Mixed Media Mania

Hi all! We had this past Monday off from classes for Veterans day. I spent the whole three day weekend getting over a nasty cold with tea, Netflix, and lots of sleep! I’ve been hard at work these past few weeks on a couple of different projects. In drawing, we’ve been continuing our homework assignments every week, and we’ve each started to develop sort of themes for our homework. Lately, I’ve been using charcoal to draw close up parts of the face with different piercings, such as the ear, the nose and the tongue, concentrating on the lights and darks of the face and skin. In class, we’ve been working on a totally new medium and subject from our usual graphite or charcoal drawings of nude models. First, we covered a very large sheet with assorted tones of paper, such as black, brown, and newsprint, in large areas. Then, using a mirror, we sketched our own faces onto the large paper with pastel and put in line and shadow with ink. We’ve had two classes to do this sketch and work up the skin and facial features with different colors of pastel, and this is what I have so far. We have one more class to finish it up so I’ll be sure to post the finished product as well! I’m a big fan of mixed media projects in drawing and on my own time I love to collage. I’ve been so busy this year that I haven’t done much of it, but I hope to get back into personal collaging soon.

The subject of mixed media also relates to my next painting class project. The assignment is another self portrait in either acrylic or oil paint. We have to include ourselves and things about us or that describe us in the painting. For my objects that surround me, I’ve picked out some of my favorite foods to paint. The medium, besides paint, is pretty open, so I may collage the self portrait first with photographs and then I’ll paint right over the pictures.