The Place Project

In this piece, I wanted to create an imaginary skyline that combined several iconic buildings. I felt that the silhouettes of the buildings came out really well and look somewhat realistic. I liked the colors in the sky, but I struggled with making them look bright, vibrant and realistic.

Interior Spaces Drawing

News Story Project

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36664196/


I chose the article because it talked about a whale that was killed by eating too much garbage that had been in the ocean. It addressed the negative impacts that our wasteful and destructive actions can have on nature. I wanted to paint this subject because I wanted to address the issue it described

End of Term Reflection

I enjoyed almost all of the projects that we did this term, and am proud of a few of my pieces. I think the project that I had the most success with was the place project. I made the outline of a skyline in black and painted the sky with watercolors. I think that this was my biggest success this term because it fulfilled the requirements and I enjoyed doing it and I was happy with the way it looked at the end. The most trouble I had this term was doing the candy painting. It was difficult for me because I had never painted anything that size before, and I had trouble blending colors and making the candies, especially the Twizzlers and the wrapper look 3-D and realistic. I definitely feel like I've improved as an artist this term, and I've gotten more comfortable with the materials and the processes that we learned this year.

Drawing From Observation: Placement & Proportion

I wasn't really frustrated by this process, I was comfortable drawing this way, but I found it a little difficult to draw what I saw instead of what I knew was there. It felt natural drawing the shapes of the objects and the only thing I had trouble with was the placement and the spacing between objects. I thought that my drawings came out alright, but I felt that I could have done better.

Pre-assesment

I felt more comfortable doing the drawing from imagination, because I could make it look like whatever I wanted, and I could be as creative as I wanted to be, as opposed to the drawing from observation. I could change my drawing as I went, and draw whatever was in my head. When drawing from observation, you have to draw exactly what you see, and it stresses me out sometimes if I can't the drawing to look just like the objects I'm drawing.