The Dance

This is probably my favorite piece I did throughout the course. It was our final project, and the assignment was to create a still-life sculpture out of paper, wire, and string, with no objects we could name, so that we would focus solely on shape, color and light.
It was the first time I actually put meaning into an abstract piece beforehand instead of putting together whatever I felt like and then making up an interpretation later.

So we have The Dance...

My display at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle. It'll be there for a few weeks after which selected works from our class will be moved to the Seattle Art Museum.

value and temperature study

Oil on canvas sheet.

value study

Oil on canvas sheet.

study of light and figure

This was actually a four-day pose, but I was only there for three (which I'm very glad of. That was a fun weekend.)We painted from a live model in natural light, which means we had to paint fast and keep moving around the painting because of the light changing. I'm pretty happy with it, although my mother's first response was "oh that's interesting..."Oil on canvas board.

completed figure study

The completed figure study that our class did three weeks ago. Charcoal, pastel and chalk on toned paper.

self-portrait

My finished self-portrait. Another student was so kind as to let me use her camera, and she edited and e-mailed the pictures to me. It's a little fuzzy and saturated, but I'll get a better photo up here soon. Oil on canvas sheet.