Assorted Media
This gallery consists of a variety of school projects from high school and college as well as gifts given to friends and family. The mediums and techniques utilized throughout these projects are the things primarily introduced to me by my Art teachers and developing my own approach in how to apply them.
These are pieces I look back at fondly and appreciate the things I learned from the prompts. This gallery is representative of what I consider some of my most formative years in my relationship with art and how I understand and interact with it.
Pencil & Colored Pencil
I spent time focusing on my shading techniques to try and convey different textures and materials ranging from wood and metal to fabric and reflective surfaces. With the colored pencils the focus skewed more towards saturation and fading over depicting texture and materiality.
Hammer & Nails // Fall 2012 // 8.5 x 11 in. paper, pencil // Prompt: Draw a tool using pencil
3 of Hearts // Fall 2010 // 8 x 10 in. paper, pencil & colored pencil // Prompt: Draw a card out of a standard deck and create a new design
"Chad Pipe" // Fall 2010 // 8.5 x 11 in. paper, pencil // Prompt: Create a character out of pipe cleaners and draw a scene including them out of pencil
Voodoo Doughnut Storefront, Eugene, OR // Jan 2014 // 8.5 x 11 in. black paper, colored pencil // Prompt: Draw/recreate the façade of building and analyze it
Textural Still Life // Spring 2011 // 12 x 18 in. paper, pencil // Prompt: Attempt to capture the textures of the items making up the scene
Negative Space Still Life // Fall 2010 // 12 x 18 in. paper, colored pencil // Prompt: Draw the negative space in the still life and create a colored pattern to fill the space
Charcoal
Charcoal is one of my absolute favorite mediums to work with. The variety in hard and soft charcoal options allows me to mess with the clarity of an image and introduce atmosphere and focus in a way I have yet to reproduce with other mediums.
Charcoal Rose // Fall 2010 // 12 x 18 in. grey construction paper, charcoal pencil
Atmospheric Perspective // Fall 2011 // 12 x 18 in. grey construction paper, charcoal pencil
Self Portrait // Fall 2011 // 8.5 x 11 in. grey construction paper, charcoal pencil
Mixed Media
The pieces in this category were created using at least 2 different mediums to form the final product. Each medium has it’s own properties and characteristics and the use of multiple mediums in the same piece can expand what type of visual effects and textures are possible.
Beatles Compilation // Spring 2011 // 16 x 16 in. particle board, paper collage, acrylic paint, spray paint, stencil
Flower Garden // Fall 2010 // 12 x 12 in. watercolor paper, collage, watercolor pencil, pen
Beatles Inspired // Spring 2011 // 12 x 18 in. illustration board, ink, acrylic paint, pen
"How's my Poker Face?" // Spring 2011 // 12 x 18 in. illustration board, watercolor, charcoal, marker, pen // Prompt: create something inspired by a game that captures a current world issue (I chose poker/shark finning)
"Streetlight & the City" // Spring 2011 // 16 x 16 in. illustration board, colored pencil, acrylic paint, pastel, pen // Prompt: Create an album cover to match a song of your choice (I chose "Mephisto's Cafe" by Streetlight Manifesto)
Scratch Boards
For those unfamiliar with this medium, a scratchboard is a little thicker than card stock and involves scraping off the (typically black) top layer to reveal the under layer (metallic, white, rainbow, etc.).
To create the pieces you see below, I sandwiched a piece of carbon paper between a printed photo and a scratch board, taped them all together along the top and used the back of the scratch stylus to trace the general outlines/position of the various elements before proceeding to scratch off the top layer and adding detail to facial features, fabric and background materials.
Josh Duhamel // Spring 2011 // 8 x 10 in. scratch board, black sharpie (for wood texture)
Eric Dane // Fall 2010 // 8 x 10 in. scratch board
Johnny Cash // Fall 2010 // 8 x 10 in. scratch board
James Dean // Spring 2011 // 8 x 10 in. scratch board