In Art 4 I've made seven pieces and I'm currently working on my last piece, which is mixed media. Going into Art 4 I didn't know how to do a lot of things I should have known how to do like draw a face, and proportions, and use prismas, and use oil paints. However I didn't let that stop me I got really frustrated from time to time because I was use to working with just acrylic and Art 4 made me really branch out. I think I had a good semester in Art 4 some of the pieces aren't my favorite but that's ok, I noticed that the pieces that aren't my favorite are themes that I wasn't a fan of. I think when you have to make a project about a certain thing it's hard if you're not interested in it because you obviously aren't gonna spend as much time on it as a piece you're really into. For me I wasn't a fan of the reflection drawing, everyday object, and nature turns mechanical. I think part of it was what I chose for the project it wasn't something I actually enjoyed I just wanted to finish the project. I think that's one of the problems I run into in art classes, is that if I don't like the subject I just don't show my full potential and it's a flaw but I can't help it. I think if I were to redo those subjects now I would pick different things to draw/paint and I think I would have liked the subjects more. I think I grew a lot from all of my other art classes to now, I was also taking drawing this semester and I wish I had taken in sooner because it would have really helped in the beginning with Art 4, but overall I think I've grown a lot. When I walked into Art 4 I absolutely hated prismas, I didn't want to use them or do anything with them. However once I figured out how to use them I loved them I ended up making two really nice pieces with prismas in drawing, and I would definitely do more projects with them. The first project I did with oil paints I didn't like at all, I was so use to using acrylic paint that I was treating oil like acrylic and you can't do that, but after I did my self portrait in oil I really liked it. For the interior spaces project I had a really hard time drawing the shape of the bowl, if you look at the in progress pictures you can see how off it is, but I ended up getting the right shape and it changed the project completely. Once the shape was right it brought the piece together, when doing that project I had to color block and I had never done that before so it was really interesting and different. The pet portrait was the first pet portrait I've done I like everything about besides the background and when I leave Art 4 I plan on cutting it out, I really like the way the fur turned out in that piece though. It was the first time I drew fur and I really liked it. My self portrait was really interesting, I had never drawn a portrait let alone paint a portrait, when doing this piece I got extremely frustrated because half the time I didn't know what I was doing, this piece took me an extremely long time to finish and I think it turned out pretty good for a first portrait. My landscape piece was my absolute favorite piece I did it was acrylic which is my comfort zone and I wanted this piece to be perfect because it's a great memory for me. I also branched out by doing a different border and I love the way it turned out. Second to last piece was nature turns mechanical, I hated this subject and never want to redo it. I don't like this subject and I don't like the way my piece turned out and I didn't want to do this project in the first place which is probably another reason why I don't like it. The last piece were working on is mixed media, as of right now I don't have a plan for it but I love mixed media so I think it will end up looking pretty cool. Overall I really enjoyed Art 4 and if I were to take it again I would change some things but I think I really grew a lot from when I first started taking the class. And I think it was a great class to take and anyone interested in Art should take this class.
In mixed media theres really no planning you just add layers upon layers but then also make everything flow together. I haven't ever done a true mixed media with layering newspapers and not having a concept. I did a piece similar to this in Art 1 but it had a theme, this didn't have a theme so I was a little lost. I didn't really like the project mainly because you don't have any planning or have a theme or have anything to go off of, I've never worked on a piece like this so it wasn't my favorite. Luckily I got some help and Ms. Rossi saved my piece, she helped me figure out how to place things and how to make things blend and overlap but still make everything look smooth and make it look like it was meant to be pieced there. I'm still working on adding some more things but I don't have a plan for how much more I'm going to add. A lot was gained from this project because I didn't know what to do when I first started it but I learned how to place things properly and how to cover some things but also keep it seen. I like the way it turned out I had help which helped me a lot and guided me on what to do further. If I were to do this again, well I wouldn't, but if I were forced to I wouldn't go into with a theme which is what I was going to try to do but didn't end up working. So I wouldn't have a theme in mind and I would just pick a color scheme with contrasting colors to make some areas pop. Overall I really didn't like this project but I think it depends on the person and it was a fun thing to learn.
I didn't do much planning for this project, the original plan for this project was making a pine cone out of copper wire however I couldn't quite figure it out and I was trying to look up youtube videos on how to make it when i came across how to make a dragonfly out of copper wire. I watched the video and thought that it would be a better idea then mine. I kept the original idea I had for the canvas which was a forest floor painting with leaves then added real pine straw to make it look like a forest situation. Some obstacles I faced were getting the pine straw to stick to the canvas and getting the shape of the wings on the dragonflys. Getting the pine straw to stick was probably the biggest obstacle but I ended up getting it to stick, the original idea I had was gluing real leaves onto the fake leaves however when I got to the point of gluing stuff on I didn't have any leaves in my yard to grab for the canvas so I switched to pine straw. Overall I really like how the piece blends and it has a camo effect because lots of animals hide themselves in the forest so I like how the dragonflys are kind of hidden in the piece. I could have improved this piece by adding real leaves because I think real leaves would look better compared to pine straw but i still like the way the pine straw looks. Some things I gained from this project was learning how to use wire and mold wire to make objects. This has inspired me to learn more about molding wire for projects because its unique and looks interesting with it popping off the canvas. Obviously the more you use it the better you'll get and for this being the first time I don't think it's too bad. If i were to redo this project and do it differently I would use leaves instead of pine straw because I think it would look better that way all the leaves are different and there's different shapes. Overall I like the way it turned out, it isn't one of my favorite pieces i've made but I wasn't interested in nature turns mechanical so I was mainly just trying to finish the piece.
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