Wayne Thiebaud Study

I studied Thiebaud's style of paintings.

Don't touch the edges

In this painting I painted a pool ball and carved out certain shapes to created shadows and reflected light. I left lines in between each color to really make the shapes stand out.

JPG Drawing

*POP* art

My goal of this painting was to make the picture colorful and theatrical. I accomplished this by using yellow because it is such a bright color that it can catch someone's attention. The picture is about bright colors. I tried to avoid using dark colors and used vivid colors on the features I wanted attention on (lips and cheeks). the most difficult challenge was using yellow. Sometimes dark colors would mix in with the yellow and make the face look dirty. I used a scraper to get rid of the dark spots and then colored back over the spot. I really like the lips in the picture. I learned that color can portray a personality.If I had a do over I would try to make more textures. I like the lips the best, it is the center of the picture.

Self Portrait

My goal was to make the painting to look like me as much as possible. I tried to stick with the dimensions of my face and make sure the size was in proportion to the rest of my face. My painting was about contrast. I wanted one side of my face to have a lot of light and look smooth and then the other half be dark and more rough looking. The most difficult challenge were my lips. I had a hard time trying to make them look like mine. I had to measure my lips in comparison to the rest of my facial features and eventually the shape emerged. I believe the best part of my painting are my eyes. I learned how to curve marks and shadows to make the object look more real. If I had a do over I would make the shadows darker.Again, I feel best about the eyes.

Carving out the Light

My goal was to display the unique shadows that the pumpkins cast on each other and make the pumpkins look as realistic as possible. I accomplished the shadows by making some areas extremely dark and fading the shadows as they got closer to the light. My picture is about dramatic shadows because the stem casted a very dark vivid shadow and the the pumpkins cast shadows on each other. The challenge was to get the shape of the pumpkins without making the pumpkins look too flat. My painting really works where the closest pumpkin is. The pumpkin looks lighted yet has dark shadows. I have learned that the use of values can make a painting look more realistic. I learned from If I had a do over I would take my time on the pumpkins in the back, I noticed that I sort of rushed the process in the back. I feel good about the pumpkin towards the front, It does look realistic.

My Family

This is my mom. She is one of the most important people in my life. We do a lot of things together because we are very close.


This is my best friend Joe. We always can make each other laugh. I could call him my other half.


this is my grandmother, who is another important lady in my life. She always looks out for me and I am also very close to her.


This another one of my best friends. His name is Connor. He is also very special to me, we are very close and we both make sure the other is happy at all times.


This is my mom, my aunt, and our friend Mrs. Joyce. We always have sunday dinner at my aunt's house and watch football, baseball, and hockey games together.


This is my goddaughter Lilly. She is so smart and I care about her very much. I have loved her ever since she was born and I will always be there for her.