Fall 2014 - 2D Design - Piece 5

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Moving on from Piece 4, we went even bigger- sadly.  This piece is twice as big as the last assignment, so it ended up taking twice as long.  At this point I was completely sick of black and white, sharpies, rubber cement, and the class in general.  Thankfully though, this was the conclusion to our black and white concentrations, as we were about to move on to the painting part of the course!

Materials: two 18" x 24" sheet of all-purpose white paper, various collage elements (aka I printed out pictures of trees and whatnot in black and white and then cut them up,) black and white construction paper, a 15" ruler, rubber cement, several black sharpies, and a black Prismicolor pencil.


Fall 2014 - 2D Design - Piece 4

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Looking through all of the assignments I was given, this was definitely one of the more... intensive ones (to say the least.)  This was completed last year around the time of Thanksgiving (YES!  I am that far behind on posting!!)  
I remember this one pretty well because it was assigned to us during Fall break.  My Fall break was spent with my loving family... cooped up in a hotel room.  This project caused me to sacrifice my Fall break; I get to see my family for the first time in months... and what do I do?  I spent those few hours slaving over a design project.  
They did manage to pull me out of my hysterics for a few hours by taking me to see The Boxtrolls (which was perfect by the way- I am a die hard Tim Burton fan.)  
If I were to take a guess... I'd say this project took 18+ hours to complete.  

Materials: one 18" x 24" sheet of all-purpose white paper, black and white construction paper, a 15" ruler, rubber cement, several black sharpies, and a black Prismicolor pencil.


(I don't know if you can tell by the picture, but there is a layer of paper collage.)

Fall 2014 - 2D Design - Piece(s) 3

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This assignment required us to collage 7 different black and white shapes; the shapes could be circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares of different sizes.  The goal of the assignment was to create three different dynamic compositions under the constraints we were given.

Materials: 8.5" x 11" sheets of black/white construction paper and rubber cement.



Fall 2014 - 2D Design - Piece 2

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I know I'm bad at posting... still trying to get better at this whole blogging thing!

 Assignment:

 Well... I lost the paper that described the assignments so...

 Materials: Two 18" x 24" sheets of all-purpose white paper, and an assortment of different sized black Sharpies. 

Fall 2014 - 2D Design - Piece 1

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I think that from here on out I'm going to try to post a piece of my work every day!  
Look at it as a sort of "art dump."  I will be posting all of the work that I have completed; most of it being work that was completed throughout the fall semester.  I was too lazy to do this before, but now I'm going to try to stick to a schedule!

I hope you guys enjoy the plethora of boring assignments that I had to complete for my foundations classes!

Assignment:

Just Line
Objective: To study the potential of line to create form by making a non-objective composition constructed entirely of line.  Lines should contain the full range of values, as well as dynamic balance of figure/ground (ambiguity) and positive/negative shapes on the picture plane.

Materials: One 18" x 24" sheet of all-purpose white paper, several black prismacolor pencils, and one 15" metal ruler.


My Last Painting of High School

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Okay!  So I know what you're probably thinking... high school??  Wasn't that a while ago?!
Well, yes.. and as you guys can probably tell, I suck at this whole blogging thing..
I am going to try to keep posting though (even if months pass in between each post.)
Hopefully one day I'll just become inspired to uphold a blog, but until then, sparse posting now and then will have to do!
So!  Without further adieu, here is the last painting that I had complete for my AP Studio class.
I haven't touched oil paints since.. as much as it pains me to admit.  I really miss the medium and hope that some day I'll have time for them. 
This last piece really shows how much progress I made throughout my senior year.. I never like my work, so of course I have nothing really to say about it.. but here it is.


Sadly, I don't have the painting in front of me at the moment, but I think the canvas is 20" x 24".
Oil paint on stretched canvas.

Senior Concentration: 12/12 - THE LAST PIECE!

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THE LAST PIECE IN MY CONCENTRATION
LIKE WHAT IS THIS

The time spent creating this body of work went by way too quickly!
Look for a future post about the concentration as a whole!
I really want to reflect on how this process changed me as an artist, but I'm seriously pressed for time right now!

Acrylic and Oil paint on stretched canvas.
I think that this is a little bigger than 16"x20"?

Senior Concentration: 11/12

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Looking back, these paintings make me really emotional... like gosh.
Not that they're that good, I just miss all of the time I spent painting.
I miss the people I sat with, my teacher, my high school.. just everything..
I'm only a freshman in college, so who knows how I'm going to react when I'm older!


Acrylic and oil paint on stretched canvas.
11"x14"

Senior Concentration: 10/12

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These final pieces have become some of my favorites.. 
From start to finish, I definitely can admit that I improved.
Sadly, I haven't been able to paint for a few months now.. and I have no idea when I'll be able to get back to doing what I love.

Acrylic and oil paint on stretched canvas.
11"x14" 

Senior Concentration: 9/12

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Definitely one of my favorite pieces (oh my gosh, I sort of like something that I made??).
Still sort of bothered by some aspects, but I think that if I tried to fix parts, I would end up making this piece worse!

Acrylic and oil paint on stretched canvas.
11"x14"

Senior Concentration: 8/12

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Yet another piece that I'm not a fan of.. 
I think during this process I hit a rough couple of weeks where my inspiration was low and I wasn't too motivated to work.
I may work back into this one eventually, but for now it will be left alone.


Acrylic and oil paint on stretched canvas.
11"x14"

Senior Concentration: 7/12

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AHHHHH!!!!
I'm sorry for my absence; college has consumed every second of my life, and I haven't had any time to update my blog!
I'm going to try to get back to updating every now and then!
While I sort out my life, here is piece seven from my senior concentration!
This may be one of my least favorite.. it's quite sad...

Acrylic and oil paint on stretched canvas.
11"x14"

Senior Concentration: 5/12

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So, I was doing good with posting every day... for about 4 days... then failed!  
I don't know if it's lack of motivation, fear of saying the wrong thing, or whatever, but I have to get back to keeping up with this lifeless blog!
This is the first piece I actually had kind of liked (big accomplishment mentally) but then again... I felt I could do a lot better.  Piece 5.
Acrylic and oil paint on stretched canvas.
11"x14"

Senior Concentration: 4/12

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So at this point I was a third way through my senior concentration.  I was continuing to develop my theme/ideas, and was progressing rather well.  Looking back on this piece, I'm extremely unhappy.  I see so many anatomically wrong features, but I'm just really not feeling like they're worth fixing.  So this is piece four.
Acrylic and Oil paint on stretched canvas.
16" x 20"

Senior Concentration: 3/12

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This is the third piece of my concentration.  At this point I had developed a method for my paintings.  I would start with the pattern by using acrylic paints.  After the acrylic pattern dried, I would move on to doing the portrait in oil paints.  My portraiture was getting a weeee bit better, but yeah, I was just in the beginnings of my journey.
Acrylic and Oil paint on stretched canvas.
20" x 16".

Concentration Piece: 1/12

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The first piece of my concentration.. wasn't in love with it back in.. September?  
I honestly can say that my hate for it has grown.
Pretty sure that this piece is 12" x 32".
Oil paint on canvas boards.
Womp.
Womp.
Ashamed of it.. but hey, it was my second or third time using oil paints.
Tomorrow I'll post piece 2/12.. it is considerably worse :')

Art Stuff!

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Since I kind of had a period of disappearance, I thought that I would give everyone a little update!
So!  It's been a rough year.. but I'm still hanging in there.  Advanced Placement art class has been... advanced?  I guess you could say?  Hah.

A little about Advanced Placement Studio;

It sucks
It's stressful
One piece due every two weeks
It's stressful
You pick a topic, and then create twelve cohesive pieces about that topic
It's stressful
And it's due May... 9th?  I think?

I'm no where near done (:

Now I made these little preview shots a few weeks ago, (so I am a good bit further than this), but here's what this year looks like!





Later I'll probably make another post, to show what one of my (almost finished pieces look like).

Love you guys!  
(I know my blog is small at the moment, but I appreciate every single one of my readers!)

~Rachel

Art Concentration!

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Hey guys!  I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend! (Sadly we are looming on the dreaded Sunday)
Well, I was wondering if you could all help me with a little project for my art class.  In my class, I am required to create a series of thumbnails that will soon become my concentration.  I know this all probably sounds boring to you, but no worries, your job is very simple!

All I need you guys to do, is to answer one simple little question.  

What makes you feel limited?

Now what does this mean?

Well it could be anything!  You can interpret this question however you want, and your answer could be as simple as one word, or you can go in depth and explain it!

Stuck?
Well, some examples I came up with could be: Race, Gender, Age, etc.   If any of those were your answer, I would love if you could explain why that makes you feel limited!

Thank you guys!!  It would mean a lot to me if you could all just spend a second to answer!
There are NO wrong answers!!
(  and hey, if I like your idea, it may become a painting ;)  )

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