Harrison Weir and other illustrations and photos

Kudu horn!

Balzac

My two new favorite illustrators are Walter Crane and Balzac.

Symbionese Liberation Army project

This is a drawing 6in by 3in that I did to go along with my presentation over the SLA.

pecans

I feel like there was not much intention behind the painting on the right. I have learned a bit more to create a focus for the painting before I begin and this painting didn't necessarily have one. I began with imitating the texture, shape, and size of pecans (lower left corner) and from there I was just looking around my room for ideas from different textures. It is too congested for my liking but I do like that all the parts seem to be connecting and that they have a wide range of colors. At the time I painted it, I felt that a wide range of colors was necessary. I was sitting listening to music ( a tape with Native American chanting) next to an window which was open to the early spring weather at the time.
I wasn't able to crop this picture, so there is another painting on the page that I didn't mean for it to be put up.

not able to crop

the pictures

Seeds

Along with my rattie's finger paints, there are two separate paintings on this page.

On the left: the colors I use are more unintentional. I have a set of watercolors that have oranges, browns, greens, blues, yellows, and a white. I begin with one simple color and as I continue, all of the colors mix on their own. I began with simple lines and the further I went, the more I found that I was making round patterns. I noticed that I stayed away from to much layering compared with the paintings I've done before. The original size of both of them is about 3 by 3 inches. It took me an couple hours to paint but then again, I was staring out the window half the time. I enjoy the spacing between the lines.



On the right.

I was borrowing a necklace that came from the region around Nepal from a friend last week. It is used to cleanse your energy before you go to see a baby. There are seeds, bones, and beads hanging off of it and one seed in specific stood out to me. This painting was influenced by that seed. It resembles it with the sharpness of the edges mainly. I like that it resembles so much like bark to me and that there is such depth from the shading. My intention was to take characteristics that stood out to me from the seed on the necklace and put them into a painting.

fossilized bird

Collage by Alex Makenzie