Quick Challenge Reflection.

        Through the Quick Challenges, I learned how much I enjoyed having a prompt to draw inspiration and ideas from. Even though the prompts were simple, they gave me so much freedom to explore. For each prompt I would search for the definition of the word and could draw inspiration from the synonyms and even the antonyms. The Quick Challenges that I enjoyed the most in outcome would be the Water, Fabric, and Conversation prompts. Through the Water prompt, I tested with bleach, inks, and found out how to use water with charcoal in a successful manner. The Fabric prompt encouraged me to work with different fabrics to be able to create an image. The Conversation prompt pushed me to go beyond just creating artwork with physical mediums. I created an audio of overlapping birdsong which included over twenty Florida Native birds that I have personally seen and heard. After all of the prompts exposed me to new subject matter and materials, it has left me wanting to explore more of the possibilities available with audio files and clips. I enjoyed the end product of the birdsong audio from the Conversation prompt and would like to explore more into creating "songs" with birdsong. 

Fabric Prompt. Fall 2025.

Ghost Riders in the Sky

Assortment of different cloth/fabrics sewn together. Marker on fabric.

 27 in. height. x 18 in. width.

Inspired by the song "Ghost Riders in the Sky" sang by Johnny Cash.

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Cardboard Prompt. Fall 2025.

 

Cardbird

Cardboard, String, Acrylic Paint.

5 in. width

A flying bird mobile.

Bird Tryptic 

Cardboard, Acrylic Paint, and Gel Medium.

10 1/2 in. width. x 9 1/2 in. height

A tryptic of (left to right) Wood Stork, Great Blue Heron, and Cattle Egret.

Conversation Prompt. Fall 2025.

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Language of Birds

Cardboard, Newsprint Paper, and Thread.

6 in. height. x 5 in. width

Erase Prompt. Fall 2025.

 

Start. Over. (Do I have to?)

Charcoal on Charcoal Paper.

17 in. height. x 22 in. width.

Mocking Bird

Charcoal on Charcoal Paper.

18 in. height. x 12 in. width.

"Birdsong", Conversations Prompt. Fall 2025.

 

Recording of 21 different birds I hear around my home in Perry, Florida. Most Overlap, but this is their order \/\/\/

1.  Mourning Dove
2. Female Mallard Duck
3. Male Mallard Duck
4.  Northern Bobwhite
5.  Killdeer
6. Barred Owl 
7.  Eastern Phoebee
8.  Blue Jay
9.  Carolina Chickadee
10.  Carolina Wren
11.  House Wren
12.  Gray Catbird
13.  Northern Mocking Bird
14.  Brown Thrasher
15.  Common Yellowthroat
16.  Song Sparrow
17.  Northern Cardinal
18.  Red-Winged Blackbird
19.  Female Red-Winged Black Bird
20. Brown-Headed Cowbird
21. House Sparrow

Water Prompt. Fall 2025.

 

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Untitled (Charcoal Self Portrait) 

Used watered down ink, crushed charcoal for the tears/drips.

12 in. x 18 in. 

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Bare My Teeth

Inspired by song "Who are you, really?" By Mikky Ekko. 

Diluted Bleach and Gesso on black paper.

9 in. height. x 12 in. width. 

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Untitled

India ink on notebook paper. 

11 in. height. x. 7 1/2 in. width.

Used notebook paper submerged in water and dripped black India ink into water which created splotches and marbling of ink. I drew what I saw in the splotches when the paper was completely dry.