For my third piece, I have the idea of doing a more mixed media piece. This is kind of a bad example but this is the main street in my grandma’s home town. I did the buildings in ink and then printed out the cars from the reference photo. Then, I used old newspaper clippings from the hometown’s local newspaper. I also had the idea of creating the piece on…
This artwork isn’t quite finished yet but I like the direction it’s heading. It’s based on a photo my dad took in his family’s home town in Missouri. I wanted to convey a sense of nostalgia and youth. I used more muted, calming colors in order to achieve that effect. I added some wildflowers, which weren’t in the original photo, to make the composition more interesting and I used purple…
This post mainly focuses on artist inspiration. I found four different artists that had similar work to my sustained inquiry and that I enjoyed. Most of these artists are impressionists or have a similar painting style. I especially enjoyed the artist Harold Gregor. Even though he was creating simple landscapes he used interesting compositions such as a panorama and an overhead shot of the landscape.
For this sketchbook spread, I did two different media studies of the barn from the last sketchbook spread. One is ink, and the other is acrylic. I decided on acrylic even though I like the texture of the barn better in Ink, I think color will play a big role in conveying the right emotion in my final. For the final, I would like to use more muted colors than…
