Clay Tile Piece

Clay Tile Pieces

This is my clay tile piece that I made. I made a moose in the tundra zone by using clay. I made it in a certain way that so it would look 3-D in the end. I liked how I had the grass popping out of the tile piece. I also liked how I had his antler coming out of the tile. I thought it was an interesting project, but I must say that I am not very pleased with the overall outcome of it. I did work very hard on it, but I think that clay just is not my "thing" because it does not look very realistic to me. I did enjoy working with the clay before because I had never done anything like that before. It was definitely a good experience for me. 

Landscape Portrait

Landscape Portrait

The landscape portrait was probably one of my favorite projects. I enjoyed mixing the colors to add value, and I liked the way this project turned out in the end. Blending the color really made the piece look realistic in the end. I also like the reflection I made on the water from the mountains. This project was one of my favorites also because I got to create it from a picture that I took in Wyoming. Which made it even cooler to look at the final piece and compare it to the picture I took. I think I was definitely most impressed with this project. I was glad that I was able to create something like this because I had never created anything like this before.

Gameboard Drawing

I think the piece turned out okay from what I expected it to look like in the end. I didn't like the designs on the rooms of the gameboard. They were very difficult to draw and I hated drawing them. I feel okay with this piece. I would haver preffered it too look different and better, but it is okay. I think that the front of the gameboard came out nice, but towards the back it started looking worse. It also looks very unproportional. I would probably try and work harder on my watercolors if I were to do this project again because I didn't like how my watercolors turned out. The most difficult part was drawing it so that it was proportional and also trying to do the watercolors after I drew it. It was hard because I do not really know how to use watercolors. I learned about one point and two point perspective by working on this piece.

Anamorphosis Drawing

I took the picture and brought it into photoshop and made it wider at the top and longer. This created a 3-D perspective. So if the viewer were to look at the photo at a different anlge then it would like like it was sitting on the page. It was also important for me to shade and color in my sketch with colored pencils to make it look more real. I added value so I could also create a shadow. The shadow also made the drawing look like it was standing on top of the page.

Stencil

I changed the photo in the lab by changing the threshold so that there was positive/negtative space throughout the picture. I tried to make the background the colors of nature because my photo was of rocks. I wanted to make the photo be all nature and natural. I used the positive space as the rocks and the shadows of the rocks. Then is used the negative space to represent some of the rocks and the water. As I was using the xacto knife I had to cut away from myself so I would not cut myself. I also had to be very careful and steady with the knife just to ensure of complete safety. There were not that many challenges I had when using the xacto knife though. I enjoyed using the spray paint. I used white so you could still see the nature in the background. I put the stencil in the center because Pillow told me to put it there. Personally I liked it better toward the right though. And I used black spray paint on the stencil to make sure that the landmark was visible.

Final Print

 

 

 

 

SELF EVALUATION

 

1.     Describe the overall composition of your artwork (balance, unity, rhythm and movement).

         The overall composition of my artwork I think was well balanced with a good variety of texture. The unity was good because the colors blended well together, and the rhythm and movement in it brought the image to life. Since I added texture to the different objects in my artwork it created more moavement through out the piece.

2.     How did you add texture and contrast to your print? Is this important? Why?

         I created texture by over exaggerating lines and creases in the objects in my piece. I usesd contrast between the colors I chose. I put the turqoise against a lighter color such as pink to really make my animal pop out. This was important to show life to my print and to really show what my animal was and where it was.

3.     Explain how you used positive and negative space to show your image.

         I used positive space with the turqoise and negative space with the pint. I used more positive space because the positive space made objects in my print really pop. The negative space I mainly used to show texture through out my piece. I believe that since I put less negative space in my print it made the texture pop out as well as the positve space.

4.     Describe the craftsmanship of your print. (How good the project is technically crafted)

         It took me a while to plan out my print technically. I spent a while designing the animal and then trying to create the perfect back ground that would go along with my animal. Then I had to plan out the positive and the negative space which took an even longer time to plan out. Then from there on the rest of my project was pretty simple.

5.     Were you able to achieve depth by showing a foreground, middle ground and back- ground? Explain.

         I achieve depth by showing the different sizes and shapes of objects in the foreground, middle gound, and background. I put my animal in the foreground and to show that I made my animal the largest. Then the water was the middle ground because the flamingo was standing in it. Then the grass in the background was shown by making it smaller with less noticeable texture. This created depth because it showed that my flamingo was in front with the rest of it's environment in the back.

6.     Explain your experience with Printmaking. What were the obstacles and advantages?
         My experience with Printmaking was not the best in the world. I had to overcome many challanges during this project. Such as creating such small texture in the background with the cutting utensiles. Also having to plan out the positive and negative space in my print. Yet some advantages I had in this project was drawing my animal with texture because I am pretty good at showing the texture in objects.

Chalk Mural

 

Chalk Mural Critique

                                                                                                                                                        

Self evaluation (must write at least 3 sentences for each question)

1. Explain your experience working on a team and executing your ideas for the mural.

     I enjoyed working on a team with everybody and drawing our mural to make it interactive. It was a good experience, and I think we executed our idea pretty well. It came out nice, and I think it looked pretty similiar to what we had planned on making it look like. The overall mural looked almost exactly like our sketch if not better.

2. Explain the importance of collaboration when working on a team.

     Collaboration is very important when working with a team. My team collaborated very well together. We all agreed on the same things and approved everyones choices when drawing. We all worked together very well, and we tried to put everyones input in our drawing.

3.  How successful was this project? Explain how and why.

     I think this project was very successful because of the way it turned out in the end. We all worked very good together, and we agreed on all the decisions we made when we made this mural. I think that it came out very life like, and it looks like you could interact with it.

4. Explain how you feel about creating artwork that others can interact with. Ex. Involving the whole school? 

      I like the fact that we created artwork that others can interact with. I think it was a ver cool idea, and our school will enjoy taking pitctures with the art. Our artwork will make other students laugh as they try and pose with a wall. Im glad I had this opportunity to create this wall mural.