A little catch-up!

Here is some work that has been refined and finished:
Remember to click on the images to enlarge them and to see the artists' names. Below I forgot to add Ashley Gibiser's name!

Final assignment - Project No. 9

Hopefully this assignment will challenge us all. We will try to create our best work of the semester - even though we have been doing really well already!

Perspective - project no. 8

To make the illusion of depth on a picture plane, there are many "tricks" that have been used. We concentrated on many of them excluding one and two point perspective. Here is a list: 1. Size - smaller farther away, 2. Overlapping - object appear behind, 3. Aerial - a name for clear and bright up close, faded farther away, 4. The higher the bottom, the farther away an object appears (that is reversed for the tops of objects above eye level). Remember to click on the images to enlarge them and to see the artists' names.

A couple more "plaster drawings" (with lots of color - like paintings)

As you can see, there are many directions to travel when different minds work with wet plaster and paint.

Below is the finished drawing of an earlier project

Vanilla Sky by Monet & some sketchbook pages

Remember to click on the images to enlarge them. Vanilla Sky above. Below is a record of a dress seen at the mall.

Above is a beginning of a famous Van Gogh and below something to eat! The clock was created during a class somewhere on campus - note the little mouse helping to move the clock hands. Below a portrait is being developed.

Another project completed!

I did give in to a little pressure and set everyone up with a piece of masonite and some joint compound (ready-mixed plaster for walls & ceilings). With a bucket half full of texture makers, we all worked in the wet plaster. After the plaster set-up, we sanded and then coated our plaster with polymer medium. Lastly, we added some color - mostly black to approximate drawings (sort of). You can see my blog showing my usual textured paintings here. You can quickly see the many variations that we achieved with the same basic materials. I have picked out three new ideas to "steal" and try on my work! Remember to click on the images to enlarge them and to see the artists' names.

A few more No. 6s and some refined

Rosey the riveter and the lips are two drawings that I missed on Monday because my camera battery died.

The following drawings have been finished or refined.