Sketchbook Kitchen Objects: Space

The following are for another sketchbook assignment, this time we were to create a series of three drawings based on one theme using found kitchen objects as our reference. All are drawn in pencil. I had trouble with this but after setting up a few things and discovering they reminded me of a satellite, I concluded a good theme would be "Space". Another interesting note to make is that they are all drawn in the same location, but from slightly different angles(in reference to the table)

• Here I have a glass bottle and folded napkin on my kitchen table to form a rocket. I like this one the least because it seems too simple and doesn't really strike people as being a rocket when they see it.

•  This one is a bit more successful I think, meant to look like an alien's flying saucer. I made it out of two plates and a clear glass bowl. Everything was sitting on some books but I didn't draw them, to give it a flying effect.

•  And finally, my favorite, Sputnik. There are some obvious proportion mistakes on the fork and the shadows are a bit off in some places but I like it the best.

Spraypainted Stencils/Apple in a Bag

These two are very different in technique and design but are both assignments I took on with the Art3 Honors class at the beginning of the year.

• For this one I cut a triangle and a random floopy shape out of some black construction paper for stencils, and then took them outside and spray painted over them on a white sheet of paper. I didn't really have a goal for this, but I like how it turned out. It kind of looks like pieces of glass layered on top of each other to me.

• This was a drawing we did to practice stippling and cross-hatching shading techniques. We wee originally supposed to try only one style, but two worked well in some images and I wanted to try it. I learned that I really hate cross-hatching from this. I hated this a lot when I finished it, but looking at it now I see that I did partly succeed in some areas. I also notice that the apple looks a little oddly shaped. Overall... meh. 

No brush: Winter Wonderland

This painting is acrylics on canvas. I used a sponge instead of a brush, for the texture when stamped and the similarity to a brush when dragged. I love winter settings and the colors you can get from a sunset, so I found a landscape that combined both of these elements to be the reference for my painting. I found it difficult to separate the colors in my head so I could paint them in layers, so I took the photo into a digital art program (SAI) and separated the image into layers of similar colors. This made it a lot easier to paint, but I got to a point where I was happy with the painting even though I saw improvements I could make and ended up just calling it finished where it is now. Mixing the colors each time was also a pain and often I had to go over the entire painting again because I couldn't get the same color again. Though it could be improved greatly, I like it. It also got some compliments in class so that's good.