Spanish sculptor Isabel Miramontes makes amazing bronze sculptures based on the human body. Inspired by “poses and impressions,” Miramontes creates these broken up bronze figures and surreal shapes that create an overwhelming sense of movement. These pieces are meant to focus on a deeper visualization of the human body in relation to the state of mind, and as the artist puts they are essentially illustrating emotional despair in physical form. These sculptures are stunning and so creative, and I would love to be able to bring in some of this creativity into my own depiction of people, as I am trying to break away from simple drawings of people's faces.

I worked much bigger for my home project in an attempt to push myself more. I went for a kind of yin and yang effect with these two figures supporting each other and their contrasting coloring in a black and white scale. I am very happy with how the dark haired figure turned out, particularly the face. However I think I struggled on shading the other figure with the black on already back board and as a result it does not pop at all. Overall I like this piece but I don't love it.

This exhibit was adorable and very amusing to see. It was literally bunch of different artists pieces that featured cats in some ways. I really love the one pictured above on the right, the composition and the mark really stood out to me. I also really like the unique positioning of the animal that is very cat-like and expressive, and is in many ways what I want to do with people in my own portraits.

Davide Cambria uses a very loose yet intentional mark to craft incredibly alluring oil portraits. Many of them include elements missing, such as hairline, ears, ect. Because the blending is very loose the colors used (specifically on the skin) are critical to capture the life-like effect. The energy behind the mark and in the eyes and body language of the subjects are all elements I could only aspire to have in my own work. I seriously love everything about these paintings. 

Elizabeth is a self taught artist and was born in 1960, born and raised in Thailand. Romhild's unique heritage has instilled her creativity with a distinct individuality. She originally began painting realistic portraits, later moving on to seascapes and landscapes. Now, she uses more bold female images, depicted very colorful and expressive ways. My favorite  part about this work is the expression achieved in ways other than realism. While the figures are clearly not intended to look like perfect photographs, the wild color and boisterous mark add the overall emotion and message of the work.