Printmaking Project

The process I went through to get the final product for this project was very long and tedious, and required a lot of patience. First, we researched two animals in their natural habitats, and then drew them in our sketchbooks. I chose a parrot and a panda. After deciding to do the parrot, we drew another picture of it in our sketchbook that we would transfer onto the linoleum. Then, we were able to carve out the linoleum. I think this step was the most time consuming, because you had to be very careful and patient. After I was done carving, I was ready to start printing! I picked out the paint color and paper color I wanted to use and started to do my prints. I think this part was a little bit hard, because you had to make sure that you were evenly covering the linoleum. If you put too much or too little paint on the linoleum, then it wouldn't look right. During this project, I learned that art takes patience if you want your piece to turn out the way you want it to. Overall, I am pleased with my final product!

Frog Tongue

I really liked how my product turned out in the end. I thought this project was very interesting, but also kind of frustrating. The easiest part was positioning the frog so that it looked like it was part of the tongue. But, the hardest part was making the frog look like it wasn't being cut off. My least favorite part was using the clone stamp tool, because it took a long time to make it look realistic, and make sure there weren't any spots were the lips/ teeth showed up. Overall, I really liked this project because it was something different than what we usually do in class and I was pleased with my final product.

Angry Pancake

I think my Angry Pancake turned out okay. The project was enjoyable and easy to do.  I was able to follow the instructions, which were made very clear. I liked this project because it shows us different ways to do art. Normally, we do art with a paper and pencil, but it was nice to do art it a new and creative way. The project was also kind of frustrating because I wasn't able to perfect it in one time and I had to keep trying to get it the way I wanted it to be. The hardest part was being able to fit the jaws completely into the hole that I made in the pancakes, so that it seems like the mouth was really supposed to be there. Overall, I was happy with this project and enjoyed doing art in a different than what we usually do.

Stencil Project

I really enjoyed this project because it allowed me to make a great piece of art in a creative way. By looking at the original picture and the final product, I'm able to see how different they are, and how much a little creativity and effort can change a picture. The most difficult part of this project was tracing and cutting out the stencils. This part took the most amount of time and required a lot of patience. The project had many steps, from tracing the picture to spray painting on the cardboard, and took a great amount of time. Both, the original picture and the final product, were similar in shapes, but different in the way the shapes came together and ended up looking. The added color in the final product really helped significant pieces stand out more. While creating this, I learned how to properly spray paint, which I then used to help me create this piece of art. I think my final product ended up looking very detailed and creative and I used spray painting techniques properly in order to create a well designed final product!

Contour Line Shoe Drawing

My contour line drawings have increased greatly from the beginning of this unit. When I started out, I was used to picking up my pen/ pencil and moving around. I learned how to change the speed of my hand to match the speed of my eyes, so that I could draw what I saw. In the drawing I was able to capture the basic outline of the shoe, but not the small details on it. I didn't draw all the wrinkles and ridges in the shoe, and by doing that I think I could've made the drawing much better. This drawing was also very hard because I'm not used to drawing in a fluid motion, because I am more of a "sketchy" artist. I made many obvious mistakes in the drawing. One being that the laces started off being skinny and then gradually got fatter. I definitely made improvements during the contour line drawing unit. I don't think this was my best drawing, but I don't think it was my worst either.

iPad Value Study

There are many similarities and differences between using oil pastels and using the Layers Pro App on the iPad. First of all, oil pastels are much messier and the colors are harder to blend together. It's easier to blend the colors on the app because you are able to use your fingers. There are also a few similarities between oil pastels and the app. Both allow you to make artwork with very bright and vibrant colors which makes the image look nicer, and more appealing. Also, you can use both to make it look like the forms are on different levels. Also, both ways let you layer colors to make the artwork look like they shapes are actually 3D. Technology is useful in art for many reasons. For starters, it shows us there are many different ways that we can create art, not just with a pencil and paper. Also it lets us create art in a more modern way! Overall, I really like using the iPads because it showed me there is more than one way to create art, and opened my eyes to different forms of art.

Cartoon Skeleton Drawing

My cartoon character was of one of the most famous Disney characters, Mickey Mouse. I think most of the bones were drawn normally and proportionately to his body. All of the primary bones are shown in my drawing. The hardest part was drawing his feet; his shoes in the picture are really big, so I had to make his toe extra large, so it make it harder to draw natural human-like bones. The easiest part of the skeleton was drawing his tail. The tail was just many connected vertebrae, so it was easier than most of the bones in his body.  I had to get creative while drawing parts of his stomach because it gets wider in some areas. I hope I captured Mickey's human-like, yet interesting and disproportional, skeleton well!