"February Challenge day 28"

Photography

The last day! I made it! Woo! Anyway, for "Mother or Father", I took a picture of my mother with a ring of lights around her head as the only lighting, in front of a cool frame we have in our art room. I'm a big fan of the lighting. I was surprised at how well it turned out.

"February Challenge days 26&27"

Acrylic Paint

This was supposed to be "Tools in Place", but you can only barely make out the shapes of the tools... from top to bottom they are pliers, a wrench, a hammer, and a screwdriver.

 

"February Challenge days 24&25"

Pen

In place of "Temptation" I drafted these two prom ticket designs.

"February Challenge days 22&23"

Pen and Marker

I attempted to make this piece an homage to a piece I made Sophomore year that was always something I really enjoyed. I can't decide if it does it justice. For "Cubism".

"February Challenge days 19, 20&21"

Acrylic Paint and Paper on Wood

For "Shadows and Peace" I wanted to focus on a quote by playwright Jonathon Larson. I have silhouettes of bullets raining down on a skull, with rain on a flower overlaid in color.

"February Challenge day 18"

Photography

For "Needs" with creative lighting, I took a picture of my house at night. It's always a welcome sight at the end of a long day.

"February Challenge days 15. 16&17"

Pen

This was for the "Surrealism" prompt. I was inspired by a sticker book of monsters Ms. Schick showed us in class, and I'm proud of it. I think it looks better in person though.

"February Challenge day 14"

Acrylic Paint

For "Something You Love" I wanted to do something with some of my favorite colors and ended up combining that with palette knives, another love of mine. After coming up with a sub-par product, I decided to combine it with another thing I love: my friend Marissa! So thanks to Marissa for making this piece beautiful :)

"February Challenge days 11,12&13"

Pen

For "Voyeurism" I drew a camera drone filming a girl undressing. My original idea was much better, I think, but I was worried I wouldn't have time to finish it. This piece could use more, but I ended up procrastinating a bit and this was all I was able to scrape together. Oh well, better luck next time.

"February Challenge days 8&9"

Collage

For "Night with Text" I decided to do a collage with words from Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" as a voice of rebellion against the fading of natural light to artificial light. It was crazy difficult to x-acto blade out those tiny streetlights, and I am very proud of how it turned out.

 

"February Challenge day 7"

Photography

I mean it's pretty self explanatory, I think. Its bananas, and a banana boy. For "Fruit and Repetition".

"February Challenge days 5&6"

Acrylic Paint

My "Macro" piece is a view of space, with an angler fish superimposed over top it to represent the dangerous temptation of the stars. I'm a bigger fan of the background than I am the fish, but I still enjoy the final product. This is something I'd do again.

"February Challenge days 3&4"

Chalk Pastel

This is my first time using chalk pastel and I have to say that it was pretty fun, especially on wood, and with the fun pattern. It is a single piece of Chex cereal for "Breakfast". Note to Ms. Schick: I showed you this piece finished in class on Friday, but forgot to post it until now.

"February Challenge days 1&2"

Colored Pencil

For the prompt "new" I made this ground creature rising from the earth in the center of a set of mysterious pillars. I really have no clue what I'm doing with colored pencils so I'm overall pretty impressed with myself for this piece. Of course it could be better, but I'm proud of it. Given more time, I would add a sky, and would've made the piece bigger and more detailed.

"Strobe"

Charcoal

Continuing my charcoal portrait series, I bring you "Strobe", a different way of looking at femininity in light. If I had the motivation, I'd start this one over. I don't necessarily dislike it, but it could be better, and I made a few mistakes early on that affected the rest of the piece.

"???"

Pen on Canvas

This piece was largely a disaster. It was going to be something completely different, but due to a combination of me being unable to find a large square canvas, not being able to think up enough ideas to fill up the entire canvas, and the difficulty of using pen on canvas, I ended up with this. I like the concepts of a handful of the things on here, but separately and not in this format.

"Bear in a Bed"

Acrylic Via Palette Knife

Palette knives are so much fun. I am in love with the bear and bed, like the walls, and hate the bed-stand and floor. I defaulted too quickly to blue, and blues and reds together give me headaches after "Moulin Rouge". The bed-stand is also out of proportion.

"Tiki"

Acrylic on wood

The yellow lines you see are actually carved into the wood. This piece was pretty experimental for me in a number of ways, including the intense color.

"Yearning, an Idol That Feasts"

This is a mask I made for a haunted house I designed. It is an escaped experiment in an immoral, somewhat satanic science laboratory.