Embracing our differences

                            

This was my embracing our differences image. My idea for this piece was to show how everyone is different. No ones the same when you look carefully. On the outside people may look the same but once you look carefully and really understand people, you see that people have their own personality and character. To create this piece, I used mixed media by using colored pencil as well as sharpie. I focused a lot on contrast in this piece as well as emphasizing pieces of color to make the people in the glasses stand out. I created unity by the repeating patterns and similar color scheme. In the glasses the people are all different shapes and sizes, showing that people come in all sizes and have different problems to deal with. 

Donation piece

This is the donation piece for the gallery night. the reference i used was from the jumpstart we did one day. I really liked how the colors gave the horse a kind of fantasy and mythical feel. The first time i did this was in my sketchbook and i believe that it was more successful in my sketchbook than when i did it on the watercolor paper. Some of the elements that i used in this piece were color, line, texture and form. I really liked how simple the line work was in this piece . It gave it a simple yet full effect. I think next time, i should do the lines in pen or a soft graphite then have the watercolor to give more value to the black lines.

value project

This was my value project piece. For this piece really wanted to do a simple design that showed the value very clearly. To do this, I did the flowers in graphite using 2H to do the outline and then shading in the pedals with 6B. To emphasize the flowers more, I made a watercolor background. I used all of the colors that I thought would be very girly and flowery. To do the watercolor, I used a lot of water then dabbed in paint from my brush.

Auditorium piece

Reference

Final piece

This was my auditorium 50s piece. I wanted to capture the true essence of the 50s. Whenever I think of the 50s I think of old, retro tv's and new technology. I looked on Pinterest and typed 50s tvs and found the reference picture that is attached. I started off by doing it in my sketchbook in graphite then I finished it off by adding watercolor. When doing my final piece, I started with a light outline in graphite. After this, I added my watercolor. To give the tv more of a realistic look, I added darker and lighter brownish hues. To create the colors of the tv, I used colored pencil. I tried to use very vibrant colors.