Charleston tree- Independent Three

This is my third independent project. It is once again in Charleston, SC. I tried the black and white again, but took some risk with making the colors in the tree pop out. I really love this peice and I am very proud. I'm very excited to see my photography skills grow and look foward to seeing my next project!

Charleston- Independent Two

This is my second Independent peice/ my second summited photography peice for a grade. I feel that I am getting a better grasp on photography, and slowly but surely I am learning how to "take risks" with it. This photo is from the battery down in Chuck-town, South Carolina. I got the idea for this composition from an artist Mr. Brandt showed me one day in class. I am really proud of this peice :)

Charlotte-Independent One

This is my first independent project. I had no real inspiration for this when I started out. I just wanted to go on a mini-road trip and take pictures for a completely different project. Turns out, I really like photography. I still have a lot to learn about photography but I'm really proud of myself and this piece.

Woven Umbrella

This is not my favorite piece, because I did not like the idea of weaving. The water color paper made it extremely difficult to weave, so it made the image off. However, if you step back you can still see what my original image was. My favorite thing about this piece is the water color. I had never really used water color before, but I really enjoyed it.

7-UP

My inspiration for this piece was the soda 7-UP. I used the colors from the bottle, a picture of me...upside down, and then made textured paint to look like bubbles. I really like this piece because it was the first one I really did on my own-I got to have a lot of say on my composition along with the colors and what not.

Apples to Apples

This is my erasure drawing. I really like this

peice. Although, at the beginning, like usual, I didn't think it'd turn out wel. However, I really like how i used just the simple idea of an apple, yet incorporated the border of leaves, along with the leaves' colors.

India Ink pose

Okay, so this one
<---was practice....and this one
----> is my "final". They look
the same, right? I don't like
either of these at all. I don't feel like I got enough practice. However, one thing I do like about ----> That one, is the pose Kevin was in, along with color i added. Acutally, this isn't even the finished product. I went back in and added orange, to contrast with the blue. I guess overall, I just need more practice(:

Erasure Practice

Okay, so this is just practice. I don't like this piece, however I find the technique itself pretty fun. My actual finished piece for this project, is not up yet on the art gallery. I'll get it up asap(: But I don't like this because it is like a figure drawing. I'm not good at figure drawings at all, but I'd like to get better(:

heart

This piece is probably my favorite. It is the first piece I really did on my own without a prompt, and used the materials I wanted to. I used a lot of textured paint to create the heart and veins. I like the juxtaposition that the heart and veins create by laying on top of roman numerals.

Research Workbook

I love this peice. This is like my hand peice. I just used watered down acrylic and an ink pen to create this. This peice is the very beginning of my concentration statement...which is exploring anatomy and what not(: I really like anatomy and I cannot wait to continue basing my artwork off of it.

Research Workbook

This is one of my favorite peices in my research workbook. This was my original idea for the last project...using texture and raised fabrics and what not. My project however took off in a different direction, but my next one is going to be based around this idea/peice. I like this peice so much because i like using just watered down arcyrlic and pen. (:

Encaustic

This is one of my favorite peices yet! I love the encaustic idea all together. The unity in these peices are the mike and ikes, the warm colors, and the black lines. I had a lot of fun working on these peices.