These Are Not the Droids You're Looking For

Messing with color, Nupastel. A still life of a city scape made of ordinary objects. Shadows are cool colors and highlights are warm colors. 

Eggs. That is all.

Peering At You From Across the Room

Full spectrum still life in Nupastel. No black. 

Full Spectrum Still Life

 Me, Myself and I

This is a series, and investigation of U.S. relations with the world. Stereotypes are thrown around without a second thought. I want my viewers to consider how those people would think if they overheard those offhand comments. To force this, I drew three self portraits of myself in different cultures.

Myself in Africa.

Myself in Asia.

Myself as Muslim.

Line Dynamics

Not all lines are straight and clean. In fact lines can be dashed, dotted, twisted and manipulated in so many ways. Using both actual and implied line I created two pieces. One was before critique and the other is after critique. Contrast and directional force were considered in these pieces. 

The bottom is before and the top is after.

Line Transformation

Manipulation of line is what makes this piece important. Keeping the spirit of the lines directional force, I straightened and lengthened them to create a dynamic piece. The transformation has visual steps but is not sudden or abrupt. 

The progression from organic to geometric line.

Line and Shape Dynamics

Line and shape are one of the building blocks of art. Using different scales, thicknesses and crosshatching of lines and shapes I created four dynamic quadrants with depth. 

The four quadrants.

Texture

This project investigates textures and how they can be represented. Using blending and full value scales I used pencil to create the most realistic copy of the dynamic texture swatch. Texture  is important to depict accurately if you want to get your point across. 

Comparison of the drawing and the actual piece.