Mixed media

Mixed Media Project

This was the first time I was introduced to this type of art. The picture on the top shows my first attempt at making a collage. The topic I chose was my "favorite holiday" so that means its supposed to represent Christmas and winter. I used the cool color blue because thats the color I think of when I hear winter and I added some reds and greens. I used tissue paper, Christmas wrapping paper, a little bit of blue paint and a gold bow. I had trouble with how you would use simple materials to create a piece of art so that it comes together as one idea. I still don't fully understand but I managed to try and create one. I honestly think it could've turned out better but it was my first time trying it. 

For the actual project I chose to do a galaxy backround with a hidden dark face on the side. I used white, pink, and purple tissue paper to add texture and then I used acrylic paint to paint the galaxy part. At first I was just trying to figure out what I wanted. I didn't have an idea at the time but then I remembered in the videos that Mrs. Rossi showed us. In one of them a woman added a picture of herself and made it blend into the art piece. I got a picture of a random girl off the internet and cut out her face and glued it into the side of my painting. I used black and dark blue paint to blend it into the dark part. I gained skill with blending the paint together because the painted layer required a lot of different colors that had to be blended together including dark blue, red violet, dark purple and light purple. I really enjoyed adding the colors and blending them together. Ive always thought of making a galaxy painting but never got a chance to and I finally got the chance to. I'm satisfied with this project and I wouldn't have done anything differently. I know there aren't a lot of layers but I like how it came out and I think it looks mysterious. 

Clay dessert

Clay Brownies

For this project we were asked to make food out of clay. My table was given desserts. I chose brownies because I wanted to use different colors. Also because they are my favorite thing to bake at home. I was familiar with using clay because I was introduced to it in elementary school and in all art classes I've ever taken there has always been a project that has to do with using clay. I was afraid of the brownies exploding in the kiln. I've had bad luck of my clay artwork always being messed up in there in the past. This is the first time its never broken that much. I enjoyed working on it because there was more tools to make the clay look better. I did mess up a little bit with the painting because the paint on the M&M's fell onto the brown on the top and it got a little messed up. 

Candy Drawings

Candy Drawings

The mediums used in these drawings are chalk, colored pencils, and oil pastels. The first drawing I did was the peppermint. The medium I used is chalk. Honestly,I didn't like using the chalk. It was too messy and the shading doesn't come out that well. The only think I like about it was that it doesn't take long to finish the artwork. The second one I did was the lollipop. I used colored pencils to add color. The ones I used are blending colored pencils. This medium has been my favorite out of the three. I like this one because its the easiest to use and easier for shading. Also theres more colors to chose from. The last drawing I did was the jolly rancher. For this one I used oil pastels. I did like using these because they were a little easier to use than the chalk.

Peacock

For this project I used technology. I did this by looking up different peacock feathers to decide what colors would be best to use in blending the colored pencils. Once I got an idea of the colors I tested the blending on a different paper from my sketchbook so I could get them close to how they are in person since there's different shades of green and blue. I also practiced drawing and coloring the feathers to see how I wanted them to turn out. I guess tthis drawing says something about how I am because I love peacocks. They have so many pretty colors all over them and their feathers make a beautiful pattern. That's the main reason I chose to draw the peacock because I knew that it'd turn out well since the feathers would involved different shades of greens and blues and the colored pencils I used are meant for blending. Another thing, I chose to use colored pencils instead of chalk or oil pastels because I thought it'd be less messy and I wanted the feathers to look more neat since that's how they look in person.

Artist painting

Artist Project

      The painting at the top is my original artwork. The bottom two are Emil Nolde's pieces. I used them as inspiration for coming up with my own original idea. I decided to paint a sun setting on a beach with the palm tree and island standing out a little. This artwork shows who I am because I love the beach and I think, along with sunsets, they are really beautiful. I also thought that the sunset would be a good choice since it takes a bunch of colors blended together to create the right color. I had never used acrylic paint before this project. It was always watercolors so I liked learning blending techniques and the different types of colors on the color wheel. I changed the idea I was going to do first to this. My plan was to paint skills with designs on them and add vibrant colors to them but I changed my mind when I was about to finish sketching it. The main reason was because I knew I didn't have enough time to complete it so I thought of something that would be less time consuming and I'm glad I did because I got a lot of compliments on it and I agree that it turned out really pretty. 

Perspective project

                                                                              

Perspective Drawing

     Looking at my artwork I think it turned out very well. I analyzed it as I worked. When i worked on getting the lines to be in perspective i would try to imagine how the final product would turn out. I did have the rough draft of it as i copied it onto the bigger paper but my sketchbook is way smaller than the size of the paper I chose for the final so I had to use proportion in getting the buildings to fit on the bigger paper. I did manage to get them all on there exactly how I wanted. I am very content in how it all came out. Although I did have a bit of an obstacle towards the end as I was in the middle of coloring. I was gonna have a full road in the artwork but as I was almost done filling in the black part of the road since I had the paper pinned up on the wall so I could have a large flat surface, I accidentally ripped one side of the paper so I had to figure out how I would continue without having to completely start over. Eventually, I decided to cut of half of the road on both sides. I'm not sure if I mind that much since it really doesn't look like it would make a difference since the buildings are supposed to be the main attraction. At the beginning when we first started perspective I had a bit of trouble with the two point perspective. I still had trouble after the teacher explained the concept to me so luckily my classmate saw this and was nice enough to help me. After showing me a few sketches using this technique I tried it on my own and soon got the hang of it.  

Color Project



     This artwork was part of the color project. It is the moon at night time over an ocean using water colors.  I was inspired to pick this specific idea because i really liked the different colors that were going to be used, which were mainly dark blues. The most sucessful part of this project to me was the different layers of water and the colors i chose. During this project i learned about mixing different colors to make a new one. If i could do this project over, i might think about using colored pencils or maybe oil pastels but I think overall using the water paint was a good choice especially in the blending of colors.