Artist Statements

Clay Artist Statement:

My piece a tiku staute with dreads clay around the surfaceand fades off into the top of the statue used texture to create strong contrast in the piece. I emphasized the clay flowing out of the clay form by filling the space in with the piece

I used a combination of a nib and inkwell and an extra fine point sharpie to create this piece. I experimented on Brownian and loved the different look as opposed to being on plain white paper. I used a variety of pen textures to create value and form in the clay piece I also indicated a light source through the use of shadows.

My life was the inspiration for my piece. I wrote a poem entiled dread tiku man, and saw the imagery for this piece as I was writing. My work expresses a pers and how it can be hidden and misunderstood like many clay pieces s. Although my work itself does not invoke a strong emotional response, accompanied by the poem I think the meaning is clear. I was also inspired by the artist and inventor of Inktober, Jake Parker to use pen and ink for this piece.

My goal for this piece was to create quickly and accurately. I only took about three minutes to map out this piece after completing my four sketches and then dove right in with the pen and ink. I wanted to try pen and ink on a metal object as opposed to an animal, which I would typically prefer.

I learned nibs with inkwell and an extra fine point sharpie can be combined without a noticeable difference. I also learned to trust my foreshortening skills learned through the use of one-point perspective. This piece is as I imagined it compositionally. This piece will influence my future works in using pen and ink with different colored surfaces. I really liked the creation of contrast without being on white paper. I will also probably write with my pieces in the future to help develop a deeper hidden meaning.

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my piece describes a tree from a particular movie from Eddie Murphy called a thousand words when he comes across a tree and each leave that falls off means he is closer to death and he has a hard time controlling that in this collaboration with another famous actor Kerry Washington. my piece was created with prisma colors i did what i could to not make my piece to look like a basic drawing of a tree with basic crayola colored pencils added sandpaper brown and bronze and regular brown with some white coloring the piece does not look to realistic but i did my best to make it at least descent and not like a regular drawing. the big idea behind this piece is once again based on the famous actor and comedian Eddie Murphy the 2012 movie a thousand words who he played a person name jack McCall who was a literary agent who is a fast talker and he comes across a gru that sees right through him and a magic tree pops up in his backyard and and leafs fall down every time he speaks. my goal for this piece was to have it look exactly like the tree from the movie but it ended up looking like a tree from a cartoon TV show but i still got my piece done but even though i did not accomplish my man goal it still did not turn out that bad. truth to be hold i did not expect my piece to turn out as it did but i am not going to make a big deal out of a art piece but the reference that i put out for this piece is still clear a thousand words Eddie Murphy as jack McCall i do respect my effort that i put into this piece and i know i will make better projects for the remaining time i have for this class

my piece depicts a flower in the darkness a mad mind in the darkness and the red black and red to describe a meaning of strength and power the flower raping arund this piece with the charcoal it tact invaluable at being 👌

My piece represent the infamous club that ray Gibson from the movie life kept bringing up in the movie the boom boom room. martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy one of my favorite movies actors because to great actors made this wonderful collaboration. in the late 1990's the life in prison for 40 years wrongly convicted of murder. My piece was created by watercolors i use my art skills to make a piece not to bad i have put the color black and read and blue to describe how it would of look like in real life. i used the wet and dry technique to make the piece look more realistic and touched up the main parts of the picture but wet i have not completed the rest of my piece but yet to come will be completed soon . The big idea behind my art work is Eddie Murphy who played ray ford Gibson that he is a inspiration to this piece a big one he had the thoughts of building a club called the boom boom room gambling drinking singing dancing and having a good time but failed to do so. by doing a 40 year sentence do to being wrongly convicted of murder him and fellow partner Claude banks. whom he became friends with during the time they were in the penitentiary of Mississippi . My goals for this piece was the movie reference ray gibbons boom boom room even though i have not complete .my goal of that it does not bother me i still made an effort to the boom boom room club and paint half of it. To be honest i think my piece did not turn out as of what i expected i loved how the detailed the life movie reference the boom boom room by ray Gibson Eddie Murphy so i appreciated that.i will keep putting the effort in to make other pieces good . and learn new techniques in my art class and make better r projects in the future.