Art update #3

There has been no posts for a while as I have been busy juggling classes, work, and my art portfolio. Not to fear though, as I am documenting the completion date of everything along with pictures so that I may upload them here eventually.

I was recently feeling a need to create some mixed media art. The first attempt was going to be of a baby elephant but unfortunately was not going in the right direction....so I completely scratched it off. I then created a small flower painting and for my third attempt I just went over the elephant one and created a second flower painting.... wow, super wordy.

 

 

This is my fist completed mixed media art. I would like to clear up something: in my opinion mixed media art is usually something that pops out... it has some 3D quality to it. Whereas mixed media painting is just a 2D work that involves multiple types of paints. Although this painting is not as "3D" as I would like for it to be, I would still consider it a mixed media artwork as it has some 3D objects (buttons, shells, etc.). 

This is part of the "Expressive Flower Series" and I am actually thinking about exhibiting my Expressive Flower Series during this coming summer. It all depends on whether or not I am able to complete an artist statement for just this series on time or not...

Art Update #2

Hello Readers!

This week is just full of updates. =)

First off I wanted to introduce some sketches that I worked on. the first two are sketches for a display idea I had come up with. I have four display ideas and unfortunately only two of them are going to be completed for the senior portfolio. Perhaps the other two can be done for another exhibit... I hope.
The first two are sketches for the same idea. I was thinking about a display on Sikhism (the religion I was born and raised in). This first work is trying to create an image for a very famous line. I suppose there is no point in droning on about something that might not be done. I am still very eager to complete this work (even if it does not get put in a display). So you might get to see updates versions in the future.

 This next work is something I completed during the summer of 2013. As a part of my first theme for my senior art portfolio. Which brings me to the last display idea I have out of the four. This fourth idea (which was going to be divided out into multiple smaller displays) was to create illustrations for a graphic novel that came to me during the same summer as this was done (2013). The story/plot of the novel came in a sequence of dreams that followed one another during the same week. I pretty much have all of the characters, settings, plot (beginning, middle, and end) of the entire novel...down to what the cover of each book is to look like. This was simply done as fun and nothing serious. I wanted to test out some paper that I had laying around with watercolor, as well as try to illustrate one of the characters of the story. And the result: a sketch that is almost complete. All that is missing is more blue tones to the water that is flying up.

This last one is done with acrylic on canvas. I wanted to try something expressive....in abstract. After watching some videos on abstract paintings and reading about "how to paint abstract" I came to the conclusion that I was going to create an abstract painting using only simple brush strokes that were just laid flat on the canvas. And it soon turned to flowers. Plus I attempted a layering technique I saw in one of the videos... laying down a background color over a hidden color and then scratching parts of the background to reveal this hidden color... I felt it was another way to display the second layer without putting it on top of the background...if that makes any sense.

That is all I have so far on all art, craft, and clay updates.
Please note that for some time now there are going to be only Portfolio updates. Another note: something that I would like to explore during the future is mix media art. I am going to sign up for the Sketchbook Project (2015) and complete it using mix media art. Perhaps have some watercolor or acrylic dominant paintings too.

Thanks for reading~