Amanda Blazewicz

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Amanda Blazewicz

• Artists Portfolio
• 6/3/08

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Table of Contents

• Artist Statement
• Elongated Self Portrait
• House Landscape....
• Photography Photo
• Portrait of Katie..
• Turtle Pointillism
• Dog Portrait
• Linoleum
• Final Project

• Pastel 15x 35
• Acrylic 18x 24
• Photography 4x 6
• Pencil 12 x 18
• Pen Ink 8 ½ x 10

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Artist Statement

• As a student with creativity, art is the best way
  to express myself. As an artist I would have to
  say that most of my work resembles my ideas about
  life and art itself. So in whatever I do, I try
  to make the best of it and try to succeed.  The
  part of helping people and excelling in my ideas
  made me realize that I can become an artist. I
  had discovered I was able to help and show people
  the greatness of art and what they can create.
  It was one of the most inspiring things to do, to
  create something out of nothing.
• My artwork is mostly about the places I imagine
  or visit that drive me emotionally. The pastels
  and paintings of landscapes that are created off
  of a white sheet of paper bring wonders to
  someones eyes. The landscapes or images that I
  create display a very strong message.  A message
  about strength and relaying the message to others
  that we are here because someone gave up
  something for us.  I would have to say that in
  most of my pieces I try to display a meaning of
  life or emotions.
• Throughout my years as being and artist I have
  tried to use many different techniques. Using
  different methods allows me to try different
  things. The result is that my work as a variety
  of looks.   Different techniques that are unknown
  to the viewer also make them think about the
  piece more.  That is my ultimate goal as an
  artist, to make a viewer think about what they
  are looking at.  Not only to connect with my
  emotions and meaning for life, but for people to
  also found theirs. I am hoping to create a bunch
  of new pieces in the future and carry my talent
  with me throughout life. I hope to use my
  artistic talents with a career in the future and
  a open road ahead of me.

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Elongated Self Portrait

• This portrait was used with pastels and created a
  cartoon effect with the size. I enjoyed this
  project a lot and it help me learn more about
  blending techniques. My picture is a mix
  between a cartoon and myself, which I thought
  would describe me, I am silly but serious in
  certain moments.

Size 15x35
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House Landscape

• The inspiration of this project came from a
  country style picture. I was really motivated
  and driven to start on it. It has taken me a
  long process to complete but in the end all of
  the detail will be worth it. This project showed
  me how much time you can put into one piece and
  the amount of respect you get from it. It is was
  a large area to work with.

18x24
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Photography Photo

• This photo was the best one out of a series of
  photos I took. It was taken in Baltimore after a
  small trip for the weekend. It stands out to be
  because of the positioning and light composure
  that shows on it.

4x6
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Portrait of Katie

• The graphite photo of someone else came to a
  challenge for me. It was hard to shade and
  define the lights and darks without using my
  hands to smooth like I do with pastel. The live
  portrait was hard because it felt like everyday I
  returned to look at the subject matter, I was
  never the same. In the end the portrait turned
  out pretty good, there was some differences with
  the person and the paper that I didnt get to
  highlight but otherwise it was great.

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Turtle
Size 8.5x11

• Pointillism is one of my favorite projects to do.
  It is a tedious task but it looks amazing once
  completed. I choose to do a turtle because it
  was an interesting animal to define the lights
  and darks with. After going through a numerous
  amount of pens and putting thousands of dots on a
  piece of paper, the dots soon came together.
  They formed a drawing that felt like a
  masterpiece.

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Dog Portrait

• The eyes become at strong focal point out of the
  picture. The grass took a lot of detail to do
  with the attention to darks and lights. It was
  the first animal pastel drawing I have ever
  created. It was difficult to point out the
  values but soon came together.

18x24
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Linoleum
5x7

• A free draw carving out of block. It was
  difficult to carve and the risk of cutting your
  self. The project was extremely time consuming
  but in the end you could tell it paid off. For
  some more than others. But it shows a great
  difference in how some people look and view an
  object.

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Final Project

• As a final project in Art III I decided to create
  something in my favourite medium that I can keep
  as a great memory. Working with chalk can get
  complicated sometimes but it has shown to be my
  strongest medium. It feels as if the pastel has
  a rhythm to it and it all looks unified as one.
  It came out strong and came to be a great
  portrait.

18x24