Broken Beauty

I have recently been working in creating a glass sculpture made of colored broken glass. The idea of this sculpture is to show what someone's emotions would look like if someone felt broken and empty inside. I have finally finished cutting the glass and will hopefully be gluing the pieces Monday. During cutting the glass I did end up with a few cuts but I cannot wait to finish this project.

Is art without meaning decoration?

I don't know that art ever contains absolutely no meaning. Just as "one man's trash is another man's treasure", one person may find meaning in a simple piece of art that the artist maybe did not see. For example, in the article the author displayed a picture of underwater wall art for a child's room as " decoration". While this type of art may mean very little to adults it can mean an entirely different world to a child. Or it could simply bring joy to someone who enjoys the ocean and recalls fond memories because of it. Art simply cannot contain no meaning whatsoever, I can't believe it. One person's point of view on a piece cannot be universally accepted by the whole as fact when different people see different things. I have a painting in my room given to me by a dear friend that says "Faith, trust, and pixie dust". To some people it is just a decoration. To me, it reminds me of the person who cared enough for me to put time and effort into creating something beautiful for me while the contents of the painting remind me of the happy memories I have of watching Peter Pan and feeling invincible! So as you can see, art is in the eye of the beholder.

Art 1 Portfolio

2) This project was extremely difficult to complete. The complex lines and values are very preside aswell as giving the drawing movement and texture. I had to work on drawing realistic faces in order to understand how to draw her face well. Also, I had to work extremely hard on shading so that the shadows contrasted against the white dress, but if I messed up, it would not be something easily covered up. Overall, this was definitely my most challenging. 

4) This new way of teaching is really helpful to artists. Some artworks take lots of planning but don't take nearly as long to execute, such as my hand below proves. Other things, such as the wedding dress picture, take an enormous amount of time to plan and even longer to complete due to all of its finite detail. Thankfully, I didn't have any deadlines rushing me so I was able to work longer on things that needed to be worked longer on, and also if I completed something early to work on something else after. 

2) I also had to overcome obstacles in this peice of artwork. It is very stylized so I had to work very hard to make this actually look like the type of art it is modeled after. I had to emphasize certain points and had to make the charecter bold. I was eventually able to make it look anime and I happy with the results.

1) Honestly, the hand I did for the project I think is my best work, favorite rather. The assignment was to draw a picture of our hand but to also make it unique.  After thinking about what to do for this project, I thought I should do something to it that I do all the time on my hand, which is draw fake tattoos on it. All of the tattoos except one have to do with my faith as well which is what inspired the different tats. I used a smudged tool to create shadow and shape to my hand and I use smaller lines for the wrinkles in my hand. I created value by using different line types and shading to make the hand come alive. Also, I made the tattoos extremely bold so that the message and kind of happiness created from the messages in the different words was emphasized and also contrasted from the more real life hand.

3) This drawing demonstrates the growth I'be had in drawing hands and realistic artwork. Older sketches looked more like blobs with an undefined shape. This drawing is very presise and accurate to how my hand actually looks. The form has improved and so has the value within the drawing. So, as you can see, I have definitely improved from when I first started.

Project 6: A light in the dark

For project 5, our abstract project, I decided to do a oil pastel of alight shining   throughout the darkness. This is symbolic that a good person can shine even in the midst of a bunch of bad, and also that even the smallest bit of hope can shine in the midst of a ton of doubt. I also wanted it to look rougher than my normal art. Hope you enjoy it!

Lost Box

So, for project 5 I had made a clay box but somehow it was "miss placed" or stolen so I have no pictures of it. It had a square lid with an indentation so that it would not fall off of the box. I made it so that it could be used as a small jewelry box for a friend of mine. Out of sculpture, pinch pot, and a slab box I chose the latter so that I could give it to a friend of mine for Christmas. Hopefully ya'lls boxes won't eat stolen! Have a merry Christmas :)

Hold my hand, please

This past year, my brother was diagnosed with Burkits Lymphoma, and he passed away on 2/27/13. This picture was taken the day he died. My mom and Ian, my brother, are holding hands one last time. I feel like this is such a powerful photo. Mother and Son, one final moment. I wanted to do something that had a purpose and relation to me so this picture came to mind. I think you will find it powerful as well.

Your style is mine

So, with this project I went a tad overboard. As soon as I heard about this project I knew that I wanted to do a parody on Vincent vn Gog's "A Starry Night". This is by far my favorite painting and I thought there must be a cool way to make this classic painting original again. Then, after I thought for a bit on just how to execute that, the idea of face painting someone's face with this painting stuck in my mind. No body volunteered for their face to be painted (go figure) so I used a mirror to paint myself. I hope you like the final product!