Mads Atkinson by Mads

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Shadowplay

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medium: prisma color pencil//graphite pencil

reflection

matkinson1 — 2017-01-18 04:02:46 UTC

throughout this semester, this project was definitely one of my favorites. Maybe is was because I was using some of my favorite mediums, or maybe because it was still pushing me past my comfort zone. Working with all of the different shapes and attempting to make them flow together in an odd but coherent piece was challenging, but oddly ended up nicely. Although I feel some of the shading could've been a tad better, I believe it was one of my best pieces this semester.

Growth Theme show

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oil and acrylic paints on canvas

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Continuous Line & Gesture Drawings

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marker, pastel, and pencil on newsprint

Observation & Arrangment Desk Drawing

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pencil, charcoal, and colored pencil

reflection

matkinson1 — 2017-01-22 23:41:48 UTC

the process for this project was a lot of work, but the out-come was worth it. Using lots of charcoal and pencil was hard and time consuming, but allowed me to learn new shading techniques. I enjoyed coming up with ideas for this drawing and collecting pictures. If I could've done anything different, I may have spent a little more time shading underneath some of the objects to make them look more 3D.

Portrait Exercises

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pencil & pastel on paper

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reflection

matkinson1 — 2017-01-27 01:02:50 UTC

personally, I felt very challenged with this piece. I never really paint in general, and using oil paints on canvas for the first time was crazy hard. Working with the paint and mixing shades correctly was difficult to figure out. For my first time with oil paints, I feel as if I did a pretty good job. If I could change anything, I would go back and fix the shading on the leaves and hands. Hopefully I will be able to master oil paint by the end of my high school career.

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Self Portrait

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oil pastel on cardboard

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reflection

matkinson1 — 2017-01-29 23:42:13 UTC

For a majority of this project, I was sick. So I had to make up for lost time by turning it in late. Through the few weeks of sickness I decided to change the composition a bit. The colors are supposed to reflect my mood. When I was making this, I saw that my face in the picture was almost disappointed, which I was and still am because I am constantly getting sick. But I decided to contrast the feeling and emotion portrayed in my face, by adding in almost happy colors. Yellow, orange, and red. Although happy, they can also be interpreted as mad, or angry. The lines overly eyes represent feeling out of place or not exact. At that time, that is how I felt. So I guess this piece is really up for interpretation for the viewer. If I could've gone back, I would've made the proportions more exact.

Botanic Garden Sketches

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pencil, oil pastel

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four continuous line drawings and 1 hour drawing

matkinson1 — 2017-02-01 05:19:29 UTC

my other drawings got ruined when I knocked water on them, and the oil pastel got smeared :(

my logo/overall reflection

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reasoning

matkinson1 — 2017-02-01 22:53:56 UTC

personally, Iv'e always really liked simplistic designs. Instead of a signature, I feel like this tiny unique logo could really signify which art piece is mine. This was the first idea that came to mind when I decided to draw my logo.

overall reflection

matkinson1 — 2017-02-06 18:04:33 UTC

This semester was a very challenging one. I had a hard time coming up with ideas, but eventually pushed myself to try new mediums. I feel as if I did a good job with my art and it really reflects the hard work I put in. Hopefully I will push myself as hard or even harder next semester in order to create my best work. The work that I did this semester will help me improve next semester by giving me new skills and allowing me to learn from my mistakes.