Art Portfolio 11/24

Today I went to my figure drawing class again, and in this class our model was nude so I cannot post the drawing that I did on my blog. Although the whole time i was sketching I found the situation extremely awkward and uncomfortable, i ended up creating one of the strongest images in my portfolio so far. It was done with charcoal and unlike the last figure drawing class i took i drew it straight from scratch, not erasing to capture the light. It is by far the most realistic drawing I have ever done. The shading on it is very detailed, and i worked extremely hard to emphasis where the light did and did not hit. A weakness in my drawings is that they have always been to light, and that I do not put a lot of black or extreme dark colors in it because i get nervous that I can not fix them afterwards. However in this drawing I focused a lot on the shadows and I have a huge range of dark to light in the drawing.

When the class is over we always spend a few moments critiquing each others artwork, and the art instructor says what she likes and what she thinks should be improved in each. As stressful as this part is it is very important to me because it is the only professional critic ill be able to get on my artwork, to let me know what is weak, and what is strong. When she was reviewing the artwork she said she was very impressed by mine and pointed out the face in particular. She though the shading on it was 'beautiful'.

When i showed the drawing to my parents, after they got over what it actually was, my dad was shocked that I was the one who drew it and had no idea that I could draw like that. This meant a lot to me, because my parents are not ones to give compliments just to be nice. They only say this when they really mean it. Plus my dad is not big into art and sometimes doesn't understand things with an artistic view. Also my parents are a huge influence on me, and the fact that they are supporting me through me trying to improve in my art skills as quickly as I can, so that I can get into the college I want.

Chili

Before this i had never made Chili before. It was definitely an interesting experiance.

Soccer 11/17

Today was the awards ceremony for the fall sports. It was an awesome event, and was great to be with the team one last time. It was an extremely bittersweet moment, since being a senior it was my last banquet. I did not win any awards but that didn't matter to me, I was happy for those members on my team who did. Its sad to see that the soccer season is officially over but it was defiantly a nice way to end the season, and I could see the enthusiasm in the team for next year. That was defiantly the best part, seeing the determination of the team to do better next year.

Miracle Party

Finally we came up with a solution on how to continue on with this project, we are going to hold another holiday weekend very similar to the one done last year. This year however I am in charge of the food for the weekend, I have already started to ask fellow students if they would be willing to help cook. Also I am helping Missy out with locating a life guard since I did so last year and know so many.

Artportfolio 11/14

Art Portfolio 11/11/09

Soccer 11/9/09

Like I said in my horseback ridding post I have mono and can not play in contact sports. When I first came down with mono I missed the last week of soccer. I was unable to go and watch any of the games because I was still to tired and too sick. It was very depressing not being able to be there for my team in out last week, and very sad to have to miss the end of my last year in soccer. I was able to go to the last practice and watch however. I went and picked up pizza and brought some for everyone. It was really great to be back with the team even though I could not play in the last practice with them.

Horseback Ridding 11/09/09

A little less than a week ago I got mono. Because of this I am not allowed to participate in any contact sport, because I am at the risk of my spleen rupturing. Even though Ridding would not typically qualify as a contact sport there is always the risk of me falling off, and because of that I am not allowed to ride for the next six weeks. I plan to stop by the barn very shortly and see if I can help out, or maybe just visit. This six weeks thing is extremely annoying and I am very upset about it, ridding is my life and passion and I do not like that I cant do it right now.

Art Portfolio 11/9/09

This is a drawing of an eye done in charcoal that I have yet to finish. I still have a huge amount of details to add to it and I am planning to try and finish it sometime this week. I really like how the pupil is coming out so far. I spent at least an hour working on the shading of that part of the eye to get it to look as realistic as possible. For some reason i'm pretty good at sketching eyes, so I wanted to try and attempt a very realistic charcoal piece for my portfolio since that seems to be one of my strengths. So far i'm extremely proud of this piece. However, I am neverous to work on the rest of it, in fears that i might mess it up and waste all of the time that I put into making the eye. Also since the rest is the harder part for me to do I'm afraid it wont come out as realistic as what I already have.

Art Portfolio 10/31/09

This is a direct drawing of a lamp in my house that I started to draw. However i'm thinking about turning it into a lamp. Direct drawings are something I am lacking in my portfolio and this is one that so far I am pretty proud of. I reallt like the shading on the base of the lamp and I am hoping that the quality remains the same throughout the drawing of it. It took about an hour to do all the shading, while passing out candy for halloween, and I hope to finish the rest soon.