Self Portrait- Yasmine Beydoun

For my self portrait I decided to draw my siblings since they've affected me soooo soo much in life. when i look at them i really do see myself, it's weird. Also, the picture of my sister looks kind of like an old woman but i think it captures her spirit nonetheless :)

Maria- Final Project

For the final project, I am going to create a short graphic novel using charcoal, pen, and crayon. I have been writing short autobiographical stories for the self portrait project with the graphic novel in mind. It will consist of larger drawings worked in with smaller ones, and I think the combination of charcoal and crayon will create an interesting effect. I’ll work with Illustrator, and then use blurb.com, a website that prints custom books, to create the final product. I enjoyed the drawing portion of the semester a lot, and wanted to return to that.

Warren Jin - Portraits and Projects

This is my self portrait. I drew it using a mirror and my very own face as reference. I think it exemplifies how I've been feeling lately, namely exhausted and unbalanced. (I actually rather like the asymmetry -- it makes me look confused). I am particularly proud of the ears -- those are some damn fine ears.

 On the side of the portrait (2nd picture down), I also drew some quick caricatures of myself. I am actually particularly interested in how caricature artists can capture the essential features of a person with just a cartoon, so I've been playing around with that in my sketchbook as well.

Last of all, I attached a 'practice' self portrait I drew in my sketchbook. Sadly, I don't really think it looks all that much like me, although that may be because I was drawing from a weird picture as reference and I got lazy with the hair.

I've got big plans for the final project. Well, maybe not that big. I plan on combining the color and light assignment with the final project.

Since I really enjoy drawing myself (so narcissistic of me), I'm looking to get a set of pastels from Utrecht to do more self portraits, experimenting with the different effects I can achieve using the techniques we discussed in class. I think I may also branch out to other subjects, but I will likely stick to portraying human and animal forms.

Katharine Mead - Self Portrait, Final Project, and Material Alchemy

For my self portrait, I wanted to keep working with paper and do something 3D.  I like making mobiles, and it was a good challenge to make a face balance.  I also used watercolors, which was a nice change of pace.

For my final project, I'd like to combine the color and light assignment by working with light and shadow in a kind of box diorama, creating an intricate contained world with layers of paper cutouts that you experience through a small hole in the box.  I'm interested in playing with ideas of scale, viewpoint, and light (of course).  We'll see how it goes!

And finally, I realized that my blog post for material alchemy didn't end up posted, so here's what I ended up with for that project!  The entire thing is made of old envelopes (the security patterns are so different and interesting!).  It's also interesting how putting the cutouts on a black or white background changes the feel of the piece.  Almost like day and night in the city? 

Fruit Adventure

A story about fruit going where... some other fruit have gone before.
- Daniella, Maria, Austin, Cole

Leigh Holmes Final project and self portrait

Final Project: For my final project, I am thinking about doing a reproduction of a painting, of what I'm not sure yet. I think landscapes, but i think painting a person would be a challenge that i may try and see if it works out. I also like to work with chalk pastels, so I may reproduce a landscape using those as well.

Self Portrait: I was trying to be creative with my self portrait and not have it be of myself, but of something that represents me. I am a swimmer as well as a student, and swimming the butterfly is something that I truly love doing. So I drew a butterfly to represent swimming, but also to represent that I like to just do my own thing, so I'm just flying with the wind. My eyes are my favorite feature on my face, so i decided to incorporate eyes into my picture. Some butterflies have markings on their wings that resemble eyes, so that is why the wings are all about the eyes. Big eyes, eyelashes, and my own eyes on the bottom wings. The butterfly is also purple cause that is my favorite color. I didn't have an exact purple in my chalk pastel collection, so i tried mixing the colors and still just had a blue/purple color. the butterfly didn't come out as realistic as i would have like as well as how my eyes look. Its too cartoony.

I have my artwork from high school hanging about my room. Since my current self portrait doesn't have my actual face in it, i thought i would share two pieces that did. Both pictures are done with colored pencils.  One was to put yourself in a movie poster... I put myself in Gone with the Wind- best movie of all time(camera reflection from the glass of the frame that it is in) , and then from my freshmen year i did a grid drawing of my sister and me. Enjoy

Megan Nolet- Self Portrait & Final Project Idea

Here is my self portrait (or portraits rather). I took an image of myself and made 9 different prints that faded from bright colors to black and white. I was then inspired to draw things on my face that communicated a sense of myself and who I am, or simply designs that I thought looked cool. As the photos fade to black and white, the designs on my face get more and more colorful. I decided to leave the middle photo blank, just as a reminder to the viewers that I do not actually have drawings on my face :)

For my final project, I am planning on doing (if not a few) a watercolor painting. I have yet to explore the water color medium of paint and look forward to doing so. I do not know what I want to paint yet but it will most likely be of a photo, probably a landscape, but we shall see!