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!

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!