No Control

This painting is definitely one of my favorites, and the most unique that I have done because I hardly ever put this type of sad emotion in a piece. This painting is done with a bluish/grayish colored acrylic for the background and shades of blue for the camouflage pattern, along with India ink for the face, hair, and shirt, added with two tears running down with a light blue acrylic. I decided to title this one 'No Control' because this girl has a reason to be crying and is letting go of what might be hurting her. She's decided to let her emotions take control and that is the only way she can truly be free. My reason for using a neutral color for the girl was so the tears can be seen more, and also to add more of an emotional appeal. I feel that if I had added more colors the effect wouldn't be felt the same. I also made shadows on the face and shirt with the ink wash so the girl wouldn't be flat or without life. I hope that when people look at this painting they will feel something inside of them and have a flashback or moment of when they have felt this way. The colors and expressions of this work shows off what kind of mood is portrayed. The movement of the patterns at the bottom of the shirt create depth and texture because it pops out a little, including the drips which also create more emotion, matching the teardrops. I personally really enjoy staring at this piece because there's so much that it's saying, while saying nothing at all. This is for sure something completely different from anything else I have done before, but that is the reason why I enjoy it so much. The colors and unity of this artwork have me feeling lost but wondrous, because it's a very good and thought out piece. I enjoy looking at the camo pattern towards the lower portion of this because of the drips falling off the canvas, but I do feel like the face of the girl could have more depth and value with the wash. The purpose of this was to let the viewers feel something when looking at it, and create a mood, which in my opinion is a success because it makes the people question what the story behind this is.

Dress to Fish

This metamorphosis painting was a bit more difficult because it took a lot of thinking about how I wanted to portray my thoughts. For this project we were supposed to create an object and turn it into a living thing, with adding the whole color wheel in it. I wanted it to be different so I painted the colors of the background first, with all the shades and hues I needed. Then I went ahead and drew the dress with the mannequin bust turning into a fish, and painted those by a certain pattern but still in the correct colors of the wheel. Some elements put in this work are lines inside the three figures to create more depth and movement throughout the dress and the fish's tail. Patterns put in this would be how I used the actual colors for the background and the figures. As well as, all the different colors used in the color wheel. I think this piece has a lot of variety because there are many more colors than I would usually use on my art, and there really isn't much black or white. I do like how it turned out, however, I didn't imagine the finished product looking anything like this. It took a huge amount of my time, more than any other painting I have done for this class. But I'm still glad that I could achieve my goal, which was to use all the colors I needed and paint an object turning into a something living.

The Mask

For this pattern portrait there is a lot of line work throughout the face and suit. I decided to make it almost like a mask so that viewers can tell the difference from the neck, to skin, and ears. I also decided to match the tie with the color of the face just so it can have emphasis and balance with it. I wanted the patterns to be brighter than anything else on the painting so that that can be the main focus. I enjoyed making the background the way it turned out because everything else makes it blend in well. All I used was a Camel colored acrylic mixed with white paint, and spread it over the canvas with a palette knife. The different shapes created on the face are both geometric and organic. This painting was fun to do because they were colors and designs on the face I normally would not do on a face. It was something different and creative, and I personally really liked how it turned out because it is something unique for me that I never would've attempted if it weren't for this class.

 
 

Nature Calling

For this series, there are many elements put in this work. The color schemes used are complimentary, analogous, triad, and monochromatic. They all have their own specific line work and shapes all throughout that makes these painting come to life. Paper strips, scratch boards, styrofoam plates, and a copper plaque were used to create different elements and designs. Unity plays a big part in all four of them because they are harmonized between all parts of the artwork. Although they are all completely different pieces, they still come together and make one story. This was however, a tougher project since they all had to have something in common with one another and what was hard was trying to make sense of them being all together. But other than that, I very much enjoyed making the top two more than I did making the bottom ones only because I was feeling more creative on those. They all turned out looking good but I would've liked to have a couple more ideas for the two lower ones. I picked the title 'Nature Calling' in a literal sense that these four boards all have to do with nature. Trees, leaves, flowers, birds; that is why it is called that. I hope people will enjoy taking a look at these and like the outcomes.

Fall

This is a texture painting that I truly enjoyed working on. I decided to make this an analogous-compliment painting because I wanted to use autumn colors for the leaves and shades of blue for the sky and tree trunks/branches. The variety throughout is created with the branches located everywhere along with the leaves. There is no specific shape, all organic with a hint of shadows displayed under leaves and on the tree trunks. In person is where one can really see the texture of the white and blue trunks because they are literally popping out of the canvas, as well as some branches. I think when viewers see this piece their eyes will move directly to the white tree trunks because they're positioned in the middle, they're tall, they compliment the orange and yellow leaves. The balance for this artwork is asymmetrical since no area is specifically the same as another. This was not a very difficult piece to finish, I think the hardest thing was getting the leaves to look like leaves. But I liked how it all came together anyways.

The Life of Two Cherries

The shapes and lines found in this painting are from what the fruits' form is. Very organic. I enjoy the colors used in this because they are the actual colors of the fruit and the colors it had on pictures from which I recreated. Although my attempt was to make them seem more realistic, they ended up looking sort of cartoon like. I liked working with the different values I never knew and noticed that it had. It took time to get it where I wanted this to be, but really liked the outcome seeing the color schemes and shadows on it really makes the whole thing just pop. I like how the white makes it seem as if there is a glare and how it still is a 3-dimensional piece. The space worked well because there was nothing of variety put in the background. This painting is very unified because the two cherries are side by side and not at random or separate places on the canvas. All in all, I'm glad with how this turned out because I had never done a piece that contained so much value.

Modern Element

This is called Modern Element because it seems like it is something that would be put up in a contemporary hotel as an abstract piece. The basic components used in this are the two white curved lines that pass on the upper left portion of the painting. They create movement throughout the entire piece, especially with the different and asymmetrical shaped patterns. The colors I used were black and white, and shades of grey. My attempt was to make the work look more centered with common colors and not so random. To me, this painting is unified because although there are different shaped figures all over, it's the same color hue, as well as the same concept. I think if I had painted everything in many different colors, this piece would be more of a variety. This was the very first design painting that I did this semester so there are many things now that I would do differently. But at the same time this is something that I have felt accomplished of because it was a design that I had created. I like how this artwork is abstract and and unalike from the other paintings I've done.