Rendering Saga: Watercolor Schwag.

This may be one of my last posts as my sophomore year starts. My plates missed me so much and I know… Sooon…. Plates will devour me and make me into a zombie bwahaha. 

These are some of my rendering plates. Both VPT2 and Color Theory. 

I finally got the hang of using watercolor. I like it. It suits me. I’m still not the best at it however, I always have that will to strive-an ambition that will make me hone my skills and finesse. 

This plate is my first landscape painting done professionally and with sophistication. Thomasians might not guess this location well but it’s the Quadri Park behind the main building. I always take photos of my plates before I pass it. Sometimes plates are rolled or folded which makes me annoyed because of the crumpled paper or crunched paper :( I just dislike taking pictures of my work that looks a bit distorted.

And yes we work till the last minute, we CFAD people are like that.

Quadri Park in Monochrome
Details: Brown watercolor (Prang) on 12x18" Canson watercolor paper

I am quite relieved I got a good score on this one J this is one of the plates I did not have a grid to aid me and I improved my sketching skills. (Note: I know it is quite cheap to use the grid method in sketching, but come on, it is heck of a time-saver when it comes to someone fussy in accuracy like me, I dislike things that are not up to par with my standard and I WILL not send a crappy work.) I was a bit frantic because my professor is really keen on our proportion, he judges realism heavily on that criteria, and I am not good in proportion lol. I am a messy artist.Moving on is my next VPT plate, forgive me if I can't post the reference photo :'( My iTouch has issues.

UST - Beato Angelico Facade
Details: Watercolor (Prang) on 12x18" Canson Watercolor Paper

I have a love-or-hate relationship with this plate. I hate the tree from the far left and I love the whole look and on how I did it. I am still disturbed by the fact I rushed this plate. Too many details in a short amount of time and I am crazy if I did not even make it seem real or really close to the real image. Surprisingly my professor said in a good tone, "It seems like a picture *giggles*" and he joked that he was going to put my plate away or give me deduction because I rushed the grass something like that and I was like deep inside, "OMG HAHAHA It was that nice?" Seriously? It was just nicely done but I HATE THE TREE IT DRIVES ME NUTS. (Because the lines are harsh looking, I did not even make it softer and the other parts sharper).

Details: Watercolor (Prang) on 12x18" Canson Watercolor Paper

Next is the wood, glass and metal plate, I only loved the metal part. :) Though it could've been more better it was so-so for me. I love the metal rose tho, because I love roses and I had more effort on that one and the rest slacked hahaha. 

The next plate is a big one, a 1/4 illustration board plate. We are tasked to pick a room that has metal, wood and glass in it, no limits on what type as long as these three elements are present.

I chose an Industrial-styled room :) It is the easiest pick since almost all elements are there, and the reason why I named this watercolor schwag because I like things stylish and difficult. (not those gangsta McDonald swag eh?) Pretty much the ones I pick are suicide plates because of too much detailing needed to be done. 

Glass, Wood, and Metal in Interiors
Details: Watercolor on 15x20" Berkeley Board.

It looks different eh? I just copied my printout and printers sometimes make photos darker or lighter than the ones from the computer :)). I love these kinds of interiors I like it vibrant, very appealing and different than others, the ones I researched when I was looking for a photo seemed dull, and uninteresting for me. I like my works to be interesting because it is lively. I just sacrificed my time to make plate schwag and YOLOs.

Ah finals, but before I can even enjoy this was my last VPT plate. I chose a retail shop, Diesel Denim. This was Maiko Tanijiri’s design called, “Nature Factory”. I love how creative this interior is. I love creativity. I am just down when I see interiors that are just up to the norm. Though, I do appreciate all kinds of designs.

"Nature Factory"
Details: Mixed Media (Watercolor, Soft Pastels, Colored Pencils) on 15x20" Berkeley Board.

This is my favorite plate of all :) Aside from this being one of my favorite interiors of all time, I managed to do the mode I want, which is mixed media. I love mixed media, I love to work with a lot of materials, I sometimes can't stand working on just one mode. I want to do with different kinds of stuff and be creative about it. Because I need speed, and watercolor doesn't give me speed.

These are my other finals and pre-finals Color Theory plates. 

Details: Watercolor on 1/8 Berkeley Board

I liked my finals because I lived my style in a good manner. I love dark colors, not those almost pitch black stuff, I just like my colors to be vampy-ish. But I just made a mistake-slash-misunderstanding on my pre-finals plate. I colored an ebony furniture finish that is terribly a no-no in nurseries. I acknowledge my professor’s comment since she is the Color Goddess, however it was a furniture finish that was the same as the one I got on the photo L and I thought that it’s fine to retain the color finish. Guess I’m wrong, so I got a tres. 

And lastly, My interior perspective finals. I did mine to be simple and practical. Also to be cohesive with the “Chinese Modern” concept. I made it warm so it is welcoming, but not too powerful, I just like how the red makes an instant pop of color to the interior. It seems that I, sometimes let go of my cray-cray side haha. If I could show you my past designs (if I could retrieve some of it) you would see I'm less crazy haha. 

Manual-Drawn and Rendered Perspective
Details: Kurecolor and colored pencils on A3 tracing paper.

So that's most of my plates during my First Year, Second Semester run. I had fun rendering. I am scared at first because I couldn't do it for the first time, yet, I did surprise myself. Now I challenge myself, will I evolve and get my skills to set the bar? Let's see :) and I would be glad to share you guys my adventure, this second year will be another breakthrough for me and another learning ground.

Thanks for reading my loong loong post ^_^ At some time, again.