Proportion, another fun project till I tried to finish her face, I tried and tried and her lips never came right I had to finish by using a manga technique of just a line with a darker color to make the lips, this line took me about 2 hrs to come with. Thanks to Blake for letting me use his shoulder... I wanted her to look like if she was a bit disappointed with the evilness of the person designated to her. I used Copic markers (very first time using markers), so I was very happy with the results although they are a bit plain, the shoulder matches Blake perfectly, and she should be about 11 inches tall if she ever were to show herself... he he he.

Final notes: Although classes are over, I will keep posting whatever projects I come with. So please check every blue moon.

P9

Collage and symmetrical and non symmetrical balance. This piece (L) was coming along good, till I started to work on the sky area ... let me explain, the ground area was very precise and geometric, however the sky was very chaotic and the whole composition was just not right, that is why I decided to make it a complete chaos, I think that the colors I used reflected my mood and anger, notice that I did not used red. I also I want to add that I should have used a bigger board for this exercise, at least one triple the size.

The second piece (R) was a reflection of my mood from piece one I had a black cloud over my head, I decided to be simple and direct with the project the black was applied by sweeping a line of paint toward the opposite side and the gray were done using diluted black applied by means of drops, I do like the hard edges that the typed "non symmetric" offer, but they may be to much for some. I will NEVER EVER make another collage so small, EVER.

P8

"Beautiful decay" was a texture exercise, this was actually pretty fun, for this exercise I used leaves that were on the ground right outside the classroom, they had to be washed and dried to ensure proper adhesion to the gel media/color, I finish the physical part of the project trying to use the least amount of media so the leaves don't won't loose "realism" after that I started to paint the actual leaves, then the background, thanks go to Mrs. English for giving me the tip of giving the leaves an actual perimeter line which added much definition needed to the project. Very fun & messy, but I think that if you are not dirty at the end  of your works, you are not trying hard enough. (Yes, it is tilted 45 degrees on purpose).

Simulated texture: Here I was just being silly, the board had a very light coat of gesso allowing for the grain of the wood to barely show, then the colors were applied by dripping water down acrylics and the blowing air from the red sun area towards the opposite sides, the fungi was done by using a sea sponge with a mixture of the the base color and white plus what ever residue was left from other colors. I like the color eating fungi, if there is such a thing.

P7

Colors, many of them, this was an exercise to learn combine acrylic colors to come out with another one, in this exercise not every color came as expected, so I had to ask around for tips to get the color that I wanted. The color wheel (biggest work in pic) was fun, but it was a pain to my eyes, I needed precision (which also required a very fine brush) due to the small area, the white areas are intentional. I think that if I had colored all areas it would have lost some impact.

The first picture, which I can watermelon, was meant to be an exercise using complementary colors, I also had the bright idea of using tints for those complementary colors... I like watermelon.

The second picture, the small pink spiral, is the result of me playing with tint, tone and shade. It is a monochromatic exercise.

The forth picture, the analogous exercise, was only meant to have 3 colors, but I ran into a problem, I did not want to have the same color in to adjacent sections... I finished the project with 6 colors so It became a double analog work.

The fifth picture was my random project... Oh the liberty!!! and also, my eyes!!!