slipper

This piece is an excellent example of what Robert Rauschenberg created called a "Combine" which is a combination of his love for painting and sculpting. He did this by adding a 3 dimensional object to a 2 dimensional piece. Most of the objects were random, having nothing to do with the painting.

I started by painting a few places with turquoise and some other colors. Once it dried I covered it with a layer of pink. Then I used the end of my brush to scratch away some of the pink, while it was wet, thus revealing the turquoise underneath. One of the differences between Rauschenberg's work and mine is that I make sure to incorporate the objects into the paintings. I do this by using what Iv been taught in principles and elements of design.

First I placed the slipper on the canvas diagonally and glued the ribbon through out the top of the piece. I then added the lace to the left in order to let your eye travel through out the whole piece and to calm the attention away from the slipper. I changed the appearance of the slipper by painting some parts with the same colors.

The Brookhaven Scholarship

I got it! I got the scholarship! The High School Art Club Scholarship from Brookhaven Community College. It is given to only two high school students majoring in the Arts. I sent in a Power Point with 15 of my pieces along with a photo of me, my artist statement and my resume. I'm so Excited!

Robert Rauschenberg

This piece was originally four separate pieces. Our class was assigned to create four postcards each 4" x 6". The pieces were to be exhibited and auctioned off while the proceeds went to Haiti. I however failed to enter my cards on the right day for the exhibit.

It turns out the exhibit was not what we were lead to believe. So meanwhile I decided to use my jewelry making skills to attach each piece with jump rings, an it made a successful Rauschenberg.

Robert Rauschenberg

Piece number 4.

Robert Rauschenberg

Piece number 3!

Self Portrait

This was one of my summer assignment for AP 2D. The assignment was to do a self-portrait in the style of an artist you liked, so I chose Andy Warhol.

First I took a photo of myself with my phone, actually has great quality, and worked on it in Photoshop. After cropping it the way I changed it to black and white, so no color and more shadow.

Then I changed the threshold level so it captured the shadows and the only thing showing were the lights and dark's. But I couldn't show all the detail I wanted to on the first change. So I duplicated a bunch of layers and worked one at a time. Each one a different threshold level and then changing the blacks to greys on others. so what you see that is grey in my face was a different level on the computer, and the black on each feature were different levels. I later added all the levels together and added bright colors to the sponge curlers in my hair.This baby went through an emergency delivery as a sequel of one of my many failed concentration studies.

Robert Rauschenberg

Piece number two!