This exhibition focuses on the themes of People or Humans. Four of my artworks are portraits, three are landscapes, and two are objects that relate to me as a person. I experimented with a lot of different media such as charcoal, oil paints, photography, and prisma colors to show this theme. My first art piece “ Colorful lady” was a mixed media artwork. I used charcoal, prisma colors, Graphite, and ink. This piece uses different references from different parts of a person, that I later put together to form a completely new person. After trying out the different media for this piece, I decided that I wanted to continue to learn and practice using charcoal. This comes to my next piece “Alejandra”. “Alejandra” is a charcoal portrait I made using a photograph that I took of my sister. Using a picture made this piece more meaningful to me. While working on this piece, I learned new techniques on how to use the charcoal and how it works when blending. After finishing creating the portrait, I decided to add Lines on top of it to show more of a complex look, which added more depth with the crinkled up paper I used as a canvas. In connection to my next piece, lines are a main focus on this artwork. For my “Sophomore year” piece, I also decided to use a very meaningful picture that I took of my sister when we were sophomores. I was inspired by the artist Henrietta Harris, who made distorted portraits. I decided to do this to show that the colorful lines created show the emotions that my sister was feeling during that time.Next is my last portrait “red”. I used a reference image to create this piece. Using graphite I drew the person and added a solid color for the background. I used red watercolor paint to make the drawing pop with the black graphite to create a dark atmosphere. This follows my next piece which is a watercolor painting. For this painting I created a beautiful landscape but the people are more focused on their phones without focusing and enjoying nature's beauty. My next artwork is a photograph. I tried to capture an image of a person in a beautiful landscape. I also tried to capture this with an oil painting of two people in the streets of Hong Kong. I wanted to show people in different and beautiful locations. My last two artworks are about objects that relate to people, or me. My “Christmas” peice is a prisma colored drawing of christmas objects. Most people celebrate, or just know the decorations that we use during the holidays, so I created a still life drawing. My last piece is painting everyday human objects. This is known as a Vanitas painting. The objects I painted are of objects that relate or connect with me. They are objects that represent me. I experimented with a lot of different media throughout my art pieces and I believe that the theme or thread of people/humans is really shown.
This exhibition focuses on the themes of People or Humans. Four of my artworks are portraits, three are landscapes, and two are objects that relate to me as a person. I experimented with a lot of different media such as charcoal, oil paints, photography, and prisma colors to show this theme. My first art piece “ Colorful lady” was a mixed media artwork. I used charcoal, prisma colors, Graphite, and ink. This piece uses different references from different parts of a person, that I later put together to form a completely new person. After trying out the different media for this piece, I decided that I wanted to continue to learn and practice using charcoal. This comes to my next piece “Alejandra”. “Alejandra” is a charcoal portrait I made using a photograph that I took of my sister. Using a picture made this piece more meaningful to me. While working on this piece, I learned new techniques on how to use the charcoal and how it works when blending. After finishing creating the portrait, I decided to add Lines on top of it to show more of a complex look, which added more depth with the crinkled up paper I used as a canvas. In connection to my next piece, lines are a main focus on this artwork. For my “Sophomore year” piece, I also decided to use a very meaningful picture that I took of my sister when we were sophomores. I was inspired by the artist Henrietta Harris, who made distorted portraits. I decided to do this to show that the colorful lines created show the emotions that my sister was feeling during that time.Next is my last portrait “red”. I used a reference image to create this piece. Using graphite I drew the person and added a solid color for the background. I used red watercolor paint to make the drawing pop with the black graphite to create a dark atmosphere. This follows my next piece which is a watercolor painting. For this painting I created a beautiful landscape but the people are more focused on their phones without focusing and enjoying nature's beauty. My next artwork is a photograph. I tried to capture an image of a person in a beautiful landscape. I also tried to capture this with an oil painting of two people in the streets of Hong Kong. I wanted to show people in different and beautiful locations. My last two artworks are about objects that relate to people, or me. My “Christmas” peice is a prisma colored drawing of christmas objects. Most people celebrate, or just know the decorations that we use during the holidays, so I created a still life drawing. My last piece is painting everyday human objects. This is known as a Vanitas painting. The objects I painted are of objects that relate or connect with me. They are objects that represent me. I experimented with a lot of different media throughout my art pieces and I believe that the theme or thread of people/humans is really shown.
