ap art final

This was my favorite piece I created all year, because I feel like it really represents my style. I have always been interested in the graphic aspect of art, but this year I also learned to create more layering and depth in my work.

My advice that I would give to future AP 2-D students is to not procrastinate, because most of the time you have to create two or three pieces of art in a month, which is not really that long and it goes by fast. You don't want to be stuck two days before the critique deadline with one or no pieces completed!

For myself, I learned that I do get stuck in one style, but if I push myself I can challenge myself to create art with new mediums or art that is out of my comfort zone, or art that is not so "safe." I also learned that I can work really well with deadlines even if sometimes it feels rushed.

concentration: http://lhs.loswego.k12.or.us/z-mcbrides/AP/2010/Monica/conc%20web/index.htm

breadth: http://lhs.loswego.k12.or.us/z-mcbrides/AP/2010/Monica/index.htm

quality: http://lhs.loswego.k12.or.us/z-mcbrides/AP/2010/Monica/quality%20web/index.htm

I have a few favorite activities this year and the first was bookmaking. I thought this was a very useful skill because bookmaking is not really a form of 2-d art, but it is important to experiment with different areas of art, and it was also a really fun project. I also liked the Jesse Reno workshop because it taught me to not be so tight and graphic with my art, and be more creative and broad. I think every activity taught me something this year.

In 10 years i will hopefully be working for a graphic design company, or possibly starting my own company!

final pieces

i am finally going to put my little wooden person to good use and use it for one of my pieces. i plan on using graphite and drawing it at an unexpected angle, and use that piece as "perspective." i also am using one of my life drawings for a piece, although i am not sure which principle/element of art it will fit under. im thinking either unity or harmony, because i purposely used a common color theme throughout the piece. and then lastly i am doing another piece with the cute little bathroom-ish icon people for either dominance or emphasis. :)

more photorealistic drawings

i loved the photorealistic drawings ms mcbride put up on her blog so i decided to explore the internet for more. this is what i found:

cath riley

linda huber

w.j. gibson

march concentration :)

marchhh.

pieces for this month: texture & pattern/repetition

this image i want to use for my texture piece. ive already started the background, but i know i want to go more in-depth with it after i add in the people, which will be the main textured part of the piece.

i also want to do something with pattern or repetition, also using silhouettes of people. the only thing i am worried about is that this image will come out too flat and too alike my old style, with no depth.

idea

from my critique i got alot of insight into what i need to do to improve my works and stray away from my safe style. i was looking at artists over the weekend and i came across a guy named jeff schaller. his paintings incorporate alot of texture, which i like, and his brush strokes are more loose and spontaneous. i definitely want to do a piece that incorporates these elements of his style.

concentration #3

i dont have pictures yet :/

overall, im pretty happy with my concentration. the last two pieces i did were value and contrast.im really happy with my value piece (the graphite drawing of one of my friends), but i definitely think i need to add more to my contrast piece (the piece with the black and white background and the blue and yellow silhouettes of the children.) i'm thinking of adding on more layers to that piece to give it more depth.

7 pieces down, 5 to go.

critique

my concentration is portraying the human figure through the use of the elements and principles of art (each piece represents a different element/principle)

i chose this concentration because i thought it would be a good challenge for me, and it would push me to think of new concepts and use different mediums

1.movement. for this piece i drew the figure using graphite, colored pencil, and black paper. instead of simply using the same medium for the background, i cut the figure out and pasted it onto a wash with watercolor. these two pieces are similar in the sense that i used a variety of mediums and layering of the paper. it kept me interested because it was a new take on my style.
2.shape. its hard to tell from the photograph, but the piece on the right i made from different colors and shapes of cut-out paper. while i was cutting out the black pieces, i decided i really liked how the black paper looked with the shapes cut out and the negative space it created, so i decided to incorporate that into my finished piece. this piece was challenging for me because i'm used to painting and drawing, but this time i had to create a somewhat abstract representation of a person using paper. because of this, i had to use different colors and layers of paper to create depth.

encaustic

i dont like encaustic. its really frustrating. i guess part of the problem is i didnt really know what i was going for in the beginning, i kinda just started to create and i thought i was going to see what happened as i went along. i think im going to save my encaustic piece for next month because im stuck on it.

february.

my concentration is portraying the human figure through the use of the principles and elements of art and design.

so far i've done five pieces:

the one where the guys look naked: form

the contour drawing: line

the colorful one of the girl jumping: color

the one with the cutout pieces of paper: shape

the skateboarding guy: movement

piece #1

for my contrast piece i want to do something with stop-motion photography. i want to do either someone jumping, like in this picture, or a ballerina.i made a background on canvas with black and white vertical stripes, and i was thinking of drawing out the figure and making it the contrasting color to the area it is in, but i'm not sure if i want to change the background.

piece #2

for my value piece, i want to do a really detailed graphite drawing and then experiment with textures and colors in the background.

i haven't really been into doing art lately.i guess i just haven't found a piece im really excited about doing, so hopefully i can get back into it by this month.

breadthhhh

http://lhs.loswego.k12.or.us/z-mcbrides/AP/2010/Monica/index.htm

breadth section (:
for my february pieces i defintiely want to incorporate an encaustic piece into my concentration.i havent worked with encaustic very much, but this year ive been experimenting with different styles so i thought it would be a good idea to try it out (: we only have four and a half more months of school, thats kinda scary.and we only have three more months to finish our concentration!! this year has gone by way too fast

portfolio day

i didnt really have any specific school i wanted to be critiqued by, because im not going to art school and ive already applied everywhere. i mainly used the experience as an opportunity to get critiqued on how to develop my portfolio more.
what i need to do:
-more observational drawings
-more figurative works, life drawings etc. i suck at life drawings...
-my concentration last year was alot of color-blocking, flattened-out portraits, and the lady from maine told me that i should combine that style with a contour line drawing, or mixed media, to get more layers and depth into my work.
-more variety
-i also need to work on my sketchbook more
yeaa thats pretty much it

winter breakkkk

for my pieces over winter break i wanted to challenge myself and use different medias then i normally use. i cant find my cord to my camera though ): so i cant upload pictures at the moment. but all of my pieces were really frustrating to begin with, so i just decided to see where they took me. i dont really know if i like them very much, but well see. i think i have enough pieces for my breadth section already though, so that makes me happy :D