Painting 1

 My idea was to recreate the beach in Mexico I went to when I was in 6th grade because it was a very cool experience. I wouldn't say it really evolved, I just painted it. I got inspiration from the beach in Mexico I went to. 

I started off by painting the sand, then the trees, then the ocean, and finally the sun. I used the basic paint brushes and no techniques. 

This artwork doesn't really mean anything, it's just the pretty beaches of Mexico. I want my audience to think of pretty places they have been and remember those memories. There is no symbolic imagery in this work. 

Nothing about this artwork was hard it was very easy.  I would make the sun more yellow, it is too orange. 

Realistic. This artwork isn't unique to me, anyone can make this painting. I don't really love anything about this artwork.

My idea was to paint my dream car, the GT500.  I thought about painting something that would keep my attention. When I went to Vegas and got to sit in two GT500s, my general like for the car because it looks good with almost any color. 

I started off by using transfer paper and then started by mixing the main body color and painting all of those spots, and then moving onto the darker colors. I then started doing the headlight and grill. Then I did the windshield and wing. Then I did the wheels and finally the background.  I used the basic paint brushes, and that's about it. I didn't know any techniques, really, so I just went from the heart.

This artwork won't mean anything really to people who don't know this car and what this car means to me. This car is part of the last big three muscle cars, all making V8s. Now, Ford is the only one left making V8s.  What the car is and what this car looks like in person and in different colors. No, there is no symbolic imagery in this artwork. 

There was no one most difficult part to this piece. Almost all of it was difficult. But the two hardest would've had to be the color shading and creating the colors. I just pushed through and dealt with it and didn't stop going until it was finished. I would've done a different color because orange is a hard color to do and any color looks good on this car. 

This artwork is a mix of realistic and abstract. What makes this unique to my style is the fact that it's done in no real process; it was just done, not knowing if it would turn out good. I love the fact that the car looks quite realistic and like it's in front of you.  

I got the idea from doing my first painting of the GT500 and thought, "I should keep doing Fords." So I did, and I picked their next cool car, the Ford GT, the 3rd-gen Ford GT. I got the idea from my first painting and the fact that we are able to do series paintings, so I wanted to make a series of paintings. I like the look of the Ford GT because it's a very unique-looking car, and it's Ford's first go at a supercar. I got some inspiration from my first painting. 

I first got the picture printed off, then used transfer paper to draw on the car, and then I mixed the main body color and got all of that painted on, and then did the shading and highlight colors. Then I did the tires, interior, and shadow. Then I did the concrete that the car is on top of. Then I did the background. I used the standard brushes that anyone would use, but I did learn from my 1st painting and used what I learned from it on this painting.

This artwork doesn't mean anything at all; it is just a car I like and wanted to paint it, so I did. I want my audience to want to look more into this car and do some research on it and its background from the 1st and 2nd gen. There is no symbolic imagery in this artwork.

Definitely the background, I just couldn't get the grass and trees right, and somewhat gave up on them. I honestly didn't overcome this struggle; I just made it look somewhat good, and you don't really even notice the background because the car just pops out at you so much.  I wouldn't do that background because it was very annoying to do and not worth the effort.

This artwork is Realistic and Abstract. The fact that no one else would be able to replicate this painting the way I made it. I LOVE how much the car just jumps at you and takes full attention. 

My idea was to do another car but change it up a little bit and add in an animal, and I picked a goose. I got the idea from wanting to do another car to make all three of my paintings a series, but I changed this one ever so slightly by adding in a goose. I find the GTD to be a very cool car and the fact that it is the first American car to go sub 7 minutes on the ring. I got some inspiration from my previous artworks and wanted to make it a whole series. 

I started off by using transfer paper to transfer image onto the canvas and then started mixing the red for the main body color and then started painting and then mixed the darker and lighter accent red colors and then the grey for the carbon fiber and the champagne color for the interior and wheels and then started painting all of those colors onto the canvas. I used the generic paint brushes and didn't use any techniques.

To most people, this artwork means nothing and will probably just think "oh look, another car," but to those who know what this car has done and achieved will appreciate this artwork. What this car is, and what it has achieved. There is no symbolic imagery. 

I would say the desire to keep painting the car towards the end, it got repetitive, but I pushed through and finished. I didn't really overcome it, I just kept pushing until it was finished. I wouldn't change anything I really like how this artwork turned out. 

Realistic and Abstract. This is unique to me because no one can make it like I did. I love how it sticks out toward you like it's driving by you. 

My idea was to recreate my baseline painting, but I didn't really like the beach and trees, so I instead painted the water and the sunset. I got this idea from not really liking my baseline, it looked tacky and poorly done.  Still the beaches in Mexico, but I removed the beach and just did the sunset and the ocean. My baseline painting.

I started off by getting a base blue color down and then started shading in the water to get darker and darker, and then painted in the sun and the reflections on the water.  I used the typical paint brushes.

This artwork doesn't mean much; it's just the sunset in Mexico. I want my audience to think about what kind of sunsets they have seen and to imagine themselves back in that sunset. There is no symbolic imagery in this work. 

Nothing was difficult, as it wasn't a hard painting. I would redo how I did the sunlight reflection, I do not like how it looks; it just doesn't look correct.

Realistic. This piece isn't really unique to my own personal style; anyone can recreate this artwork. I don't really love anything about this artwork.