PUSHING BOUNDRIES

ACRYLIC WORD COMPOSITION

ADVANCED 2-D ART

acrylic paint & paper collage

This piece is senior Elias Rodriquez's largest work to date.

It measures 24" by 36".

He wasn't required to work this large but he wanted to challenge and push himself

(I love that :)

The assignment was to use text as 60% of their subject matter.

In the past the kids have lettered out words and painted them in,

but Elias being Elias,

 wanted to change it up and do it differently.

He asked if the words could come from newspapers that he could collage down first,

then lightly paint over.

I really liked the idea so he tried it out.

The rest of the subject matter was up to the kids,

so he gives us this very thought provoking figure partially hiding behind a mask.

Deep!

Bravo Elias for always pushing yourself farther!

A NEW ASSIGNMENT

STORY CLOTH

ADVANCED 3-D ART

recycled fabrics w/ text

It began with senior Laarnie Barcelon writing her story:

then choosing her fabrics to flow with it.

Writing those words directly onto her fabric.

Manipulating,

she ripped and wove them back together again,

(ala Jude Hill)

and stitched it all back into one.

Incorporating more fabrics and her words...

with stitch and embellishments.

To a final ending...

that flows with her story.

Lovely!!

And worth repeating.

Acrylic Word Compostiton

Senior Laura Kadi, as the sole Advanced 2-D student, continues to surprise and delight me with her interpretations of her assignments.  

In this project she first had to learn to paint with artist's acrylics (she took to it like a duck to water).  Then she had to design a composition that used at least 60% text.  For both the fore and backgrounds, she was required to paint dimensionally from lights to darks as well as do the same within the text she chose.  Laura chose a complimentary color scheme to paint in which makes the work pop from the get-go, and then adds a very special touch by collaging over parts of the background with handmade paper to bring in a bit of texture and mystery.  The paper is so lovely with flecks of gold leaf couched in.

A brilliant piece Laura!   

More With Cindy and Sam

Here are 2 more pieces by my third year 2-D gals, juniors Cindy Kim and Sam Arias.

Their assignment was to first learn how to work with acrylic paint on a preliminary piece, try out lots of different techniques until they find their working style. Afterwards they were to design a composition with words, to cover the entire surface with at least 60% text, and then to paint the piece in with as much value range as possible in both the text and the background.  I think it's interesting how both girls chose to use a similar color scheme, but the two pieces couldn't be any more different in content.

Text as Subject Matter #2 - Student Art

I wasn't satisfied yesterday with the photo of Hannah Park's piece (little out of focus), plus I hadn't put in a close up, so I felt like I needed to make this correction. And unfortunately, this blogger program doesn't allow for corrections where you need to eliminate and move things around, so I hope you don't mind revisiting this with me. Plus, the close up is really cool. Hope you like it. Notice Hannah's use of pen and ink to lay in some shadow and outlines.

Text as Subject Matter - Student Art

An assignment that I've been using for the past several years is morphing into something even more current thanks to senior Hannah Park (below). Above junior Jason Kwon adhered to the assignment sheet (60% of acrylic painting to be composed of painted text) and came up with a powerful, stunning design. And below, Hannah asked if she could collage her text on instead of painting it on and I said yeah, give it a try and lets see what happens. So we ended up with two completely different pieces, each one fabulous in it's own right. Hannah is the niece of N.Y. artist Eunju Kang (http://www.eunjukangart.com/) that I featured two posts ago. I really like how Hannah watered down her acrylic paint and let it drip. Almost looks like watercolor. Look at your girl go Eunju :)