HS Drawing I
Madison Gilroy
"The Old Telephone"
5x7''
Colored pencil and marker on paper, 2023
The drawing I made was the first telephone. When I got told I needed to have all my drawings in common in some way I was stuck. I didn't want to be basic so i decided to make different inventions the telephone was one of them I wanted to do. I was looking at many photos of the first telephone so I decided to use all of them and use a little of each telephone. Over time and erasing a lot the board the telephone sitting on did evolve after using so many classes trying to make it perfect. I wanted the sizing of everything to look perfect because I didn't want the drawing to look wonky looking. When I thought the drawing was done my teacher explained to me that outlining everything would make everything pop. I'm glad I did it because it looks even better now. To make my drawing look good and straight I used a ruler to make everything even looking. I used many different colored reds and browns to make the "wood" the telephone was sitting on look realistic. When coloring I did every stroke the same way to make the "wood" realistic. Making the shadows of everything was very difficult. I wanted my art to look different than others. I've never seen people do different inventions so I thought it would be good for people to see something different. In some spots, the shading just looks way too dark it doesn't look like a shadow. I really like how this project came out because this is my first one of the year that is complete. The background looks boring but I don't want people to feel overwhelmed when looking at it.
Baseline Drawing
Madison Gilroy
"Dr. Pepper"
9x12"
Colored pencil on paper, 2023
Dr. Pepper is my all-time favorite soda. If I had every pop in the world sitting in front of me, I would choose Dr. Pepper. Since it was my baseline artwork I didn't really know what I wanted to draw. I got my inspiration to draw Dr. Pepper can from thinking about the top things I like in my life. I like to start my day with half a Dr. Pepper then I like to finish it after school on my way home. I started off drawing the shape of the can and then started sketching out the letters on Dr. Pepper can. After I did that I started coloring in the can red. I matched the color red as much as I can to 1Dr Pepper can without trying to make it look pink. Drawing the end and the top of the can was the hardest thing I did. At the end of my drawing I put traced the letters black to the letters looked more bold.
Finishline Drawing
Madison Gilroy
"The Purse"
9x12''
Magazines cut-outs with marker on paper, 2023
My idea started when I wanted to have a drawing about the purse. My teacher wanted us to all have a collage drawing by the end of the year and I wanted to try doing a collage so I did. I have never made a collage so this is my first one. My idea was that I wanted to put a lot of pictures down on the paper to show what goes with a purse. A woman goes with a purse. The purse got invented for women. I put many women on the paper who I think would have a purse in the magazines. When I was cutting out the pictures of the women I used a Xactoknife. That knife made it very easy to cut out the women, instead of using scissors. It was a supper time consuming project and it got a little boring till I started putting the pictures on the paper. I wanted to woman to fit perfectly together on the paper. I think the woman in the paper are all feminists and they would have a purse if they were walking around today. Since there are so many photos on the paper it is a collage. The purse in the middle of the paper is just symbolizing what my artwork means without having to read my artist's statement.
Madison Gilroy
"The Flowers"
5x7''
Printmaking on paper with a maker, 2023
This artwork was the first printmaking artwork I've made. I wanted this artwork to look different. The colors in the photo wouldn't be seen together that much but I think they would have looked good together so I picked the blue and orange. When I was printmaking there was a process. I traced an image of the flower over a styrofoam square to make the image indented on the styrofoam square then the photo was transferred to the styrofoam square. After I did that I put orange ink on a clear plastic surface area. I rolled a roller over the ink making it look like the roller had paint on it. The styrofoam square was on a piece of newspaper so I could roll the roller with the ink on the styrofoam without making the ink go everywhere on the table. After the styrofoam was covered in ink I pressed the orange styrofoam square on the blue paper. I put pressure on the paper to transfer the ink to the blue paper. When I took the pressure off I removed the styrofoam from the blue paper and the ink and image transferred to the blue paper. When I saw my artwork didn't stand out I put a black marker making it look bold.