Tuesday, May 14, 2013

My time at BTW

I feel that attending BTWHSPVA for high school has aided me in becoming a better artist, and that it has also prepared me for majoring in fine arts. When I recently checked the requirements for obtaining a BA in Fine Arts, I noticed that the four-year structure was similar to that of BTW's. I feel like I will be basically repeating everything that I have done in four years. One thing that will be different is that I have to take art discussion classes.

Over the last four years, I was able to learn the basic principles of Drawing and Design. When I attend USC in the fall, I will be required to take an introductory drawing, design, and sculpture course. (Which is similar to the set up of freshman year.) During my junior year , I will be taking advanced drawing and painting courses (which is similar to AP, but it is college, of course.) I feel that the past four years have given me an inside view of how my undergraduate years of college will be.

Attending BTW has greatly prepared me for college. The school teaches its students that they must be responsible for themselves, and that there is no excuse for having late assignments. I have learned throughout my senior year that there is no real limit to what a person can do for themselves. There are always resources that can assist a person. If you feel that you need help completing a task, you should take the initiative when trying to accomplish that task.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Yasmin Davis: 8 Piece Scholarship Portfolio Submission


Catch
24"x18"
Mixed Media
2012

Piggy Bank
18"x24"
Pen
2012
Shells
 36"x36"
Acrylic Paint

Illumination
36"x48"
Acrylic Paint
 2012

Archaeology
36"x48"
Acrylic Paint
2012
Rest II
36"x48"
Acrylic Paint
2013
Perplexed
48"x36"
Acrylic Paint
Dancing Skeletons
36"x24"
Indian Ink
2012

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Here are a few of my concentration pieces

Angry Daikons
Mixed Media
12"x13"
2012

 Tsunami Disaster
Mixed Media
24"x18"
2012

Contemplation
Mixed Media
14"x16"
2013


Thursday, February 14, 2013

    Here are a few more pieces that I recently created. I will upload some older ones soon.
Rest II
36"x48"
Acrylic Paint
2013
Destruction In Japan
18"x10"
Pen
2013
Realm of Cheese
12"x18"
Mixed Media
2013
Crystallization I
24"x18"
Acrylic Paint
2013

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Q: Tunisian Collaborative Painting

I found the Tunisian collaborative paintings to be very interesting. Many of them turn out to be abstract, and imaginative rather than realistic and observational. What I do find strange is the fact that these paintings end up being in the same style. I would expect for certain areas to have different styles because of the large amount of people working on them. I wondered if the artists all agreed to leveling out the style once they were finished with the painting, or if the painting just turned out to be uniform. I would have also expected there to be a wide range of subjects included in the painting, but these paintings all have one subjects. Maybe the artists agreed on the subject, and experimented with the rest of the painting? Maybe they started with one idea and worked around it? Who knows.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Here is a painting I did of one of my figure drawings:
 
 
Perplexed
48"x36"
Acrylic Paint

Monday, November 26, 2012

Senior Showcase Feedback

During senior showcase, I spoke to the University of Texas at Austin, TCU, Texas A&M, UTD, and UNT. I found the UT Austin recruiter's advice very helpful. At first, I did not know that I had to have 3D artwork, photographs, and a self portrait. The recruiter also informed me that I could do some assemblages for 3D artwork, and take a few photographs on my phone. At first, I thought that taking pictures on a phone was not a good idea, but then I found out that I could use photoshop on it. The recruiter also told me which pieces that I should put in my portfolio. I took advantage of her advice, and I put together all of the pieces for my portfolio during Thanksgiving Break.

When I talked to UNT, the recruiter also like every single one of my pieces. He noticed the mark making in my drawings, and he told me that I should consider taking printmaking at UNT. He stated that "[I] am a printmaker and [I] don't even know it yet." I found out that he was the head of the printmaking department at UNT, and that he taught the graduate printmaking classes. Although the recruiter suggested that I take an interest in printmaking, I do not think that I will create any prints. Printmaking is not something that I am very interested in. I will just continue to create even stronger marks in my pieces.

Friday, November 16, 2012

Here is my latest painting:
Shells
 36"x36"
Acrylic Paint

Monday, November 5, 2012

Here is my latest Cubism painting:


Archaeology
36"x48"
Acrylic Paint
2012

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Here is my most recent painting. This was my first attempt at creating a cubist painting. I sold it for $400 last Friday to Bowman and Brooke Accounting Firm.


Illumination
36"x48"
Acrylic Paint
 2012
Sold

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Here are my newest pieces... My second concentration piece for 2d design will be uploaded soon.
Catch
24"x18"
Mixed Media
2012

Piggy Bank
18"x24"
Pen
2012

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Here is a painting that I completed in my painting class sophomore year.

Untitled
18"x24"
Acrylic Paint
2011












Monday, October 1, 2012

Here is a piece that I finished a week ago. It is the first Concentration piece for my AP-2D Design Portfolio. My Concentration deals with how the nuclear disaster in Japan affected fruits and vegetables. The fruits and vegetables became mutated and warped from the nuclear spills.
Tainted Forest
6"x24"
Mixed Media
2012

Here are a few pieces I completed awhile ago and a few breadth pieces that I completed for my AP 2-D Design Portfolio:
Crystal
18"x24"
Colored Pencil
2012

Futurescape
18"x24"
Pen
2012

Autumn
24"x18"
Colored Pencil
2012

The Girl in Green
36"x12"
Acrylic Paint
2011


Intersection
12"x12"
Cut Paper
2010

Taper Design
12"x12"
Cut Paper
2010

Calculations
4"x12"
Mixed Media Collage Book
2012

Here are a few more pieces that I have created in the past:
Untitled
12"x12"
Colored Pencil
2011

Untitled
8"x8"
Colored Pencil
2012

Salvador
8"x6"
Colored Pencil
2012

Rest
18"x24"
Charcoal
2011

Thursday, September 27, 2012

These skeleton drawings were in the Concentration section of my AP Drawing portfolio The colored skeletons from the previous posts is also part of this section.
Dancing Skeletons
36"x24"
Indian Ink
2012

Skeleton I
36"x24"
Indian Ink
2012

Skeleton II
36"x24"
Indian Ink
2012

Here are a few still lifes and landscapes from my AP Drawing Portfolio. They are all Breadth pieces.
Vegetables I
8"x11"
Pen
2011

Vegetables II
8"x11"
Pen
2011

Untitled
8"x11"
Pen
2012

Untitled
15"x16"
Ebony Pencil
2010

Untitled
13"x13"
Pen
2012

These are a few figures from my AP Drawing Portfolio, on which I scored a perfect score of 5.
Concentration Piece
Carmen
8"x6"
Mixed Media
2012

Breadth Piece
Untitled
11"x8"
Pen
2012

Concentration Piece
Madeleine
14"x8"
Mixed Media
2012

Concentration Piece
Kenya 
8"x6"
Pen
2012

Concentration Piece
Emily
16"x10"
Mixed Media
2012

Concentration Piece
Sadie
8"x6"
Mixed Media
2012


Concentration Piece
Untitled
18"x24"
Mixed Media
2011