Alphabet Cards

Each of my cards will be composed of a comic book hero or villian. My medium of choice will be primarily pastels with a hint of charcoal for the villians. Here's the list:

A- Aliens
B- Batman
C- Captain America
D- Dracula or Dr. Doom (Dr. Victor Von Doom)
E- Emma Frost
F- Flash
G- Ghost Rider
H- Hellboy
I- Iron Man
J- Joker
K- Kickass
L- Lex Luther
M- Megatron
N- Neo
O- Optimus Prime
P- Predator or Punisher
Q- Question (The Question)
R- Ripply (Ellen Ripply)
S- Superman
T- Thor
U- Uncle Sam or Ursula
V- V for Vendetta
W- Wolverine
X- Xena
Y- Yosemite Sam
Z- Zombies or Zoro

(Picture is in horrible lighting. Most of those reading this post have witnessed these cards in person; Don't judge too harshly.)

Criticism please.

this is my first post! yay! So as you all know by now, we are doing the A B C project. I for one and randome and have no desire to stick to one certain theme. But I do have ideas for what i will be turning the cards into...PROJECTS.

The first card is eye E! It is a drawing from an image. I find it very satisfying, if it anyway it is deformed in your oppinion, I would like to know! THANKS. As for the idea behind the eye...I am sort of creating a face inspired by the art work of picaso, except i am not using color. The face will be my first project containing;

E for eye

L for lips

S for shoulder

C for chin

N for nose

F for forehead

The second card is pear P! It is a drawing from observation. I do not like it too much, it's a bit plain for my taste. As for the idea behind the pear...I am going to take the rest of my letters but 3 of them and create a bunch of objects that are colorful, because I need to stop constantly working in black and white! I can not wait to finish this project and i hope it turns out the way I have imagined it.

I'd appreciate all hard core or simple oppinions on these pieces. Thankyou

侍 - The Samurai

The idea for my A,B,C project has a Japanese/ Chinese theme behind it, the arrangement of the cards actually forms a character. The character means samurai, every card also has a Japanese/ Chinese them as well. In the small pictures you can see a cherry blossom tree flowing into another card with just the cheery blossom pedals. And from there starts the bamboo forest where the panda bear is located. All the cards will be tied in with each other by the cards surrounding them.

Alphabet Cards Project

Howdy neighbors in the art community! For my 26 cards, I've divided the twenty six into three more or less even groups. The first group will consist of instruments that start with the letters C, F, I, L,O, R,U, and X, eg. xylophone, which will all be painted. the next group will be people that start with the letters B, E, H, K, N, Q, T, W, and Z as in Banker or zoologist, which will all be pencil drawings. Finally, the third group, which I believe I'll have the most fun with and which is displayed above, is fictional or relatively obscure animals using the remaining letters of the alphabet. These will all be pen with colored pencil, as seen above in the Jabberwocky and Gargoyle. My goal with the instrument and mythical animal group will be to have all of the pictures fit together in some artistic way. Above is a more subtle example of this as the negative space of the Jabberwocky's jaw seamlessly becomes the back of the Gargoyle. The black base of the Gargoyle becomes the backdrop of the phoenix and the Jabberwocky's hair becomes grass at the feet of a Vu Quang Ox. The consistency in border and backdrop color are to make them more distinguished as a set.

I've tried to give it a folk-artsy feel, like how the Jabberwocky's eyes are made of fire like it's poem describes and how flat they are and anticlimactic the lightening is as it would be in a tapestry in some old castle. I had to keep my head in the zone of 'artist' instead of 'folk artist' because there were several technical aspects I had to mess with. The Jabberwocky needed texture in his tongue or it would be too flat, same as the Gargoyle's stone surface. Additionally, my rough draft of the Gargoyle had been on notebook paper, so the grey coloring was tinted with blue. When I colored the real thing, the gray was duller and just plain grayer, so I had to add some subtle hints of blue every there and here to get the exact color I was wanting. Ultimately, the mythical animal set will be the less extravagant of the three as it will be flat and depth-less in order to get the feel across that I intend to project, so any suggestions on how to bring in that little extra something without loosing the old-in-days-tapestry feel would be much appreciated. Thanks for reading and please comment!

Easy as ABC? I think not...

Ello, and welcome to the newest experiment of mine. I assure you that is nothing like any of my pieces seen before...

I'm focusing on extreme contrast, which I hope to have mastered by the time I finish this project. For so long I have been strangled by the fear of color! This year I am breaking free. The one to the left is probably not the finished product.

When I get the courage, I will make it darker.

*sigh, baby steps.

At first I did not like this assignment, the reason being that I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to make a masterpiece of my own. I wanted to do something original! Something that forced viewers to think like never before. SOOOO....

my theme (lack of a better term) is: Qualities of Human Nature.

For starters let me say that as a human race we are evil. The more I think about it the more I think it's true... but not the point, I did manage to work in a few positive aspects of our intriguing presence on earth.

It was hard.

The one with a reddish glow represents mischief. I question if this quality makes me scorn... or even smile. If a smile is present, it is a guilty one.

The one with the ice cold, blue tint was my imagination's product of the word curiosity. This one is my favorite of the two, because I don't think I want to add any more to it. The other lacks something that I have yet to realise. Please share your ideas of why that is, I will carefully consider all suggestions and appreciate advice no matter what.

Much Love

Gretta

I CAME UP WITH A DIFFERENT IDEA AND THESE 2 WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN MY PROJECT!

When Mrs. Glenn told us our assignment would involve the alphabet I started to think up stuff that started with an A. The first thing that came to my mind was a japanese band I listen to so I decided that my theme would be asian stuff. Some of my things are people or logos from asian bands I listen to (I like korean and japanese music) and others are just random things. I'm doing all my cards in colored pencils and I was planning on making it look like a checkard board with warm and cool colors but I have two left over so I'll have to put them at the corners or something, or maybe draw more than 26 to even it out.

The two pictures I put up are my G and T. The G is for geisha and the T is for Tea and I drew a tea cup. I also wrote the word in japanese, korean, and chinese. But in the tea cup one I only wrote it in japanese and korean.

Hello fellow art nerds! Have I ever mentioned how much I absolutely abhor drawing in tiny spaces? Well, I hate it. However, for this particular piece, Mrs. Glenn is having us draw 26 individual pieces of art on 2 and 1/2" by 3 and 1/2" paper. One card for each letter of the alphabet. Though it is not my favorite project thus far, and probably will never be, I have to admit it has been a challenge and I've really enjoyed myself. For my artwork I decided to portray the 26 pieces as a whole. Here you see only 2 of the 26, my bindlestiff (hobo) and my lamp. Once the final product has been reached, you will see the pieces joined together creating the rooms of a motel. In my motel are both usual and unusual objects, some you might actually find in a motel,and some you may not. However, the final product is no where near ready. But, please enjoy the two previews and any comments and criticisms are welcome. Thanks!

Alphabet Cards

Art 4/GT and AP art students are currently working on a project where they will have 26 Artist Trading Cards measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Students are to use the alphabet as their inspiration, will choose their media and how they will mount their final piece which may be mount as several different pieces. 8 cards should be created from observation, 8 cards from photographic reference and 8 cards from imagination. The other 2 cards are student choice.

The first set of 7 cards are due completed except for mounting on Thursday, September 30. The second set of 7 cards are due October 18. The final project is due completed by Friday, October 29.

Students should post two cards by September 30 to explain their idea. Post one 'weak' piece for comments and feedback by October 12. A final post of their project is due by November 1.

Weezy F. Babie

what brought me to creating this peace was the idea of Lil wayne's hand, i was assigned to draw a work of art that had any thing to do with hands. So i thought of some thing a little challenging than just ordanay hands of course. As i was listening to my ipod, one of my favorite Lil wayne songs came on and thought to myself why not draw lil wayne and his famous cup and cigaret? i began to look for pictures of him in all kinds of posses and actually drew my own arms and hands in the possionas you see. i enjoyed working on this peace very much and think of and a few thing later on to enhance the drawing.

Attention Students

This is a reminder to all students not to use your last name in a post or that of your classmates, or I will have to remove your post.

The Cake In The Clouds [Cina's Dream]

So here we are again. Typing about my artwork that my fellow classmates are being forced to view. However, my friends, this one is a dandy. My word that I picked from the Sorting Hat was "cake." If I remember correctly, this was also the word I suggested to be added to the hat. I didn't plan on getting a crap word like "cake" for my OWN piece. I wanted some poor art soul to have to conjure up a piece with said dessert.

That poor soul was me.

The first thing I thought was, "BEWBS!!!" Then after immaturely ranting about them for a couple of class periods, I got a sketch of this idea. After that, I needed a model to help me get the proportions of the female figure correct.

Heeeeeeere's Cina.

At first inclinations, my dear friend was to be nude. I was completely uncomfortable with this, but it's something I wanted to do for my concentration.

So I first painted a plain pink backdrop in which I then populated with "cotton candy clouds." Then came the pestering cake. I almost left it out entirely at the hope of Mrs. Glenn forgetting about the cake and thinking that "cotton candy" was my word. But alas, here be the result of my forced cake anomaly.

Then Cina was painted. At first I painted a "yellow skinned" base coat to hide the cakeness below. Then I started to shape the waist and chest as if I were creating a nude. After putting in the face and hair details (which I'm really proud of), I devised the idea of a purple drapery (color suggested by one of my female friends whom I'm forgotten the identity of) and this happened.

I'm proud. :)

Even though Cina didn't mind her being naked, I figured this would satiate both my desires of nudity and my moral standing of not painting my friend naked. So... that's all I have to say about that.

Pear

Now that this piece is complete, I find myself reminded of my favorite coffee shop in Highlands and the lovely still life paintings that are for sale there. Perhaps my sub-conscious was secretly inspired by that place (and its delicious coffee).

My primary goal was to focus on color, value, and shape and I am pleased with the overall effect. I much prefer this to the pear I did last year who's color scheme was, in my opinion, too bright to be aesthetically pleasing. Had I not fallen ill, I would have liked to reproduce this in a darker color scheme with deep purples and rich browns, however that plan shall have to wait until a later project. Perhaps I can somehow orchestrate it to go aside this pear in a contrasting project, a study of color and shadow.

Or perhaps I shall tire of pears and revert back to my old habit of decrepit looking trees...only time will tell.

Welcome Back Response

A Chinese exchange of arbitrary words left me with "flower." "Flower," was to be my inspiration for a piece of my preferred style and medium. As a first piece I played it safe; I pulled ideas for content from a previous pastel face and flower I had done. Stylistically I chose to do pop art. I was fortunate to be able to use "flower," as my motivation for this piece because I thoroughly enjoy drawing portraits especially when I can add the flare of a flower. Due to my love of flowers, faces, and pastels, it is probable my portfolio will contain multiple pieces of this style.

I've had a few ask, "who is it?" referring to the girl in my piece; I do not have a legitimate answer for that question, I just started drawing and that is what came together on my paper. I used all shade of blue for the face and hair, excluding the lips and shadows of gray and black. Once I reached the flower I was torn between color choice. I consulted Quinton with options: pink/magenta shades, yellow shades, or green shades (lime green is how I envisioned it.) Quinton advised no green because the color palette would be too similar. We decided yellow as best option. I also included one streak of yellow in hair for a random kick. I finished the whole portrait itself but was left with immense negative space in the surrounding. Yet again I consulted Quinton with the option of black. He gave good advice which was, black would make it too dark; he then brilliantly suggested red. I then consulted Hannah with the idea of red. We all liked it so it was a go. Because there were no red markers readily available at the time and I didn't want to compromise the pastel with paint, I painted bristle board red, cut out the portrait then pasted it to the board. Thank you Mrs. Glenn for that suggestion.

Self critique: the shades are brighter than I wanted but I can't control the shade of my pastels. While doing the right side of the hair I lost perspective of what the hair should look like; disregard hair on right side. (Luckily the placement of the flower on the left draws attention to that side and away from right). I added a shadow in dark red on the left of the portrait as a final touch but once I had finished I immediately regretted it. For one, the shadow is on the wrong side, and the proportion off it making it look awkward.

Give critiques please so I can better my art. Thank you much.

This is my first time using this blog, so i don't really know exactly what i am supposed to do. Anyway though, so when we all picked words out of the hat to figure out what our project had to be based on, my word was (obviously) fish. I was not really sure where to go with that, but i started drawing fish and eventually came up with the blue-green fish and the purple-blue fish. Unfortunately, these were in my sketch book. However,when i tried to redo them on actual water color paper, the results were so bad that I decided just to use the ones in my sketch book. The third red fish followed after those two were already painted and ready to be glued down somewhere. I found the back ground at my house- i am not entirely sure where it came from, but the texture reminded me of water. So... that's it?

According to Hannah, not quite. In a flash of originality, i believe i will name this project "fish". This was a mixed media product- paper, watercolor, white crayon and colored pencil. The dimensions are 11 inches tall by 8.5.

When I pulled one of the pieces of paper out of the hat, I got tomato. The first thing to come to my mind was a still life. I don't really think outside of the box so I obviously didn't hide my object in my artwork.

Welcome back response

When I first drew out the piece of paper from the hat with the word button on it I thought of a child tugging around a fuzzy bear with only one button for an eye. Then I started to remember when I was little and used to be afraid of the dark. So I drew a window with a storm brewing outside and a tree that could tap against the window. Then I got to thinking about how much you make believe when you are young and wish you could go to outer space and be a superhero, I got the Batman idea from a friend of mine, and added those into the drawing to contradict what was happening through the window. The one thing I wish I would have done though was make the button on the bear stand out more. I tried making it red but the red mixed with the pencil and didn't stand out like I would have liked it to.

Introduction

This is my first year in the Advanced art class (which is VERY exciting) and within my first and last year of GT I plan to branch out and experiment with new media, techniques, and other things of that nature... This is all in hopes that I will find my own personal style. I want my art to have a signature... other than my name at the bottom of the page.

Our first assignment- My inspiration was the word "feather" I loved ALL of the ideas that popped in my head! More of my projects later on will probably be inspired from feathers as well.

This one is Hail to the War God. It is an indian "war pony" when the Native Americans prepared for battle they dressed their horses in bright paints, with different symbols meaning different things. Feathers (and medicine bags) tied in the locks of the maine were seen as good luck. A Paint horse in general was preferred by the Natives. I wanted to show beauty within the horse rather than evil spite (a warrior) to show that these horses were sacrificed much of the time in battle. I wanted to represent the forced effort put forth by the horses of the Indians.

MUCH LOVE.

Gretta

Welcome back response

We were told to draw words out of a hat for this project, and I got 'Fork'. I decided to focus entirely around contrast, the graphite of the fork to the oil pastels used on everything else, the colors of the ballet dresses compared to the blue, darker background, ect. It is approxomately 12'' by 9'' and was done with oil pastels, colored pencils, and graphite pencils. I would've liked, I think, to have added more depth to the girls (darkening the farther back legs) and more emphasis on the eating weapon, but all in all I'm fairly pleased how they ended up sort of being overlook-able to the fork's presence. I'm not sure why they're trying to push a giant fork into the ground, but my former idea of a forklift turning on the fork of a road wasn't exactly fitting into my strengths.