Week 11

This week I built on the scene from last weeks art piece. The main character is seen reaching for the dragon that has shown itself loyal to her yet she doesn't quite understand why.

"Tame"

Special Addition Blog Post: Michael Hedges

     Four weeks ago our class went to an artist talk at our on campus gallery. The artist that had came in to talk was Michael Hedges. He's an abstract painter that uses various types of techniques to create different colors and textures on his paintings. One of his paintings that caught my eye in particular was a piece that he had done on linen. the brown color of the linen definitely made it stand out among the others that were mostly done on canvas. What was interesting to me was that he would take a large piece of linen and paint on the front and the back and would cut out certain parts that he thought could be paintings. The fact that he painted on the front and the back gave a matte effect to some of the strokes of color that were done on the opposite side.

Week Ten

This week I responded to some advice to add more characters and to have the main character interact with the environment. This is done with watercolor pencils on watercolor paper. This scene jumps ahead in the story line to the first time that the main character encounters the one surviving dragon.

"Facing the Dragon"

Week Nine

This week we are uploading all the art works we did up until this point of the semester.

 "Somewhere"

 "Portal"

 "Falling Through"

"Graceful Dreaming"

 "Landing"(1)

 "Landing"(2)

 "Landing"(3)

 "In The Woods Somewhere"

 "Fairy Guide"

"Meeting in the Clearing"

Week Eight

This week I am continuing the story line. This scene is the main character being guided through the forest by one of the many fairies that she woke up surrounded by. This is done with watercolor pencil on watercolor paper.

"Fairy Guide"

Week Seven

This week we were given the task of creating a piece inspired by an artist. My inspiration for this piece was J. M. W. Turner. I attempted to recreate his use of contrast of light in dark that you see in his piece Fisherman at Sea. This piece continues the story, taking place after the main character wakes up hours after she first lands, finding herself surrounded by glowing orbs like the one she followed.

" In the Woods Somewhere"

Week Six

 This week our assignment was to create a drawing and make 3 copies and do something different to each copy. This drawing is a continuation of the story being told in my drawings. This one is what happens after she lands in the other dimension. I used watercolor pencils and regular color pencils.

"Landing" (1)

"Landing" (2)

"Landing" (3)

Week Five

This week we had to create a piece inspired by one of the other students work in our class. I chose to use one of Saul pieces as inspiration. I used watercolor pencils and some ink to create this piece.

"Falling Through"

Special Addition Blog Post: Tatjana Jovancevic

2 weeks ago we attended Tatjana Jovancevic's presentation at the art gallery on campus. She talked about how she was from a war torn country and how that influenced her art. Tatjana also talked about how she was stuck in the US be cause of what was going on in her home country. She also expressed her love for the line and how it comes into play in her work. The piece that you see below was the one that stuck out to me the most. The use of wavy line and the colors really express a lively emotion. I personally believe that it expresses passion.

Week Four

     This week we had to work off the idea of using the line expressively. We also had to begin to shoe continuity between our work. I decided to use the main character of my previous works as the continuity and i would just put her in different settings. So this week I put her dancing on a stage. The line I used to create her dress were meant to create a flowing effect to express grace. And this week I also continued the use of watercolor pencils.

"Graceful Dreaming"

Week Three

       This week I created another piece using watercolor pencils. When I made this piece I responded to a comment about trying to create the next scene from the art piece I presented last week. And here's what I came up with.

"Portal"

Week Two

This week I created a piece using watercolor pencils. My inspiration for this piece was to take one of my characters and put them in a place, whether it be real or abstract.

"Somewhere"

Week One- Introduction

My name is Taylor Anderson. I am a sophomore here but this is my first year as a art student. My major is studio art.

"Rowena"

"Innocence"

"Crimson Curse"

"Striker"

"Hipster Merida"

"Helena"

"Blythe"

"Character Design 1"

"The Cloak and the Demon Hound"

"Death of A Bachelor"

"Ending"