The Overbearing and The Neglected Painting

For my studio final I wanted to show both spectrums of a neglected child versus one that is coddled and overshadowed by their parents. When I was making mock sketches for inspiration I had just drawn different ways I can draw two different people until I stumbled upon the idea of splitting in half a dollhouse and having the children moving throughout the house after school and doing activities designated towards their family style. I decided to do an ink painting with very vibrant colors to show that these households are on the extreme sides of family parenting styles.

Someone commented in class that I probably could have put rooms in the middle of both the upstairs of the house and downstairs to portray a neutral type of parenting style, which is something I wish I had done. I do like the outcome of how my painting turned out, although I do wish the two sides were may be a bit more distinguishable that the two children come from separate families.

Studio Final

Doorbells

In Seminar and Studio we have looked at everyday objects as personal archives of our lives. This week we had to pick an object and find how it has shifted throughout time.

I picked a doorbell because of how technology has allowed the object to advance over time. I did not see and cultural differences for the product, but the methods used to ring a door has seen a lot of change.

Personally, I enjoy the older types of door bells as I believe the designs carved into the metal of Victorian bells look a lot more elaborate and decorative than the plastic machines we use today.

drawing 1

drawing 2

Mask

In Studio our assignment was to create a mask using chipboard or cardboard to create plane like structures.

Sketches prior to construction. Some of the sketches were ideas of how I was going to construct my own mask and some were of masks I saw at The Metropolitan Museum of Art I drew for inspiration.