Real Mermaid's Art Blog

Acrylic self-portrait

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:02:00 +0000

This was a very quick study of a photograph I took with my phone camera. I felt impatient painting this especially when I finished the face. That is why there is little detail in the background. I used a very dark purple as my black. I'm so used to using a dark blue. The purples, pinks and greens as colour choices were fun and unusual. I'd to work more on background information next time. There was an attempt of an actual background but it just overwhelmed the image.

Aquatint and hardground

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:19:00 +0000

I enjoyed making this print. It is part of the Walking in the city series of prints. The reference material are photographs taken in the city centre of Johannesburg. I used the aquatint and hardground techniques. What I liked about this project is that every week we had to have an image, so I had no choice but to come up with an image. there was no time to be uninspired and because of that the ideas just flowed.

Sculpture Bust

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:42:00 +0000

Final presentation of my sculpture.

Aquatint

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:44:00 +0000

Aquatint was also really great. I had to rework this plate a few times though. It's aquatint plus drypoint.

Hardground

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Sun, 27 May 2012 13:39:00 +0000

I loved working with hardground. The most beautiful marks can be made!

Printmaking: Drypoint

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:37:00 +0000

Been working on printmaking this term in Fine art. This is a drypoint etching.

Fine Art Clay Sculpture: Self-portrait

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:46:00 +0000

Sculpture disaster

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:55:00 +0000

Working on my self-portrait in Fine Art class and the hair was too heavy and I didn't support the back, so the neck snapped. I had to scrap most of her face because there were too many cracks and parts were getting saggy.

Mother bird

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:06:00 +0000

Found her feeding her chicks in the bougainvillea by my front door. I had to pretend that I didn't see her or else she would fly away. When I came back from holiday she was gone and so were the chicks but the nest remains.

Hello 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:26:00 +0000

2012 is going to be another fantastic year! It started off with me getting my driver's license finally. Now I can go anywhere. I just registered for my second year of study at Wits for my Fine Art degree. I just created a facebook page for Art Class Kids. Contemplating making a blog that has tutorials and news for the classes. I have 2 weeks of vacation left before it's time to get back into studies.

Pastel portrait

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:34:00 +0000

Alton's horses

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:14:00 +0000

Illustration: Do you wanna touch me

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:41:00 +0000

Monotype Print: 'The Gingerbread Man' book cover

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:56:00 +0000

Monotype Print: 'Goldilocks and the three bears' book cover

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:54:00 +0000

Monotype Print: Red Riding Hood book cover

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:47:00 +0000

This is a monotype print we made in Fine Art. I chose to make children book covers of the scariest characters (to me when I was small).

Fine Art Paintings: Irma Series 6

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:30:00 +0000

Fine Art Paintings: Irma Series 5

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Fine Art Paintings: Irma Series 4

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Fine Art Paintings: Irma series 3

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:10:00 +0000

Fine Art Paintings: Irma Series 2

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:06:00 +0000

Fine Art Paintings: Irma Series 1

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:04:00 +0000

The following paintings are all part of a series I made in Fine Art class.

Linocut Printmaking: District 9

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:45:00 +0000

Linocut printmaking of the film District 9.

Animation: Werewolf transformation

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:32:00 +0000

Flipbook Animation Project

noreply@blogger.com (Quaymberley Dudley) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:47:00 +0000

My flipbook animation for Design and Drawing class. I wanted to animate an animal run-cycle because I've only made human walk cycles. The Animator's Survival Kit really helped me out. This wolf came from one of my mono type prints. He was originally the Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, but now he is a crazy werewolf.

Happy Halloween!