Art III Honors Portfolio 2006

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Art III Honors Portfolio 2006

• By Colleen Wands

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Table of Contents

• Artist Statement
• Mona Lisa on Monday- pastel, 22x 26 ½
• New Balance- pencil, 21 ¾x 15 ¾
• Penguins Rock!- ink, 8.5x 11
• Volleyball- colored pencils, 7x 7

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Artist Statement

• I have always loved to draw in some fashion.
  The work I do is really for the sake of doing
  something, expressing myself without thought. I
  want to make something timeless. Sometimes I do
  the work that I do just to see what I can make.
• My ideas have very little to do with planning.
  When I brainstorm I start out sketching a line,
  circle, a random shape. Then, I look at my
  sketch and decide what I think it could become.
  Once I have my idea I just run with it until it
  forms into a picture. My techniques and
  materials depend on my idea but I tend to be
  partial to pastels.
• My work right now is in limbo. I have not
  done any serious artwork in a while, only the
  occasional sketch on a scrape piece of paper.
  Since I have not done any serious work in a while
  I am not up to speed. My work has become more
  cartoonish over time. I intend to work more with
  realism in the future. I cannot wait to see how
  that turns out.

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This is my self portrait from last year. I had a
lot of fun trying to come up with a way to
express my Mondays in color. This is definitely
one of my favorite pieces. And no matter what I
did in the beginning it didnt look like me, in
the end it turned out looking decent. It took
forever!!!!!
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This is my shoe advertisement from 10th grade (ah
the memories). I drew my sneakers in an attempt
to put the most detail possible into this
drawing. It was really hard to come up with the
slogan for this one.
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Okay, so this is my penguin from Madagascar with
his bottle of champagne. This was by far one of
the pieces that I had the most fun with. Who
knew that monoprints could be so entertaining.
Messing with the colors on the bottle was the
hard part in this.
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My childrens book was a cool little project.
Since I decided that I wouldnt gesso the pages
but glue paper instead, I had a little difficulty
in making the pages one clean edge. The last
page was the page that made my day. Thats the
page where I cited my other works. ).
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Personal Information

• Name Colleen Wands
• Email xpmouse_at_gmail.com
• Other info ummmnone?