Sketchbook 9.1

This sketchbook spread is similar to the previous one; however, this is a slightly different version of the concept. The background is done in sharpie paint pen instead of gouache and done in primary colors. I also used older, teenage photos of my father rather than young photos. I think this is still a strong concept but I like the feel on the other one much better. I still hope…

Sketchbook 8.2

For this sketchbook, I decided to expand upon one of my previous pieces. Earlier in the year, I did a piece with an acrylic background and newspaper cutouts of heads. To make this concept more personal I decided to use old childhood photos of my dad. I added some squiggly lines in warm tones that are similar to the tones in the photo and give off a 70s vibe. To…

Sketchbook Post 7.2

For this Sketchbook, I did another photo inspiration. I accidentally printed my photos in black in white so I made a colorful background in gouache. Some of these images (The building and the girl) are family photos, but the others are just some similar images from the internet. This spread is mainly focused on animals since my family lived on a farm and they have lots of animal-related stories. I…

Sketchbook 6.1

For this sketchbook post, I found some additional photos from my parent’s trip to Missouri in the 90s. I really like the vintage feel of all of these photos and I’m planning on adding them to my album of reference photos. I have a similar photo like the picture in the top right but this is at a different angle and can help me with fixing the architecture in one…

Sketchbook 5.1

  For this sketchbook, I decided to do a collage. This doesn’t have a super concrete idea behind it I just wanted to cut out a lot of one thing. The quote above is from Willie Nelson’s Within Your Crowd. It took a surprising amount of time to find all the letters since I wanted letters of all kinds of fonts. Sadly, most of the newspapers I was using were…

Sketchbook Spread 4.2

This is based on my last sketchbook spread. I used ink and watercolor. for the left side, I drew each building separately and on the right side, I drew each building on top of each other. For my final, I’m thinking about using more houses and using acrylic or gouache for more vibrant colors.

Sketchbook Spread 2.2

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.