1. What went well: I think I did a pretty good job drawing the grass. It seems to have a fair amount of texture in it, and it looks kind of realistic. I also like how the bushes turned out- they look stylised and kind of fluffy, but they do look interesting. 2. What didn't go great: Drawing the face was really, really hard. I'm not sure if it was because it's a farther out perspective than I'm used to drawing, but I had a tough time making the face look moderately realistic. I also didn't quite like how my clouds turned out. 3. The Process: First, I sketched out the landscape along with the person. The first thing I colored was the grass. I used about 5 different greens mottled together, working around the person. The closer I got to the foreground of the picture, the more texture I added. Next, I started working from the front to the back, first adding in the bushes and rocks, then the water, then the castle and trees, then the sky. Once I had the majority of the color down, I colored in the dancer at the front of the picture, then went back and added in details.
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24. What is your least favorite material to work with and why? How did you deal with it, what didn’t you like about it. Please explain. My least favorite material that I worked with in this class was watercolor paints. Most of my art is reliant on blending and mixing colors, and I personally found it really hard to do that with watercolors. I think the main problem was that I work really slowly when I make art, and you have to work quickly while blending watercolors. However, I think I dealt with my dislike pretty well. I did my best to work quickly, which proved to be a valuable learning experience. Also, I found that I tend to use too much water when working with watercolor, which ruins my paper. You can see this problem in my painting on the left. The colors aren't blended especially well, and you can see evidence of distress on the canvas toward the upper right corner. 19. Pick two pieces that show how you have grown as an artist. Compare and contrast how you’ve grown, how the projects are related, and what you thought of each. These are both self portraits, created roughly two years apart. I drew the piece on the right in seventh grade, and the piece on the right in this class. I think I've definitely refined my ability to shade, and my understanding of facial proportions, as well as symmetry. I've also developed a personal style of art- I was going for realistic in seventh grade, whereas now I prefer a cartoony sort of style, with sharper edges around certain features, especially hair and jawlines, and larger than average eyes. I remember not being very pleased with my portrait in seventh grade, but I really like how my portrait turned out this year. come by, such as drawing characters with unproportionally large eyes or with sharp, geometric lines. However, some have a more unique style. For instance, Picasso's artistic style was to draw faces all over the place- that was his trademark, so to speak. You can see my artistic style in the pieces above. I like to draw characters geometrically, with sharp edges. I draw eyes really large, eyebrows really defined, and usually only define the top lip. I use very stylised shapes in the hair- sharp points, swirls, the like.
1. I have completed the entire project since my in-progress piece. First, I made the lid by forming it to fit into the mouth of the jar. I made a decoration for the top of the lid as well. Next, I put it in the kiln to be fired. Once it was bisqueware, I glazed it and then put it back into the kiln. Once it was done in the kiln, it was finished.
2. I think I did a good job making the jar structurally sound. It’s pretty thick and heavy, so I’m not worried about it being too fragile. 3. Next time, I want to make the lid fit a little easier. It only fits if you put it in a certain way, which isn’t ideal. 1. I did a portrait of myself.
2. I used pencil, colored pencil, chalk pastels, and watercolor paint. 3. First, I sketched out the entire face with pencil. I added value to the entire thing with pencil, then divided it into four sections. I erased everything except for the pencil quadrant. Then, I worked clockwise, filling in the face with colored pencil, chalk pastel, and then watercolor. Finally, I made the background with chalk pastel. 4. I think I did a good job making the different quadrants blend together. Next time, I want to try to make the nose look more realistic, and make the skin look more realistic. |
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January 2020
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