Care Free

Care Free

Materials:  Pencil, marker on cartridge paper

Using a hard pencil, I drew an image of a girl with her hair flowing in the wind.  Around the girls hair are butterfly's .  This image was a candidate for a mural, to be placed on one of the outside walls of the school I attend.  The assignment was to create a piece showing a girl with flowing hair, and incorporate butterfly's in the piece.  This is exactly what I tried to create.  

In my drawing I decided to leave the hair of the girl black and white, while I placed a pop of colour in the image throughout the girl's shirt.  For the butterfly's, I left the wings of the butterfly's an outline and also matched the colour of the girls shirt with the center colour of the butterfl'y.  

I wanted my drawing to appear more realistic which is why I placed less colour in my drawing.   I believe that my drawing shows innocence in a person and how the stress in a persons life may not affect them.  It is possible for a person to be carefree in the world.  With so much to worry about in society, such as work, school, and debts that may come from school or eveyrday life, it is important to remember to take a step back from life, and take a deep breath and just focus on breathing.  Live in the moment.  Do not think about what is going to happen tomorrow or what happened in the past. Let your hair down and feel the wind flowing through it.

This image also depicts Mother Nature.  With the butterfly's around the girls hair, and the innocence in the girls face, I believe that the girl in the image does represent Mother Nature.  This is useful for the outdoor classroom because there will be many plants that attract butterfly's and the outdoor classroom will also be encouraging students to love the nature that surrounds them.

-Yours Truly 

4 Times the Drama

4 Times the Drama

Materials:  Watercolour paint on canvas

Using a soft pencil, I drew lips on a blank sheet of paper and then traced the image on tracing paper.  I then took the tracing paper and transferred the image of lips onto four other canvas'.  Then, using a wet on wet technique, I painted the images of lips using various colours and then filled the center of the lips using black paint.

I was inspired to complete this painting as I came across Andy Warhol's painting of Marilyn Monroe.  I liked the idea of using repetition for a painting.  I also like the idea of using different, bright colours to create the painting.

I decided to title this painting 4 Times the Drama because peoples lips are what speak gossip about others.  Some people find it difficult to speak while other people find it difficult to be quiet.Speaking is a form of communication to communicate with other people.  Gossiping is what may cause drama sometimes, especially throughout high school.  People may think that it is cool to speak falsely about others, however, it is not.  It just causes problems with people and may affect a persons mind negatively.

  

- Yours Truly

Drip Drop

Drip Drop

Materials:  Water colour paint on canvas

To create this painting, I first drew the skyline of New York, using a hard pencil, on canvas.  On top of the pencil, I used a wet on wet technique, where I placed water on the canvas and then placed water colour paint on top of the water.  I then mixed the colours together to create a continuous flow of the colours throughout the painting.  As the paint on the canvas was still wet, I held my canvas upright, allowing the paint and the colours to drip down the canvas.

I was inspired to create this painting as I came across this painting of the skyline of New York.  I liked the different colours that were used throughout the painting and I felt that it helped to show the beauty of the city.  New York is one of my favourite places to see and to shop in.  I like the excitement of the city and I feel that anything can happen in the city.

I feel that using a multitude of colours throughout the painting allows me to express myself and my emotions.  The different colours show the diversity throughout the city.  The drips of the paint also show how at times, there is chaos in the city that can ruin the city.  However, after all of the negative impacts on the city, you must find beauty in the madness.

- Yours Truly

Lazy Sundays

Lazy Sundays

Materials:  Acrylic paint on canvas

To create this piece, I first drew the image or flowers on a canvas using a hard pencil.  This created a light sketch of the flowers so it was easy to paint over.  Using green acrylic paint, I used a wet on wet technique for the background where I placed water on the canvas and then dripped the green paint throughout the water as the colour spread, creating a water colour affect.  Once I painted the background, I used red and white paint and various shades of pink paint to paint the flowers.  I placed red paint in the center of the flowers, white on the outer egdes, and pink in the middle of the flowers and dragged the colours together.  Then, I finished the painting by painting the stems using dark brown and light brown paint.  This helped to create a more realistic look to the painting.  

As inspiration for this painting, I looked at this painting of flowers.  I liked the idea of having flowers painted across an entire canvas.  I also liked the colours in this painting but I felt that they needed to be more vibrant instead of soft, which is why I recreated this painting. 

I decided to title this painting Lazy Sundays.  For me, Sundays are a day of relaxation and spending time with my family.  During the summer, my family and I would go out and search for new flowers to place outside, and around the house; this would usually happen on Sundays.  When I look at this painting, I feel relaxed and calm, almost as I am spending my day picking flowers on a Sunday.

I believe that now, people get so caught up in their everyday lives that they forget to stop and appreciate the life that they are living.  Hopefully, this painting will catch peoples attention and make them appreciate not only art that is created, but art that is created to help people release tension and stress that they may have.  It may help them to let go of whatever they are holding on to, take a breath, and appreciate life.    

"The trick is to enjoy life.  Don't wash away your days, waiting for better ones ahead." - Marjorie Pay Hinckley

- Yours Truly