Cardboard as a Class

This is our most recent project - cardboard relief. Instead of doing individual projects, the entire class collaborated by taking individual squares and putting them all together to make a very interesting mosaic. The two squares outlined in red are the two squares that I designed. I wish I could have added more detail to my squares, which is what I would do if we were given more time. My favorite part of the piece is the water tower on the right. Erin, Cynthia-Rae, and whoever else had a part in the water tower did a fantastic job.

Precisionism - My Best Piece Yet

For this assignment we had to illustrate the concept of precisionism by using industrial-looking subjects. I chose 3 separate pictures to do my piece, although each picture is just a different angle of the same radio tower. I am very pleased with how this turned out, especially because I spent a lot of time just choosing the right color schemes for each individual piece, as well as the entire painting overall. I think what I like most about it is that I was able to make very detailed lines as well as have a progression of colors from left to right starting with more monochromatic, darker colors on the left, a mix of varied dark and bright colors in the middle, and bright pastel-ish colors on the right. I truly think this is my best painting, if not my best piece period, to date.

Inspired by Peter Max

This painting was supposed to be inspired by the work done by Peter Max. I really do not like how this turned out. While other students chose to do self-portraits, I wanted to take a risk and do an image transfer of an outdoor sculpture instead. Even though the original picture I had used was a nice photograph, it did not translate well for this project, mostly because it is hard to determine what the structure is unless you have seen the picture before. I also do not like the way this turned out because I think I could have done a much better job with the color scheme. Overall, this was definitely unsuccessful.

Below is the original picture.

Logo Project

For this project we were supposed to create a logo for a food company. My company's name was Zora Appliances. We did this assignment as 3 assignments in 1. The top line was supposed to be any 3 kitchen appliances, but simplified as much as possible, which I chose a pizza cutter, a pepper grinder, and a cutting board. The second line was intended to have one of the previously chosen kitchen utensils and then orient it in different ways to make it look interesting and give us ideas on what our final logo could look like. The final line is the finished logo. I do not like how my final logo turned out because it looks too dark in the upper right corner. If we had more time to do the project, I would have added some highlights to the letters in the upper right, as well as made the word 'appliances' bolder on the bottom to make it stand out more.

Mediums: Acrylic, Sharpie

This is the first project that we did this year. I liked doing this because the it was not just a plain painting on top of a canvas. It was different because of the textured paint which I think adds depth and interest to the piece. Overall I think I could have added a few more elements to this piece to make it successful. However, I love the colors I used in the background.

Mediums: Acrylic, Textured Paint