Artist Statement

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Hello! I’m Naomi, and I enjoy making art because I enjoy the process of creating something. Taking art classes ​gives me the opportunity to consistently make art throughout the school year, using new techniques or mediums I ​have never tried before. When creating art, my favorite materials are chalk pastels and acrylic paint. With both, I ​could create art pieces that have colors that blend together to create realistic looking artwork. My favorite piece of ​work that I created this school year was the pastel portrait. It's my favorite because I got to use a medium that I ​haven’t had the opportunity to create a full piece of artwork with. I got to use new techniques to blend the chalk ​pastels to create one even looking portrait. An improvement I made throughout the course of this class was being ​able to correct my proportions in my art. I learned how to make objects fit properly on paper and make them look ​proportional to one another.

Medium: Color pencil

I chose to draw the shell because I liked ​its appearance. I thought drawing the ​shell would be a challenge for me. I ​wanted to challenge myself into drawing ​something I normally wouldn't draw. In ​the end I ended up loving the final result ​and I am glad I chose the shell.

12"x12"

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Medium: Oil pastel

At first this project was a little challenging. ​Figuring out the proportions of the books was ​difficult because if I drew the lines wrong the ​book would end up looking slanted. After figuring ​out the proportions, the coloring of the lines with ​oil pastels was easy. I blended different colors in ​the objects to make them stand out and look ​creative.

18"x24"

Medium: Prismacolor Marker

My favorite part of this project was sketching the ​basket on the left side of the paper. The basket ​took the longest to sketch and to go over with ​marker because of how many lines I had draw in. ​I enjoyed the process of creating this piece a lot.

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22"x30"

Medium: Chalk pastel

As a reference for this project, I took a picture of ​my mom. To get this picture, I had her pose in ​front of a blank wall in my house and flashed a ​green lamp on her. My favorite aspect of this ​portrait was how in the final result, you can still ​see the halo from the lamp on the wall and on ​her sweater.

25"x19"

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Medium: Acrylic paint

Before starting this project, I had to create a ​collage from old magazines. From there I was ​able to sketch my collage onto the canvas board ​and begin painting. While creating this painting, I ​really enjoyed mixing the acrylic paints to get the ​colors that I needed.

20"x16"

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Medium: Watercolor paint, ​colored pencil

Before starting this project, my classmates ​and I spent class time in the stairwell to ​sketch the stairs. After we understood what ​the stairs were meant to look like, we ​transferred our drawings to the final paper ​and painted them in with watercolor. As a ​final touch to the painting, I added ​watercolor pencils to go over some of my ​lines.

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15"x22"

This project was a little challenging for me ​because I had never used oil paint before. Oil paint ​takes longer to dry than other paints, so parts of ​my project would still be wet after a few days. ​Mixing the values of the paint was interesting ​because I learned how different amounts of black ​and white can effect a color.

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8"x10"