3D Watercolor

So I overhauled my watercolor sculpture, I like this version a lot better, thank goodness for gesso! Above is the finished product. I decided to add some assemblage elements so it would have more mass as a finished piece and to make up for the actual paper cast being smaller than required. As as I was walking home from class I found these industrial nails next to a construction project and picked them up, I didn't know I would use them for this piece but when I finished it it to its current color and decided I would add some depth elements, I found the nails worked well with the theme and composition.

Another part of the assignment was to have a current event (from any time period, world or personal) to associate our piece with or use as inspiration. I had trouble thinking of what I wanted to do, but I found one day on campus walking to class a huge tree had been cut down, for what looked like no apparent reason. I'm a big lover of nature and I do think of trees sometimes as "old spirits", so I decided the environmental aspect of what I saw could be my "current event".

So the female form comes from my view of nature as female and creator. The lines on her body and color relate to the wood of the tree. The red is the "blood" or life force that has been drained from her. I decided to add wires and paint them red to both symbolize blood vessels and to show the connection of her severed limbs. The nails became the final act of "man-made" violence.

Its a gruesome piece, as much of my work as been before. But its all about the drama! Haha. Below are some progress shots, and you can see in the first one, the horrible colors I had to cover up. It was such a disaster, lol. I'm thankful that everyone's cast hadn't dried in time for critique and we got an extra day to work on them. Also is the small thumbnail I did in watercolor after starting over.

Sculpture Studio

Today I had a couple of accidents with some power tools that proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that I don't belong in a shop. I have a battle scar to prove it! I've learned I cannot use a pneumatic chisel and the fact that I still have toes on my feet is proof enough. As for my scar, well a sanding disc flew off my right angle grinder across my arm. Fun stuff.

I have here my sketch for a relief sculpture design. It morphed from a rising sun to some sort of jellyfish. I like the jellyfish more. My block of wood I was going to use for the cap of the jellyfish was too narrow so I stretched it to make two jellyfish joined.

Whats funny about this was while I was making the two caps, they started to look very much like a Mexican chips and salsa bowl set. Which kinda made me want to make one. LOL.

Here is a line-up of some of the tentacles I made. I'm really proud of the more winding ones. Heh. They were fun to sand down and watch take shape. Below is a mockup of what the finished sculpture will look like with just the tentacles layered on top of one another.

3D Watercolor

I made a mold and cast it for my paper relief sculpture. The paint didn't come out so well so I'll be redoing it and posting those pics later. Here are the before shots of the clay mold above. Below are the shots of the actual paper cast.

Watercolor Studio

Things in studio have been moving slow due to my lack of supplies! I miss last semester when I had everything at my fingertips and my paint was always wet! Wet paint is underrated I think, its the best! But now I'm working from dry cakes again, oh well. I did a photo shoot with my good friend Eddie, the fruits of which are growing now!

3D Watercolor

So I did really well on my critique in 3-d Watercolor. The assignment was to create 10 small sculptures using harmony and variety. I didn't really have any idea what I was going to do, and I didn't really plan any of the pieces, so I just started out painting in the same 2 colors and black and white, hoping that would create the harmony for me, and then I just had fun with the cutting and folding till it made something.

I didn't think they would go over so well, but the professor asked me to display, and I was the only one he asked. That's super awesome considering I stayed up all night and morning finishing them up!

There were many works that were interactive and really unique, but I guess mine just stood out as more of a collection. They were likened to Pre-Columbian art and yet were very contemporary. That makes my day.

Sculpture Studio- Mock-up

This is the paper mock-up of my wood sculpture I'm thinking of doing. The more I look at it the more it looks complicated, lol, but maybe I'll find a way of simplifying it.

Fall

So I've started my fall classes and looks like I'll be busy busy busy! Which is good because a lot of different art will come out of this semester, from watercolor, to 3-d paper sculpture to sculptures in wood, bronze, wax, etc. I'm excited about what will come out of the different classes and how the work will sort of relate across the board.

New Print!

I just added the Bust of an Unknown Woman on my print site. This is one of my favorite little pieces I have. It was fun to make because I didn't plan any of the colors. So check it out!

Rosa's Boy

Commission piece for a co-worker.

This takes me back to the days of Drawing II. Heh. Good times. I never liked doing portraits, but my professor said I should try it, I don't know what it is that bothers me. I think I like to be more expressive, and in portraiture it's more difficult to express anything but who the person is.

I know I've seen successful portraiture though, so perhaps I will try my hand at it. Sometimes I just forget to have fun with it.

Sergio

Just for fun I did a drawing of one of my friends.