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Figure Drawing 2 - Curated Portfolio

Skeleton Studies done in class

Skeletal study at home

Gesture Drawings from the second week of class

Contour Drawings of the model 5-10 mins

Self portrait/ 3 views:

I have not done the self portrait due to my evening class midterm and exams and the start of new classes around that time as well with graduation preparation approaching. I did not have the time to do and immediately started the midterm for this class, so I don't fall behind.

Midterm

Museum Sketches

Inked Gesture drawing on Bristol paper

3 figs perspective drawing

Final 2 paintings

Artist Statements

Midterm: The way I approach this assignment was putting my bathroom mirror in my room and place it where I could get the best lighting while sketching out my face and hair. The is no message behind my work; I just drew my face and hands. The pose I chose reflects how I don't like how loud everything or how someone talking to me while I have my headphones on. The clothes, I'm not a stylish person more of someone who rather avoid unwanted attention, so I chose bland clothes. These represents how I antisocial I am and would rather stay that way. I focused too much on the face and hair, but I would say 96 hours. Yes, I feel like I did succeed at this task, but I wish to complete this work soon, so I don't have to look at it again.

Final: Starting the final paintings was an interesting experience for me. It had me thinking, what can I draw that will tell a narrative story through the painting and I sketched out a few ideas to see which I liked the most while Beethoven and Vienna Mozart played in the background (They mostly played for the second painting, I am working on).

Curated Porfilio: This class was an interesting class to be in with the unexpected model coming in and stripping, I knew I was in for a wild ride. Never got used to it and I wanted to leave badly each time I came in. But it helped me learn a lot more about how there's different types of body from the ones I usually draw on a daily basis. This class helped me grow in drawing figures and myself (I still don't like looking at myself in mirrors). It helped me even understand the emotions the position the bodies are in, instead of just standing straight up. The bodies tell a story by how it stands, and I drew the model dramatic each time.

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Artist statement: The way I approach this assignment was putting my bathroom mirror in my room and place it where I could get the best lighting while sketching out my face and hair. The is no message behind my work; I just drew my face and hands.The pose I chose reflects how I don't like how loud everything or how someone talking to me while I have my headphones on. The clothes, I'm not a stylish person more of someone who rather avoid unwanted attention so I chose bland clothes. These represents how I antisocial I am and would rather stay that way. I focused too much on the face and hair but I would say 96 hours. Yes, I feel like I did succeed at this task, but I wish to complete this work soon so I don't have to look at it again.

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02/26 Model drawing

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02/24 model and gesture drawing

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02/19 gestures and model drawing

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02/12 model drawing

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Foot skeleton study

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Skeletal Hand study

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02/03- Skeletal figure drawing

02/05 FD

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(FD2) - Asynchronous Weds 1/29/25

Reflection

After learning about how De Kooning would add more to his abstract paintings to make it look more interesting. Like his famous one, "Woman III." Lucian Freud was the same way, but he was more imperfect when it came to painting the body at a close glance. Alice Neel's painting is ordinary yet very telling when she would paint something people wouldn't usually see. Her art excites me because you can see stories told by the artist or the person the artist painted. I don't have a particular favorite, but Alice Neel's painting is simple to me because I can stare at it and never get tired of it.

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Curated portfolio

1) sketchbook abstract Franz Klein 

2)composition A

3)Composition D

4)Chaos A

5)Order B

6)Vibrating edges

7)Midterm

8)Final Assignment

The art pieces I chose are to show the completion of this semester. How my choices reflect my growth from the beginning of the semester towards the end helped me progress in improving my ability to comprehend what was asked of me. It expressed my creativity by pushing past my limits and exploring things outside of my comfort zone, like colors. I still need to work on drawing straight lines with a ruler. My work expresses how long it would take me to process an idea that would work with other colors and the design of the art.

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Museum assignment

I have not done it because there was no time after redoing the midterm from scratch and starting the final assignment.

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Final Assignment

The album: Ordinary monsters

Album: One-x by the three-day grace.

Choosing the book Ordinary Monsters gave me a lot of ideas when I was reading it. The thrillers, the actions, and the fear for a character I like when they were in danger were terrific; it also shows how the monsters are hidden as ordinary people while hunting down the children. The Album One-x, I listened to it from time to time while creating stories and artworks; this Album is dark and emotional (I am not saying I'm depressed; I listened to this band as a kid) sometimes, but it helped me to understand some of the lyrics they sang like the song "Get Out Alive." It is saying not to trust people with your life because it will be stolen and because I like the beats they make. The way I approached this project was by listening to music (the band) to get in the habit of sketching out an idea, picking the one I liked more, and continuing with that idea. It took 4 sleepless nights to paint the book cover with a scared little girl with a crow flying in front of her left eye and the Album of a glass ball hitting the ground and cracking as it collides with the ground and blood splatters in the background. I decided to go with the same color as the Album because the music was giving the same vibes.

In the end, I am pleased with how both pieces came out; I am exhausted due to the difficulty of getting the skin tone I wanted for the girl, and it was the first time I had painted a full crow.

JUNE 9, 2024.

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Final assignment

Album: One-X by three days graces

Book: Ordinary Monster by J.M. Miro.

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Midterm resubmitted.

June 3, 2024

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Midterm Project Color Swatches in Sketchbook

Update: I changed the last three to yellow, blueish green, and orange

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