CE Art 1030 with EJ Keyes

Portfolio by Edward Sawyer Heaton (ESH)

Big Question: "How do my everyday experiences enhance my awareness and affect the way I see and make art?"



Newer dates are not included because I do not date my work, even though I know I should.




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Paper

I made this paper by hand, hopefully you can see it even though it is blurry. Haha, oops!



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Signature Stamp

This stamp was created with an eraser. I used my classic stamp signature and even remembered to misspell the middle name I go by.



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Brick, in Graphite

This is a drawing of Brick Burgoyne, a good friend of mine, and a friend of many.
Brick is the friendliest person I know. This is a picture of him from when he, I, and many other friends of ours, performed in the Polynesian club's dance.
I chose this photo because his smile was so bright and kind that I had to translate it to art the best I could.



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Hands of Many

Based on cave paintings like those in the Lascaux caves.



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One Hand of Old

Also based on the cave paintings, but a single hand.



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Spray Paint "Eye"

This was really fun to make. I started by spraying circles of increasing size to make a circle within a circle, and so on. Then, I used a card to spread the paint outwards to make a blended yet multicolored whirlpool-like thing.



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I Like Birds

I like birds.
This was practice for lines, values, and so on.



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Remember to Take Your Death

This somewhat represents the balance between life and death that keeps me going. I take medication that is known to harm the thyroid and kidneys, but without it, I will go insane and likely die by suicide either from the mania or depression of bipolar disorder.



August 26th, 2025

Blind Contour Continuous Drawings

For these art pieces, I didn't look at my paper while drawing. The goal of this exercise is to focus entirely on your subject.



Subject Practice

For these two drawings, I first drew the character and the subject right side up. For the second drawing, I drew the character upside down while looking at the upside-down subject. The goal of this exercise is to focus on drawing specific parts of the subject. The drawings are based on the Portrait of Stravinsky by Picasso.



August 20th–22nd, 2024

This is the Cover of My Art Notebook

I used strings to make the white and blue lines. I used my fingers to make the red splotches.



More Texture Art

The orange and red one was made by finger-painting a sponge, then pressing it to the paper. The primary-colored dots were made by painting bubble wrap with Q-tips and pressing it onto the paper.



August 16th, 2024

What Makes You Feel Like You Belong?

One thing that makes me feel like I belong is creating things with those I love—whether a meal, a remodeled room, or a garden. The time spent together and the lasting result make me feel most like I belong.