Haley

Concentration 3**:** Ambition I think this past quarter really helped me get a fresh idea for my concentration. Working on the computer with google sketch-up helped me to explore the relationship between the interior and exterior. I really like that I am able to manipulate these images quickly and easily. In my concentration I really wanted to work on taking an architectual drawing or either an interior or exterior space and then use the architectual lines to make the compostion look more like an abstract painting using pattern and color.

Concentration 2: Evolution This past quarter my concentration has become much more abstract more loosely based on photographs. This change was deliberate and at first it was because of time, however, it ended allowing me to do more of what I wanted, which was to explore space, pattern and design. On my most recent piece I practiced with pattern and space on a piece of paper thinking it would just be a sketch, but now I'm actually working on printer paper. I have realized that each piece doesn't have to be huge or even take massive amounts of time. This to me is the most important thing I've realized this quarter about my concentration. Hopefully next quarter I will be able to have more pieces completed :)

Concentration 1: Generation When coming up with the idea for my concentration, I knew it would have to be something I was very interested in. While flipping through an interior design book, I kept noticing the architecture and how it compliments the interiors. I started to think about how it would be cool to incorporate both aspects into my concentration. So far the biggest challenge has been time, I wasn't quite sure how to convey my idea when we started, and then when I finally did figure that out, I had to decide how I was going to actually make it and what materials to use. Working with tape has more challenging than I would have thought and takes a lot more time than I had expected to put down. I will take what I have learned and try to work faster and more efficiently in the next quarter.

Project 5: Digital Project I really liked working in photoshop because I could try new things and if I didn't like them of they didn't work, then I could immediately undo them. It was nice how easy it was to move things around and change the composition. The only part I really like better about working with physical materials, is that they tangible and I feel the pieces created are more unique to the artist. Photoshop will be very helpful to me when working on my concentration because I can use it to easily come up with templates for patterns.

Project 4: Embracing Chaos The purpose of this project was to learn how to work through chaos and make it feel intentional. By placing random objects on an unusual surface that had been splatter painted, the struggle came in finding a way to make the objects interact with both each other and the background. While I was painting, I learned the importance of standing back to look at the piece from a distance, that way you could look at the composition as a whole. In the end I found what brought the piece together was confusing the background with the foreground.

Project 4: 3 Layers of Space Having to create a scene that narrerates a story changed the way I went about picking a setting. I picked the background first, then picked the foreground, and then I picked the middle-ground. I wanted the structure of the dock in the foreground to be very simple and minimal, so my background was the most time consuming part. The project taught me about the importance of thinking about strategy before starting a project. There are endless possibilities to create interesting compositions if you consider the

Project 3: Dramatic Self Portrait If light were a metaphor in my image it would symbolize thought and meaning as it comes across my face. The pensive expression shows my responsiveness to this new found meaning and both my willingness and hesitation to accept it. My relaxed facial expression shows I am will to listen to this new meaning but it but the darkness of my face shows that I haven't decided wether or not I agree with it. When shooting for the piece I was willing to try lots of different things to see what worked, and ultimately learning that the best pictures are the ones where you are trying. When drawing this piece I learned just how important it is to draw what you see and not what you think you're seeing. I believe that skill will really help not only in my concentration, but also in every piece I create.



Project 2 Of my series of drawings I decided to choose cassette tapes because I really liked the rectangular shape, as I began to research I found the different covers very interesting and immediately knew I would to focus on them. Also in my research I found an artist who used the actual "tape" from the cassette, in an orderly manner, to create an image. The idea of using real materials from the cassette also really appealed to me. I found that some of the tapes were see-through, so I figured I could use that to my advantage by painting on plexiglass, and by having two sheets of glass I suddenly had 4 layers to work on. By combining all of my ideas I ended up focusing on creating the covers very similar to the actual cassette covers juxtaposed with the chaos of the actual "tape" surrounding them. If I were to continue and make this the start of my concentration I would take other everyday objects and take them apart and present them in a way that is less orderly and more chaotic.