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Life in Photos Lately

This week, our wonderful Photography blogger, Julie, shares some of her photos that she’s taken recently. From eclipses and nature, to dance shows and charity concerts, Julie is doing it all! Check out her wonderful photos and catch up with her.

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Learning New Mediums

This week, Santo, our Illustration blogger, speaks about all of the different mediums he has been able to work with here at Marywood! He shares some of his beautiful work. and shares his specific experiences with each medium. Check out his progress!

Hello. Something that excited me about majoring in Illustration at Marywood, was having the opportunity to learn and experiment with new mediums. Painting (Oil) Throughout my art career in grade school, I had many opportunities to paint with acrylics and water colors. However, I never had the opportunity to paint with oils. My grade school prohibited the use of oil paints primarily due to…

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2 in 1 Wood Carving

This week, Madison, our Sculpture blogger writes about her “2 in 1” wood carving piece that she created in her 3D Design class. She speaks about her process, her likes and dislikes, and shares some of her photos of the finished product! Check it out!

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Baba Yaga Hut Update

Sara, our Ceramics blogger, shares more updates on her Baby Yaga Hut that she has been working on. She has finished glazing the piece and shares what the pieces look like this far. Keep an eye out for her blog in a few weeks for more updates! #Marywood

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Senior Show Leaf Print Collage

Becca, our Printmaking blogger shares a composition that she created for the senior show. Using some of her prints she already had, she arranged them in a way to display them. Check out the senior show in Marywood’s Malady Gallery! #MarywoodArt

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Celebrity Portrait: Lucille Ball

This week, McKenna, our Painting blogger, shares her celebrity painting that she has been working on of Lucille Ball. She walks us through her creative process, and explains some of the choices that she made! Check out her wonderful painting! #MarywoodArt

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Dungeons and Dragons Animation

I have been working on the animation from a past post, which was a sketch that laid down all the movement. I decided to fix a few things about how one of the pieces of hair was moving (the one in the front, to her right), because it wasn’t exactly looping correctly. It was jumping around at certain points, and since the rest of the hair was looping well enough, I figured I should fix it for the…

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What Defines Me

Who am I? I am thrilled to have this opportunity to express myself for the first time in this blog! Anyways, some brief information about WHO I AM. Currently, I am a freshman at Marywood University and I am majoring in Illustration and minoring in business. Even if you know me as only an acquaintance, you would know that I have an extreme passion for Halloween and all things horror. Oftentimes,…

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Infographic

Hello all! This week in my Intro to Graphic Design class, we presented our infographics! I wanted to do something a little different, but wasn’t sure how I was going to achieve it. When thinking of infographics, you usually think of organized, super informational graphics. When I was doing research, I found a few infographics based off of musical artists! I knew this was the route I wanted to…

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Ace of Cups W.I.P

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Scanography

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Dynamic Painting Techniques

An important part of painting is exploring different techniques. This semester, I have had the opportunity to explore the use of both Acrylic and Oil paint together. When using Oil on top of Acrylic, fascinating subtleties happen on the canvas that creates a lasting impact on the viewer. When picking up a standard canvas at an art supply store, it is most likely primed with an Acrylic Gesso. If…

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Wacky Races Gargoyles

This week, Nicola, our Animation blogger, shares some killler sketches and an awesome end product

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Cross Campaign Ad Project

This week, our Graphic Design Blogger, Grace, shares a project she has been working on for a few weeks. She created a “Cross-Campaign Ad” for the Boxerfest event held annually in Pennsylvania. Check out her designs to learn more!

Hello all! These past few weeks have been super busy, but one of my favorite projects I have been working on has been my Cross Campaign Ad Project for my Intro to Graphic Design class. We had to create a campaign for an event of our choosing – it could be fictional or real. I chose to do a real event. Boxerfest, is a Subaru-enthusiast car meet in Pennsylvania for the biggest Subaru lovers. There…

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Student Spotlight: Antonia Summa

This week, Sephora our Student Spotlight blogger, highlights a Sophomore photography major, Antonia. Antonia, loves concert photography, and color photography and hopes to pursue it one day. Check out her photos and read about her! #MarywoodArt

Hello dear readers! Its me Sephora, and as of writing this spring break has come to a close. I wish it was longer, but alas, I must finish this semester. If any of you had spring break I hope you all had a fun and/or relaxing time! Anyway, time to introduce the student in the spotlight this week! She’s yet another wonderful photographer who is passionate about her work and you can certainly see…

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Heart of the Womb

This week, Madison, our Sculpture blogger shares one of her projects that she had completed. She walks us through her creative process and shares her different ideas. Make sure you read the blog, and check out her piece on display in the Insalaco Gallery!

Throughout this semester I have found my love for sculpture and I have enjoyed a lot of the pieces I have made but by far this is definitely my favorite piece I’ve made. This piece took a significant amount of time and many steps. Through every step I learned a lot and enjoyed the process a great deal. The first step of this project was to make a torso out of clay. The class could choose whether…

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Princess in a Cage WIP

Victoria, our Art Therapy blogger, shares a project that she is completing based on an early project she had done earlier in her career. Make sure to check out her progress, and keep in check for her future blogs. #MarywoodArt

In sophomore year, I took a sculpture class as part of my studio art portion of my degree. One of my favorite pieces I made in that class was called “Princess in a Cage”, the title is self explanatory: I made a small figure of a princess made out of wire and string, sitting in a sphere of colorful wire with flowers and butterflies. Thick, copper wire encased the sphere and princess, appearing…