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Add finishing touches throughout the background

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Add finishing touches throughout the background

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Continue to add shading to the face (especially the nose, lips, and eyes and background

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Continue to add shading to the face (especially the nose, lips, and eyes and background

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Begin to work in the facial features and the "smoke"

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Begin to work in the facial features and the "smoke"

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canvas board- acrylic
In the background, the darkness signifies inner demons and the darkness in the past. The plants and floral pattern signifies the beauty that is overcoming the darkness. I kept my self portraits very simply and hidden to represent y introvertedness. I try to hide myself from others because of how shy I am. I try to hide from my past and the darkness I dealt with.

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I decided to scrap three pieces. I didn't think they were successful and I tried reworking them, but I was becoming frustrated with what they were becoming. I decided to make a series of "Combustion". I wanted to represent the combustion of the mind and ideas. The mind become too overwhelmed and is drowning in thoughts. It becomes overworked and eventually explodes.

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marbled paper-ink/watercolor
I reworked this piece. I wanted to add more details and layers, so I worked back into the piece with ink. I worked with different patterns and marks to try new ways of shading.

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colored pencils
I originally had a plan to have flowers growing out of the man's head, but instead I created butterfly wings. The wings signify beautiful ideas and thoughts. The man has been confined and worried about expressing his ideas and thoughts. They are finally set free, and initially the man is uncomfortable and conscious of expressing himself.

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Growth Project-cardboard-watercolor/ink/watercolor ink
The old man is pondering upon the society he is living in and the changing dynamics and generations. He is decaying himself, showing his old age. The society is also decaying, signifying the deterioration of of the importance in certain things. As times change, the beauty in life is tainted by the increasing selfishness of each generation, and the idea that nobody is truly able to see the importance in life and are too focused on temporary things.

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I've been thinking between different concentrations and how I could execute them. Last semester I was thinking about focusing my concentration around addiction and the human struggle when it comes to addiction. I've been rethinking it. I want to work more with the human form and the mind, the struggle between mind and soul. I want to refine my concentration, but I want to work along the lines of this idea.

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graphite
I decided to do a series of different portraits. I wanted to work with the idea of smoke to represent the combustion of the mind.

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graphite
I decided to work back into this piece. I want to add more depth, and more pattern throughout the face. I worked with different marks, and crosshatching. I wanted to work with shading in a different way by making different marks.

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canvas-acrylic
I wanted to keep this figure less detailed and work with just the lines to achieve depth and value. The figure is trying to cover herself, but she is being exposed by the broken lines. The two tones represent her past and her future.

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watercolor board- watercolor/colored pencil/ink/acrylic
This piece signifies different aspects of life. The body in the center is contorted, signifying pain. The large figure in the back signifies loneliness. The two figures on the bottom of the piece signify confusion and being lost. The hand is reaching for help, and the eyes are searching for help.

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Title Project-canvas board/house paint/acrylic
I wanted to keep this piece more abstract, so people would have to think more into it and "take a deep look". I ended up painting multiple different ideas, and painting over them because I did not like them. This led to multiple layers being created. The viewer has to take a deep look to find these different layers, and the different textures that were created.

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Self Initiated #4-canvas-acrylic/sharpie
I was still thinking about my concentration surrounding addiction. I first drew "more" over and over in the background with a sharpie. The overlapping more's signifies an addiction that leads to the need and want for more. I painted the face over so the more's would show through. I ended up retouching the piece by outlining some of the more's to make them more prominent.

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watercolor yupo paper-acrylic
I found this piece of scrap paper, and it immediately reminded me of bacterial growth. I added in red paint to represent a microscopic view of bacteria and cells.

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Self Initiated #3- colored pencil/ink
Epistaxis is the medical term for nosebleed. I originally wanted my concentration to be surrounded about addiction and the struggles with addiction. They face shows calmness, but the patterns and likes add a chaotic feel.

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cardboard- acrylic/ watercolor/ ink
I decided to work back into this piece to add more detail and depth. Originally, I didn't have any direction when tearing the cardboard. I experimented with it to see what it would create. It ended up making a bunny like shape. I wanted to add the white and the green circles to give it a whimsical feel.

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scratchboard
I wanted achieve motion with the scratchboard. I was struggling with my mark and the value of my mark. Some areas are much to dark and defined compared to others. If I have time this semester, I really want to work back into this piece with either watercolor or acrylic.

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abstraction piece- sulphite paper- ink
This is the first assigned piece to work with the abstraction of an object. I based this piece off of a picture of my brother's eye. He has never been able to open his eyes up very wide, the reason unknown, so he has to open them up super wide by using his fingers.

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Q13 project- canvas- acrylic
This is the Q13 project. I wanted to work with idea of an individual being "branded" and "labeled" by societies view of them. People are labeled by their physical appearance and personality. The tattoo on the lip signifies the branding of society.

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from the botanical gardens website

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Field Museum- canvas board- acrylic
I was also unable to attend the Field Museum field trip, so I ended up looking on their website for inspiration. I saw the picture above and it immediately reminded me of overgrowth. In Environmental we learned of the ruining affects of overgrowth of algae in bodies of water. The moss in my painting represents not only overgrowth, but also the sleep in the eyes of someone who has an infections. The sleep has caused damage to the right eye and is beginning to cause damage in the left eye. This represents the increasing damage of runoff into waters that eventually suffer from algae overgrowth. I ended up working back into the piece and adding more details.

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Ms. Ross picture from the botanical gardens

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botanical gardens- watercolor board- watercolor/ ink/ acrylic
I did not go on the botanical gardens piece, but I was inspired but one of the pictures Ms. Ross took. It is a picture of the mini trees. They look confined and almost stuck. I ended drawing faces on them to represent the confinement of individuals. Whether they are mentally trapped, holding themselves back from their goals, can't escape an unhappy situation, or they are physically stuck. It represents that these individuals are limited and forced to work with their surroundings.

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4x4 masonite- acrylic/ house paint
I find that I am more successful when painting figures on large masonite. I decided to paint a figure in a fetal position to show loneliness and isolation. I struggled with shading and finding colors that worked together. At first the figure was bright red, bright green, and yellow. I ended up painting over it, and finding more successful colors.

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4x4 masonite- acrylic/ house paint- figures
This piece shows three figures, each one becoming more modest and enclosed. This reflects self consciousness. The dripping paint reflects the ruining state of mind. The drips increase and become thicker between each stage showing the effects of self consciousness on the mind, and the struggle of dealing with imperfections.