Project 3 - Quick Charcoal Drawing on Masonite - "Layers"

I can only say I somewhat love this piece. I feel as if because I only spent one class period on the charcoal drawing it isn't worthy enough for me to say that it is the most successful composition I have done while having Brandt as a teacher. I have never been able to make a good piece of art in a short amount of time in my opinion. However, that was sort of the point of the project, to make a compostion quickly, as in making quick marks. Without time being taken into consideration, I do love it because everything seemed to make itself work. Although it appears as if I purposely spray painted the brick color in strategic areas or purposely made the brick column at the top slanted to help the drawing flow, I really didn't. They were both just "happy accidents", which is a continuing theme amongst my successful pieces.

Project 2 - Stick Drawing - "Book Man"

I'm not really pleased with the end-result of this project, most likely due to the fact that it was my second attempt at using a stick to draw with india ink. Despite that, I am somewhat pleased with some of the elements in the drawing and am really interested in exploring the technique further so that I can be happy with the end-result.

2010-2011: Project 1 - (Fake) Erasure - "Childhood"

After finally completing this piece, I still can not decide if it was successful or not. I wish i could have made the tires appear more realistic. As well, I wish I could have blended the background a lot better. I do however love the way the actual tricycle turned out. I also love the way my painting conveys the message I wanted to send, at least to me.