mime

So this last week I was looking through all my artwork that I have done this year and came upon a bunch of work I had done from the life drawings. I found this picture I drew of one of the mime's who came to our school. I feel like the different stages of his head turning and the different textures and lines portray confusion of the man in the piece. So, I have decided to use this drawing as one of my pieces in my concentration. Because a lot of my pieces portray human emotion through facial expressions, I thought this one would be cool to add because it doesn't use facial expressions to show his emotions.

two more done...

I finished two more pieces over the weekend. The bottom one is a pencil drawing of my sister and the top one is a half photo transfer/half sketch of my great grandpa. Over the last week I have been working on finishing a bunch of pieces so that I will more than 12 done so I can choose my 12 favorites to go into my portfolio. I am almost done, but these are the latest two that I have finished. I think I definitly want to include these in my concentration.

The encaustic piece that we worked on in class and a photo transfer/drawing of an old man are my next two concentration pieces. They feel finised to me but if anyone has any ideas feel free to let me know!

I have been creating a lot of backgrounds lately, not necessarily for my concentration, but I always seem to reach a point where I just get stuck. Take the piece above for example. I have started a background but I have no idea what to do from here. I get nervous to put anything too bold or too heavy overtop because I am afraid it won't look right against the light watery feel the background has. And I am not sure if what I put overtop of this background should be shapes or lines or drawings from observation. Also, I am not sure if what I put overtop of the background should be done with paint or pen or charcoal etc. I have about five started backgrounds like this up in my room and I really want to do something cool with them so if anyone has some suggestions I would greatly appreciate it!

Stuck

I started this piece a while ago and have no idea what to do with it from here, any suggestions?

Number 5

Fourth Concentration Piece