<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[graceartistportfolio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Graceartistportfolio]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:06:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[project #2 | process]]></title><description><![CDATA[we've been working in-class on our second project of the year (after home projects) and mine has been going well! i'm very happy with how the colors are turning out, although the proportions are sort of an issue. i've been trying to layer paints more effectively and do slightly outline-y sort of lines, so hopefully through some combination of this i can layer over the proportions more and make them slightly more believable. that's been my biggest challenge so far, alongside the mane on the...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/project-2-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ace71594d72865fb015ae75</guid><category><![CDATA[process posts]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[summer project august | process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since I mostly finished and was happy with my piece in July, in August I focused on fixing the background, particularly the sky. I did not like the orange at all and wanted to create a more cohesive color palette. Due to the nature of the watercolors, I was a bit stumped on how to actually cover the orange, but I ended up layering a mix of the ground itself and blue watercolor to create a sort-of swirly sky that I think works really well! Personally I'm very happy with how this piece turned...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/summer-project-august-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8c43c316311e23431aa3bd</guid><category><![CDATA[process posts]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_d99153fb2a6d4e5f913e2d2888ab7263~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[summer project july | process]]></title><description><![CDATA[In July, I started actually painting. With the watercolor ground on, the panel could work with watercolor paints, so I put base layers down and painted details. I was not particularly happy with the orange at the end of the month, so I debated a bit on how to fix it and will see how it turns out in August. I do think I'm almost done at this point!]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/summer-project-july-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8c436c16311e23431aa306</guid><category><![CDATA[process posts]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_32a5e8130b9d4d63b6f401bd14e1dce4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[summer project june | process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Throughout June, I worked on planning my piece and cycled through a few different ideas before settling on my final idea. Then I spent more planning the color palette and painted the watercolor ground onto the wooden panel. That was all I got done during June, but I was very happy with the progress I made and my planned design!]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/summer-project-june-progress</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8c3fb730d700055ab23fdf</guid><category><![CDATA[process posts]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_6e6509b187b94dffaeb58a969d2d53c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[project #8 | process post 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[I started focusing more on the figures themselves first rather than developing the clothing more, since I was more comfortable with that, and I feel like it is going very well. The last thing to do will be to resolve the background and clothing after I finish resolving some of the errors with the figures, and I am a little bit nervous to start doing those since they're going to be different from my prior piece(s). However, this is one of my favorite projects overall (they just keep getting...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/project-8-process-post-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a036c18618ba45174fd3166</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:12:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_7e67ac57e3d1417f981218f108467f6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[project #8 | process post 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[This project has been incredibly fun for me to make, and I feel like I have improved a lot on incorporating depth compared to my last project (7). I am hoping that, as I work on it, the dress and clothing will develop more naturally--these are not my strong suits and I have been painting "nude" (not particularly privately detailed) figures so far, rather than clothed ones. However, I really like how the colors are developed and I am very excited to continue working on this and building my...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/project-8-process-post-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a036b51f6126ac2c9ced903</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:10:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_ff2ade39037747788c8299fc17c14c97~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[project #7 | process post]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have really enjoyed working on this project. I love the contrast between the colors and the mood of the piece so far, although I do think some of the figures are forming weirdly. My biggest struggle with this piece has been trying to position the figures somewhat naturally, even while planning, and I think when I went from sketching to painting I lost some of the natural-ness, although I still really like the piece! I am very excited to continue working on it and I feel like I will be able...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/project-7-process-post</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a036af468a3e7adcb134770</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:07:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_a7fe243d7fba403c8a097811b38e85c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[kim mccarty | awareness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kim McCarty is a watercolor painter, based in Los Angeles, CA, who evokes the “impermanence of nature and humanity” in her works. Her watercolors capture fluid renderings of natural figures and objects, balancing realism and abstraction. I chose to look into her because I feel like this is close to what I want to do with my work, although she has more of a balance of realism with realistic colors! Biography: https://www.dkgallery.com/artists/44-kim-mccarty/ Galleries: Within “Exhibitions”...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/kim-mccarty-awareness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ac4fb49992c96cd84a9226</guid><category><![CDATA[awareness posts]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:47:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_0e397de659204ef181fa2257412e99a0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_979,h_741,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[project #5 | process post]]></title><description><![CDATA[For our fifth in-class project, I worked with watercolor instead of acrylic. I feel like it's going really well and I really enjoy the flow of painting with watercolor. I did accidentally layer come of the colors too much and they got too dark, but I think with practice I'll get better at not doing that. I really like how vibrant the colors can get though, and painting the background is super fun.  I did not start with a sketch first, which I think was part of some of the proportional issues,...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/project-5-process-post</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a9ea7c5688d2ad80d32802</guid><category><![CDATA[process posts]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:44:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_0573b499ec3f4862a20408995dbbb753~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[fashion designer | career]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHAT IS A FASHION DESIGNER? I chose to research fashion designers for this post. While fashion designers may not put paint on canvas, they do use artistic skills to create unique, beautiful clothing and designs, which can often even involve sketches and drawn concepts. It's actually a really interesting career, and has a lot more depth than some may expect! While this topic is closely linked to my last career post on stylists, they are different. Stylists focus on styling someone's...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/fashion-designer-career</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6944e7d3a79f8c9ba2b0b209</guid><category><![CDATA[career posts]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:02:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_e793dc148e934d37b0787a584e746251~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_194,h_259,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[project #3 (4?) | process]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was our third in-class project (4th overall if we count the home project), and my personal goals were to utilize color and paint, whereas my teacher-established goals were to establish a foreground, midground, and background. I think I accomplished this relatively well, and while the painting could've been more polished, the weeks were just too hectic to really polish. I'm pretty happy with it though!  I started by sketching out what I wanted it to look like and then translating this...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/project-3-4-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6944e610af6ab01fbdd2b84b</guid><category><![CDATA[process posts]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:49:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_b7071cf1ca1146238a926a71a9e296a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[mike garcia | awareness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mike Garcia is a painter who focuses on realistic "fine art" portraits. I was originally looking for someone who focused on more surreal art, but I found him instead. I chose to research him more due to his portraits and figures, because I really enjoy both of those things and wanted to look at how someone who is an "actual" artist creates them. Gallery: https://www.mikegarciafineart.com/paintings Galleries T.H. Brennen Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona Collections His works are held in private...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/mike-garcia-awareness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6944d925a79f8c9ba2b09840</guid><category><![CDATA[awareness posts]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:07:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_1bd6f3467ff64dcf93052933bbc2f329~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[alonsa guevara | awareness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alonsa Guevara is a contemporary female painter. I was struggling to find someone to do an awareness post on, so when I stumbled onto her work it was really awesome to see. I love her style, colors, and the fantastical or more surreal elements she includes in her work, even subtly. In her own words, her works "celebrate the connection between humans and nature." Website: https://www.alonsaguevara.com Galleries Anna Zorina Gallery Fort Works Art Collections Her works are held in private and...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/alonsa-guevara-awareness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fa44389a9ff91c5ade71b2</guid><category><![CDATA[awareness posts]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_6802dd28fa3d4832a05eeed366beb38f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_245,h_206,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[stylist | career]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHAT IS A STYLIST? I chose to research stylists for this post. You might be thinking, how does this relate to art? Well, stylists curates looks, or aesthetics, for a person or brand. They're basically a step down from actual fashion designers, although they do just as much work, in their own way. WHAT DO STYLISTS DO? They're repsonsible for creating and maintaing a curated image for someone by determining and coordinating what they wear, how they wear it, and when they wear it. It has to be...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/stylist-career</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68efd13a50873aaf5dacf1c7</guid><category><![CDATA[career posts]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:04:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_c5a1b6a2b3414e279a2e817957d1fa22~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_470,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[project #1 | process]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last couple of weeks we've been making personal projects, focusing on personal and teacher-assigned goals. Mine were to mix materials more, play with color, and work on composition, and I accomplished all of those but to be honest I really hate what I made. I didn't enjoy it as much and I think I would've preferred painting normally but I mean, it was good to try. I liked playing around with the color and composition, it was fun to work with paint texture and papers and all of that. The...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/project-1-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dd5a322a27fc63f4edbe2b</guid><category><![CDATA[process posts]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:54:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_cf3be3de0a22479394629c99dcb08077~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[figure drawing | reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last two weeks we got to do figure drawings with tommy again. Super fun! I really enjoyed it, I've always liked figure drawing and that stood when we did it this year. The only new thing was that we did some subtractive drawing, which was really awkward for me at first, but by the time we got to the really long one I felt good about it. Otherwise I enjoyed just rehashing figure, gesture drawing, and all of that. I felt like I made good progress with those skills (sort-of) as well. Overall...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/figure-drawing-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dabea9a224de4e51d9d477</guid><category><![CDATA[reflection posts]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:25:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_885ab7adb2324d909fa538729129a958~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[end-of-year | reflection ]]></title><description><![CDATA[My recollection is admittedly a little clouded, since it's been a really long year, but this is to reflect on my personal artistic growth througout my time in Art 3! WHAT SPECIFICALLY HAVE YOU LEARNED? I've learned a lot of stuff... in particular, though, I've learned a lot about the technical aspects of creating art: the thought that is put into formatting pieces, the materials, and the underlying meaning behind the artwork. It's been really interesting, although I've been pretty frustrated...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/end-of-year-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6830b2fca47e58c922fad34d</guid><category><![CDATA[reflection posts]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 18:13:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_22a435fc4dc149408dfbf1ac48f900a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[abstract painting | process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past 2-ish weeks we've been working on abstract expressionist paintings, and I feel like it's gone pretty well overall. I like my final painting and feel like the colors I chose worked well, plus the composition isn't horrible. It was rougher at the start when I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but as we kept working I feel I worked more with the painting to make something that felt complete and finished. I do think I could improve on (a) painting on a larger canvas, which...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/abstract-painting-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6825e3ca12075eb0c5ffcca4</guid><category><![CDATA[process posts]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 13:31:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_d722a2fe5b5241bdb9096d871208f126~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[rosalind koons | experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wasn't able to attend the lunchtime lecture in-person, unfortunately, since I had conflicting assignments, so I watched the video Coach...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/rosalind-koons-experience</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6810c97bdfa400b0b25af250</guid><category><![CDATA[experience posts]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:49:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_9013947c912b46b197e01918dbffc78f~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_600,h_598,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[oil painting | process]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last several weeks we have been working on painting still lives. While I feel like I've improved a lot since the last process post, I haven't quite captured the full form of some objects. However, since I'm starting color painting (hopefully) next class, I hope that the practice I've had doing to grisaille base will help when I'm working in more dimensions (hue, saturation, etc.). I'm excited and also a little nervous to start color, because I don't want to mess up my painting, but at the...]]></description><link>https://gmartportfolio.wixsite.com/graceartistportfolio/post/oil-painting-process-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c5fd1644bc4a713be0d5f0</guid><category><![CDATA[process posts]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:36:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5fb81_fbe4472968b947e48aee215109ff77dc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>