Any one want ice cream?

This is a 15x12 in impasto painting of ice cream cones. The idea behind this was to keep it simply and create visual texture. The main two medias I used for this was achrilic paint and also a special type of paint that can create texture. I tried to stick to the basics by simply using shadows, color harmony, and texture to make this piece interesting pleasing to the sight. There are a few problems with the cones to where one of them looks a bit off but that I believe was do to me only visualizing and not prepping. I tried to create all of the cones simply from observation and I didn't use any science and measurement.

Lincoln in white and black

This is a 16x12 assembly with a charcoal drawing on top of it. I created this piece by taking a lot of sheets of papers with different designs and then gluing them down. After that I added a layer of achrilic paint to allow the sheets of paper in the background to come together. After that I drew a portrait of president Lincoln in white and black charcoal on the top. I think over all it turned out really good. I had to keep in mind that I had to make this a drawing and show marksmanship which an assembly doesn't really work the best to show that. With that limitation in mind, I did my best and it turned out over all not bad.

The punch

This is a 11x17 which I practiced with charcoal to create. I used charcoal, and prisma color to create this. The assignment was to create motion by erasing the charcoal, which you can see by the fist moving. I added an extra layer of thought to this by creating foreshortening with the fist. I was over all very happy with how it turned out, the color really makes the mood of the work. I would say I was not the happiest with the background in this, it feels sorta empty. While i feel like it is empty, it also really adds to the mood because it almost seems like rain which adds to the mood of sad/depressing.

Shells in white and black

This is 11x17 practice of a still life using charcoal. I say practice because this was just me getting used to charcoal and how to create shadows and shades etc. The artwork is incomplete so that is my main issue with it. What i did finish though, I believe actually turned out really cool. You can see the texture in the shells and the gradients are there, so for a practice I was happy with it.

Bathroom

It is a 7.5x8 picture of some interesting things I found in my bathroom counter top. I drew it using prisma color on some black paper. I have to say though the paper did not seem to want to work with me, no matter how many times I went over it, it continued to have uneven color marks. Not very sure why that happened but it made it not turned out the way I wanted it to. Next I time I will try the paper that I am drawing on.

I love my pasta

It;s an 8.5x11 picture of my bowl of pasta, almost cleaned because I like pasta haha. The lighting at the bottom right makes this picture seem a lot lighter then it is, in real life that part gets very close to basically being black. Aside from that I just took a picture and I tried to used achrilic paint to replicate the picture. Considering I am not the best at paint I am very happy with how it turned out, I actually see some improvement in this painting then the last one I did, I am starting to be able to blend colors a lot better. So I am happy I tried to paint again even if it is not my strongest part.

The best way to describe this is long, painful, but rewarding. I had never used oiled pastels prior to this so I am glad that I used them. While it did not turn out perfect or to the level which I wanted, I still enjoyed the learning experience. So I focused on a small part of the dishwasher to try to not have too many things for the eyes to wonder. It is not my best work but I didn't know oil pastels would be so difficult and time consuming but I tried my best.