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This Is A Trapezoid

Pen & ink
watercolor
mixed media

2017

April-July

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A trapezoid is a four-sided figure, with only one pair of parallel sides. There can be no more than two right angles (lest it be a rectangle), or there could be no right angles. If there is only one right angle, it can only be a quadrilateral. On each of the non-parallel lines, the sum of the angles created is equal to 180 degrees, always. If the two angles created by one of the parallel lines are equal to each other, the angles created by the opposite line must also be equal to each other and the trapezoid will be symmetrical and isosceles. If the angles opposite each other are equal to each other, then it is a parallelogram and not a trapezoid. All of these, in theory, are trapezoids.

I started This Is A Trapezoid around the end of my senior year of high school, along with many other artists participating in the 100 days project. The goal is to build consistency and to enjoy habitual artwork and of course encourage instagram engagement. I decided the only limit I would put on what each day's piece could be was that it had to ultimately be a trapezoid. In 2021, I continued the project, and still today, I make whatever art I fancy, and as you'll see, I often use my favorite shape.

2022-2024

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These Are All Trapezoids

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Eyes Half Closed

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Spring Shower

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Portrait in Blue

lemonhead

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three suns in a fast september sky

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Pink Tree

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torn white curtain

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cinched

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unlikely friend

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This Is A Trapezoid

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Dancer in the Mountains

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Ten Red Buttons

This Is A (backwards) Trapezoid

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COVERED BRIDGE

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If I were
a spider
I can't say
I wouldn't
Spy

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scare crow, off stage right

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late night doodle

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the woman in the wo ds

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An Emotional Pair

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Rib Cage

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This Is A Trapezoid

in a trapezoid, in...

*much larger in life

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*about this size in life

Roadtrip Giraffe

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Lady in Red

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Floral Friends

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"sometimes art is about taking away"

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you decide

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Stop
and
Go

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Glimpse

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8 hrs

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Taking Turns

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Perpendicular

Trapezoids

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This Is A Hundred Trapezoids ... and One

This Is A Trapezoid

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...continued

Pen & ink
watercolor
mixed media

A trapezoid is a four-sided figure, with only one pair of parallel sides. There can be no more than two right angles (lest it be a rectangle), or there could be no right angles. If there is only one right angle, it can only be a quadrilateral. On each of the non-parallel lines, the sum of the angles created is equal to 180 degrees, always. If the two angles created by one of the parallel lines are equal to each other, the angles created by the opposite line must also be equal to each other and the trapezoid will be symmetrical and isosceles. If the angles opposite each other are equal to each other, than it is a parallelogram and not a trapezoid.