This was my final project for my Modernity:Realism and Surrealism Class.
We were required to either make a copy or create a visual response to a piece of modern art.

I chose to make my own rendition of Fernand Leger's, "The City".
see his piece here> http://www.thecityreview.com/leger5.gif

drawing 2 final

This final project for my drawing 2 class was based on finding line structures, configuring them together and mixing them with other media to create collages. These collage units are of colored pencil, thread, mixed paper and flower drawings. It was fun to experiment with the 3rd dimension as well by layering, cutting, and using foam.

this spring break consisted of: celebrating the resurrection of our risen Lord, coffee shops, friend chatting, roof climbing, sport watching, back spasms-leading to immobile day in bed, family time, homeworking, sleeping, shopping, music listening, beach trips, good conversations, ping pong, the royal tenebaums, some cleaning...
overall, good time.
thank you Lord.
now back to reality.
month and a half of school left never looked so hard to climb.

music

good music.
check it.

The Avett Brothers

Joshua James

Charcoal Drawings

Both of these charcoal drawings are from my Drawing 2 class- from this Spring Semester. We made collages out of photos/etc. Then from the collages we rendered the 20x24in charcoal drawings. Charcoal is by far one of my favorite mediums to work with. You do a lot of erasing to get the white, and get to blend with your hands.

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"Soften the City"- 22x36 : This was my first large project for my Integrated Design I class. The subject matter for the posters were based off of this years- Art Symposium at Biola (all art conference for art students and the community) The topic of it was - how the city influences our beliefs and actions, specifically when looking at art and culture making. I based my poster after the idea that our cities are so urbanized and cramped that sometimes we need a little nature to be re-introduced. Organic meets Geometric, the city can be softened by the freshness of nature. For example (think of Central Park). ....

So I sketched and sketched, painted, etc and scanned in a ton of stuff. After that, I basically cut my sketches up ---and started compiling them together to get some different ideas. The background is a watercolor. The buildings are just ink drawings. The landscapes are made with markers.






World Issue Drawing: "Environment"- 5x7
This drawing is from my Drawing 2 class from this Spring Semester. We worked on this for about 2-3 weeks. The subject matter for this drawing was to pick a world issue and compile a 5x7 collage. Then from the collage, we were to exactly render a copy using a transfer technique and shading.

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Finally re-posting a better version of my series of photography panels of my friend Brianna. I did these in the beginning of last semester for my digital tools class.

some artwork from fall and spring semester

The dinosaurs/dragons above i designed on illustrator for my digital tools class last semester (fall). They were created with the paint brush tool. These were some of my favorites out of about ten.

Road Trip

Finally put up some pictures of my road trip from this past January...

It's just one of those experiences in life i don't want to forget.
It was only a couple of days.
But- i spent it with some of my dearest friends.
We had a great time.
We drove to Santa Cruz and stayed with my extended family there. Drove up the 1, and headed to San Fransisco for the day, and ended our trip in San Luis Obispo for the last day.

I'm one of those people who would rather drive in the country side- for days and days, and go camping--- then go on a Cruz or fly in a plane. There's not many better things then driving through nature, good music, and good friends.

the beauty i see when i drive up the coast, through mountains and through forests--- is just another reminder about how GREAT my God is... Proof of His existence is right in front of our eyes. God is an incredible artist.


"I would survey all those open miles
And line them up in single file
Everywhere I look I see green scenic sublime
And all those oceanic vistas are so divine"

sketches

"But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines- it will shine out the clearer"

I find that when im in class, i actually listen to lectures better when i'm drawing.. .. .. it helps me focus in on listening- instead of looking around and observing something else.

Call me crazy. But it works often :)

These are some landscape illustrations i have been doing the last couple weeks.

With these drawings i'm kind of exploring fantasy story-like ideas and illustrations... but a lot of the inspiration comes from real landscape.

Angus and Julia Stone are a brother sister band i cannot stop listening to.

love their lyrics.

love their style.

love their album artwork. . .

sometimes i just really appreciate a good couple singer/songwriters who give me some good ol' folk melodies.

the album artwork is so storybook'ish. i love it. alot of their music videos have a similar whimsical feel.

God'll Ne'er Let You Down

Sometimes i wonder how in the world am i going to live being an artist. Honestly, i don't know if it is God's will that i will make a career out of art. But for now, that's the plan. I'm studying it, practicing, and learning many aspects of the art world. I keep trying to tell myself that i want to wake up to a job that i love doing and that is rewarding. So, despite some fears, I'm going to do my best at striving at becoming better and find out what God wants to do with my life. I will trust that He won't let me down- and will guide me to a life that will Glorify His name.

the words of this sufjan stevens song are fantastic. . .

"Everyday, He'll never let you down

Chase His name, He'll never let you down

When the black turns into white

Never turn your back, the bowl is full of light

Seek His face, He'll never let you down

Worship Grace, He'll never let you down"

-sufjan stevens: "God'll Ne'er Let You Down"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHqwp8FYFw8

Swoop Down From the Sky and Catch Me Like a Bird of Prey

This is a poster i designed for my digital tools class last semester.

The background is a painted piece of paper i crumbled and scanned into the computer. For the sun and clouds i painted them on a separate piece of paper and scanned them into the computer. The landscape and bird i drew on illustrator and transferred them into photoshop to place them over the background. This was actually one of my favorite projects!

" To send light into the darkness of men's hearts- such is the duty of the artist"- Schumann

Shadow Box/ Painting Project

This image is not a very good photograph to view this project. It's a 3 dimensional plexy glass box (that's why it's reflecting light).

There is a canvas placed inside. I used acrylic paint for the scene and then put foam on some parts to pop parts of the painting out. The flowers at the bottom are all individually constructed out of paper and foam.

(at the bottom there is a piece of blue foam :(, it was supposed to be placed by the other clouds but fell...)

Color Scheme Project

This was another 2d painting project. The goal was to take a photograph of something that looks relatively abstract and then paint it in four color schemes: complimentary, monochromatic, analogous, and split complimentary. Although the image my be hard to tell, it's a fence with piping that lines the netting of a baseball field.

This was a painting done in my 2d class this past semester. We were required to have a floral pattern, pinstripes, at least 5 silhouetted images, and text.