Tel Aviv Hearts Bauhaus

Our latest assignment in Concepts was an 11"x17" travel poster.  The one on the left is what I turned in this morning, but after my critique I adjusted the background to create the one on the right.  Not sure which one I like better...

Little Lion Man

Another quick update - I was having fun coloring old sketches in photoshop again.  This sketch was for an etching that I did last semester.  The etching didn't turn out so well, but I still like the image.

(note: blogspot killed the color on this)

Printmaking - Mostly

As always, I'm spending a lot of my time printmaking.  We're starting new projects in both of my printmaking classes, but here are the final products from the last assignment in both intaglio and litho...

(it's hard to tell, but there's a faint yellow overtone here.  I wiped the plate with the teal color and then relief rolled the yellow.)

(my first ever lithograph!)

This is just a sketch I made in preparation for my next intaglio project (which means you'll see this image again as a print), but I was having fun in the computer lab, so I colored it.  No reason.  Just funsies.

I've been looking at other peoples' art and illustrations more often lately and it's helping to keep me inspired on a more regular basis.  I just want to draw things all the time.  And that's a nice feeling.  On that note, spring break is a mere four days away and I'm super excited!  Can't wait to get home to good ol' Florida.  Warm weather, here I come!

Old Ladies and Cats Eye Nebulas

It's printmakin' time, so here are the first examples of what I've been doing in my intaglio class this semester.  (I would have included my first lithograph, but I forgot to bring it home to document - I will, though!)  Both prints are from a 6"x8" copper plate etched in ferric chloride.

Stage One:

First time using an aquatint:

Intro to Print Media

I finally documented some of my prints from last semester and though I might share them with you.  This is just a small collection of some of the ones I liked.  When I get the chance to document more of them, I'll post those too.

 dry point on PVC plate

 monoprint

 dry point on zinc

 monoprint

monoprint

This semester I'm taking two printmaking classes: lithography and intaglio.  I'm really excited for both and when we finish up our first projects, I'll be sure to post both of those.

Finals

It's getting to the end of all my major projects for the semester and I have some final products to share!

First off -- T-SHIRTS ARE DONE!!!  And ready to be sold at Art Market!  So, please stop by and check them out for yourself!

 

Next up is a holiday/promotional postcard that I made for Concepts.  I had a lot of fun with this (if you couldn't tell) and I'm actually having some professionally printed.  Hopefully those will turn out well - let me know if you want one!

And my final update for the day is a project that I've been working on with another student (Brittany Roger) for out Biodiversity class.  We made a three-dimensional energy pyramid for the kid's room at the Patapsco State Park Visitor Center.  The pyramid illustrates the four main trophic levels (producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers).  Brittany and I each illustrated five different species, and, yes, all six sides are covered for each cube.

 These are my final sketches for the five species that I illustrated (Indian Grass, Blue-eyed Grass, Foxtail, Deer-tongue Grass, and a Barred Owl).  Each species has three views.

 

So, those are my most recent finished pieces.  Now to complete the rest of my finals...  Winter break could not come any sooner!

Murals!

Here's another piece for Concepts that I just finished.  Our assignment was to design a mural for a building of our choice.  I chose the H. Furlong Baldwin Library which is part of the Maryland Historical Society and located in Mt. Vernon.

The proposed mural:

 What it might look like on the building:

 

Side note: I have begun t-shirt production on my faux-losophy shirts!!  But!... I overestimated my skills at screen printing and ended up ruining four shirts because I tried to screen print in my apartment in a makeshift kind of way.  So, from now on I'm going to not be lazy and actually make my way down to the Dolphin Bulilding so I can use the screen printing classroom in there.  Hopefully, I'll have better luck that way and not waste so many t-shirts.

Anyway, Thanksgiving is almost upon us and I can't wait to go home!!  I'm very ready to spend a little time away from Baltimore and the stress of college life.  Florida and delicious holiday food, here I come...!