

T o   S t a r t   M y  P r o j e c t  . . . .

~I began looking up references from the web to help guide me in the right direction on drawing and eventually painting my collage of items. I began by sketching the marines symbol in my sketchbook, and then blowing up that image onto a big sheet of white drawing paper. 

~After messing with the proportions of the symbol, I began the process of trying to find the placement for where I want the quote on the page. With my blown up version of the marines symbol, I wrote the quote across the open space just above both the wings on the bird, and then the rest of the quote went underneath each wing. I liked the way it makes you look across the page, but I am leaning towards just keeping the quote in one space on the page. 

~Next, I decided to use a black matte board to paint on, with a medium of acrylic paints, and possibly some ink pens for adding the last bits of detail. 

I'm currently still in the process of painting, due to the fact that I began using a certain kind of paint, and wanted to keep the same consistency throughout the painting. I'm having a difficult time with the process of blending the colors and getting the same tone over the first layer of the painting. 

~PROJECT INSPIRATIONS~


My project was inspired by my boyfriend going into the marines. I wanted to paint/ draw the symbol, and incorporate the American flag and maybe a quote from online, in the background. 





~PROJECT REFERENCES~

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