Digital Photography

This Semester I am also taking a Digital Photography class. We are using a Nikon DSLR40. In this class we are learning how the camera works along with different Photoshop techniques for editing an image.

First Critique:

Second Critique -Abstract Images-

Drawing II

Junior Year at the College of St. Scholastica! The semester is going great so far, and I love all of my classes.
This blog post is dedicated toward my Drawing II class and all of the work I have done. The class is more focused on understanding concepts and techniques versus completing finished products. So here it is! (Sorry some of the images are upside-down... the blog website wont let me rotate them...):

Art By Other Artists

I wanted to create a post with different websites, pictures, and videos that show different forms of art that I find interesting and inspiring. I will continue to add more to this post over time.

#1 http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/rashad-alakbarov-paints-with-shadows-and-lights/
Rashad Alakbarov. An artist who creates his images with shadows.

#2 http://talentsearch.ted.com/video/Phil-Hansen-The-art-of-the-impe/player?layout=&read_more=1

^ Watch this TED talk about an artist named Phil Hansen. I love his work, and this video is very inspiring.

#3 I don't know who designed this image, but I like the concept behind it.



Baily

For Painting II, I also was able to do a free painting as my final in the class. Baily, Micky's sister, had asked me to do a series of paintings for her newly re-modeled room. The Theme is Paris, so this is what I did for her. I just gave them to her yesterday for her birthday (:

Painting II

I just completed my sophomore year of college! For my spring semester, I took painting II, here is what I was able to complete this semester:

"Micky"
Acrylic on Canvas

Back Story: I love my boyfriend, and he plays a lot of video games (: so, I always joke with him that when he is playing he is a Zombie. So, here is Micky normal, and when he is playing games... or what he might look like when the Apocalypse happens. And yes, I will feed him to the other zombies to save myself, just kidding, I couldn't live with out him in my life. <3

"Dreaming of Venice"
Acrylic on Canvas

Still Life of Popcorn
Acrylic on Canvas Paper

 

 

 

 

My First Portrait

As I start thinking about what I would like to do for my Cap-Stone project in two years, I decided I wanted to start learning how to paint people. So, this is my first. I have been working on it for about a month. It started off as one painting, but this week I decided I didn't care for an element of it, and changed it; and this is my final product. I am pretty happy with it. MY FIRST PORTRAIT:

"She's Only Human"
Acrylic Paint on Canvas