Old Artwork ... from High School and Beyond pt. 2 (Paintings, etc.)

Well this morning I woke up nice and early for my 8am class, only to find that UMD has a 'delayed opening' due to snow.  So, while I am up, I might as well finish off my 'old artwork' post.  These are in no real order, just basically the order I found them in on my computer.

 This is a watercolor painting of a Russian Soyuz launch vehicle, based upon stock internet images.  This is from when I was in high school ('02-'06).

This is a watercolor painting I did of a telescope I used while at the University of Arizona Astronomy Camp, a while back.  The painting was based off of a photograph, and I obviously took a few liberties with the color scheme.  This is from when I was in high school ('02-'06).

An acrylic painting of the Russian Buran space shuttle.  This is from when I was in high school ('02-'06).

An acrylic painting of a Soyuz rocket, again.  While this post tends to be Russian-spacecraft-heavy, I think that was just because they're spacecraft, launchpads, and even color schemes, seemed more interesting to me from an artistic perspective.  For instance, the Soyuz rocket above is legitametly greenish colored, unlike most American rockets which are painted white.  It might also have to do with the fact that I didn't know as much about these foreign spacecraft, and therefore were intriguing in that regard.  This is from when I was in high school ('02-'06).

This is a mural I did a couple years back as a commission for my cousins up in Minnesota.  This was done on a very large piece of canvas (probably about 6 feet long, and 2 feet tall), and is my cartoonish depiction of the solar system.  I was actually very happy with this painting, and of course had to throw in the U.S.S. Enterprise in the upper left.

And here is another commissioned mural I did for those same cousins (my cousin James in front for scale).  This was an acrylic painting of a sort of cartoonish Earth.  I actually had to get a little help (from Amy Godwin), in building and stretching this huge canvas (this is about 6x4 feet).

This is a hypothetical still life, acrylic painting I did back in high school.  The reason I really got into still lifes is because when I first started doing real painting (back in my freshman year of high school, I believe), I really grew attached to the work of Impressionist, Paul Cezanne, who painted many really beautiful still lifes. (Technically, I guess Cezanne was a post-impressionist, but I'm not an art history major).  Impressionism is, by far, my favorite art movement.

A (blurry photograph) of a watercolor painting of some flowers that I did back in high school.

A landscape, done in acrylics very early in my college career.

Back in high school, I also did my fair share of murals.  Below is a large, six-part mural I did on the walls of the stair case leading to the band and choir rooms back in my high school.  The six panels were meant to represent six major musical periods.  First, here's two images showing the large scale context:

And now for the individual images:

The ballerina was by far my favorite.  You also don't want to know the dangerous ladder contraption I had to make in order to paint high above stairs...

And lastly, I'll end with some non-paintings, from a summer ago when I worked in Tucson.  During that summer I was occasionally tempted to do artwork (between writing miles and miles of IDL code), and so I bought a set of nice markers and went to work...

The 4-meter telescope from Kitt Peak.  Based upon a photograph I took.

A Saturn Ib, based upon a NASA image.  The Saturn Ib is my favorite rocket of all time (it was the little brother of the big Saturn V that launched men to the Moon.)

A quick gesture drawing of the 4-meter telescope control room, I did while observing on Kitt Peak.

A still life of some flowers, based upon a photograph I took.

And lastly, a sketch of a VLA telescope dish.

Well that is all of the photographs of old artwork I could find on my computer.  To all of my friends in Maryland, enjoy the snow day!