Pink!

This is from a few weeks ago we had a free day to paint so I decided to do a pink flower in honor of Breast cancer awareness month in October. I'm still not 100% done but here's a little bit of the process. I haven't decided what to do with the background yet I was thinking black then frame it with a white matting and a black frame.... Ill figure it out...

Color.

I haven't posted in a while. So a little update before I post the project I just finished. In my color theory class we are experimenting with how color acts when put in different situations. For this project we could do whatever we wanted as long as it is 18x24 and uses color. I decided to take a very structured approach which is something that normally happens for me unfortunately. I'm so happy with the way it turned out. It took about 8 hours, but now it is DONE! Unfortunately you can't see all the thought put into it because of colors showing up different in the picture. It is very methodically put together in some ways but random at the same time.

Leaves Leaves Leaves....

Well my project proposal changed a little bit as I started working on this assignment. First off, I was asked to kind of take out text entirely and try and get my point across without using any kind of wording. I wasn't really sure how to do this so this is what i have ended up with so far. Secondly, I'm not very skilled in photoshop and i'm still picking up on the program. I'm fully open to any kind of critique on this piece as I am still not really sure how I feel about it or if I'm even done. Suggestions? HELP! THANKS!

Can't decide which one.

New Semester, New Art

Well it's been almost two months that I have even been on my blog here, but with another school year comes more art classes which reminded me that I have this lovely blog to post my things too! I'm taking some pretty neat classes this semester, and I'm lucky enough to be taking another digital class, this time digital manipulation. I'm starting my first real photoshop project and the only requirements are that is has to use scanned and photographed images, involve some force of nature, and be a collage. I plan on simply scanning some images of leaves and twigs and what not and layering them ontop of photos taken by me of the tree tops. I hope to have the layer of scanned images spell out the word transform. So stay tuned there's more to come!

Another Forgotten Memory

     This has been the most emotional piece I have every done. What it means to me is just so important and special in so many ways, but mostly it is a memory of my grandma. Obviously, not a specific memory as I was only like 9 months when the original picture was taken, but a memory of everything my grandma is and was to me. I feel like I have finally accomplished something special and meaningful and it is definitely something I am proud of. It represents how someone you know can start out so normal, and then everything just changes so much that you don't even know who they are anymore.
     The process of actually making this piece was extremely emotional to me, and I started feeling it before I even started as my previous post states. I first sketched out the image on a large piece of illustration board and every single line i added just gave me more and more emotion. Every mark brought my grandma's image more and more to life for me. By the time I had the roughest outline possible, I was sitting in my living room sobbing for lost time, for forgotten memories, for just being sad about her no longer being who she used to be. It was somewhat of a healing experience and oddly also a growing experience. For the first time in my life, art was a way for me to express myself in the truest way possible. It is a moment I will never forget; not only because of the images and video that remain, but because it was a growing experience for me as a person and an artist.

 

Emotions.

     I have finished my set up for my final. I knew the exact image I wanted to do but once I started breaking it down I am really beginging to feel the emotion of this piece. I really hope I can do the piece justice and get out the meaning and emotion that I am feeling. 

Final Proposal

        What is the concept of your final project?
For my final project I wanted to do something not only to meet the criteria of the project, but also do something that has significant meaning to me or my life. Instantly, I knew what I wanted to do. I have a picture of me and my grandma when I was a baby, my grandma is in very bad condition right now with Alzheimers deteriorating her health. I plan on recreating the picture using colored scraps of paper and then slowly blow the paper away.
        Why does this particular subject matter interest you?
This is very important to me because it represents the affect that alzheimers has on a person and their family members.
        How do you plan to make this concept visible through time-based media?
I plan on recording the process of putting the piece together then also the process of blowing the paper away. I would also like to have still shots of the piece as the paper is blown away.
        What ideas do you have for finished presentation?
I would like to blow up the still shot images to show the series of being in good health and memory to having that deteriorate away to nothing.