Monday, February 29, 2016

1st Major Project

Most Helpful Warm Up:

My Piece:

I took this photo during the summer at my brother's house in Boone, North Carolina. It is meaningful to me because it reminds me of that summer and good times with my family. I picked watercolor because I thought it would be the best medium to bring to life the colors and details in my photo. I found it most successful in my piece when I did random brush strokes and stippling. Next time, however, I probably would not choose watercolor because it is difficult to work with.

Drawing Techniques

Pencil Drawing:
Advantages: ability to erase, easy shading, easy to add value, clean
Disadvantages: pencil sometimes smudges, takes a long time to shade

Pen Drawing:
Advantages: more defined lines, ability to create darker values, clean
Disadvantages: can't erase, sometimes smudges

Charcoal Drawing:
Advantages: fun to work with, easy to add value, wide range of values
Disadvantages: harder to erase than pencil, very messy






Sunday, February 21, 2016

Inspired Artist



Danielle Clough is an embroidery artist from Cape Town, South Africa, who uses various bright-colored threads to create beautiful portraits of people, birds, flowers, etc. More unusual work of hers, such as the pieces photographed above, are embroidered on vintage tennis rackets. She studied art direction and graphic design at the Red and Yellow School and has her own website: http://www.danielleclough.com/contact/

Her work is inspiring to me because it is clear in every intricate detail how much time and effort she puts into her work. I am drawn in by her use of color and choice of medium, and I love the idea of embroidering on tennis rackets and find it very interesting. Her work is beautiful and definitely one of my favorites out of all the embroidery work I've seen.