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.

Getting back to the materials

As I was choosing the materials I thought of which one I could actually form and make 3D. I thought that it would be a good idea to use TinFoil because it was shiny and could make a lot of different shapes. For my hair I split the TinFoil in long strips to show that I have long straight hair. At first to start my project I rolled a bunch of TinFoil into a round shape so I could attach the features to it. After that I glued the hair onto it. Since I knew I didn't have much time to do this I started with characteristics that people recognized me by, My hair. I was not that happy with my finished project but if I had more time I think I could add more detail and make it look more like me.

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.

Sculpture feedback.

On your blog, describe the feedback you got on your work. 

Mention at least one sculpture from your group you thought was especially successful and why.

The feedback that i got on my camera that i made with sydney was mostly constructing criticism. I thought that the ideas that Maddie gave us were helpful because its nice to have someone else tell you what they see in there eyes and what they think would look cool. The things that she told us that might look better is to not have so much glue on the outside and put more buttons. Maddies elephant was really cool and i liked how when she held it up to her face it looked like a mask.

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Engagement: your approach to your work (check the "What engagement looks like in the studio" document on the class site if you need help with this).
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In-class projects: the works of art you've finished up to this point.
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Sketchbook: the work you're doing outside of class.
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Drop everything and draw: drawing from observation on Tuesdays.


            This term in art i have found the class really awesome. I really like how we get to do a bunch of different varieties of artwork. So far i think i have been engaged in pretty much everything we have done so far. The projects that i have completed this term are, pour paintings, pour paintings extended, sculptures,  found images collage, and drawing and sketching. The sketchbook i find is a really good idea because its a good way to express your feelings in any type of art. I really like how when you look through my sketchbook you can see the varieties of work we have done so far. On tuesdays when we drop everything and draw, its not my favorite thing but i enjoy it anyway because at the end of the class i have learned something new every time.

Pour Paintings

When pouring the paint of the paper it was really exciting to see what shapes would come out of it. I the paint was thicker and had less water then it would run down the page and make more shapes. When i added more colors sometimes they would blend together and mix colors. If the paint sat in a puddle and dried then it would come out really dark and funky looking. I like the way it looked better when id let the paint form itself and not use the brush to spread it. When it dried I was really pleased with the way it came out. Instead of turing it in to one big thing i started to see little individual shapes like a catfish and underwater creatures.

Collaborative Drawings.

When i came back to my picture at the end i realized that it really opened up my eyes to see how i could finish it. When i started i had my idea all planned out and didn't really think of any other ideas, so when i returned their additions to it helped me think of an entirely different ending to my picture. When you have someone else add their ideas to your picture it helps you get an idea of what it looks like to other people that don't see it the way you do. I think this is a good project because it teaches you to work with other people and have a bigger imagination to work with. I know next time i paint im going to really push myself and see if there is anything else more i can add.