Symbolic Clay Sculpture Portrait

I chose to make my sculpture resembling my best friend Mel. She is extremely funny and very loud. She has a great sense of humor but is serious and helpful at the same time.
Based off of Mel, I am making a sculpture of a monkey. Monkeys are funny and entertaining, just like Mel.
I would put the monkey in a yoga studio. You would never expect to see a monkey or Mel in a quiet and calm place.

Symbolic Portrait

I plan to make a portrait of my great aunt. She is my role model and an amazing person. She lives in New York City at the age of 97. She has a great humor always has a positive attitude. I am going to put New York City in the background and add bright colors as a symbol to a bright/positive attitude. My great great aunt always wears bright pink lipstick with blue eye liner so I am going to incorporate those colors into the painting. I may make a sunset in the background with blue, yellow, and pink. Also, she used to be a dancer and still goes to Alvin Ailey to watch the dancers so I may put Alvin Ailey some where in the painting or add dance shoes to it.

Visiting artist: Hamlett Dobbins

I really like this piece of Hamlett Dobbins work. I like how it has many shapes and has a modern feel to it. Also, looks 3D in a way because the zig zag likes are getting smaller as they move backwards. Another thing that caught my attention was the yellow rhombus. The detail within it is very interesting and unique. The color choice in the painting is very good too. It is good that the zig zag lines are pink and red because the colors go together. Also, having the rhombus yellow makes it stand out more. This painting fits into his others because all his pieces of artwork have something to do with shapes and colors.

A question for Hamlett Dobbins: What inspires you to do the type of artwork you do? Why chose this over realistic drawing?