Breadth #11

This is a piece from my sophomore year that I reworked to include in my breadth section. We were advised to have an interior space piece in our breadth, so I decided to fix this one up. Originally just acrylic paint, I went back into it with markers to sharpen edges, brighten colors, and add interest to the piece. This is obviously a painting of the inside of an old gym, so it can only be so exciting, haha. But I wanted to add personality to a seemingly lifeless corner of my old highschool gym.

Concentration #2

Here is my concentration piece #2. I started off with a watercolor base and then layered acrylic paint on top to create the roots. I went back in with colored Sharpies to add more color and contast. The use of mixed media resulted in an interesting composition. The piece has a strong value range and is somewhat of a radial\concentration design structure. After hearing one suggestion, I think I will go back and continue to work on the piece to further highlight my theme of "man's connection to nature." My plan is for my pieces to evolve to show the different roles humans have concerning nature (ie destruction of the natural world and/or the natural world's healing affects on man). In this piece, I was trying to show that mother nature is a force much more powerful than what many superficial humans see; the flower itself is only the tip of the iceberg.