Art III Honors Portfolio

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Art III Honors Portfolio

• By Ashleigh Joines

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Table of Contents

• Title Medium Size
• Artist Statement
• Me Pastels 15 x 35
• Tiger Pen and Ink 10 x 12
• Sunset Tempera 12 x 12
• Flower Watercolors

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Artist Statement

• I am passionate about art because I want to be an
  interior designer when I get older. Artwork helps
  me to spark creativity and think of new ideas.
  Most of my family members enjoy art too,
  especially my dad. He has a lot of natural talent
  and inspires a lot of my artwork.
• My artwork is normally inspired by nature. I
  love drawing and painting flowers, trees, rocks
  and shells. Nature is so beautiful and I think
  its beauty should be captured in art. My skills
  as an artist have grown a lot through my high
  school years with the help of my art teachers.
  Theyve taught me things about art that I didnt
  know about on my own and have helped me to
  develop as an artist.
• Over the years, my artwork has improved also
  because Ive learned to try new ideas and
  techniques. I used to be afraid of chalking, but
  I tried it on a project in one of my art classes
  and now I love it. To be a successful artist, you
  cant be afraid to try new things. I would not be
  where I am today if I was afraid of a challenge
  in my art. Hopefully this success in my art will
  carry me in my career as an interior designer.

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Me

• This artwork, titled Me, is a pastel elongated
  self portrait. To do this project, you use a
  picture of yourself, and grid it. Then you grid a
  long sheet of paper. The result will be an
  elongated version of you.

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Tiger

• This artwork, titled Tiger, is a pen and ink
  drawing of a white tiger. White tigers are my
  favorite animals, and inspired this piece. This
  piece was entered to be in the school calendar.

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Sunset

• This piece, titled sunset, was done as a
  creative color wheel. This painting, done with
  tempera paint, shows every color on the color
  wheel, just in a more creative way than the
  traditional color wheel.

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Flower

• This piece, titled Flower, is a watercolor
  painting of a flower in front of a beautiful blue
  sky. This painting was inspired by the beautiful
  art of Georgia OKeefe. Watercolors were tough at
  first, but got easier as I went on. I now enjoy
  watercolors, and hope to have beautiful
  watercolor paintings in the future.