TTU 5x7 Art Scholarship Fundraiser

Pop Art!!!

I was selected from the School of Art to design the decorations for the Pop art banquet hosted each year. It was a lot of fun. I met a lot of great people. It was exciting to have my work commissioned for the first time. These are all paintings I did using watercolor and ink.

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Nico

Warhol

Twiggy

Bought a dress, had my cousin,Sarah, help me with my makeup (as necessary for all special occasions) and wore fake eyelashes for the first time. 

"Pop Art Project" (2013)

"Nation Geographics Series No. 1" (2013)

Maine (2012)

Watercolor Lesson (2012)

I brought lots of watercolored illustrated children's books to class and had the 7th and 8th graders look at the pictures. I had them look at how no picture was floating in a sea of white paper. I pointed out that even the most skilled artists sketched out their painting first. I covered the different methods of applying watercolors such as blotting, bleeding, dry brushing, blending and wet on wet. Their assignment was to make the first page of a story from their own imagination. this was my example:

Students work:

"For My Dad" (2011)

Watercolor.

This piece was done in honor of my dad for opening doors for me. The landscape came from a photo I had taken when the two of us took a trip to Greece together. That was a very special time for both of us. He loved these tiny fishing boats and the idea of Greek fishermen braving the ocean in such toy-sized boats. My dad taught me to brave the ocean regardless of size. That is what the open door represents. He always encouraged me to live my dreams. I hope and pray I always will.

"Self-Portrait" (2011)

Acrylic on canvas
I did this piece in the midst of an all-consuming relationship. The piece was done to illustrate my part in the relationship. You can just make out my boyfriend's chin and shoulder. Notice that the   hues become cooler as we are further apart and warmer as we are closer together. My happiness depended upon him. This piece is 3 ft by 2 ft. In Lubbock, Texas wind, for a 95 pound girl, that is like carrying a sail across campus. Of course, the alternative was taking this massive portrait on the bus and get strange  looks for this seemingly egotistical painting. I might as well have worn a sign saying, "Yes, I am one of those weird art students."