Drawing T1

Artist Statement

“UNKNoWN SPaCe”

My artwork explores the idea of who I am beneath the surface and ultimately what makes up me. In my piece I did two things. The first was I posterized a picture of me in photoshop and then drew it using the graph method. I posterized this as it makes it seem more abstract and makes it more kin to who I am on the inside rather than looking realistic. I also put this on a galaxy-like background which I made using acrylic paints. I decided on this background as space is endless, full of mystery and unknown which is similar to our life as we do not really know where we are going. It also symbolizes for me a deep love of science which in a way defines who I am. I ended up cutting out my drawing of me and gluing it onto the galaxy. Overall I really enjoyed how this turned out and feel that it truly represents me beneath the surface though it is simple it represents an abstractness only found within creativity.

I was inspired by a poster in the art room, in the same posterized style. First I took a picture of myself with my phone. Then, on Photoshop, I posterized it and turned it into 4 main values. After printing it out, I used the grid method to transfer this image to a much larger piece of paper. Using different colored markers, I then colored in each section to their according value, similar to painting by number. Afterwards, I wanted to add in more humor, so I added a National Geographic border, like in their magazines. Hopefully this adds more humor by contrasting with my serious expression. 

Painting and drawing

Artist Statement

“The Layers of Me”

This piece of art incorporates many uses of media. The artwork is supposed to give the viewer a better understanding of who I am and what represents me. To do so I emphasized my hair and mouth, then added a colorful background. I added texture, color, and dimension to my hair using yarn. I did this to make it stick out because I believe my hair is one thing that defines me. My hair is my statement piece and I believe it is what people notice about me and will remember me by in the future. I then added red glitter to my lips to make them pop next to my black-and-white face. Only giving my mouth color shows that I have a voice and I make sure to use it. I am also very talkative and friendly, which my mouth represents. Then lastly I added a colorful background with little spots of glitter and salt. The bright colors represent my outgoingness and bubbly nature, and the glitter and salt add a soft, more easygoing, and creative side to me.   

Drawing Tri 1

Artist Statement

“Shadows”

This drawing explores the idea that the part of yourself that is shown to others is not the whole picture. There is always going to be another aspect of identity, the one that is held within yourself. This part of my sense of self, and many other peoples, is more complex. It is not necessarily more happy or sad than the part that is expressed to others, but it has more pieces and layers to it. These pieces fit into the puzzle that completes a person and who they truly are. Hopefully this drawing can help to show that there is always more to a person than what meets the eye.

I began this drawing by researching different shadow and reflection drawings, and seeing what would work best to demonstrate the idea that I was trying to express. I then found pictures of myself that I wanted to base my drawing off of, and printed them out. I made a grid on both the printed image, and also my big paper that I would use for the final product. I sketched and filled in my drawing in pencil. Then, I went back and defined lines and shaded, also with pencil, to finish off the artwork.

Identity and who am I am as a person. I originally made a portrait of my self using a gridding method. When looking at my picture I noticed a flash of light going through my face. I then thought to turn this into a brick wall representing me being blocked out. The eyes in wall show my ability to be interpreted by my eyes even when I can’t be understood fully.

When I make this sketch into a larger artwork, I can add more shading, and I plan to have more subtle details that have to do with nature destroyed. I might add litter, or a tree falling down, etc. I want to use colored pencils, and pen/pencil to make it.

When I make it larger, I want to do a big blur collage for the sky, and incorporate some bright colors for a stop sign and fire hydrant. I also want the peoples’ heads to be airpods

-I could see a more detailed version and larger and also adding a backround

2. I think I can expand this by adding more details and more drawings of things that are meaningful to me. Just generally making it a whole landscape instead of just a mountain

Drawing Tri 1

Artist Statement

“Nature’s reality”

This drawing is meant to express the concept of man vs. nature. It is showing the effect that humans have on the environment, and what the future of the planet looks like. The shadow of a man is representing how humans have an overbearing presence and effect in nature. Though the drawing is not a completely realistic representation of the destruction of nature, it is an accurate portrayal of how human action is affecting our world. Trees are being burned down, because of human’s effect on the environment. The deer is a characterization of the idea of innocence that animals have, how they didn’t ask for their home to be destroyed. Their lives and environment are at stake because of human action. I drew inspiration from images of burning trees on the internet to create this piece. I wanted to have the entire tree be inflamed, to have the leaves themselves be flames. This puts more impact on the drawing and what it represents.

For my drawing, I used an ink pen to draw the outline of the deer and trees, and then used the same pen to fill in the trees. I used 3 different colored pencils to make the flames, in red, orange and yellow. I also used a regular 2b pencil to draw the mountains in the background, and also to outline some of the flames and smudge them. This was to create a smoke-like element within the flames. I used a sharpie to color in the figure of a man, as well as filling in the ground. After I had gotten the basics of all elements of my drawing colored and filled in, I went back and added more flames around the man, and also more depth to the flames in general. This created a more dramatic effect and highlighted the theme of my artwork.

Drawing T1

Artist Statement

“Reaching out”

My artwork was made from the theme of man vs nature. In my piece I have a hand reaching out towards their eyeball. I took this prompt rather literally in which the person's hand and eye are being consumed by nature or in this case the vines and roses. The roses in a way represent bloodshed as not only do they cut you but they are also the same color as blood. The person's bone is exposed in their hand showing that it is a corpse in which the vine has sucked the life out of the hand. I also have vines as a border on the right side and then blood and muscle tissue as a border for the other side. How I went about making this was I drew out the entire thing in pencil and then went over it with a sharpie. Once I did this I colored it in with markers. I also used a white gel pen in order to add some highlights. Overall I am proud of this piece and though it may seem a little gruesome and morbid I do think that this represents my idea of man vs nature in which nature consumes man. 

I started this artwork by doing a rough drawing of the islands then I slowly shaded in the underground and created little water streams that connected the smaller islands to the bigger one. I then came up with a few different landscape ideas to put on each of the little islands to make them different from each other. Finally after I was finished I went back and colored the land green to make it pop from the background. I want the viewer to realize that power can be represented in different ways it doesn’t have to involve a human being being powerful and strong, it can be portrayed in many unique ways. 

Drawing Tri 1  

Artist Statement

“Effects of man”

This artwork explores the larger concept of man vs nature. Throughout human existence, we have harmed our nature slowly killing our earth. Humans only care about themselves and think we are the main existence and focus on earth, not recognizing everything that keeps us alive and healthy. We cut down so many trees and destroy so many forests to build cities not caring about the effect it has in the long run. Without trees and forests, we wouldn't be here today, and won’t be here in the future. The cracks in the earth represent the effect that man has on nature and the planet as a whole. The man is in all black producing black cracks that will eventually turn into a break in the future. This relates to climate change and how the earth is slowly getting worse and if humans keep doing what they are doing it will create a bigger crack or a “break” killing us in the end. The fire is used to amplify the message and effects we have by stressing the fact that the earth is dying and being destroyed. The man is in space to show that there is so much more out there than just us and humans are not as important as we think we are.  

I started this project by looking through the themes we could choose from. I felt that man vs nature spoke to me, especially with everything that is going on with the earth. After taking bio class last year I learned a lot about climate change and the effects humans have on our planet. That inspired me to draw what I did. I started by sketching the man and the earth on a white piece of paper. I then outlined my sketch with a black pen and colored the man with a black colored pencil. The earth was colored with many shades of blue and green creating more dimension to it instead of it all being one color. I then added the fire to the outside of the earth using colored pencils as well. The fire was drawn with red, orange, and yellow all shaded together to make it look like fire. My last step with the earth was to add the cracks with a black Sharpie. After I finished the earth and man drawing I cut them out and added them onto a black piece of paper along with stars to represent outer space. My last step was to outline everything with a white gel pen so the man doesn't get lost in the black piece of paper. I also used the gel pen to draw white stars in the background to give dimension.