Art

First projects of the year!

Sketchbook cover

We doodle almost every day before class. we don't have a specific prompt, we just draw whatever comes to mind. We are only allowed to use sharpie, because it is important to learn how to make your mistakes something new. Our goal is to have the whole cover filled by the time that art is finished.

Zentangle stretch

Anne gave us a patterned square, and we glued it to a blank page of paper and tried to make the square disappear. we did this by continuing the pattern and adding new ones. we couldn't alter the square at all, except for going over existing lines with sharpie. See if you can find my square!

If you have tried to find my square already, Here's a hint: it has both roses and dots on it!

Story Exchange

we looked at pictures of art that Anne had set out for us, and we had to pick one that made us remember something or represented us in some way, redraw the picture, then tell a story about it. I chose a forest scene picture, because it reminded me of when we went hunting for morels (a type of mushroom).

DIORAMAS

Our dioramas are our main project for this year. We went through many steps with them, including peer reviw, planning, and supply hunting. Anne took us to the reuseum, and we picked out things we needed from the piles of stuff.

Thinking of ideas

We got out our notebooks and started to brainstorm ideas. I started many sketches, then finally settled on bikers on a trail beside a stream, with things that I feel represent me flying out of the biker's backpacks.

Peer review

We set our dioramas on pieces of paper and then rotated to other's dioramas and wrote a notice, wonder, and feedback on the paper. then we picked feedback from the paper - something that we wanted to change about our dioramas that day.

Finishing it up

After we got done with changing our dioramas according to other people's feedback, we were able to do whatever we wanted to our dioramas.

Artist statement:

My diorama changed lots from what I imagined it would be in the first place, but it didn't change in bad ways. Instead of bike chains outlining mountains, I have old book paper ripped into the shape of peaks. There is stuff that represents me on the sides of the trail and across the river, not hanging from fishing wire. There are fairy lights in the river and in the back wall, instead of one light in the corner. My diorama doesn't have a ceiling. All of these things I love about my piece. To make my finished product, I used clay, glass, pebbles, paper, paint, screws, and other odds and ends. the random objects around the bikers and the river represents my belief that humans messed up the world and only a few people are willing to try to fix it.

CLAY

Mini experiments

We experimented with clay, making our own mini clay creatures, using what we had learned to create them, I made five, glazed one, got halfway through glazing another, and painted one with acryllic paint.

My Big Piece

Artist statement:

I worked five days to create what I call Miscere. Miscere means mix in Latin. And that is exactly what I did to make my Gordie. Gordies are what we named our class sculptures. they represent both grotesque and beautiful. to make Miscere, I explored with mixing mythical and existent creatures together to make an ugly but beautiful beast. The way I did this was by starting to draw whatever creature came to mind. In my artwork, I combined unicorns & dragons with birds & whales. this mismatch of creatures eventually Miscere. His glaze is what makes him beautiful to me. dots and lines and colorful patterns is what I was going for in my piece. In stories in the making, we learned about telling others' stories. I am telling this story because everybody's story is important. Knowing others' stories helps you connect with them and know why they made their piece.

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