Hand Charcoal thingy

 

Blind Contour

 

Color Studies

 

Solidifying Kaupapa

  This year, my Kaupapa is Spiritual/Cultural. It is more on the spiritual side as I would be basing my portfolio around vampires I chose this theme because I like the vampire and victorian aesthetic, along with the dark theme. 

Dracula is a vampire, he is from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. I will be painting mirrors without reflections to show that he is a vampire. I would also mostly paint in black and white to make give my paintings more of a menacing vibe and I would also add splashes of red to make it more eye-catching. I would also paint a portrait of him in my own interpretation inspired by others as well. 

I chose Dracula as a subject matter because he is a vampire and is the original one. 

1.2 Art

 In art, we have been working on our portfolios. My Kaupapa is about Filipino Culture but it is mostly focused on the folk tale story of the Bakunawa(A sea serpent). 

 I have finished working on my first board and am now working on my second board which is almost done. 

I chose this theme because I wanted to do something with my culture and its traditions. Choosing this theme also made me research and learn more about the Philipines, like the use of the old writing system Baybayin, which was what the characters of our alphabet looked like before the Philippines was colonized. 

My artist models are Robyn Kahukiwa and several ukiyo-e artists like Hokusai. 

This first still life is a drawing of my brother's water bottle. I sketched this with a normal lead pencil in our living room in the afternoon. 

The second still life sketch is a Pop figure of the 

Pixar character Alberto, who is a sea monster. I drew him with a normal lead pencil in my room beside my window where there was light seeping through.  

This last still life is drawn using charcoal which was referenced from an image online. I have to admit that charcoal was a medium I have never used before so this was an experience but it was fun to work with. I liked how easy you can blend with it. ( this has nothing to do with my kaupapa but I thought I should put this here too) 

Reference

This is my first board. Which consists of different media. Painting, Digital art, and printmaking(the moons in the last panel). The whole thing about this board is about the Bakunawa eating the moons. I tried not to add too many details and keep everything flat to replicate the ukiyo-e style. 

PPP

  For PPP Lauren and I collaborated on making a short comic for her story, "Intention" For about five weeks in three periods each. PPP is 3 hours a week we can do our own learning for our passions and interests. 

It went well but we didn't get to the interesting part as there wasn't enough time also I am very slow at drawing. 

Plan for Panel 2