i like:

SARAH CRUSE: Sarah is a painter in portland. I fell in love with all of her work. I think its cool how she has contour lines and paint. This is something I want to try more as well. This elephant painting I thought was so cool! the colors she chose are really soft and not too bright against the eyes. The movement in the lines is awesome also. I really enjoy looking at Sarahs work.

LINDA NADEL: 

Linda is a painter in Colorado. She mainly uses watercolor. Her art is so cool to me. I love the colors and the brush strokes. She also recently published a children's book which is illustrated with her artwork. I enjoy her paintings a lot because her color choice is really unique. One thing I thought was really cool about this is the splatter look in the background. It looks clean even though its splattered paint.

Snowy Field Trips

We had another snowy field trip! I had alot of fun at CCC. I didnt really know what we were doing going there so I was really shocked when I got a bag full of art supplies and was told to make something out of it. I thought it was really cool to see what everyone came up with. Everyone was so creative! I ended up making a hot air balloon. Katie, Megan, and I enjoyed sitting around in His Bakery during our lunch break. It was very cute and they had great baked goods. We sampled a chocolate muffin that actually tasted like cake. I hope we get to go on one more field trip before the school year is over. :(

February Critique

My concentration is incorporating photography into simple line drawings. My first piece is a drawing of a larakeet with a photographed background. I decided to draw the bird because it seemed like a challenge to show color and shading of the birds feathers. I like how the actual bird turned out, but it frustrates me that the bird is smack in the middle and that the color on the bird didn't turn out how I planned. My other piece is of pansies. I have been missing paint, so I did some paint and college paper in the background. I also incorporated the pictures in a different way then I usually do. I like that I tried getting more creative and making my concentration interesting, but what frustrates me is how you can barely see the pansies. Overall, I want to continue getting more creative with my pieces because they are starting to get boring.

Scholastic Art Awards

I painted this my junior year. Its my dad and brother. This year and the awards it won a gold key.

















This is one of my concentration pieces for this year. Its my friends Keely and Steph. It won a silver key.





















not want to enter this but Mrs. McBride told me to enter it anyway. It ended up winning a silver key. This was also done junior year.

I did this junior year for the social issue project. Its about smoking and how it affects your lungs. I won a gold key and a mixed media award.

Overall I was really lucky at the awards this year. It was a really cool thing!

last minute pieces

This piece was last minute and it shows. I was not happy with how this turned out. On the side that I drew my grandparents I messed up on their teeth. I need to learn how to make the lines between teeth not so filled in. Another challenge while making this was that I only had one copy of the photo, so if I messed up cutting it then it would be ruined.

This piece took me more time. I wanted to challenge myself by using different color ink and editing my photos. I was trying to make this one more interesting so I chose to connect the pictures in a somewhat unique way. I have used this picture so much. This is for sure the last time I use it. Im sick of it!

3 down, 10 to go

My first three are done! For the most I am happy how they turned out. The one that I think I can still work on is the one when my friend is in the train. One thing that I have been thinking about though is how boring my concentration is going to be if I continue making them all in black ink. So...my ideas have changed a little bit and I can't wait to get started.

my 4th concentration idea

I want to use this picture for my next piece. Since this picture is so simple, I was thinking about drawing it multiple times in different color ink and then connecting all of the drawings together somehow. I also wanted to try to connect the actual picture with my drawings. Maybe try editing the picture so its not exactly the same everytime. Im not sure though, if you have any ideas please tell me. This idea kind of came from the project art 3-4 did this year where they connected like 12 small pictures together. I thought it looked so cool and I wanted to try it!