Final Blog for Art

Over this term I really sharpened my drawing, painting, and observation skills. All our projects helped me understand the concepts of position, depth, shadow, and contrast. Before I was a pretty good drawer but had difficulty positioning my ideas on paper, and adding realistic parts, like shadow and depth.
I also discovered I was a painter as well as a drawer. Going into the term my focus was to sharpen my drawing skills. As we got into the course and the projects I realized I enjoyed painting and wanted to focus on that too. This course opened my eyes to the possibilities of painting beyond the basic flower drawing.

This is the observation drawing of candy. I added detail to the gum drops by dotting the candy with white dots. This brought out the texture of the piece. I unfortunately was not able to finish this piece. My intentions for this project was to capture the texture of candy. I feel that the eye often interprets the texture of an object to its taste and appeal. The observer can feel the texture of the 4 candies in the front, and understand the meaning of the piece.

This I modeled after a village I go skiing in, Mont Tremblant. I tried to mimic the cartoon style houses and the colors used there.

For this piece my influence came from a newspaper headline I was given. It included gambling and the death of an old man. To combine the two I wanted to create a morbid theme with a touch of realism. To impose this mood upon the piece I used the symbolism of death, cloaked firue, and the realisitic setting of a poker table. The black background created depth of space.