Nicolle Murphy

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Nicolle Murphy

• Honors Art III Portfolio

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Table of Contents

• 3. Artist Statement
• 4. Elongated Portrait- Pastel- 15x35
• 5 Portrait of Ryan and me- acrylic -18x24
• 6. Monoprints- ink/monotype
• 10 ½ x 12 ½
• 10 ¾ x 12 3/8
• 9 7/8 x 12 ½
• 7. Art history project- acrylic- 22x28
• 8. Cockatoo color wheel- tempera- 12 3/16 x 13 ¾
• Principles of Design pages- mixed media- 7x7
• Principles of Design Boards continued
• 11. Graveyard- clay- 10 ½ x 6 7/8 x 4 ½
• Apples- oil, acrylic, water color
• 9 ½ x 10
• 9 x 12 ¼
• 10 x 10
• Personal Information

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Artist Statement

• For as long as I can remember, I have
  always loved art. Once I learned to hold a
  crayon, art was for me. My whole family is very
  artistic and through their various talents and
  encouraging words I have increasingly improved my
  art pieces. My aunt is an artist in California.
  Every time I go visit her we create a pastel
  landscape in the Oakland Mountains. Besides
  acting as a common interest in my family, art has
  helped me through difficult times and acted as an
  outlet for my emotions.
• Generally I tend to create realistic art. I
  have a hard time creating something from pure
  imagination. Instead, I usually draw what I see
  and hope it evolves to look like the original
  image. I also love anything black and white.
  Whether it is a monochromatic painting or black
  and white photography, the lack of color invites
  more creativity and mystery of its meaning. Out
  of all of the mediums, I enjoy painting the most.
• In college I hope to take additional art classes
  as electives to expand my abilities. Though I
  will not major in art, I still want art to be a
  large part of my life. I have yet to experiment
  with sculpture and clay, so that may be a new
  opportunity for me. Currently I am attempting to
  become efficient with oils. I have always
  enjoyed viewing work done in oils and I welcome a
  new challenge. The one thing I do know, however,
  is that my creation of art is not over.

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Elongated Portrait

• I created this in art II by elongating a picture
  of me sticking my tongue out. Here I used pastel
  in bright colors to make my already elongated
  face more abstract.

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Ryan

• This was my final project for art II. It is a
  portrait of my friend Ryan and me. I changed the
  background, the color of the sofa, and did not
  include my braces or the new years hat I was
  wearing.

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Monoprints
I chose a this picture of a woman to duplicate
and print using ink on Plexiglas. I love the red
and orange around the face and the minimal
details of the face. I had a hard time with the
roses in the hair but I am pleased with how it
turned out.
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Art History Project

• I created this piece in art II and emulated André
  Derain who painted during the Fauvism movement.
• I used acrylic and painted with bright colors and
  broad lines.

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Cockatoo- Color Wheel

• I chose to portray the color wheel by drawing a
  cockatoo. I enjoyed creating this piece even
  though I dont really like painting with tempera.

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Principles of Design Panels
Emphasis/ Form (pencil)
Cover (collage)
Movement/space (collage)
Rhythm/texture (pastel)
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Principles of Design Boards Cont.
I used various types of media and images to
portray the principles and elements of design.
Balance/color (color pencil)
Pattern/shape (collage)
Unity/line (paint)
Contrast/Value (inkwash)
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Graveyard

• I used a clay slab and created a graveyard scene.
  I included a black cat, tombstones, a stone
  coffin, and a dead tree. Once it was fired, I
  painted the clay with watercolors.

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Apples
watercolor
Oil
In honors art III I used three types of paint to
practice shading and mixing colors. Here I
painted still-lives of apples.
acrylic
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Personal Information

• Nicolle Murphy
• E-mail NIKKIMURPH_at_aol.com