Summer Work

My summer projects consist of a perpective of an alley in downtown Nashville, the interior of my mouth, teacups in a china cabinet, a photo of me with flowers around me and a landscape of the beach.

This is my perspective down an alley in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. I enjoyed doing this project because I got to do a basic medium like perspective but got to add my own touch with the water color and other aspects. I added more to this than what was in the original photo because it seemed too plain. I added windows and doors and I painted it as if it was night time.

For both of the above projects (interior of mouth and teacup) I printed off photos that I took in black and white and then painted over them. For the painting of the inside of my mouth, I used water color. This picture was fun to create except the teeth were really hard to get shaped the way I wanted them and to get the gums in the right values. The teacup with the saucer and plates underneath was probably the project that took the longest this summer. If you notice, each plate is lined with a mustard yellow color on the edges and has its own values in it as well as on top of the plates that are visible. I used acrylic paint for this piece mainly beacuse I wanted to change things that were dark already and I needed paint to be able to go over black and show up clearly. 

This is by far my favorite piece I did this summer. Originally it was a picture taken of me in Wintergreen, Virginia by one of my close friends. I loved everything excpet the way the flowers looked so I figured, "why not make it exactly the way I want it?" I printed it off in black and white just like the others but this time, I only changed one aspect. I liked the way I could make the flowers I wanted to pop brighter and the ones in the back fade out. I had a lot of fun with this project and I really want to continue with this method.



For my mixed media project I did this landscape of the beach with pen and ink, water color, and acrylic. I printed the picture in black and white like the ones above but I did add an effect on the computer to change the brightness and contrast so i could make the highlights and shadows how I wanted. I used acrylic for the sand and water and water color for the sky. On the original picture I took, there was no fishing poles but it seemed too bare so I added them in.

I've explored alot of my own ideas this summer and the way I like to work. I feel like I have grown a lot as an artist and I've found what I excell in and enjoy the most. The reason I believe I like altering my own pictures is so I can portray what I see and my perspective on certain objects and pictures. I can't wait to see what this year has to offer!