Anika R's SAS Blog (2015-22)

Ideas Visually Evident (100/100): Pets can define home for some, and the first named domesticated cat recorded was from Ancient Egypt. Materials Used (40/100): Acrylic paint, permanent marker, pencil. Processes Used (63/100): Sketched lightly, background painted, cats colored and painted. Process Photos: (1/6) (2/6) (3/6) (4/6) (5/6) (6/6) Reference photos: Hannah's Cat (1/2) Hannah's Cat (2/2) Final Piece:  Final Piece (edited)

Photo from Google Arts & Culture I visited the National Gallery of Prague in June 2019, and one of my favorite paintings that I saw in the exhibit was Operace (Surgery) by Maximilian Oppenheimer . The thing that struck me most about the painting was the texture. Of course, the texture is a giant factor in traditional painting, like in Van Gogh’s work, but this painting made use of texture in a way I’d never seen before. The painting is fairly smooth and glossy except for where the body lays cut open. That area is clumpy, with visible chunks (for the lack of a better word) of very blood-like paint. It’s a little jarring when you notice it at first, but still, as someone who can’t tolerate gore, I really found it fascinating. Oppenheimer chose to put the extra texture only on the body. He could have easily added similar sweat textures on all the surgeons or added the same blood to the tools in the lower right corner, but he didn’t. His composition and lack of detail of the surg...

Ideas Visually Evident (73/100): Person reminiscing an old photo, based on a photo of my cousin and me. Materials Used (42/100): Watercolor pencils, multi-liner, graphite. Processes Used (72/100): Sketched lightly, then painted with watercolors, and then lightly lined. Process Photos: 5/5 4/5 3/5 2/5 1/5 Reference photo: Final Piece:  

Ideas Visually Evident (89/100): Based on a photo of Jan Hus Memorial (Prague) I took and some doodles I drew a while ago. Materials Used (30/100): Graphite, Micron multi-liners. Processes Used (100/100): Sketched the torso of the Jan Hus Memorial with graphite, then ink-lined the bird and speech bubble. Process Photos: 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 5/5 Reference photo: My photo of the Jan Hus Memorial in Prague, Czech Rep. (June 2019) Final Piece:   Final piece

Ideas Visually Evident (97/100): This was inspired by simple graffiti and the Kirby Krackle method and made use of primary colors. Materials Used (63/100): Deco Color Paint Pens, Sharpie marker, acrylic paint, graphite. Processes Used (99/100): Looked up ASL alphabet, sketched hands, blocked in shapes with acrylic and paint pen, and outlined. Process Photos: Figuring out ASL (1/3) (2/3) (3/3) Reference photo: ASL for 'o' ASL for 'k' Final Piece:   Final

Idea(s) Visually Evident (87/100 characters):  I was thinking about egg noodles, and I asked ‘what would it look like in an eggshell?’ Materials Used (29/100 characters): Graphite, Lyra Colored Pencil Processes Used (96/100 characters):  Started with pencil thumbnail sketch, then detailed and shaded with graphite and colored pencil. Process Photos (Minimum of 4): thumbnail sketch (1/4) initial sketch (2/4) (3/4) initial shading (4/4) References: N/A Final Work:

Idea(s) Visually Evident (100/100 characters):  The ideal subjects for the ink resist technique are buildings, statues, and related aged structures. Materials Used (68/100 characters): Tempera Paint, Ink, Sharpie, Multiliner, Oil Pastel, Colored Pencil. Processes Used (100/100 characters):  Started with a pencil sketch, painted with tempera, inked and cleaned up primarily with multiliners. Process Photos (Minimum of 4): Sketchbook thumbnail (1/6) (2/6) (3/6)   (4/6)   Applying the ink (5/6)   Right after removing the ink (6/6) References: Taken by my father, Dev Rudra, in Bhutan, Oct 2018 Final Work: