Portrait

Artists Collaborate

Did you ask another student for feedback during your work process? Yes I did! I asked the classmates at my table what I could change about my drawing to make it more realistic. We all gave each other suggestions and tips throughout the whole process.

Did someone help you understand important information or inspire you? Yes one of my classmates shared with me that shading with your finger is way easier and I ended up shading my whole piece that way. My classmates and teacher shared tips on how to make certain features like the mouth look more realistic. 

Artists Reflect

When did you step back and analyze you work during this project? I analyzed my work often to just to make sure I was on the right track and wasn't drawing something wrong or unrealistically. I had to change the shape of my brothers face a lot before I got it right though.

Did you consider how ideas would work before you tried them? I didn't really notice that in the picture I was going to draw of my brother that he was at a slight angle. I had to draw him like I think he would have looked not at an angle. 

Art History

The Breakfast Scene

"It is past midnight in the home of the newlywed couple. The husband has returned from a night out and collapses in a chair. His dog sniffs suspiciously at a woman’s cap in his pocket. The wife has not been idle either. The cards on the floor and the booklet “Hoyle on Whist” indicate an earlier card party. The steward laments the stack of unpaid bills that he carries."

http://www.imamuseum.org/collections/artwork/breakfast-scene-marriage-%C3%A1-la-mode-plate-2-hogarth-william-baron-bernard

Baroque

The Baroque style took place from the 1600's-1700's and uses easily interpreted detail to produce drama and tension. It started in Italy and spread to most of Europe. Baroque art was found in many Catholic churches because it could be used to communicate religious themes. 

Other

Everyone in our group pretty much did an equal share of work. Kyle sketched the picture, we all painted it and Jo did a lot of the presentation but we all helped. 

If I were to do this project again I would probably pick a different piece of art to draw and act out because our piece was hard to fit everyone in the video especially since I was supposed to be in the distance. There was a lot of detail in our painting too so I think a simpler painting would be easier.

Survival

Printmaking

                 

Artists Create Original Art

How did you use your own unique ideas in your work? My idea was to combine two popular subjects into one piece. I combined the game flappy bird with the Twitter logo.

Did you use a source for inspiration, then combine it with your own ideas to make it original.Yes, my inspiration was flappy bird and twitter. I drew the tubes in flappy bird and I replaced the bird with the Twitter bird.

Artists Develop Art Making Skills

Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project? I have done printmaking before but I got a refresher on how to do the whole process.

Did you gain skill with familiar materials? Yes, at first I didn't know how to use the carving tool very well but then I got the hang of it and learned that if you dig deeper for the white areas then there wont be extra lines on the paper you print on. 

GIF

The women's GIF (her hand) relates to her because it is something that she thinks of when thinking about herself. Her hand cramps up a lot when drawing so she did a series of drawings of her hand clenching and unclenching. I chose to do me lifting weights to symbolize the going to the gym. I think of the gym because I have been trying to get fit.

Origami

Color Project

Progress

I chose the theme creature for my color project because I wanted to do something with animals. So I decided on drawing fox. I colored my fox with chalk pastel because when I used that medium with another drawing it looked really good. The chalk pastel was good for blending the colors of the foxes fur. At first I had trouble getting the colors of the fur to blend and become dark enough but after I worked with it for a while it all started to come together.

Finished

My picture of a fox was successful because it fits the theme creature. I am most proud of the way I blended the colors of the fox. If I could go back and change one thing I would probably make my fox a little bigger and add more color variations in his fur. From this project I learned how to use and blend chalk pastel.