Category: Emmi Leard

The Football Player

Art and Writing by: Emmi Leard

This art piece was finished September 28, 2023. This piece is made with acrylic paint on a canvas. My visual for this piece was to have the player in the center in full color, as the camera is focused on him, while the rest of the painting is in black and white.

My process of creating this piece started with the player in color. I painted him first then painted the black and white around him. 

The toughest part of this project was the bleachers in the back. I struggled with the dimension of it and how it sits. Another part of the project I struggled with was painting the man standing on the other side of the fence. The shading on his legs is meant to be a lot darker since he is further away from the players so it took time to make him look realistic.

The Barn Door

Artwork and Article by: Emmi Leard

         This art piece was finished November 15, 2022. This piece is made with just graphite pencil. There are different aspects in the piece including: the wood on the door, the cinder blocks of the barn, the metal of the frames and lastly the fabric of the halter and rope. 

         I started this piece by sketching a graph. The graph is just symmetrical lines in horizontal and vertical patterns. I printed out the photograph I worked from and used math to adjust the graph to the correct sizing. After completing the door, I drew the metal of the door then worked my way up the paper. I continued back down and finished my drawing with the cinder blocks. Usually when I draw I try to get the center or most complicated part out of the way first. 

         I always come across a tough spot along the way. In this piece, my thought spot that I had to keep coming back to was the fan. The ceiling fan or the oval looking thing was hard because of the way it’s set. I had to use artistic liberty to make it work with the piece.