Cherry Blossoms

Edy Wong, Cherry Blossoms, 3/01/10, watercolor, acrylics, ink, and salt, 8 1/4"x12 3/4", FCS art classroom

This is my third concentration piece. As you can probably see I tried to include an abstract/surreal element with this piece by painting the background with different colors of watercolor. I decided to use watercolor for my background after being inspired by Sophia Brueckner's artwork because I thought it was pretty cool. But the watercolor didn't come out exactly as I expected to because I wanted the different colors to stand out more but they blended in more than I wanted them to. I should have dried the colors right away because the colors would look good right when wet but when they tried they just blended together. Mr. Inman suggested I use salt to give it a speckled effect and I liked what it did to the background. The flowers are cherry blossoms, painted with acrylics to make them stand out. I decided to draw piano keys on the branches because I thought it would add a nice creative touch to the piece. I decided to paint different colored cherry blossoms on each branch to make it more colorful. Overall I think it turned out good.

Piano Flowers

Edy Wong, Piano Flowers, 2/22/10, acrylics and ink, 12"x14 3/4", FCS art classroom

This is my second piece of my concentration. As you can see I added some abstract details, the piano keys, for creativity and because I thought regular flowers would look too ordinary. I wanted something imaginative because I had originally painted normal and realistic flowers and I thought that was boring. So I decided to draw piano keys in the center. I drew them partly because I liked them and partly because I play the piano.






















Close-up on one of the flowers so you can see the detail better

Purple Flowers

Edy Wong, Purple Flowers, 2/16/10, acrylics, 12"x8 3/8", FCS art classroom

So here is my first piece of my concentration. Overall I think I'm satisfied with it. I started it late so I didn't have as much time as I wanted to paint it. My goal with this piece was to create intricate flowers by using different colors. This piece is pretty basic and straightforward but I want to try something more abstract with my future pieces. Some of the difficulties I face include not having adequate time, as I mentioned before, and also having limited paint.

Concentration Storyboard

Edy Wong, Flower Concentration Storyboard, 2/06/10, ink and computer paper, 11"x8 1/2", FCS art classroom

This is my storyboard for my concentration, which is going to be on flowers. I chose this concentration because I feel that flowers are simple but it allows room for me to play it up or add some of my own touches to it. I think I'll put in an abstract element to my pieces. The medium I'm mainly going to use is acrylics. I might change some of my ideas (I usually tend to to that), but you can kinda get an general idea of my concentration. The main goal of my concentration on flowers is to depict the flowers at interesting angles/perspectives, if you know what I mean. For example, the first thumbnail that I have is a picture of tulips, but the twist is that the picture would be from an ant's point of view, so the flowers look massive and dramatic and you would feel like you're looking up at them. If you look at the second thumbnail, the picture is a closeup of a flower, so again a unique perspective. I do not just want to depict flowers entirely realistically, so I might also add some funky colors or special touches to them. I don't exactly know the sizes my pieces are going to be; I think I'll just go with the flow and hopefully gain more inspiration.