Translucent Layers

This one for me was kind of hard, so I honestly don’t like how it looks. I tried to make a snowy artwork of the overlook hotel from the shining. It was the first thing that came to mind, so I decided to try it out. As for the materials I used, it was mainly alcohol markers and ink pens for this project.

I sadly didn’t have any white markers or pens, so I had to use light blue markers for the snow. However, in class, I was able to use one from someone to make the snow look better. The end result is much better than how it started, but I wish I had some other kind of paper to make the hotel and ground look better.

Nobuhiro Nakanishi

Nobuhiro was born in 1976 and from Fukuoka. There’s not much about him personally that I can find, but he went to Tokyo Zokei University and then graduated at Kyoto City University of Art. He has collections of his artwork at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan, and Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan. He’s also done collaborations with Video program works, coproduce with COMME des GARÇONS , Kyoto, Hong Kong in 2007, Sculpture works, coproduce with COMME des GARÇONS, Tokyo in 2010, Installation works, coproduce with Phillip Lim, SAKS, NY. There’s actually a website he has for his artwork, his Exhibitions, and his commission works. As for what kind of art he does, he seems to mostly do Layer drawings and Strip drawings. If you want to look at more of his artwork, just click on the link. (http://nobuhironakanishi.com/biography/)

Maya Land

Maya land is a traditional surreal collage artist and has been creating art since she was 5 years old. She was also born and still lives in London; however, I couldn’t find any website that tells us about her age. She creates her artworks by hand using vintage imagery. With a vintage nostalgia, her works explore the social and political issues we face in contemporary. It also creates another world and another meaning. She studied Fine art at Art Academy and specialized in oil painting there. However, after she graduated, she realized that her ” true love ” is collage art and continues creating collages to this day. Maya actually sells her artwork on her website, so if you or anyone feels like buying one of her art pieces, you can now. However, her artwork is really expensive, so maybe save up a lot of money first before buying. Most of her collages seem to be food, furniture, people, and places. Here is the link to her shop (Link: https://www.saatchiart.com/mayamladenovic) (Info: https://artisticsideoflife.com/about#:~:text=Maya%20Land%20is%20a%20London,we%20face%20in%20contemporary%20society.)

Collage

I first couldn’t decide what to pick for a theme for my collage project, so I picked a few magazines and went through pages to find something I liked. I watch a lot of Gordon Ramsay shows, so the pictures of food count my eye. I then cut out as many food pictures I could find in a few magazines I picked and tried to mess around with them on my white piece of paper.

After messing around for a while, I stuck to a few pictures that I thought were perfect enough and threw out the rest. I got some of my alcohol markers and started drawing random food, words, and even coffee all over the collage. It’s kind of basic to me, but I think it’s a cute little collage for me to put up on my wall at some point.

Atmospheric Perspective (Paris)

After scrolling through a lot of summer photos, I thought the pictures I took in Paris felt perfect for our Atmospheric Perspective project. I didn’t take a lot of perspective photos sadly, but I luckily found one that looked beautiful and perfect to sketch out.

It wasn’t easy for me to start it out. I mainly just only used charcoal and pencil lead, since I didn’t think I could use anything else that would make it look stand out but not look like a mess. The center of the drawing was the easiest for me to, while the front wasn’t as easy or good in my opinion. The sky I barely drew, but I still feel like it should be lighter than it is.

The end result is ok, but not amazing. I think I could have done better, but I’m honestly too busy with other artwork, math, and moving to try to put my heart out to this art project until maybe spring break or summer.

Jeremy Lipking

Jeremy was born in 1975 at Santa Monica, California and is 47 years old. There’s not much about him, but from his website, he uses oil paint for all of his work, and it looks very realistic. Many viewers are drawn to his art thinking that it looks just like a photograph. However, Lipking’s vision is the opposite of what a camera does. A photograph tends to flatten an image, reducing all relationships of color and shade to a stiff mechanical pattern. Lipking’s skill lies in his ability to probe in and around his subject. With a highly sensitive eye, he sees nuances of value and hue that the camera and most people can never see. More incredibly, he is able to translate his highly nuanced vision into a painted image. Seeing one of his paintings involves entering into the pictorial world he has created. Like all great realists, he has the ability to generate powerful fictions. Here are 2 of my favorite paintings of his

https://www.lipking.com/

Introduction

Hi! My name is Reagan Stevens. My major is Animation and I have a minor in Art. I’m a freshman, and this is my 2nd semester here. I actually didn’t know what my major was going to be when I was still in senior year of high school. However, watching animated movies, shows, and YouTube videos made me realize my passion for drawing and animation. If I had to pick a favorite medium, it would be pencils, alcohol markers, and sharpie markers. I’m excited to start some amazing projects in here, the only thing I’m going to worry about though is how fast each one will be due by. But I’ll try my best!