End of term 1 reflection.

For me this term was really great. I learned so much as an individual and how i can make my art work better in the future. I have learned all different techniques and how to use different utensils differently. Some things that i think will help me with future art is shadowing. I really never knew how to make something pop and look 3D but with learning how to add shadow it makes a huge difference. As an artist i find my work stronger and more sophisticated. I have noticed that i am not using all of the fun pretty colors but i have started to use black and white and its made my work look more grown up. Something that has surprised me this term is that writing about my work after making it has made me think about what i really just accomplished. Since i have been in this art class we have finished many pieces of art. I think that some of my best pieces are my camera sculpture and my model collage. I liked these because i put a lot of time and detail into them. I have run into only a few struggles. I thought that drawing the chair was hard. Though it sounds simple the simplicity was the exact thing that was hard for me. I also thought that making the hair on my most recent paper collage was difficult. It was hard to get them look nice and cut the way i wanted. Looking back at the beginning of the term i would have put more enthusiasm into the drop everything and draw. I learned a lot of skills doing that. Although it wasn't my favorite thing to do i learned future skills from it. Looking at the future i think that i need to work on shadowing.