Stripes

Stripes

 Acrylic

 June 13, 2005

For this project we had to fold a piece of fabric and paint it. Painting folds in fabric was quite a challenge. It was difficult to portray the shadows and to make it look three-dimensional. I thought it turned out great.

Basket and Produce

Basket and Produce

Oil Pastel

 11^th grade 2004 – 2005

I did this drawing in 11^th grade. I don’t remember any specifics about it though.

Bighorn Sheep

Bighorn Sheep

Graphite

2002

I did this drawing in 10^th grade. It was called a strip drawing. To create the drawing you began with two black and white photographs. You draw pencil lines to divide the first photo into inch wide columns. You divide the second photo and tape it on your drawing paper. You then cut the second picture into strips you can lift up. You then lift the first flap and draw what is in the first column of the first photo. You then close the first flap and lift the second flap and draw the second column of photo one. Continue until finished. It was a fun project and turned out so well I included it in my high school portfolio.

Elk and Mountains

Elk and Mountains

Graphite

2003 – 2005

I took this drawing from a postcard that I bought in Montana. I believe I bought it when we were traveling to Yellowstone National Park, but I am not quite sure on which occasion. We went to Yellowstone when I was six years old as well as when I was 16. It is a grid drawing. I did it sometime in high school but I can’t remember the exact date. It was in one of the first high school drawing classes that I took. Before we did color drawings we worked on black and white using graphite. 

Tropical Island at Dusk

Tropical Island at Dusk

Watercolor 

November 3, 2004

This is from a painting class I took in high school. I am no longer able to do painting, because my hands do not work as well as they use to and I would end up spilling the paint. I also don’t have as much control over my hands as I used to. My Grandma on my Dad’s side is talented with watercolors and oils. She was the first person that taught me how to do watercolors. I painted this from a photograph, but it was so long ago I don't remember which photo it came from.

Slow Down and Enjoy Life

I’ve learned that sometimes you need to slow down and enjoy life  

Oil pastel and Prisma color colored pencil

June 11, 2003

Oil pastels are a neat medium, but are a little messy for my style.

Fruit Bowl

Fruit Bowl

Graphite

2002-2005?

This drawing is from a high school drawing class that I took. While admittedly it is not my best drawing I still want to include it because I am including all the artwork that I have saved from high school until now.

Apple

Apple

Prismacolor Colored Pencil

Spring 2006

This also came from the college art class that I took. Colored pencil is by far my favorite medium. It works well for a still life, a landscape, and pretty much anything else that you want to do.

Drinking Glasses

Drinking Glasses

Charcoal

Spring 2006

Drinking Glasses

Pen and Ink

Spring 2006

Drinking Glasses

Graphite

Spring 2006

These drawings came from an assignment from the one art class I took my freshman year of college. We had to take a subject and draw it in three different mediums. I chose charcoal, pen and ink, and graphite. Using charcoal was the most difficult. Charcoal is really easy to smear. I think that the pencil drawing came out the best. I have the most experience working with pencil.