21, Female, Painting Major
keschoenlein@gmail.com
This is not merely a portfolio of my work, but a documentation of growth. Assignments as well as personal work are posted.
All artwork on this page was created by me.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Self-Portrait as Alter-Ego, charcoal and chalk on toned paper, 18”x24”
To learn more about the concepts behind this piece or to see process photos click here:
http://keschoenlein.tumblr.com/post/37000560484/charcoal-and-chalk-on-toned-paper-i-was-assigned
Muscle Study after Giambologna’s Oceanus, graphite on mylar and paper, 18”x24”
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Hand study, graphite on paper, 18”x24”
Master Study of Portrait on Man in Top Hat by Jacques Louis David, ink and water soluble graphite on watercolor paper, around 18”x24”
Expressive self-portrait, graphite on drawing paper, 18”x26”
This was the final assignment from my Figure Drawing I course. I have now completed Figure II and feel I have improved beyond this level, but as always I like to use this Tumblr as a log for my improvement.
The assignment was to draw a self-portrait that expressed my personality. I’ve always struggled with finding a balance between myself and my feminine side. I intentionally drew my portrait asymmetrically, half with make-up and all done up and half without as well as with two different expressions to depict this confusion.
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Charcoal and chalk on toned paper
I was assigned to draw an alter-ego. My professor allowed for a broad interpretation. I mapped out an ideal self in words, starting with the word “student” and ending at “child.” I think children are the ultimate students and that in many cases humanity and especially artists should aspire to their willingness to create as well as destroy. I chose to depict myself playing with building blocks because I felt that they symbolized the joy kids find in building things up, knocking them over, and beginning again.
Figure study, graphite on paper, originally 18”x24”
Clearly need to work on my “shrinking limb syndrome.”
Boucher master study and skeleton study overlay, charcoal on paper and graphite on mylar, 18”x24”
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Portrait study, graphite on paper, originally 18”x24”
Osteology study, colored pencil on paper, originally 18”x24”
Continuous line self portrait, graphite on paper, 18”x24”
Quick 3/4 view portrait study, graphite, 18”x24”
Feeling content with the progress I made in Figure Drawing I. It has never been my forte.
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Subtractive Graphite. 15”x20”. Homework Assignment (Tromp l’oeil): Create a still life comprised of things that mean something to you and/or that symbolize something meaningful to you. Render it as realistically as possible. Work from life only.
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Subtractive Graphite. 20”x30”. Homework Assignment: Create a scene that implies an event has occurred. Use a drawing method we have learned in class, and render the scene as realistically as possible. Work from life only.
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The suicide rate among women is higher in countries where arranged marriage is legal. There are many awful stories about women who have committed suicide after being forced by their family to marry. Some women who have refused to marry the grooms chosen for them, have become subject to “honor killings”.
I chose to depict a woman’s vanity area after preparing to, and committing suicide. The empty ringbox represents her recent forced engagement. She wrote her letter, prayed her rosary, and swallowed her pills.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1581481,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/11/british-asian-forced-marriages
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White Charcoal. 19”x25”. In-Class Assignment: White-on-Black crosshatching.
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