Drawings
University of Missouri-Kansas City
In Interdisciplinary Projects, there was a Scientific Research Project. I had to do research to create an art piece that incorporated science in some shape, way, or form. I read about how certain DNA components from animals can help to cure humans with illnesses/diseases and pain.
For the drawing, I used 18” x 24” drawing paper, as well as black and orange charcoal and white chalk. For the top portion of the drawing, I decided to portray the hand of a skeleton who has arthritis on the middle finger. The snake is wrapped around the skeleton’s hand as it gets ready to inject venom into the topmost joint, which is highlighted with orange and yellow as it is in the healing process. Snake venom, supposedly, cures arthritis.
For the bottom portion the drawing, I decided to portray a hand rubbing the jaw of a dog as the dog licks it. The DNA in the lick of a dog is, supposedly, known to get rid of a wart on a person’s hand. The wart is highlighted in orange while the surrounding color is yellow as it is in the healing phase.
Johnson County Community College
In Drawing I, I had to develop a graphite drawing using a hallway within the Fine Arts building and two to three unusual elements that one does not, normally, see in hallways. The hallway that I decided to draw is located on the first floor and near the entrance of the Fine Arts building. I ensured to add a lot of shading, dimensionality, to make it look as realistic as possible. I, also, added shadows where necessary.
As for the unusual elements, I used three to depict an unusual hallway. On the bottom left, I chose to draw two crabs that I saw at the beach in the summer of 2019. In the center, there is an astronaut-like alien standing in the hallway. I was inspired by a cartoon developed by one of the members of BTS. At the very top, there is a whale gliding across the ceiling of the hallway. For all three elements, I incorporated dimensionality, shadows, and highlights.
In Drawing I, I had to create a drawing using charcoal that incorporated the use of making shadow and highlights. This art piece required the use of several images of my liking that were transformed from color to black and white to see the shadows and highlights more clearly.
The images I chose consist of three flowers, a floor tile that I saw in Mexico which looked like a goat/deer-like creature, and a Pomeranian named Yeontan. I made sure to darken areas where necessary, use shadows, and then erase areas to create the highlights of the drawing.
The material I used is an 18” x 24” drawing paper, and I had to draw this out using a charcoal pencil first. Then, I used a charcoal stick for the remainder of the drawing. It was a very long but fulfilling process.
In Drawing I, the class and I had to choose between a variety of Albrecht Dürer’s hatchings, and I chose Cain Killing Abel. The goal was to recreate the image in the modern world using cross-hatching. So, rather than sticking with a violent concept, I chose to reinterpret the composition into an image of tenderness and care.
I transformed Cain into a father and Abel into a child, a daughter. The father is caressing his daughter’s head and stays with her until she falls asleep. In her room, there are toys, tablets, phones, furniture, as well as curtains, windows, and other physical products that one may find in a home environment.
This piece conveys warmth, protection, and the quiet bond between a parent and child. The heavy cross-hatching adds depth to the father’s emotions, such as his exhaustion, responsibility, and even the depth of his love. The repeated time on the clocks symbolize a routine moment, something sacred in its everyday repetition.
In Drawing I, I was assigned a homework where I had to choose three cross-hatchings by Albrecht Dürer. The goal for this assignment was to recreate these three drawings using cross-hatching.
The first and second drawings consist of a female and male baby. They do not look exactly like the originals, but they are very similar. I enjoyed creating these, although it was a difficult and long process. The third drawing consists of an adult man.
In Drawing I, the first assignment assigned to the class was to find a landscape and draw it using a mark-making technique, such as with dots, lines, and shading.
The landscape that I chose was one I had seen in Mexico. This scenery is of my cousin’s ranch, which contains trees, other houses, and a pool. It took time to finish this drawing using a sharpie because of the amount of mark making necessary in order to create this piece.
