AP Studio Art Drawing Portfolio Investigation of the faces of family members with different sources of light and color.

1. Nicole
AP Studio Art – Drawing Portfolio

3. 14x18x2, Oil, Found Objects,
Animal Membrane

4. 48x60, Oil

5. 16x20, Oil, Photo Transfer

6. 18x26, Watercolor

7. 11x13, Graphite

8. 16x20, Oil

9. 12x8, Watercolor and Charcoal

10. 48x36, Oil

11. 48x36, Oil

12. 12x8, Watercolor

13. 20x15, Watercolor

14. 12x9, Oil

15. My concentration is my sister with different sources of light on her face. I
chose this as my concentration because I love the different shapes on the face
and to me light emphasizes them more than anything else.
I started with the idea of light on the faces, as in C#1 and 2, using graphite-depicting
values on different family member’s faces.
I switched to concentrating on just my sister because of her strong facial features and
how the light fell on the angular shapes, altering her face. I used different lights not
only to bring out the shapes in the face but also the different tones in the face. I think
that light also adds a mood to a painting. For example the painting of her holding a
lighted orb in #C4 gives her face an eerie mood and the painting with the dots of light
in #C5 gives off a mysterious feeling.
I started out with a realistic process and as I moved through my concentration I
started abstracting my pieces, putting more emphasis on the shapes. C#12 I reached
my goal of investigation as the face shapes more than features.

17. 7x9, Graphite

18. 8 x11, Graphite

19. 12x9, Oil

20. 11x14, Oil

21. 12x9, Oil

22. Close-up, Oil

23. 11x14, Oil

24. 9x12, Oil

25. 9x12, Oil

26. 14x11, Oil

27. 9x12, Oil