25 Things About Me Project.
This mixed media artwork was inspired by 4 main words I felt had a meaning to me. The 4 words were Love, Flower, Plant, and Home. From the perspective of the artwork, you are looking through the window into the living room of my home. I felt i have a personal connection to the word home due to my finding it as a place of comfort. I chose the word flower due to my having fond memories of my grandmother, who used to have fake light blue "Forget Me Not" flowers in both her front and back yard. With the word love, I wanted it to be hidden but also visible after you notice it, so I hid a heart on the vase. With the word plant, I chose to use paper and yarn for both a 3D effect and texture, so it wasn't made of only paper. I used Watercolor, Paper, Colored pencils, Gold Acrylic paint, and crayons. The gold cracks on the vase help show that yes, it broke, but those scars can be made or healed into something beautiful.
Sketches For "25 Things About Me" Project
Spooky Ghost Painting
The Spooky Ghost Painting was taken by a photographer on Instagram that felt relatable to me. I first started with the base colors of the sky and the sand leaving the outline of the ghost so I knew where it was. I then blended the bright blue into a navy blue to help scale the painting. After that I started with the darkest elements of the fabric of the ghost then slowly started adding white to the grey I used until it smoothly blended together. After I added the foam of the ocean and the shadow on the sand made from the ghost. I then used black to add the sunglasses the ghost is wearing then white for the clouds in the sky. I then added small touch ups and highlights with white, dark grey, light grey, and blue when the sky needed to be touched up.
Realistic Fruit Painting
This realistic fruit painting was, my personally, a challenge due to the shading of the skin and how the inside of the fruit looks. I chose to pick a dragon fruit due to my love of the name, but also my wanting a challenge and wanting to learn how to shade in both grey scale and in color. I personally love how I was able to show a bit of value in the skin, but not make it look unnatural. I personally believe I could have done better and chosen a not-so-bright purple for the magenta dragon fruit, and be able to made it a little more red than it is blue. I wish I had also added a bit more blue to the white part of the background so the white dragon fruit can sort of pop out instead of looking a bit bland.
Anything But A Canvas
This project was challenging at first when we got the task of choosing what to paint on, due to all the options we could have chosen. I personally wanted it to be unique and different, but after bringing it down to two options, a CD and a mirror, I chose a mirror due to me being able to use it, and it had a unique texture to paint on. The most challenging part of this painting was the Semi-Realism with the Koi fish due to the fact that I wanted it to have a sort of cartoon look, but also some realism, so I wouldn't finish the project too early. My favorite part of the painting was when I decided to paint the back of the mirror since I didn't have to worry about fingerprints on the glass. I wish I had made the pink flower more symmetrical and even. I loved how the water came out on both sides and how, on the mirror, the blue fades to white, and the white fades into the mirror.