end of the quarter update

Alright guys, it's the end of the quarter here at SCAD and I've finally had some time to scan in some more of my Portrait in Illustration class work. This first one is from our first assignment which was to complete an editorial illustration of a contemporary literary figure. So naturally, I chose J.K. Rowling! I think I lost some of the likeness from my original sketches, but this is not from a photograph, rather we learned to look at references and draw from them to create an original illustration. This was completed in graphite pencil.




Next I have another of my alla prima oil paintings. This was completed in about an hour and a half or so, and is by far my best one, being the fourth and final one I did.



Lastly! What quarter would be complete without a portrait of my idol, Jessica Simpson!? We were given the assignment to do a stylized portrait for the cover of the Rolling Stone. I placed her lower on the page to leave room for the text of the magazine. This was done in a mixed media of watercolor and guache.


I have one last portrait to show you guys, it's my self portrait placed on a master study of a Sargent painting, but we haven't been given those back yet. I'll upload that later today or tomorrow. I have some paintings from my life drawing II class that I may take pictures of and post on here. It was a rough quarter in that class as it took some time to adjust to that particular professor's teaching style, but in the end, I am definitely pleased I took the course. I feel as if I have learned so much about the figure and my way of viewing and drawing it has transformed for the better.

I'll be heading home for spring break tomorrow and I can't wait to see my family! After a week off though, I'll be very much looking forward to both my Watercolor for the Illustrator and Book Illustration classes, as well as my Survey of Asian Art, art history elective!

xoxo

alla prima

Ok so some of my first oil sketches from my portrait class are dry enough to post! This is my first time ever painting in oils as well as painting a portrait! I'm such a "noob" when it comes to painting! That's part of the reason I'm taking to painting based classes next quarter. So here are my first three alla prima oil portraits. Each was done in about an hour and a half to fourty five minutes time. I've definitely improved from the beginning, and I'm even emarrassed to post the first two!

My next ones are definitely better! I've continued to learn from my mistakes, and I can't wait to continue improving on my own. I'll be sure to post the others as soon as they are dry enough to scan in, in a couple of days.

And lastly, I'll leave you with some sketches. The two in the upper corner are studies from Trina Schart Hyman's Peter Pan work. Goodness, she is SUCH an inspiration! Anyway, I've been playing around with some watercolors in my sketchbook. I'm really looking forward to my watercolor class next quarter, so I'll finally know what I'm doing with them. Also, I drew up a picture of my and my pokemon team haha. It was a big fad on Deviantart for a while recently to draw your favorite pokemon again. Of course, I missed the fad, but I'm still gonna do it anyway. I'll post the colored version later.

sketchbook overload

Hey guys! It's been a while since you've seen what I've been up to! I still don't have anything back from my professors to show, but I finally got around to scanning in some images from my sketchbooks! Some of it is from class and others are from my personal sketchbook.

these are some master studies for my life drawing II and Portrait in Illustration classes.














These are practices for our upcoming field trip to do courtroom sketches.











And here's a peak into my private sketchbooks. By the way, I'm super excited because one of the local art supply stores just started carrying canson's multimedia sketchbook! So expect a lot of watercolor and acrylic sketches to start popping up as well!














I'll be updating again soon with some of my longer portrait studies and completed illustrations!

sketchbook

just a little update from my sketchbook; an insight into the many worlds inside my head lol.

Fall Quarter <3

Hey guys! First post of the new school year, sorry it's taken so long but I've gotta say it's been busy busy busy, which I like! Surprisingly I haven't had any REAL projects to turn in yet, but I have some due this week finally. I've gotta say, something has definitely changed in me this quarter. I'm finding myself so fascinated and in love with art all over again and at a much higher level than ever before. I'm so excited to try new things and find my own voice, and I definitely think I'm on the right path. Anyway, I could go on about this for a while so instead I'll leave you with two practice pieces done for my Materials and Techniques II class. Both are done in acrylic with various gels and mediums.

first post!

Hey y'all! This is my first entry here on my blog so I figure I'll tell you a little bit about myself. I'm currently starting my junior year at the Savannah College of Art and Design. I'm an illustration student with my interests lying particularly in children's book and book illustration. I'm from Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb near the New Orleans area. I also work as a character and parade performer at the Walt Disney World resort in Orlando, FL which is where I will be most likely moving upon graduation. So with that being said, I will now post my first piece on here.

This is a soft pastel piece done for my Intro to Illustration Materials and Techniques I class. The project was to come up with a piece based on the word "Secrets."