March 27

 new work plus in progress

in progress

new work

        

Artist reflection 

For this week I wanted to focus on starting to make a final sketch for the larger image, I chose the center one to start with. I also begun adding further washes and details to the smaller animal pieces. during class we discussed the larger pieces as a whole and how they would be laid out in the CEA museum and how they could cover the corner by folding the center one down the middle so the right and left pieces could be each wall respectively. Next I am going to focus on much the same as this week, which is adding to both pieces.

Inspiration/research 

artist Ioana Pioaru

Ioana Pioaru (@ioanapioaru) • Instagram photos and videos

Artist Jane Hambleton 

Jane Hambleton : One Day

March 20

 New work / in progress 

Artist reflection 

During this week I focused on transferring what I had onto the new paper and progressing a little with the inking. I also focused on getting the larger sheets of paper for next week to work on the landscape piece. I used transfer paper to move the animal pieces onto the new paper so that I could begin inking them.

Inspiration/research 

Stephanie Law

Stepan Kolesnikoff 

March 13

 New work (+in progress) 

 

New work

Artist Reflection

I started transferring my animal sketches to the thicker paper using graphite transfer paper and began using acrylic ink to add value before using pen to add detail. for the bigger landscape piece I tested the composition using three 22x30 sheets of thin paper that I taped onto the wall next to each other to create one image. I'll be using three 22x30 sheets of watercolor paper to create the landscape image, and will continue to finish the animal pieces that I have before adding any more. 

Research/Inspiration

Reference 

Forest Panning Shot (1920x1080, 24fps) Free Creative Commons YouTube Stock Footage

Rick Shaefer : Landscapes

March 6

 New work (+in process)

Artist Reflection

For this piece I wanted to test washes and blending with acrylic ink before using pens to ink the detail and texture. We agreed in class that this is the direction I will go in for the other animal pieces. I also used new paper which I plan to transfer the other pieces to before inking them. I would like to keep the textured edges to the paper. We discussed plans for the bigger piece. My plan, which I plan to explore in the coming week, is to test out the size I want to use and sketch ideas before finalizing it on better paper, which I plan to use 22x30 sheets of watercolor paper for the final. We discussed using gouache, ink, acrylic ink, and watercolor. 

Research / inspiration 

Reference 

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Artist Irene Meniconi

https://www.pinterest.com/Irenemeniconi/

Artist Wylie Beckert

Wylie Beckert: Playing Card Illustration + Fine Art

Feb 27

 New work (plus in progress work)

Artist Reflection: 

We further discussed exploring an environmental scene, preferably one to contrast the collection of animal close ups. The scale of this piece will be much bigger and in color. Here I explored some environments on the same scale as the others, and explored inking one of the many animal pieces to experiment with the ink and detail to see if this is the direction I want to go in. I started with a pencil sketch and shading with graphite, using a kneaded eraser to lighten everything and went in with my ink pens to create texture and detail. Going further I want to test using acrylic ink to help me capture washes of ink and a higher variety of tones/values. For the environment piece, I want to figure out what medium I want to work in. Right now, I am interested in acrylic ink, watercolor, gouache, and maybe acrylic. 

Inspiration/research 

References: 

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Artist Artem Rohovyi 

Artem Rohovyi | Artist, Kharkiv

Artist Ricardo Ales

Ricardo Ales (@birdcvlt) • Instagram photos and videos

Feb. 20

 New work (plus in progress photos)

Artist Statement 

I continued to focus on extreme close ups of different animals, this time with more value included. We discussed continuing to create more, while including elements of ink for next class. Along with developing these images further, we discussed including vast landscape imagery in color to contrast the close-ups of these animals in pen and ink. We also talked about including elements of the torso, like the shoulder blade as one of the close-up elements. I compiled a lot of my references and cropped them to get the compositions I wanted, and I created life-like representations of them that I will be inking.

Artist inspiration 

Aaron Horkey

(@aaronhorkey) • Instagram photos and videos

Artist Elena Limkina 

Elena Limkina

Photo reference 

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