Illustration 3: The Tailor

Another assignment we have had in my Illustration 3 class is to do an illustration of either a tinker, a tailor, a soldier, or a spy in a precarious situation.  I chose a tailor.  Most of the people in my class who chose a tailor seemed to create slightly comical images of them all tangled up in their thread or something.  I decided to illustrate a Jewish tailor in WWII era Germany being forced with his fellow Jews out of their homes.  It was a little darker than the other themes.  But I still wanted it to be a more innocent-looking illustration-- such as one that could be found in a children's book.  It was also supposed to have an analogous color scheme.

I did my line drawing with pen, scanned it, and printed it out on Arches cold-press paper.  I then painted the whole thing in acrylics, scanned it into photoshop where I added some patterns and touched up some areas.

Illustration 3: Star Wars

I am taking the Illustration 3 class right now.  It is an acrylic-based course.  Acrylics have been a bit of a struggle, but I feel much more confident using them now than I did at the beginning of the semester.

One of our assignments was to illustrate a vehicle used in another time or place.  Obviously the vehicle I decided to paint was an X-wing fighter.  I completely dedicate this piece to my mother for instilling in me a life-long love of all things Star Wars.  

Part of the assignment was to incorporate texture.  I used acrylic matte medium on the x-wing and death star areas and created texture by dabbing the wet medium with a paper towel and scraping it with the end of my paintbrush.  It created a cool effect!  I am quite pleased with how it turned out.

Annual Student Figure Drawing Show

Hello everyone!  I promise that I'm still doing art, I just haven't gotten my class projects back yet.  But when I do get them back they will definitely be posted on here!

In the meantime, I wanted to do a quick post about the Annual Student Figure Drawing Show.  I had two pieces selected to be in the show!  I was very honored-- especially since my work was up next to such wonderful art done by my peers.  One of my pieces (the ballerina girl) won third place in the show as well!  I thought I would post them here for those of you who would like to see them.  (If you have been following my blog for a while you may recognize them as I have posted them before)

And thank you to everyone who came by the show to see my art-- I really appreciate it! :)