Painting sophomore year

When we had to make a collage with watercolor, i was drawn to the color purple.

We had to make a still life... i chose the cowprint in the background because it reminded me of my dog Zipper, who was a black and white miniature dachshund.

We took a field trip to the Plaza and i really liked this tree. Some hobo came up to me while i was painting and said, "well that sure is PURTY." it was nice of him.

This was also a painting i did at the plaza.  I wouldnt have chosen to paint this scene originally, but we were forced to paint at least one architecture painting. i dont really like it.

When we did our landscape acrylic painting, i knew immediately that i wanted to do a picture of lightning because i love playing in the rain, even when there is thunder and lightning outside.

We had to paint an object that was reflective. i didnt even know what this was when i painted it, then i learned it was a shot shaker and now i think its really cool.

We had to do a monochromatic painting. I found this picture in Marie Claire and i liked how the girl seemed carefree. I wish i was better at drawing, because the face looks weird.  But other than that, i really like this painting because of the different values from just one color.

I really like music from the 60s and 70s, so i chose to do a still life with some of my dad's old records plus a piano book of mine. 

this was a self-portrait we had to do, using a grid with different values.I like this painting because it is fun, like me.