Art Portfolio 01/5

http://stephfratusartportfolio.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

this is the link to the portfolio I am sending to Parsons, it does have the full versions of my figure drawings.

Art Portfolio 01/03/09

Not including the drawings from my figure drawing class, and a view other pieces, these are the pictures of my pieces that I am choosing from to send off to my schools.

Horseback 1/3/10

Today I rode Rebel and we did pole work on caveleties (which is what the picture to the left is). We would trot through the poles, and then canter directly after. This is extremely hard for the horse because it forces them to pick up their legs, and use their hind legs when pushing off into the canter. Since rebel is still being trained in dressage he is not very good at this, and it is extremely hard for him, and he does not like it very much. The beginning of my lesson started off rocky, and rebel bucked a lot, at one point he kicked the wall. Ive gotten a lot better about handling horses when they start to put up a fight during my lessons. It doesn't scare me anymore, in fact i normally laugh when it happens. After Rebel got over his issues the ride went really well. We ended the lesson with a very strong trot and canter, and it is clear that Rebel has improved his gates greatly since I first started ridding him.

Horseback ridding 12/13/09

Today i rode Rebel. We did a lot of canter work, and worked mostly on keeping him straight. For not cantering in months, I feel as though everything went really well. Rebel was extermly straight, and we achieved one of the best canters Ive had on him. He was very upright, and soft in the bit, something that took him a long time to achieve. The ride started off kind of difficult however. When I first got on rebel through his head in the air and refused to put it down, he also let out once nice buck. However, after some work Rebel finally started to get back to working as he should.

Art Portfolio 12/8

Again I cropped the picture. I really do like this sketch, there is just a few things I want to change about it. Her lips don't really match with the rest of her face, they just looked as if they were placed there. Also her left cheek bone is a bit to low and sticking out. However the shading on her face is something I am very proud of. My sketches are getting more and more realistic with each passing week. My instructor was very happy with this piece, and when we sat down reviewing the images at the end she said that this one was a break through image for me, since i normally end up drawing things to small, and because of the extreme shading i put into it. This sketch will also make it in to my portfolio. the shading on the rest of the body, as you can start to see on her chest, looks very life like, and I am extremely proud of it.

Sturgeon 12/6

Today I had my first meeting with Mrs. Peterson about how this was going to be accomplished. She brought in a bunch of different fabrics for me to start experimenting with. We also talked about how long we thought this was going to take, and the actual shape the fish would take. I came home and did some research on what the fish actually looks like. I put together this college as an inspiration of how the Sturgeon will look. I found some sketched images to hopefully find a more cartoonist and cuter look for the fish.

Miracle Party 12/6

The status of this activity could not be more frustrating. After being told I was in charge of food by Jane (my girl scout troop leader) I gathered some of my friends to help and found a life guard, and a back up life guard for the weekend. I sent Kathleen a e-mail about 2 weeks ago stating what I had done and asking what else I should. She then replied to me saying she didn't know that I was helping out in this event and said she had already had people and that she would get back to me later in the week to tell me how she could fit me in and what else she would need. I was very frustrated by this and called Jane. Jane told me that she had never talked to Kathleen and told me it was my responsibility to have e-mailed Kathleen earlier and say I was helping. From what I was told before I was under the impression that this was the assigned job that I was given, and that everything was running smoothly. Plus I had also e-mailed Kathleen earlier in the year and she had still not responded to the e-mail. I then talked to Jane Friday night, I had still not received another e-mail from Kathleen like she had stated would, and Jane told me that we would help with the breakfast on Saturday morning. About an hour later she called saying we didn't need to go. I did not go and last night I was talking to Missy, and she told me that she went, and that Jane had called me saying again saying to go. I checked my phone and there was no missed calls or no new voicemail. I am extremely frustrated with this. Jane told me that we are going to finish this Gold Award by filming something, i'm going to talk to her within the week and see if it is even remotely possible.