abstract compositions

so this guy, Goncalo Ivo, makes the greatest watercolors. he seriously inspired me, and these are the paintings that i made after doing a little artistic research on him.

Purple and Blue Composition

11X14in

Watercolor

Green and Orange Composition

11X7in

Watercolor

Purple and Yellow Composition

11X7in

Watercolor

This last one is my personal favorite. I think it has a pretty strong composition and there are some really nice colors in there as well...

Green Composition

11X7in

Watercolor

Intuitive Paintings

More watercolors.

Just A Game - I

7X5.5in

Watercolor

Just A Game - II

7X5.5in

Watercolor

You Don't Speak for Me

11X7in

watercolor & ink

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!