Coming into this Senior Project, I changed my essential question to “how can I respond to a global pandemic through art?”. Acknowledging there are histories of artists responding to the[…]

On Monday, I completed “Chaos’ Proclamation”. I feel pretty good about it. In the last hour of my time working on it, I felt this drive compelling me to make[…]

Over the course of this Senior Project experience, I’ve got an insight into my psychology behind my work. I’ve witnessed the fear and trepidation behind my process. I’ve seen how[…]

After watching a video on composition and value, I decided to organize my next pandemic drawing into 5 value groups before rendering the elements of the scene. Doing so made[…]

My essential question is “How can I respond to a pandemic through art”. While figuring out the ideologies and concepts behind my pieces are crucial, the execution is just as[…]

My anatomy and gesture studies are going well. I have finally reached the lower body in my studies, and am currently focused on the humerus, tibia, and fibula. In my[…]

Over the weekend, I finished the second painting—titled “Unity”—in my series. I feel that it is a step up from the last piece, “The Awakening of Chaos”, in a few[…]

Today I finished the my first painting for this project, titled “The Awakening of Chaos”. On the technical side of things, I am pretty satisfied with this piece. I feel[…]

This morning during my cohort meeting, James revealed that we are now one third of the way into the senior project experience. After the meeting, James talked to me individually[…]

I feel that my quick sketches and anatomy studies are going pretty well. Every once in a while, I struggle to find the dynamism in a certain pose, but through[…]

There are fundamentals to art that trump any stylistic or technical choices, and create the visual language through which one communicates their ideas. Figurative art hones in on a few[…]

After making four color studies that I’m satisfied with, I’ve been experimenting with a painting method I’ve come up with. To get a good range of values along with good[…]

I feel like I’m getting the gist of what I should be capturing while figure drawing. Draftsmen such as Glenn Vilppu and Mike Mattesi have shown me that I shouldn’t[…]