Project 4

Here is another version of my blackletter.

These are my designs for Blackletter and Display and my final type classification chart.

For our final project of the class we did a mixed media painting inspired by Luke Miller Buchanan. The place I chose for my painting was Joyner Service House on campus and the corner on which it is located. I really liked the lamppost and the fence and the beautiful bricks. For this painting we were supposed to work more all over the painting instead of painting and working on one section until perfected. In the third painting you will see some of that technique because I stained the areas without photos all at once instead of working on one area then moving to the next. It adds more fluidity to the piece. I enjoyed the technique since it was different from what we usually did. I went out and took lots of pictures of the house and surroundings from different angles and viewpoints. The key was to have some visual hiccups in the painting when we laid down the pictures and painted. Luke Miller Buchanan's work often has these visual hiccups and while at first glance it may almost look like a picture, on closer inspection his paintings have various things that make it obvious the piece is a mixed media 2-dimensional painting. While this painting is still in need of improvement I really like how my painting is turning out and I hope to finish the project when I return to school in the fall. I will post a final picture of the painting when I complete it!

Still Life-Mary Cassatt Inspired

In Painting we were assigned to paint a still life painting and incorporate an artist of our choosing by using that artist's style or color pallette, etc. I chose Mary Cassatt for my artist and I particually liked her color pallette and how often her painting were very upclose and cropped. The viewer was in the painting. To begin the project we took many photos of various objects set up together. Then we chose a photo and went to painting. I personally liked this project the best because my color pallette was very bright and the subject was interesting. It took some time for me to get used to using different colors for objects instead of their usual like a brown or black desk. I actually changed the color to a vibrant purple and it worked really well. In the end I think this painting came together really well! The first picture is the one I chose to paint.The next two paintings are by Mary Cassatt and were my inspiration.