self portrait

hi everyone! it's emma hrabovsky. I was inspired by an artist named Alice Neel and in her portraits she uses lots of color to capture the feeling of the person who she is painting. I wanted to incorporate her style by adding in color but also stick with my style! I want to do a charcoal piece because I haven't done too many charcoal pieces yet. Im not sure what I should put in the background yet....anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking maybe a Forrest type background or something that's meaningful to me. I am also going bigger on this piece to challenge myself! 

Heyo, it's Anna. So my artist of inspiration is René Magritte. He was a surrealist painter who made objects defy gravity and almost make people question reality in a weird way. I want to use India Ink (because I must be something short of insane to use it for three projects in a row) around the acrylic color. The color will contrast the monochromatic blur of charcoal in the background. My ideas  behind this sketch are not few, as I tend to try to put something of me in each piece I do. I wanted to express the disconnected feelings expressed through my disconnected limbs and show how blindly I fly and leap through life by blindfolding myself and give myself features not unlike a monkey or some fearless creature. Anyway, I was wondering if you had any opinions or feedback? Thanks guys!

Self Portrait

My inspiration for this project would be Jeremy Kyler. So, I was planning on doing a patterned background of shapes in acrylic. I also planned on doing my portrait upside down! I am going to challenge myself by making different facial features different sizes, while creating an identical image of my face. I'm considering whether or not I should use charcoal to draw my face, or stick with my original plan of acrylic paint? Any suggestions?

Self Portrait Sketch

So, I was thinking of doing a full body watercolor and charcoal drawing for the self portrait. I wanted the focus to be on the flowers instead of my face, so I was planning on making my skin tone and hair greyscale, with some color tones in the dress. Thoughts? My inspiration was John Singer Sargent who was an Impressionist painter who worked with Claude Monet. 

Portrait Sketch

 

My artist of inspiration for this project is Degas. I like the way he blends a bunch of bright colors together to create a range of values that make sense for the area. I experimented with that on my sketch; I used pink, purple, orange and yellow to get values on the skin. Unfortunately it's hard to see on this photo :/ My question for you guys is, what color should I make my hair? It looks kind of rainbow now because I was trying all of them out to help me decide, but I don't want it to be all those colors on the project. 

Thanks!

self portrait

so I was inspired by René Magritte who is most famously known for her depictions of ordinary objects in unfamiliar situations. I only took a picture of this sketch because I'm leaning towards this one, however I'm thinking about changing the flowers to tacos because I just really love tacos and it would fit my inspiration a lot better. and I'm going to be wood burning again and adding water color at the end like I did with my last project (: suggestions or comments please!(~: (I'm aware the proportions aren't the best/: it was a quickie)

GStoute Self Portrait Sketch (Concept)

I'm not sure what colors to use for the background and shirt. Also should I keep the hair a solid black or make it a different color? Inspiration by Andy Warhol

Okay so I'm really not sure which sketch I want to do yet. I am either going to do two interlocking hands(my own) and have one be pop art, the other hyperrealistic, or I am going to do a pop art selfie- both projects would be inspired by Andy Warhol.

Portait sketch 

Hey kiddies, I've decided to go a little out of my comfort zone with this project and go big and go pop art. I've never tried this kind of composotion before so if anyone has any tips I'd love to hear :) I'm thinking of adding a collage of my cat or other cats in the background and also to make my hair in various colors to remember all the crazy colors I've had in my own hair. If anyone has any suggestions on how I should aproach this id love to hear

Portrait Sketch

A little clique, I know, but I'm using Vincent Van Gogh as my artist of inspiration. Something about the texture and background from the Portrait of the Postman. My last two pieces had pretty simple background and I wanted to challenge myself. The patterned paper on the right side is kind of my inspiration for that. I'm just worried that my painting will turn out too similar to Van Gogh's. Do you think my composition differs from how Van Gogh works or am I too similar to his paintings?

Portrait Sketch

Hello Everyone!

I thought I would try another project with inspiration of Picasso again. He truly is a favorite of mine! Anyway, I thought I would get a ton of color in this project like usual and really push the meaning behind the piece. I hope I will be able to really make the viewer curious. Color, line, and unity will be my 3 main Elements & Principles of Design.

Portrait Sketch

Hey all! This is my sketch for the portrait project we're doing. I got inspired by the eastern woodblock prints from Japan (the ones that typically have geishas or dragons fighting tigers and all that cool stuff) and figured I use that as a basis to emphasis pattern and movement. The drumsticks, controller buttons on the suit jacket, and the sharks all represent the things I enjoy. So there's that.

Portrait Sketch

For this project I was inspired by David Hockney's photography collages (he calls them "joiners"). I love how they give the viewer a sense of time and space. In my sketches, I was thinking about making my own "joiner," but instead of taking new pictures,  I would use old pictures of myself from a variety of ages. The intent is to show the passing of time.

Portrait Sketch

Hey guys! So this is a SUPER rough sketch but here is the basic idea: A collage of crazy stressful stuff in the background, a charcoal portrait on top of that, and acrylic tear and wash on the back.  Kinda like a smiling on the outside, freaking on the inside type thing.  I have done a huge charcoal portrait before though, so I don't know if I should do another one. Any ideas about anything? Thanks!

Self Portrait sketch

The artist I chose was the Post-impressionist Paul Gauguin. He used pretty bold color complements in his work, so I plan to do the same in this piece. The portrait will also have an emphasis on geometric shapes. My three layers of difficulty will be watercolor, acrylic, crayons and/or colored pencil, and my elements and principles are unity, color, and pattern. What sort of surface would you suggest I use to paint it on? Canvas, paper, or other? 

For my Taber project I decided to do a diptic symbolizing two separate concerts (same band) that I went to over the summer. Underlying in the left one is the song they opened with at that concert, and underlying in the right one is the song they opened with at that concert. The left concert was crazy and the right one was more laid back. What can I do to help unify the two more?

Mira's Taber Project

This the current status of my Taber project. I think the landscape looks almost flat; what can I do to add more depth?

Taber project

Hey guys, I tried to make the fish on the left my focal point, but it doesn't seem to pop enough for me. How can I make this fish pop more?

Haleigh here! How can I add more depth?

"Tree of Light" -Shelly Zhang

Shelly here! I am the only student doing 3D art for those who don't know me. This piece is the part of my concentration theme and right now I am trying to figure out what colors to glaze it. This is going to represent a winter tree so it will have have white glaze for the snow on the bottom and some parts on the tree. The tree will also have brown to make it look realistic. Also for those who don't know, this my theme is functional so this is a candle holding tree. My only question is what other colors could I possibly use other than white and brown?

Hey, it's Anna. So I got advice during the critique to use a shower squeegee for applying my wax to form the ripples below (which I'm grateful for because I tried wires and beads and newspaper and I don't have time to run through all the letters in the alphabet for all these backup plans). I haven't gotten to try the technique yet because I only just got my hands on a squeegee today. 

She also suggested to get some orange in the lower half of my project and because they're true compliments, it would balance out well. I tried to bring the more important words out more in the top half and will eventually get some sort of texture up there too. I was thinking lines or waves extending outward from the center but I wanna know what you think. 

What could I do to give my project a better sense of unity (and incorporate more textures)?

Alexa's Taber Project Extravaganza

Alright, so what we've got here is some choice project-ing that needs to be finished, but in the typical Alexa fashion, weenie feelings are holding it back. I think I'm definitely gonna use a brush to add some depth to the face, but I guess my two major questions are:

1. How can I make the text pop? It's kind of lost in the ether right now.
2. Should I bring the red over "poetry" into the eye and mouth drippings?

Taber Project - Makena Mordret

How can I create more depth?

Taber - Kiersten Luttrell

Taber Project - Joanna Seivard

What do you guys think? Should I add any more light or dark values? Thanks!

Taber Project- Haley Plott

Should I add more highlights on the trees where the light hits them? Should I add more shadows?

Taber Project

How could I further emphasize the figure and bring it into the foreground?

Taber Project - Rachel Burris

During the critic last Friday, someone said the the green from the tree on the left took away from my picture overall. I added light an dark blue on top of it after scraping away some of the green. I also let some of the green show through all though it may be hard to see in the picture. Do you think it helped? Or is it still overbearing?

Taber project - The time will pass

Hi it's Claudia!

Alrighty so basically this is based off of a poem I wrote last year when my emotional state wasn't very high. It's mostly based upon waiting and time passing and such, thus the pocket watch. I know I have yet to finish the clock face with the numbers and hands. I kind of wanted to make the hands look like limp or like they're not rally working, do you have any advice for that? And then fore texture I know I'm lacking, what kind of texture do you think I can add? Michelle said that I should use more cardboard and then squeegee a little bit to add some more interest in like the streakiness of it all. So that's basically all I have sooooo.... yeah tell me what you think!

Renee Ciardullo's Taber Project

Hey guys! What do you think? Is it too dark? Should I add anything to the ground(the circle texture on the bottom) or the sky(bubble wrap texture on top)? Any other ideas? Thanks!

gstoute taber project

What can I do to add contrast and intricate details?

Hey, Lily here. I'm planning on finishing the noose in class. A skull and a raven are going to be added to the branches. Any way I could improve the tree texture?

Taber Project

This is definitely still a work in progress. I was wondering what I could do to make the colors less "cheesy" and create a better uniformity overall?

Edit: Updated version of my project. Previous question still applies! Thanks!

JFountain Taber Project

Jarod Fountain

Question: How can I bring out the colors more within my piece and should i introduce a contrasting color against my overall "warm" arrangement of colors?

Taber Project

Sienna Proctor

 

*This is just layer 1*

Wondering if I should incorporate some yellow on the bottom flower to emphasize or add yellow multiple places and find another way to emphasize the flower?

Hey AP Art! Here's the progress of my Taber project.  How can I get the colors to look less like an Easter Egg?