Artists Are Among Us - Show

These photos are of my piece in the art show!  Very exciting, I wish I could be there.  I didn't place but I'm okay with that -- the pieces that DID place are a little different to say the least and I am not altogether sure why they did place, but I would really have to see it up close and personal.  They were creative and unique to be sure, which always plays a big part in any contest.  The "Best in Show" piece was fantastic!  Well thought out, and I'm sure that it was very time consuming.

Anyway, mom and dad went to the show opening and took pictures for me.  I wish I could see it, but I'd rather not miss school.

Final Drawing

This is my final still life for Drawing 1
I really like it, however I wish I had been able to finish stronger. I was so done with school work that I had no motivation to do anything.

Final Project for Drawing 1

Paper Bags and Glass

This is probably my favorite piece of the 4 that got into the show. It's a pencil drawing of 2 paper bags and the glass goblet with 3 cubes in it.
The dilemma with this piece is that the right side (the side I started on) looks good and I'm very pleased with it--although the bottom of the glass is a little off. But the left side was so much trouble! I am not completely sure why I was having trouble with it, but I think it's one of those times when you just can't work anymore!

So I did come back later and finish it, so it's not as bad as it was!
I hope to get a better photo of this soon, unfortunately the fact that it is in the gallery, behind glass, and there are tons of lights everywhere, is why my photo is not as detailed as the true piece.

This piece received an "A"!!! I was so excited :-)

Conte Still Life

Still life using Conte - which is a lot like Charcoal. The still life was a little off (the cone on the left was tilted slightly) and so I drew it how I saw it. Unfortunately that throws the whole composition off and when the viewer does not have the still life right in front of them, then the piece just looks wrong.
Oh well, I guess that's one of the "artistic liberties" that I am supposed to take.

This was actually done before the other light study began but I couldn't get a picture of this one before now.

This piece was given a "B+"

Light Study

Edited: Dec 1
This is a still life that my professor put together so we could study light. We were given a black sheet of paper and a piece of chalk.

I really liked it and I kinda want to do it again :-)



I got a "A-/B+" for this piece
Don't ask me what that means, I have no idea!

Drawing of a Church

Line drawing of Hilltop Chapel - just down the road from Spring Arbor - the tower needs to be fixed. As soon as I do that I will update this post


This was a "B+"

Contour of a Landscape

Landscape for my drawing class

"B+" work

Contour of Dead Rose

This is a contour drawing of my friend's dead rose.

This drawing was put on the "Drawings of the week" board in the hall of the art center! Needless to say I was pretty excited and surprised

I received an "A-" for this piece, an almost unheard of grade for my Drawing class!