Illustration II : Project 1

I'm taking Illustration II over the summer. It's with the same teacher I had for Illustration I and some of the projects seem a little similar, he likes things a certain way, I guess.

Here's the first thing I did. I worked on coming up with the idea while I was on my recent trip to Las Vegas with my friends, hence the subject. The assignment was to illustrate a metaphor.


Cat and Mouse Game
18" x 24"
Acrylic on Canvas

~Adam

All the Cool Kids are Doing it

Yep... school is back. Sorry I've been busy and haven't gotten a post up here in over a week. So I'll post a double today.

This is the final piece I did for my Illustration class over the winter mini-mester. The assignment was to compare an inside and outside view. I know I'm not exactly the most talented artist, but I hope I'm proficient enough that you can figure out what is show in the right side of this painting without me telling. (hint: it's not a "cars race")

Church and Factory
16x20
Acrylic on Canvas

~Adam

Surrealism

I've liked surrealism for longer than I've "formally liked art", and it is a style that has probably played a major part in getting to me where I am currently as an artist. (whether that's good or not is up for debate)

Anyhow, It was kind of a big deal for me to do my first piece of surrealism. It may bring to mind a particular painting by Rene Magritte, but I swear I came up with the idea before seeing that piece. I feel like my lack of skill with the medium had some slight negative effect on the outcome, but I put a lot of time into it and I'm pretty satisfied with it.

16 x 20"
Acrylic on Canvas

~Adam

Townscape Painting

Here's my latest painting done for my Illustration I class. The notable points are the limited colors, only orange, black, and white, and the use of the Golden Ratio.

16" x 20"
acrylic on canvas

Here's a detail of the cathedral half way through.

~Adam

Painted Duck

I created this duck character a while ago and wanted do do a painting of him.

This is acrylic on 9x12 bristol.


I don't know how much I like painting, and it's been a couple months at least since I've done any painting, but I think this turned out pretty good considering.

~Adam

Impressionistic Forsythia

Trying to make up for missed time.

Here's a painting I just finished. It's the first real work I've done with paint but I feel it's not too bad for what it is. It, along with most of what will be posted here, is for an assignment at school, so it's not exactly what I'd do if I were fully in control, but maybe that's a good thing. (Click the picture for a larger view)


Well, I hope this is somewhat more enjoyable to look at then the spark plugs. Let me know what you think.

~Adam