pomonavisualartslettering: April 2016

Gallery Visit 1: Light Rail Art Gallery

Ed Fiske is a photographer featured in the Light Rail art gallery in Old Town Arvada. I liked the depth of field in his work, and the way he captures the space in his work. Even though I'm a painter for the most part I was really inspired by the way he captured space and the full depth of field he uses, and the color he captures. Lately I've been inspired to do landscapes, and his worked inspired me to really push for the realistic use of space and color in my work. .

Gallery Visit 2: Young Masters

Julia Smith

(from Julia Smith's AP Website, http://juliasmithsarts.weebly.com/drawing.html)
I was really impressed by my peers work this year, there was a lot of strong pieces this year. One in particular was a colred pencil portrait of a horse by Julia Smith. The way she utilized the space, as well as the negative space of the black background really made the piece pop. It inspired me to push myself harder with prismacolor, to achieve more intense colors and a high emotional impact whilst remaining technically strong in my work.

Gallery Visit 3: Jeffco Art Show

Gracie Branaugh, Jefferson County Gallery

Recently I went to the Jefferson County Art show at the Arvada Center. I was amazed at the work I saw. The gallery set up encouraged the viewer to wander further in, and the gallery felt incredibly professional. The piece of work that stood out to me was by an artist named Gracie Branaugh and it was the hand drawing above. The movement and concept of the veins being a tree to me was incredibly clever and created a lot of visual interest. This piece will influence my work to incorporate new ideas and interpretations of interesting pairs. I may also want to try graphite, as there were many graphite pieces in the show in general that really inspired me.

FALL SEMESTER: AP Drawing Studio-A

SPRING SEMESTER: AP Drawing Studio-A, Advanced Drawing- A

Collaboration Project: Line Art Swap and Color with Jordan Marius Wright
We each gave each other prompts and drew what the other person wanted. Than we took the line art we drew for each other (example, Jordan asked for a forest scene so I drew him a forest scene in which he then colored the work I did for him.)