Water Color Still Lifes

So over spring term I took a watercolor class, and these are some of the first things I did. I haven't done any water colors since my junior year in high school...and that was only one painting. So I'm pretty inexperienced. I think in these four still life paintings it's pretty obvious that was trying to make the medium something that it wasn't. In my more recent paintings I feel like I've succeeded in using the medium for it's watery strengths. I'll post those soon.

Until then...

Still life with Jar

11X7in

Watercolor

Still Life with Vase and Candle

11X7

Watercolor

In-class Still Life in Black and White

11X7

Watercolor

In-class Still Life in Neutral Colors

11X7

Watercolors

Few words could open me...

...you knew them all

Going Home

Intaglio Print

11X9 in

Winter '09 (and '10)

Intaglio Print

(bigger than the last one, I can't remember the exact dimensions, and I don't feel like measuring.)

These were done for my intaglio class. Both were very much influenced by Radical Face songs, and the horrible time I was having at school.

Final for Ceramics

This is about a foot tall...it was supposed to be 20 inches but I wasn't paying that much attention...oooops.

Oh and it's supposed to be an 'abstracted' strawberry.

Fired twice. Glazes used: Chun green, moss green, red iron oxide. Fired at cone 6.

Organics

Ceramic strawberry. Fired at a cone 6. Glazes used: Red iron oxide, chun green.

Fired twice.

Ceramic Pod thing

Fired at cone 6. This glaze I sprayed on as opposed to brushing it on, which I prefer. Glaze was called Bark Brown...I think.

Fired twice.

Bronze

This is my bronze sculpture. He weighs about 4lbs. We made wax figures and then used them to make molds for pouring molten bronze into. The process was definitely an experience.

The first of many 3D adventures...

This piece went through a raku firing process.

It's a little weird. The color isn't quite what I was hoping for.

So apparently this is a little hard to understand. Failure on my part...I apologize.

But basically it's about building something together...you know, in the spirit of belated v-day and all. So hopefully that helps. :)

And for some reason scanning this made the red look washed out. It's a little brighter than in this image.

But most of all, most of all

...it's built to last.

So I realize it's kind of lame that I put all this energy into these drawings that won't go anywhere, but what can I say? I enjoy making them, and it's the closest I'll ever get to sketch booking.

Anyway, I was actually working on this for valentines day, but I got caught up in other things, so I didn't get any ink on it till now. So, happy belated v-day!

The Sun and the Moon...Finished?

- "wasted time. I cannot say that I was ready for this..."

Here it is:

The Sun and the Moon

24X24

Mixed Media on Panel

This is what I turned in. It is kind of a weak painting as of now. I'm trying to figure out what I want to do with it still. Maybe I'll never finish it.

BUT! One super exciting thing about this painting that I forgot to mention before is that I made the panel myself. And when I say I made it, I mean I built the cradle...that you can't see in this photo. haha.

Color Matching

This is the monster structure... we drew it out, painted it...did our best to match the colors EXACTLY as they were seen. and then we had to make it, a not sucky painting. I like it okay. The pink and white thing in the front bothers me...I should go back and fix that.

30X30

Oil on Canvas