Scratchboard piece

I really really enjoyed this project, and fully intend to do scratchboards again in the future. The process of this medium is tedious like the pointillism, but it was very enjoyable to work on it and to see the image coming out through the black board. I especially enjoyed trying to figure out how to do the fur, the direction and the depth of it to make it look believable. I think this came out the best around the tummy and facial regions, where the shapes really shine through.

The scratchboaring process is basically taking a white board coated in a black coloring, and using special tools to scrape away the black to form an image out of the white underneath. There were a lot of interesting tools that came in the kit I got, one for tiny details, one for fur or hair, and even one that resembled an eraser for more smooth areas. Overall this was an incredibly enjoyable process and I really am eager to do it again in the future.

Organic design project

This piece was the very first project I did in this class, and it was incredibly interesting! The first stage of it was using organic methods to spread paint over the surface of a few Styrofoam plates, using water, paint and a clear base that allowed the paint to spread. After spreading the paint I topped it off with some golden powder to make it shiny(maybe a little too much gold but I really like shinies). After the plates dried, I picked out the ones that I enjoyed the most and cut them out in the shapes seen here, I chose some rectangular shapes, and then the shape of a more abstract looking cat.

The plate pieces themselves were glued down onto a board painted to sort of resemble space, using water and acryllics to get the right effect. The last thing I did to the board was use gold paint to put a shiny border around it, and then I dabbed the same gold powder used on the cat, into the still slightly wet paint so it would stick. Overall I think the whole effect carried really nicely, and I'm happy with how my first project turned out!