MidTerm Portfolio

Line work on top of Watercolor:

I really liked this technique of doing the line drawing first, and then going over it with loose watercolor. My goal on this piece was to emphasize the left side of the image by putting more detail in the line work and using more vibrant colors. I used a wet on wet watercolor technique so the red in the umbrella bleeds on the blue curtain. I wish I would have painted the negative space at the top of the arch instead of coloring it with marker, other wise I am really happy with the piece.

20x30 Watercolor:

I think this is my strongest piece so far this semester. I referenced a black and white photo so I picked my colors according to the values in the photo. I there there is nice

wet on wet implied shapes going on in the bottom of the painting which imply the wet street and reflections. There is not much structure in the piece, but I think the implied shapes with the colors really work and create a sense of structure.

Postcard:

I am including this piece, because I wanted to emphasize further my sense of color. I used a black and white photo for reference and based my color choices on the values in the photo. I wanted to jazz up the postcard by using colors that typically wouldn't be thought of being rendered for a field - but I think the colors I pick work because of my attention to the dark and light values.

I realize the figures in the piece need work which is something I am currently working on. I had trouble rendering the shadows on the faces because of the small scale. My colors kept bleeding together. I am going to go back in with a small pen and add detail in the faces and overalls. I think it will solve the problem. Overall I think this piece adds variety to my portfolio with the use of color which is why I am including it.

Product Illustration:

I think this perfume bottle works quite nicely. I think I rendered the highlights in the glass well and the bronze ball at the top along with the bronze on the flowers. I think because of the highlights the glass reads as glass and bronze looks like it is shiny. I dropped splashes of color throughout the piece, such as the flowers, to add dimension. I used a variety of techniques such as wet on wet, wet on dry, dry on wet, etc. I added line work for detail.

Cowboy:

This was a homework exercise. I have included it because I think the rendering of the jacket and hat turned out really nicely. I used the wet on wet technique for the shadows and I think this created a really cool effect. I added line work to add a little more detail.