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Marisa Lopez “Streams & Sunsets”
12x18, Graphite, Chalk, Water Color Paint on paper, 2020
The style of my project is realism/surrealism. I am trying to symbolize unity and peace and how nature can be calm. I wanted to make it realistic but also have a cartoonish feel to the mountains to show that anything can be seen in a beautiful way. This was the first time I've used watercolor paint so it is not my best nor my proudest piece I've made. If I could start over, I would redo the chalk at the top of the drawing to make the blending smoother and get rid of harsh chalk lines. However, I do like the layering of blue I did for the water and how the tan/brown color of the mountains added contrast in the drawing. I like the added purple in the outer parts of the sunset too.
Marisa Lopez “Feathers”
9x12, Scratch Art, 2020
My idea was to make a scratch art of an animal with meaning. I originally wanted to do a butterfly to make a collection in my portfolio but I decided on a peacock. For school, I did a research project and learned many things about their symbolism that I wanted to incorporate into my art. In Greek mythology, peacocks have “the eyes of the stars.” They represent royalty, spirituality, beauty, and awakening. I wanted to portray that through simple colors but still, give the impression of their symbolism. I used a scratch art paper. After the powder was transferred on to get the outline of my design I used tacks to scratch and also used a thicker scrapper to create my artwork. The struggle I faced was the lines making up the feathers. I was scared that they would be too thick and make them look unnatural. I overcame the struggles by free-handing it instead of using the thick outlines from the white powder paper. If I could start over I would make it bigger or add more detail to the background to take out negative space. This style is surrealism. I like to make a lot of my art difficult to figure out the style to really get my audience thinking. I enjoy that mysterious part of my style that I put into my artwork. I love that it is a scratch art and that I am getting more comfortable with making those. I also enjoy the strokes of hair on the neck I made with the tacks.
Marisa Lopez "Smiling Woman"
9x12, Colored pencil, Graphite on paper, 2020
My idea is to capture people’s simplest most happy moments. I got the idea from photography. I was inspired by my sisters portrait photography pictures. It made me think of how photography captures moments in life and I wanted to do that through a drawing. I used graphite powder to create the blur illusion for the hair and a blending tool to shade the shadows of the face. In order to fill the white spaces usually left behind from colored pencils I colored horizontally then vertically. Just to make sure I had no more white dots I made circular motions with my material. I think my image represents purity and simplicity in life. How even the simplest moments captured can show so much emotion. She looks happy at the moment. I want my audience to recognize the little moments. Shading the hair was difficult, I accidentally spilled too much graphite paper onto my paper which backfired on keeping a clean border of the image. If I started over I would fix the big rose in her hair, the graphite pencil distorted some of the pink pigmentations. I do however like the color combination and am proud of my improvement of shading people. The style of my drawing is realism. I like to play with realism and surrealism and switch between them and sometimes combine them. I think changing my style makes me special and different from other artists. I believe that all artwork has a message and meaning and purpose. Through my artist statements, I express what the image means how it feels, this makes my art different.
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