Two things
Thursday, October 7th, 2004
This is the Lautrec-style poster I did last year in Studio Survey. I got down Lautrec’s colors pretty well, if nothing else, and I think the composition is fairly strong, particularly since it’s designed to be a poster. My teacher got me to turn it into a homecoming t-shirt design, with “Homecoming 2004″ instead of “support the,” but it works much better as a poster than a t-shirt. The cropping just doesn’t make sense without the borders of the paper there. (Which is why it wasn’t chosen.) The lettering, in particular, took forever, since I didn’t use any sort of stencil, just a ruler and my eyeballs. I think I did this on watercolor paper, which isn’t quite as nasty to work on as smooth paper, although I still prefer canvas, just because it doesn’t buckle. (acrylic on watercolor paper, 18×24)
This is a pastel painting I began the summer before junior year (I think) and only finished last winter or spring for my NAHS application. It’s now framed and hanging in the spare room, which is why the picture is at a funky angle–I didn’t want my reflection and the flash in it. Someday I’m going to have to try to get a better shot of this one. That angle just kills me. I was never quite satisfied with the way the water turned out, but eventually it got so overworked I just had to stop so I didn’t make things worse. It still looks sort of flat. Ditto the tree trunk, although that’s less obvious in this photo. However, I’m really happy with the rocks and the vegetation in the foreground. (pastel, 19×25)
