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The texture was one of the main things I worked on in this piece. I really Stepped out of my comfort zone to create something new.

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Enamel, Acrylic paint, House paint

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This entire piece was the first time I had ever painted. I Had no idea what to do. It was an interesting experience with the unusual ways to apply the paint.

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Materials: Gesso, Acrylic paint and enamel

This painting helped me understand proportions and shapes. I was able to mix and find a smooth technique that worked for me. I was also able to experiment with a monochromatic theme.

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I used a mixture of color and texture for this to create more depth and dimension.

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Materials: Acrylic Paint

I wanted this to be an abstract piece. I use a smooth monochromatic theme throughout. My goal for this was for it to be simple and relaxing. Something you might even find in a spa.

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This picture shows the variety of shades and shapes used throughout the painting.

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When working with a more cool tone palette I wanted to use a warm background to contrast the middle and foreground. I used the purple and reds to help blend it so it fit with the cool tones more seamlessly.

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Throughout this piece I used different techniques. In the foreground  I used a blotting technique with a rough bristled Brush.

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I focused on making the middle ground smooth and bright. I started by using the dark blue and using white paint to dilute and lighten it as it lowered into the next hill.

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This was the first portrait painting I had ever done. Doing this I tried to incorporate things I learned from using pencils. Overall I think that the neck and mouth area was the most successful. In the future I will try different techniques for the eyes and hair.

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Materials: Acrylic Paint

This part Highlights and Shadows were used more appropriately.

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Materials: Acrylic Paint

for this Painting I used my fingers. I am so accustomed to using brushes that a break from them seemed like a good idea. It helped me open up and refresh for new projects.

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In many of my pieces, I Found that I lacked patterns and texture. I felt that I really needed to try and focus on that. Although this piece is simple, It really helped me practice using color, texture and pattern together.

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Here you can see how I used colors to create highlights and shadows Which gave more dimension to the nose. I used a very messy brush stroke to give it a more abstract feel.

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After I finished; I decided that the face needed more depth so I added in more dark/ Cool tones Like Blue, Purple and green.

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Materials: Acrylic Paint

When I began this, I had a plan to make this more realistic. When I saw all of the colors that go into making a natural human complexion; I was inspired to do something a little different.

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Materials: Acrylic paint

This Was My Attempt at the "multiple me's" project. I didn't like how it turned out but I think that It taught me more about the shape and proportions of the human face.  As I did these I slowly learned more and was able to make progress in terms of making it resemble me.

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This was my first try. It didn't turnout as planned. But the I did learn more about how to make facial features more recognizable.

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Although this is not the best, I did manage to make more of the features resemble some of my own.

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A closer look at progress and colors I used.

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Something I did differently with this piece was creating the back ground first. Usually I will create the foreground and by the time I get to the background I am uninspired and it usually ends up being a solid color. I wanted that to change. So this time, I started with the background. I focused on creating movement and I am really happy with the results.

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When doing this piece I knew I wanted to make it abstract.

Materials: Gesso, Acrylic Paint.

Throughout my pieces I really wanted to have a variety of themes, textures, colors and methods.  This one show that the best.

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Most of the time I am more inclined to do a monochromatic palette. Since I felt there were many different directions I could go with this painting, I decided it would be a good candidate to experiment with. I used mostly warm tones with some highlights of blue and some black for depth.

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Here, The texture really shows through, The canvas was first splattered to give it a bumpy feel.
Another aspect of this painting is that most of the paint has a matte finish, Beside the paint used on the lungs. The reason for this was because I wanted to have more contrast between the background and the foreground.

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Materials: Ink and Sharpie.

There was a stray cat that lived  near my grandmas house. She was a black cat with bright green eyes. Over the years, after constant sightings of this cat decided to name her Quinn. When the Q-13 Project was first given to us I immediately thought of this childhood memory.  Q, going with the name Quinn and 13; Which is considered an Unlucky number (Like black cats)

Since I was experimenting with new techniques and new Materials, I decided to try pointillism. Although it was very tedious, it helped me learn more about depth.

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Here is a closer look at the work I did to practice shadowing and blending.

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Prior to AP art, I mainly used colored pencils in all of my pieces. This year I began to experiment with painting.

Materials: Acrylic Paint

With little knowledge or experience painting, I tried to use the skills and  techniques I used With Colored Pencils. After a lots of trial and error, I was able to Blend and create more dimension.

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For this Piece I used the previous one (Waves) as inspiration. I experimented with nature as a theme and a warmer colors. The Goal was to use a Nature Theme to make a vibrant illustration.

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Both "Sunrise Tree" and "Waves" were made together.

Materials: PRISMACOLOR colored pencils and Ink.

I focused on  Blending and using different color pallets. In "Waves" I used Pinterest for inspiration and found The Wave by Hokusai