Sawyer Mercado
15x20, Colored Pencils, 2017
( Fishing Boy )
I went for some realism with also a surreal feel because of the floating island it defies realism but also the water and tree give it a nice feel of surreal
I put in my love of fishing as symbolism in this drawing and my love for the outdoors.
The only thing that I would change if I could is the shading of the ocean I feel as if I could have made it blend better than it did.
I love just about everything about it the drawing took me awhile and the outcome is something i'm happy about.
Sawyer Mercado
15x20, Pencil, 2017
( Goat Squad )
This is a realism drawing because the way I drew this intended to have no unrealistic features in this drawing.
This is more symbolism of my love of the outdoors animals.
If I could redo this I would try to make the landscape and goats more 3D because they seem flat in the drawing.
What I love about it is that the goats turned out very well and don't have any major issues with them other than I wanted them to pop out more.
Sawyer Mercado
5x12 Clay 2018
Soys, Chalice
This is a realism sculpture which I wanted to look mystical with the Glaze color the green really makes the chalice pop out and look nice. If I would fix one thing that I did it would be to make the sides more even and try to make it look more symmetrical. What I love about it is the glaze color I picked that makes it look so well.
Sawyer Mercado
5x8 Clay 2018
A Crab Stray
This is an abstract crab that is supposed to serve as a tray of some sort while also providing a decoration with a purpose as well,
I like the simplicity of this tray there isn't much to look at so the viewer sees everything. I like the glaze of red I used on the majority of the crab. Something I would change if I could would be adding more detail to the claws of the crab so one could tell for sure what it is, I think the way it looks may leave some people to not know what they are looking at. Something I love about it is that everything that I added to this piece mostly turned out how I wanted it to turn out
Sawyer Mercado
10x6 Clay 2018
Soy's Teapot
This is another realism teapot that I intended to look as a normal teapot besides for a couple of odd features like the large spout and the large frame. I really like the handle the handle is very comfortable to put your hand around and the spout as well came out very well I feel. If I could change anything about this it is the color of glaze I picked the color isn't as dark as I would like for it to be but it isn't to bad.
Sawyer Mercado
12x1 Wire 2018
Lizard Of Soy
This is a realism wire sculpture of a lizard this was my non ceramic piece that I had decided to try out I am pleased with the outcome of this because I didn't really know were I was going with it, but in the end it turned out well.