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This is my final assignment for my Fundamentals of Design class. I just turned it in this morning and the critique was amazing. I knew going into this piece that it would turn out great because I love to paint using opaque watercolors and I love to paint nature (hummingbirds especially). In fact my teacher liked it so much that he said that he was definitely going to document it and that it might be used in a display at he school. So if you're ever in Costa Mesa, come down to the Art Institute of CA - Orange County and check it out in person. It looks even better in person than in my photo, so I highly recommend seeing it if you're ever in the neighborhood.
This was one of the last assignments I was given for my Fundamentals of Design class. The assignment was to create a poster using the word "FORM" that conveyed the meaning effectively. From a distance you only notice the woman, but if you look up really close you'll notice that the woman is made up completely of the word "FORM." I repeated the word over and over in various shades of gray to create the plain changes, shadows, etc. In other words, the word "FORM" actually forms the woman, for without the repetitiveness of the word, she wouldn't exist.
This was the first assignment that I was given for my Fundamentals of Design class. We were supposed to, using an organic shape, create a design that was visually pleasing and contained at least three variations of line. I was the only one in the class that used an image within an image (overlay). The end result was really great and I am thoroughly pleased with the outcome.
I had an incredible amount of fun making this piece. I created it as an assignment for a Saturday art class that I took at USC. The assignment was to draw a self portrait (using these mediums) as someone from history. Since there are many different types of history: world history, movie history, etc., I decided to draw myself as a famous music artist. There is no name or image more recognizable, in my opinion, in rock history than Gene Simmons from KISS; one of the greatest rock bands of all time. I played my KISS CDs and rocked out as I drew myself as the infamous Gene Simmons in his Kabuki make-up and outrageous outfit. I don't think I have ever had so much fun on a piece before or since "Ultimate KISS Fan."
I painted "Busy Bumble Bees" over a four day period. I painted for a number of hours each day and painted one bee per day. Finally on the fourth day after I had painted the three bees, I painted the sunflower and background. It took me less time to paint the background than it did to paint any one of the bees,but the hours spent were worth it. With this painting I won the district art show watercolor category and won first place in the 2008 Congressional Art Contest. In winning the Congressional Art Contest I was also awarded a $10,000 scholarship to The Art Institute of California - Orange County (my current school) and my painting hung in the Halls of Congress for a whole year.
I was commissioned by a friend of my grandmother to paint an American buffalo, given that she and her husband own a buffalo ranch. There they breed buffalo for meat mainly, but people can buy a buffalo and pay for it to be taken care of as well. Anyway, I was given a photograph and asked to paint it in my style of realism. I put my paintbrush to the watercolor paper and a few earthy tones later, "American Buffalo" was born. My customer was very pleased and I have been commissioned by that same woman to paint a leopard (to be used as a gift), as well as portraits of her favorite horses.
I drew this still life as an assignment for a Saturday art class I was taking at USC. I wanted to draw a still life that was very pleasing to the eye and that anyone from my church would feel comfortable hanging in their living room. Some of my previous work wasn't to their liking for one reason or other (mainly based on content), so I was basically trying to cater to that specific audience. It turned out incredibly well and has an elegant and almost fairy-tale like quality to it.
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