Art Final

1) This semester in Art 2, I created a drawing of feathers with sharpie. I made the feathers look cartoonish, and used really bright colors. While creating this piece, I really struggled with keeping the black lines thin. During this project I was able to learn and appreciate little details. This project wasn't very difficult, since it was cartoon based.
Another project I did during this semester was a Van Gogh painting. I had to re-create "At Eternity's Gate," and include a monster somewhere in the painting. I chose to have a shadow of a hand preparing to grab the man on the wall behind him. During this project I struggled with blending the right colors together, to get the right outcome. I learned the importance of line value and that the thickness of a line really plays a part in the perspective and proportions. I think the next project I do like this will not be as difficult because I know the things to avoid and the things I need more time on.

2) I believe that one of my artistic strengths is shading. I think I'm decently good at making sure one part of the drawing isn't abnormally large or small. I think a weakness I have is mixing colors, and seeing different hidden colors in pictures. I think that to improve in this is just to practice and be extra observant.

3)this semester I struggled with the "10 years from now" project. I used prisma color and found it very difficult. Using this medium takes a lot of time and patience. I overcame this by taking my time to blend all the colors the best I could. If I were to do this assignment again, I think it would be cool to do something with watercolor.

4)my favorite piece created in art 2 was my recreation (with a monster added in) or "At Eternity's Gate" I used acrylic watered down paint to give it the same look as Van Gogh's painting. I think this piece says I have a good eye, and I can notice little details in things. I like this piece a lot because it really shows my improvement as an artist throughout the semester. I think what makes it good is all the different values, including the line values. It really gives it a realistic feel.

(It's not letting me upload pictures?? I can keep trying but I'm turning this in so I don't get a late grade.)

Portrait

For my portrait project, I drew a picture of a girl I saw on Pinterest. I really wanted to try to challenge myself by drawing this, because it's kind of at a weird angle, and she has a lot of natural highlights in her hair that are hard to capture. So in a way, I think that this person represents working hard, and trying your best. I chose to use pencil as my medium, because I wanted to capture as much detail as I could. Using pencil helped me to be able to shade better than I would have shaded with other mediums. Plus, by using pencil, a medium I'm more comfortable with, I was able to challenge myself more with what I would draw. I feel like I did a pretty decent job drawing this portrait. I really enjoyed it. Although I'm okay with my final product, if I were to do it again, I would try harder on proportions. On the mouth, I re-drew it so many times that even though it doesn't look very good, I went with it anyways, because I was tired of drawing the mouth. Overall, I really liked doing this project. ( my phone isn't letting me upload a picture with it but I'll try to on my computer when I get home.)

Quilling

About a week ago, we got to do quilling. Before this project I had no idea what quilling was. When I was told what it was I thought it sounded really boring, and I really didn't want to do it. I did the project anyways and thought it was a really cool idea. I still am not a huge fan of doing the actual quilling, but I think it's a really cool medium!

Artists tell stories

This project was difficult to think of something for. Mr. Sands told us to make art that told a story. I chose to do a watercolor painting of a little girl in a kitchen reaching up to grab a handful of the cake that was on the counter. I like what I chose because I feel like it represents a part of me. I have a family with a lot of little kids who are always trying to sneak a treat without getting caught by my mom or dad. The little girl in this painting is actually based off of my little sister, who is always getting into trouble and sneaking food. This is what my painting means to me, but to others it could mean something else. It could remind them of themselves when they were younger, or it could be some crazy metaphor for life, who knows?! Overall, I really enjoyed this project and liked working outside of my comfort zone by using water colors. I think this project helped me grow as an artist.

For this project I was able to choose anything and any medium I wanted. I decided to stick with the classic pencil. I drew an eye and tried to add as much shading and detail as I could. I googled several pictures of different eyes so I could see small details that make everyone's eyes different. I did a lot of erasing and starting over but in the end I liked the result. I think I learned a lot about shading and highlighting certain parts of the face. Before I drew this eye I didn't really pay attention to the details like how the brow bone is lighter than around the eye, and how there are creases in the eye lid that when drawing an eye I usually just skip over. Overall, I'm very happy with the result of this project.