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Right now, I’m just glad that I’ve submitted my application and portfolio for Skidmore. That being said, I have to expect to apply to other schools, so I will continue my portfolio work until I’ve filled other portfolio requirements. I’m really excited about where this new piece is headed. When I looked at examples of how to speed up my pieces, the fairytale approach really stood out to me. I love princesses and fairytales, so when I started creating my background collage of silver, violet, dark and light blues, an image of Cinderella came to life in my head. With such a busy background, I might stick with something simple, like her pumpkin carriage. This way I can use orange and white, (maybe even have it in mid transformation!), to separate it from the background, but also display my use of line. I’m curious to see if I can add sparkles. It would be added around the edges of the transforming pumpkin to give it a magical effect. For my next piece, I’m thinking of using another idea from the article of portfolio pieces, and stain a canvas with one color, while using that same color to work with the lights and darks. I have a decent amount of people in my portfolio already, so I’ll have to think of a different subject to make it stand out. Lastly, Pj wants me to paint a scene from outerspace for his room at school, so I’ll have to squeeze that one in during my free time. Thanks Smitty for helping me with my portfolio process!

transparency

Although I am working on my portfolio, I am doing something similar to my class. This is the first line drawing I've done, and I think it's interesting. My drawing is not the most impressive piece, but I think the more I explore this area of work then the more I will become familiar and skilled. Drawing has been a challenge for me in the past, but after doing it for so long this fall I think I'm becoming better at it. Usually so much time and attention is spent on how to correctly shade, use the number 3 rule, or find the proper proportions of whatever the focus of the work is. Transparency adds a new level of skill and dimension. Simply put, it's not very hard to just outline an image of what you see and give it the title of transparent. The real challenge comes when an artist has to decide what they want to portray in their work, what medium to work with, and how to demonstrate transparency without drawing or painting something that has no depth. I definitely aproached my self portrait without the usual confidence I have when I paint myself. The reason I am confident with painting myself is 1. because it's my favorite medium, and 2. it's myself! How can I screw up painting something I see everyday? It's possible, but I usually pick up on my mistakes at one point or another. Anyways, back to transparency, I didn't have confidence starting my transparency self portrait because I'm drawing myself for the first time and have little to no experience shading with black ink. There are times where I have to turn to Ms. Smith for all the answers and advice I can get, and this would definitely be one of those times. We'll see if this thing ends up in my portfolio or not, but I'm too damn stubborn to leave out something I put serious effort into. I'll be visiting the art studio this weekend, hopefully to finish up the last two pieces of my work, and maybe even do my día de los muertos project. I can't wait to see how my "transparent self-portrait" comes out because right now it's a little too scary for the public.