I have thoroughly enjoyed making this piece of art this week. Ashley and I have actually gone up to Wando to work in our classrooms as "studio" spaces....it is fun being in there without students!

This piece is based on one of the studio experiences at USC Upstate. This is the drawing I did in response to showing the difference between the drawing and 2-D portfolio. I did a contour line drawing of a pine cone still attached to a stick. This piece is also relating to my Columbia Museum experience in that I was also drawing in a continuous contour line style while looking at some of the beautiful glass vases. I was also looking at the pen techniques on a China plate and I will incorporate more pen-techniques as I go through the piece.

With this artwork, I aim to juxtapose basic drawing skills with 2-D design work. I am concentrating on mark-making, color theory, rhythm, and emphasis.

The artwork is mainly watercolor and cut paper. I am in the process of going back in to the background areas to add some colored pencil detailing and clean up some of the edges. I will also go back in to the pine-cone part and add the darker areas (right now it only has orange and gold cut paper pieces). I am also trying to figure out how to resolve the dark orange rectangle...colored penciling or watercolors???