A word of warning:
I am NOT an artist. With that said, here are some images of some sketches and paintings I have tried.
Acrylics
This is from an Informal Class, "Painting what you see and feel", I took in the Spring 2002 semester. The class was an intro painting class using acrylics and taught by Meg Renwick. This is the second project, painting a dream.
Fourier Snooze
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In the dream, I turn my alarm clock's buzz into a superposition of sinusoidal waves. It isn't really a dream, I do it while I am half awake and half asleep, but once I convert the noisy sound I am able to ignore it and quickly fall asleep again.
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Self Portrait
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Self portrait, pretty self explanatory. This is from my second
informal class. I took "Painting with Acrylics" taught by
local artist
Polly Jackson. I really enjoyed learning and using
the old master's technique of underpainting. I am taking
the class again, stay tuned for more paintings!
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Untitled
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New image, inspired by a yellow flower in a magazine, but I
completely went in my own direction when I forgot the
magazine one day! Scanning it was difficult.
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Yearning
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This painting was inspired by 'Jelly Roll', a picture by
Shay Holmes. Painted while on vacation in Bloomington, IN. March 2003.
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Para H
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A Mourning Dove for H. Painted while on vacation in Bloomington, IN. March 2003. Real Mourning Doves hung around and called out throughout the day.
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Pastel Sketches
Cally
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Yay, I am taking another class from Polly Jackson, this time it is pastels. Very fun so far. This is her caladium plant.
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Blue Jay
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Pretty self-explanatory.
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Crane
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This piece is unfinished...
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Crane
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The size of this is about 9" x 11" and was done on sandpaper... yikes, it eats up pastel but has a nice
texture.
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Pencil Sketches
These are a few sketches from my books, I keep two, one for travel, and another for home use. They are identical, except the one I use at home gets more use and accordingly shows more wear.
These are from a trip to New York City in May 1998.
Hello...
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This is a sketch of a bronze sculpture in some park. There was a series of these sculptures in this new park along the river. This one was on a tabletop.
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Central Park
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I perched myself on a outcrop of rocks in the park and looked down to see this scene.
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This is a sketch I made while in Santiago, CHILE (January 2001).
Providencia
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While sitting under a small tree at some monument to aviation, I observed this scene across the street. I liked how the street between these buildings curved out of sight and the interesting trees that seemed to reach, awkwardly, for the sunlight. Strangely, I clearly remember the stuff that I didn't draw, like the detail on the building's brick and motar work, or the things I imagined went on in the rooftop apartments.
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Watercolor Sketches
Ha ha, I started playing with watercolors, it is very fun.
Blue Jay
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A blue jay on campus. (w/ Ink)
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Black Swan
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Black Swan (native to Australia) at Town Lake.
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Burned Lighthouse
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At Matagorda Island off the coast of Texas. Very cool place
with a rich history. This lighthouse was burned along with
the pre-exisiting village. Currently there is no civilization
on the island and it has become a wildlife refuge. A ferry
brings you to and from the island.
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