Pieces inspired by trees

Connectivity

A piece created for myself rather than an assignment. The main theme revolves around our human bodies and how on a cellular level it's functionality and appearance is similar to that of trees. The idea came about when I was just coming home from the gym one day, my mind focused on muscles and nerves working away to allow us to move, when my eyes landed on the branches of a couple of trees.

Created with acrylic paint and oil pastels.

An interpretation of a last name

One of many assignments in drawing class. The primary purpose of this assignment was to give an interpretation of your specific last name without actually spelling it out. Students were expected to place a lot of thought in which mediums they were going to use and were encouraged to go with their second or third idea rather than their initial idea.

The piece was created on watercolor paper and made with ink,
bits of printed on paper and conte.

Favorite Art Pieces

With drawing class completed, I now have twenty pieces nearly completed and nineteen of them which I kind of like. Overall I found the course to be very inspirational and educational in the non-traditional sense. Brian Flynn is one of the best art teachers, not because of his ability to teach but rather his ability to challenge students to push their comfort zones and explore new and breaking grounds. Listed below are two of my most challenging but favored pieces from the course.

Mosaic life figure

This piece was designed around having the artist focusing on the process rather than the end result. Not only was this piece time consuming but required lots of concentration and skill in order to get the proportions of the still life correct. It paid to do contour sketches prior to starting the piece.

Dimension: 32in by 41in.
Medium: Acrylic painted paper

Moroccan Midnight

A piece designed around using the perspective points of Giorgio de Chirico's Melancholy and Mystery of a Street. Due to my lack of interest in the original I had a hard time actually starting. Near the deadline I decided just to go with what I found inspiring, Moroccan architecture, specifically the Hassan II Mosque and somehow incorporate Melancholy and Mystery of a Street. The result is below.

Dimension: 32in by 41in
Medium: Watercolor, Acrylic, and conte

Conclusion: Had a rad time painting and playing with all sorts of mediums.

Christmas Ornaments

This week's posting is dedicated to home made ornaments.
Personally, I think they add that homely touch that can truly make your Christmas tree the unique one.
Here are some home made ornaments made by myself and friends over the years.

Angel timbit ornament made from play dough, ribbon and various other things.
The present was made separately before being hot glued to the rest of the ornament.

Hohoho Santa is coming to town.

The original timbit ornament made by a neighbor who gave my family a few,
one Christmas after we talked about how much we liked them.

A nutcracker ornament made out of clothes pins.
The ornament was made by my boyfriend's mother.