Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket - Recreation

This is my recreation of a painting by Whistler. I'm not fully completed with it, but I hope it turns out good. Instead of oil paint, I'm using acrylic paint to create this. So it will probably turn out to be a lot different in brush stroke and blending. I still need to work on the sky and the middle yet portion of the painting yet.

My Artist Statement

My name is Rachel Roiger, and I enjoy art. I have never really gotten into art not because I didn't want to take more art classes, but because I wanted to concentrate on other subjects in school. I'm glad I took art again in my Senior year, because it reminded me on how much I like and enjoy art.

Art is fun to do. There are many different things I can do. My favorite types of art would be drawing and painting. I like how I can blend everything together to make it look smooth, rough, and sharp, and I can make it any texture that I want it to be. It's not like any other class in school where I have to do it exactly like this or exactly like that to be right. I can make it how I want to and not be wrong.

I make art because for me it's a good outlet for my emotions and feelings. My every thought and feeling can be put into one piece of art. After that, most of the time I feel good.

Pastels

Made these in class. I learned how to make new colors from the pastels and how to make things more realistic. It takes time, but yeah. I think it looks pretty good for one of my first times trying them out on style life objects. The apple is probably my favorite.

My First Self Portrait

This is my first self portrait that I've drawn in class too. I see a resemblance, but I think it could use some improvements, like the mouth, nose, shading and all that. My favorite part would have to be the eyes again. I learned pretty much the same thing as I did in my celebrity portrait. I learned to make things more proportionate, and how to make hair a bit more realistic.

Michael Cera Portrait

The 1st portrait I've ever drawn. I've learned a lot more about how to make the human face proportionate when drawing. My favorite part of this drawing would have to be the eyes. I think they look the best.