canvas

I'm really trying to get back an understanding of fabric/drapery and how it falls/folds. this was an exercise that i used to help me figure out this process. below are a series of records showing my progress. 

The Beginning of the end. dun dun dunnnn

OMG! i can't believe that my time here is almost over. It seems like just yesterday that i was handing in my acceptance card. man..
but the show must end with a bang! However, I'm still trying to figure out what that is. I don't have a set structure as of yet but I do know that I want to draw and paint. I admire Caravaggio, leonardo, Sargent, and many more artists and I think i will drawing inspiration from them.  For this evenings class I'm going to do an exercise that has never failed to inspire me.  I have some canvas paper that I had in storage all this time. I  plan to lay it out in very nice folds and get some good lighting with strong contrast on it. I will then study the drapery in drawing.

I'm pretty sure i want to work on portraits. I like the idea of strong darks and lights that can be found in caravaggios works.

Also I admire Leonardos sfumato technique seen here in his madonna of the rocks. I also really like the gentle twists of the body and how he portrayed the hands and feet.
So all though i'm not one hundred percent sure what I will be working on I will work on my study of folds (hopefully creating something I find beautiful from this) and then take it from there :D

"where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." - Leonardo da Vinci

gallery show

so the show was awesome! i was really excited to do this and happy to be a part of it. there was a huge audience and room was packed the entire time i was there. i got some really good feedback and people commented on the fact that daron was there in person and that made the work more accessible. i'm glad alicia suggested i continue with traditional art and for next semester i will be following this path. Im already coming up with ideas and i look forward to it!

waiting

I created a drawing and a painting entitled "waiting". The subjects of the two works are my husband, Daron. I had him pose with a kind of sad look on his face. I really like how they came out. it was also good to paint and draw again. I do need a lot of practice and I can see that there are a few things i need to work on but overall it was fun and nice to revisit.

painting and drawing

I will be trying out painting and drawing for this project. i haven't done any kind of this art for a while so i'm happy to see how much i have left in me. i know it wont be easy!

SO what's next

well i got a lot of good feedback and i stress "a lot". now it would be good to do something(s) with that feedback. I might try to create another kinetic typography animation or i might try to create something in InDesign. I'm just not really sure what to do at this point. In the meantime I will continue working on my website while i keep exploring these new graphics programs.

Blitz Critz

The blitz critz was awesome! I got some really good feedback and I got to get an in depth look into some of my classmates work. I was interviewed by three artists. The first was Robert Lieber who is also an art historian. He really liked my kinetic typography animation and encouraged me to continue down this path for the rest of my senior studio work. He stressed that i should focus on type itself and learn as much as i can about it. He would like to see me make more animations about things like movies (psycho-- douglas gordon), speeches, commercials, etc.

My second interviewer was Karen Gelardi who has a background in graphic design. She really liked my vector portraits and encouraged me to create a program on "myID" that would generate similar results for users. She really understood where i was coming from as a self taught graphic designer and encouraged me to continue with what i was doing. She also said it would be best to keep exploring the various graphics programs and then to settle on one style and learn it as much as possible. She also said that motion graphics is a very successful field and has a lot of great career opportunities. She told me to do some research on Paul Raynd and to watch movies about design (art world) and to just seek out more information. She said it is really important to get familiar with different designers and to that i should also keep a scrapbook of fonts and the emotions these fonts evoke in my opinion.

My third and last interviewer was Lisa Bossi, a graphic designer and illustrator. her first suggestion right off the bat was to make my posters larger. She wanted to see the words in works such as "love" and "name". She also said it was important to try to grow in the public eye and adapt to the changes made. She encouraged me not to get stuck on one piece but to explore many different things at one time. She would have liked to see more sketches to see where my mind was going for some of my projects. her quote "don't underestimate the power of a napkin" (brilliant!!!). She said to draw my art from whatever was occurring in my life at that time. She also stressed organization and user friendliness. she said to always make sure to design things so that they are easy for my viewers to understand. de clutter and focus on package design.  She would like to see me combine my art (drawing/painting/illustration) with my typography (cross pollinate). She also left me with a warning.... "don't lose it (traditional art) in the digital world".