"Zombie Cyndi"

This piece was inspired by a conversation I had with Cynthia about a very strange scary movie we saw a few years ago so, since it was Halloween, it seemed appropriate.
Done on black paper, i sketched the figure using a white charcoal pencil. I used soft chalk pastels for the color- black and white charcoal for the values. I blended the chalk mostly using a rubber eraser- the jacket was blended with my finger, though. For the areas that I used charcoal, I used a blending stump.
Originally this piece was much better, but the matte fixative reacted in such a way that caused me to have to go over the majority of the piece again, taking away some of it's awesomeness. The hand on the left side of the portrait remains to be the best part of it, though. :D

Stick Drawing

This is the 2nd project of Art 4 Hrs. India ink and watercolor. Not really my favorite. Drawing with a sharpened stick held 6 inches from the point isn't easy but I think it turned out okay.

Constraint

This is the 1st project of Art 4 Hrs and so far my favorite! :) This is the erasure lesson, my take on that was just having the leg move a little. I used black and white charcoal, black and white acryllic paint, and blue conti-crayon on paper. The black figure is showed as being suspended by wires like a puppet, and the white figure is sortof omniscently and mournfully overseeing this, unbeknownst to the smaller figure. :)

Shadows

ART 3!!
This is one of my favorites!!
I cut out papers of various colors and some different textures, then glued them down and spray painted a thin layer over top of it.
I drew this small still life I set up, in black and white charcoal, and small amounts of watered-down white acryllic paint.
I mostly just dipped the brush in water to blend the charcoal.

Kandinsky-themed project in Art...1? This is watercolor on paper, outlined in black sharpie. Probably one of my favorites! :)

This is another project from Art 2....it was a lino block print making project. I drew a vase with the word "peace" on it. It has cracks on the sides with water (i guess) spilling out, and small people climbing up the sides of the vase, at the bottom it says "world"

This is a chicken head pourer i made out of clay in Art 2. This is my favorite 3-D piece i've made so far. I molded each part of it by hand, and painted it with acryllic paints. The eyes, top beak, handle, and comb were attached by scratching and applying slip to the affected areas.

Fun With Foreshortening

This is my fore-shortening project. Acrylic on Canvas. The model is also my English teacher :)
I chose for him to do this pose because I thought it would look cool, and I really didn't know what else to do. The words in the background were already on the canvas from a sign previously made by some AP students. I thought it looked neat and it sort of inspired the disheveled look of my background. I chose the colors in the background because green and blue are my favorite colors. Overall I liked this project, the only thing I'm not completely satisfied with is his face. The black areas look kind of washed out because of the reflection of the light outside where I took the photo.

Not So Precise Bricks

This project was supposed to be precisionism, but it really isn't... I took a photo of a corner of bricks on a planter in the space between two buildings here at school. I drew it in pencil then I painted it with acryllic paint. It's been said that it might be too dark and also that it is a boring subject matter :) but as suggested by Mr. Brandt, I added some blades of grass, and flowers to add interest.

It's ME!!!

This was definitely my favorite!!! This was an image transfer onto Bristol Board (Photo by Cynthia Graham) I painted a background onto my paper, then transferred the image, and painted over top of it. The washed-out flowers and designs were created by watering down the acryllic a little, and then letting it sit for a few minutes and dabbing it with a paper towel.

Peter Max Project

This is probably one of my favorites from this year, mostly because of the background. We started by having a student model on top of a table, then we'd have another, then another. We would do each figure individually, then when the next model was up, we would place them somewhere around the previous. We put patterns inside the figures, sortof mirroring what Peter Max does. After this, I uploaded mine and edited on Photoshop where I added everything in the background.

"Designer Dinnerware"

This is definitely my least favorite project of the year! However, it turned out better than I expected. We were asked to make a logo for a common kitchen appliance or tool. Each row of logos is more advanced and than the previous, narrowing down a style for the final project, showed at the bottom. I chose a spoon. I didn't like this because of how precise you have to be, I prefer to just "go with it" and have my mistakes make my piece better, but with this type of thing you can't do that. It was a good lesson though.

My Pirate

This was the first project I did in Art 3, as an entry in a contest to be chosen as an illustration for a childrens' book. The colored paper is just white paper painted with acryllic and given a textured look, and then it was glued down in a somewhat collage or a mosaic style. It didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped mostly because I ran out of time and paper (as you can see in both top corners).

The Earth and The Moon and Astroids...Oh my

This piece was done on a piece of wood, covered in textured paint (like for ceilings). Then I sketched out the general idea of what I was wanting to do (which evolved daily, with the help of Mr. Brandt). I used several layers of accryllic, and then added silver leaf to some places for a shimmering, night-sky effect. In the beginning I was really not liking this project but i think it turned out alright. Part of the process was to have 5 separate sections, separated by interesting lines. I didn't really get how it was all going to tie together and still look like one idea but I think it works.