Wood Project

For the wood project I worked with Sydney, Sydney, Nikki, and Julia. We made a fun and girly doll house. We thought it would be easy in the beginning but eventually reached some challenges. While julia and i were trying to build the structure of it we found it was very hard to keep everything together. We added wood blocks to the corners for more support and help. We finished the structure of it and began to decorate. We all came up with an interesting idea to add a tanning roof and a pond. It was a cool idea we all worked on together. The finishing product looks really cool.

Blog on Clay

Clay was a hard material to use. I thought it was challenging because it was easy to mess up on. We had to make an animal, something with texture, and we got to choose the last thing we wanted to make. I started with making an animal because thats what i felt most comfortable with. I thought this was the easiest to make out of all of them because i have more experience making animals with clay. I thought that making a bowl was the most difficult. This was hard for me because i used the pottery wheel. The pottery wheel was very hard to use and i would always mess my bowl up. I found myself always making a hole through it or making it not symmetrical like i wanted it to be. I think if we had more time to learn how to use the wheel it would have been easier and fun. It was cool getting to learn the different ways you could add textures and materials to it.

making paper

When I started making paper i thought it would be cool to add something unique to mine. I saw how everyone was making theirs and I didn't want mine to be just paper. I wanted to make sure that when you saw it you could tell it was mine. I started off with choosing the color pink because i had chosen a green plant to put into it. I liked this colors together and thought it would look cool. After i had blended, sponged, and flipped my paper, I laid my green plant on top of it. As it dried it looked really cool but a student ripped it of. I mod podged it back on and put a glossy layer on it to make it shiny. This also made it more durable and prettier. I think it looks really cool and glad I added the extra touches to it.

Reflection on Paper presentation

Overall I think that the paper presentation went well. Our group did a good job of engaging all the students so they would stay interested.  The cootie catcher that we made I think was also a very good idea and and was a good way to share all the topics we needed to go over. The making of the paper hats was also very intriguing and let the students get involved and get a feel for making 3D objects with paper. The paper group also had a lot of examples of how paper was used and let people get a feel for how much it is used in our everyday lives.
       People that were watching this presentation never seemed to get bored and stayed focused. This was a good sign that we weren't too boring. I liked how our group showed examples of what we were talking about so that the kids could see how the paper was used. I also noticed how the students were into learning about how paper can be used with elephant poop. My group was the first group to go and i think that we did a good job taking on that task. Its always the hardest to go first because you do not know what to expect and your group is the group that the rest of the groups base their presentations after.

sculpture

There are a lot of differences between my sketch and sculpture. The sculpture for one is 3D and and colorful. The drawing doesnt look like what the actual object looks like. The sculpture is bigger and there is tin foil to symbolize the silver. The sketch doesnt really look like it has ski's on it but the sculpture you can tell. With the sculpture you can see how the statue was made and what is attached to what. With being able to see every angle it gives you a feel for how it was made and the dimensions. The drawing of the statue is not as realistic looking as the sculpture. The picture i drew is also a lot smaller than the sculpture. i would say the picture of it shows a lot of shading and shadows. With the sculpture it gives the real shadows and real shades.

Reflecting at the end of the year.

Look through your blog. Go all the way back to the beginning of the year. Look especially closely at your finished work. Think about how the year has gone for you. Now, write a detailed paragraph that describes how the course has gone for you. What have you found to be your artistic strengths? What have been your challenges? What do you think you’ll leave the class thinking about? How can you see it influencing your life in the future?


Over this past year art principals is something i have accelerated in. I think that everything we have done this year has been fun for me. There have been things that I have not been interested in but think overall that i've liked each project in a different way. I have finished pieces of art that i have loved, and some i have just gotten frustrated with. Looking at the pieces of art i have completed i think i have accelerated with the things i have been more interested in for example water colors and using different designs. Some of my favorite pieces of art have been my face with makeup and my sculpture peacock. I noticed with the crane picture that using a paintbrush was a strength of mine. The more challenging being drawing still life. I know now that in the future i want to be a photographer and design sets of Photo shoots. With making patterns and designs i think of what i could do as a scenery behind the picture. This year has made me realize what are my strengths and weaknesses.

SKETCHBOOK ARCHEOLOGY

Spend some time looking through your sketchbook. Look at the cover and try to remember making it way back in September. Turn each page slowly and as you look at them try to remember what you were thinking about when you made those marks. Pay close attention to things that show up more than once…materials, characters, shapes, patterns. In a blog post describe briefly how you’ve felt about your sketchbook this year and what role it’s played in your artistic development. Then…make a list of the things, materials, themes that show up more than once. Labels: reflection


Looking at my sketchbook i noticed that my work varied. It has varied with the different types of art i have done in it and the materials i have used. I think that the my work is scattered and i can tell i put a lot of time and effort into the beginning and strong at the end as well. I wouldn't say that the work is bad in the middle but i think i just dont like it as much as i could. I like how the materials and different types of art change all the time. There are a lot of mixtures of the different strategies in one spread which i like. I've noticed that i am interested in drawing a lot of designs and patterns with color and 3D material. There wasn't too much repetition of the materials i used but there was a lot of colorful collages and glitter in my notebook. There's a lot of shapes and objects i am interested in in my sketchbook as well.