Term Reflection

I would say that this term has been my best term for art that I have ever had. In middle school I never really got into art or put much thought into it. This year I have thought of art as another academic class and I really enjoyed it. This year I learned about value, shading, proportion, and many other basic skills with several different types of materials. I think that after this term I have more confidence in my art, and I am more open to trying new styles of art. I think that all of the different blending I have done with cray-paws has been my greatest success because I think that it 's really fun and the color blending looks great. Even though I really like and prefer to use cray-paws I feel that from the projects we have done this year I am better at using paint and colored pencils. My biggest challenge this term was to come up with good ideas for my clean it up project. It was hard for me think of good ideas that were witty and a play off of existing products, but after several classes spent brain storming I came up with some decent ideas. I need to work on paying closer attention to details and proportion so my art looks more realistic. I think that I should also try to slow down and not rush threw my work. I think that if I do more art classes in the future I should try new things and remember the skills that I learned from this class.

Clean It Up Project

Hero Project

To be a hero is someone who puts others before themselves, and does things for the greater good. While looking through articles online there were several articles that were on people who have done great things during war and other dangerous acts, but there were also articles about everyday people going out of their way to do something small things. A hero can be interprited on many different levels, from helping a cat stuck in a tree to saving the lives of many people.

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Cleaning products feedback

for my first product which is a spray that makes dog hair stick to their bodies, the feedback I got was to make it look more an actual cleaning product and to make it stand out. They thought that my "Fake-up" product was good and funny, and to also make that stand out. They said that my "Diebrow" product was good, but they said to make sure that it was different than other products that already exist.

Mid-term Reflection

So far this term I have been working hard to make sure that I get my work done on time. When I am doing my work I like to stay on task and plan out each step to ensure an on-time finish. I am happy with all of my finished products because I feel like they are very close to the way I planned for them to look, and they include all of the aspects of art that were required for the project. I think I refined my process for my artwork by making sure I spend at least as much time brainstorming, sketching, getting feedback, and looking at outside sources as I spend on my work. I find all of these things very helpful for my finished products, and from experience I have learned that skipping over any of these steps leads will effect my work. I think that engagement is one of my best strength, and when I am engaged the quality of my work goes up as well as the swiftness of it. I am almost always paying attention when we are meeting or discussing how to do something. When we are assigned a project I am always willing to try new projects, and even if I hate the project I will always try my best to complete my work. So far this term has been one of my best for art, and I look forward to finishing it strong.

Still life project

What if? project

What if we do not stop polluting our planet?

Text Project

Title: Mediation

what if? feedback

Many things were said about how realistic my idea is, and it was very understandable. Ms Roberts said that people from different times could interperate it differently, for example nuclear war, pollution, or many other things. I think I should make obvious that air pollution is effecting everyone and not just the people that live near power plants, so I am unsure whether to include a powerplant in the background or not.

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Nature word drawings

For my project I chose to use the word mediate and divide my project in half with one side nature and the other industrialization. The feedback I have so far is that i have a really good choice of word to go along with my picture. They also said that they really like the detail on my tree, which I am really happy about because it took so long. Overall my peers liked my plan.

Blindfolded Drawings

When i first heard the directions for these drawings I thought of all the places in my memory that I could include in the drawing. The one place that i knew i had to draw about is my grandparents beach house in Belfair, WA. I knew that including all of the details of this place would not be possible because there are so many different shapes lines and small details that need to be included. I think that the blindfold made it harder to picture the beach house because through the parts that I had already drawn I would have a better idea of the things that needed to be included. The way i went about drawing with the blindfold was much different than how i normally draw. with the blindfold on it was hard to get detail and the many small objects that would normally be included. Instead of small designs and detail, I drew basic shapes and lines to try to get the bare bones of the beach house. My drawing that I did with a blindfold was different from how i normally would do it, but it was not definetly a bad thing.

Tree picture

I like this because the light coming through branches in real life looks just like in this picture. If i were the artist i would have chosen to have light coming threw the visible branches but it still looks really cool. i think that the shadow cast by the fence is really spot on because it lines up well with the light. Overall the art is really good.

I see lots of cool lights all the time. the other day i was outside during the night and the moon was so bright that i could see everything as if it was light out. sometimes i can see these big beams of light from my house that shine in the clouds. it looks really cool.