Final Project

For the final project I really wanted to try to explore time, change, and motion in a variety of ways. I decided on an image of a young woman. But this isn't any portrait of a woman. I also dipped makeup sponges in paint and shot them at the canvas with a sling shot. I wanted to address how over the years younger and younger girls are wearing makeup to change their image (colored paint). I really feel that this need is fueled by the media (they are the sling shot). I also wanted to experience art for the sake of more of how it was created rather than the final product. I felt really driven by abstract expressionists. One artist in particular I really looked at was Jackson Pollock. His art work, although somewhat planned, gives off the idea of spontaneity. His process also is done almost subconciously, dripping the paint across the canvas. I wanted to mimick that by creating a stiuation where I had little control of where the paint would land, being that I'm a horrible shot, it seemed to work well.


The studio prior to the paint.

The supplies.

The face before the bombardment.

During.

And After.

Project #4 Modules and Patterns

Project #4 list


This was one of my original designs for this project. I love him, but I felt that the project didn't have enough meaning for me, so I decided to do a portrait of Albert Einstein.



This is my block.

This is a view of my module. This one came out pretty well, while others didn't do so well. I really struggled with printing everything by hand, but I kept trying.

This is my final piece.

Grid Exercise

I used a figure that represents old fashioned transportation and filled it with images of modern forms of transportion.

Project #3 Figure to ground

For project #3 I decided to use a picture of my Uncle's wedding. I feel that this a picture of an iconic pose. I think that this pose protrays the classic idea of love and aslo that time and place in life of love and marrige.


This was my paper copy. I really didn't like it at first because I felt like the image was hard to see, but I then realized that it would be ok because the color values would be reversed and it would look more balanced and be more recognizable.



This is the final outcome. I have two copies of the shirt.

Exercises from Notebook