Dogs, Eager, Nice

Just a few of the ones that I took. These came out the best out of all of them, so tell me what you think :)

Model-charcoal

Still-Life Piece

It's close to done, but wanna see what people think first :)

Stuff I've been meaning to upload

These are just some simple stuff I did over the summer, since I haven't taken pictures of my pieces:

GOD I HATE MY SCANNER, IT KILLS THE PENCIL IN EVERYTHING.

My Three Artists

1. Eiichiro Oda

Eiichiro Oda is probably one of my favorite manga artists, and though I've only been reading his work since the end of last year, I'm enchanted by his simple, yet captivating style.


Most of his female figures are exaggerated with long legs, skinny waists, and large breasts. His men range in size, but what interests me the most, are the crazy proportions and designs he creates. He has hundreds of characters, yet all of them are unique in how they look, and that's something I really admire. I look to his art for creative inspiration and figure design.




2.Susan Cornelis

The reason I picked her is that I love that she does a variety of mediums, and tries to work with everything. Trying new stuff is always good anyways. Whether it's ink with watercolor, or paint with collage, she makes it unique and appealing, adding her own little flare to it.

I look up to her, since I myself like to try different art styles. I grew up only knowing how to use a pencil and paper, so seeing how many kinds she does inspires me to be more adventurous with what I can create.

3. Russian-Lullaby

This is an artist from a art sharing site I use called Deviantart.com. 

Her art style, along with the materials she uses, have always caught my attention. A lot of artists on there like to do digital art, but she uses pens(not sure what kind though) and other simpler methods to color her art. She also has a very unique way of drawing faces, which you can't see in this picture sadly.

To me, she shows that not all art that's good you can make on photoshop. That people still do beautiful work without needing technology.

Figure Art-Susan Cornelius

Here's my version of an art piece done by Susan Cornelius.

Her site: http://susancornelis.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/figure-sketching-a-la-rorshach/

Notes about it: I personally have found that trying to draw proportionately during summer is hard. VERY hard. And the angle. UGH. But oh well, it was good practice for Ap Art Studio this year.

AP Art History: Legion of Honors Review

    So, this was my very first time actually coming to the Legion of Honors, and besides seeing the exhibit I originally intended to see, I was also lucky enough to browse the whole museum itself. The factor that struck me the most was watching the painting styles themselves change from room to room, especially the changes from traditional painting styles to impressionist's styles. This was really notable in "The Russian Bride's Attire" by Makovsky. Though most of the painting itself still upheld the traditional, conservative styles of the time period, my mother pointed out the start of more abstract brush movement on the corners on said painting, and how the textures on it were becoming less structured and more free.

   Now onto the main exhibit, which was a thing about Edo Period books. Now, I personally love Japanese culture and art, but have only really studied the Sengoku Period and the Meiji Restoration. The Edo Period was between these two periods, and was two and a half centuries of isolation for Japan. I found this really cool, since the art itself didn't have any influences from western culture, which was a new concept. The art itself was such a change from all other work at the time, and used much different tools and mediums than other cultures did. A lot of the art used haikus and looked like children's books, while others were more R-rated, which was a bit awkward.

    All in all though, I loved the exhibit and thought the whole museum itself was super cool.

Link to exhibit:

http://legionofhonor.famsf.org/legion/exhibitions/reading-floating-world-japanese-ukiyo-e-books-collection-arthur-tress