Delaney Barber

“Summer and Winter”

7 ¾” x 5”x 3”

Paint, Buttons, Glitter Paint, Sand, Glue

My source of inspiration was the difference between summer and winter. Summer feels a lot warmer and looks for colorful, while winter feels really cold and is very bland in color. To create my mask, I first had to figure out what I wanted my mask to look like and what the theme was going to be. Then, once I decided what I wanted it to look like, I had to find the mask I wanted and put the wet plaster on the mask so that when I separated the plaster from the mask, they both would be the same shape. Next, I painted half of the mask blue and the other half white. Once the blue side was dry, I painted the sun in the top corner of the side of the mask and started to paint the palm trees. I painted the leaves on the palm trees first with green, then I used brown for the rest of it. Next, I used glue and white sand for the beach. First, for the winter side of the mask, I outlined the snowmen and then put in the details on them. Lastly, I used glitter paint for the snowflakes. One of the problems that I faced was when I was painting the winter side of the mask. I wanted to have snowmen and snowflakes, but since the background was already white I needed to figure out a way to make the snowmen show up away from the background. To solve this I added a little bit of black to the white paint, then I traced around the snowmen to show the size and placement of them. For the snowmen, I used glitter paint to draw the snowflakes to give them more depth and color. Another problem that I had was with the water on the summer side of the mask. I needed a way to make the water and the sky look separate from each other. Since they both were the same shade of blue, I put in a line of sand at the bottom of the side to represent the beach. Something new that I learned to use was plaster because I have never used it before. I also took a risk by using sand for one side because I didn’t know how it would look once it dried and if it would help separate the sky and the water. Something I like about my finished mask is how the snowflakes turned out. At first, I was just going to paint them on with the same paint as I outlined the snowmen, but then they wouldn’t have stuck out as much as they do now. If I could start over on this project, I would make the background of the summer side a lighter shade of blue because it was hard to make the water and the sky look different from each other. I would also add different shades of blue to the water to show waves and movement in the water because right now it is just one shade of blue.

Delaney Barber

“Galapagos Penguin”

12” x 18”

Oil Pastels, Hot Glue, Watercolor Paper, Watercolor Paint, Water, Pencil

My source of inspiration was the Galapagos Penguin from Galapagos Island. It is endangered because of pollution, bycatch and climate change. It is also threatened by introduced species that carry diseases. There are only less than 2000 Galapagos Penguins left. The process I used to create this was I first had to lightly draw it out on the paper. Then, I had to outline it with hot glue. Next, I had to darkly colo it in with oil pastels and crack it. After I cracked the paper, I brushed on black watercolor paint to give it a cracked effect like Batik paintings and rinsed it off. Last, I painted it again to make the cracks look darker and rinse it off again. Some ways that I used persistence was for the white part of the penguin, I accidentally used too much lack to make it gray and it didn’t blend the way I wanted it to, but once I started using more white on top of it, it began to look grayer and less black. A risk I took was painting over the picture with black paint because if I didn’t use enough oil pastel on the paper, it would have made all of the spots where it wasn’t dark enough black. Especially on the white part because the paint was black and it would have turned the white black. What I like most about my finished work is how the blue turned out because of the different shades of blue and how they all blended together. I also really liked how the rocks turned out because at first, I didn’t know how I was going to make it look like rocks and give it texture, but once I cracked it, it looked like there was a little bit of texture. If I could start over, I would redo the white part of the penguin because when I tried to make it a little more gray in some spots, it didn’t blend as well as I wanted it to. I would have only used white for most of the white part on the body and used a grayish-white for the outer part of it.

Delaney Barber

“Purple”

7” x 5 ½” x ½”

Glaze and Clay

My source of inspiration for my ceramic face was my imagination and some of Kimmy Cantrell’s work. His work is very abstract and creative, so that is kind of how I created my mask. I also was inspired by Pablo Picasso because of the abstract way he colors his artwork. I used a variety of different colors on my mask. The first step in creating my mask was figuring out how I wanted it to look in the end. Next, I cut out my mask out of clay and put designs on it and put on the pieces of clay that are layered on top of the main piece. Then, my mask was fired in the kiln. Next, I put different colors of glaze on it to give it a colorful and shiny appearance. I put three layers of each king of the glaze on the mask. Lastly, it was re-fired in the kiln to make the glaze shinier. Right away I didn’t really know how I was going to design my mask and not make it symmetrical, but I kept trying and my mask ended up looking really well. Some creative risks that I took were making the mask look abstract and not completely look like it all fit together perfectly. I also took a risk when I was glazing my mask because I am not used to using a lot of different colors that usually don’t fit together very well. What I like most about my finished work it how the glaze made the mask look really shining and it made so of the smaller details stick out a lot more than it looked right away when I was first starting to put the glaze on before it was fired again. If I were to start over again, I would change the color of the left eye because the glass pieces didn’t show through how I wanted them to, so it is just all one color.

Delaney Barber

“Chick-fil-A”

9”x12”

Graphite and Paper

My source of inspiration for my project was Chick-fil-A because I really enjoy going there and eating. Their food is also really good, so that is why I chose to draw Chick-Fil-A for my perspective room. The first step in creating my finishing project was to first come up with what I wanted to draw and sketch out how I was going to draw it without all of the little tiny details. Then, once I had finished my first paper, I got my final piece of paper and began to sketch it out, with all of the lines angled toward the center of the paper to make it look like you are standing in the back of the room looking forward. Next, I added all of the tiny details to the room like the stools and the things on the counter in the front. I also added the things on the menu during this step and the words on the certificates and papers on the wall. Then, I began to shade in everything to give it depth and form. This also helped to make the ceiling and the walls and the floor look different and not just lines. Last, I made sure that all of things that were shaded looked different and not all of the same shade of grey and stood out from the things around it. At first, it was really hard to use the ruler for every line that was drawn on the paper, but when I eventually get the hang of it, it began to get a lot easier to do. Something new that I learned was drawing a table that looked real and making everything look like it was the same perspective. I also learned how to make windows and pictures on the wall look like the fit and didn’t stick out compared to the rest of the room. What I like most about my finished work is how everything looks like it is from the same perspective and the brick wall. I really like these because the wall looks like a brick wall with every other brick the same color. All of the details and the table also look like they are angled towards the middle of the room. If I could start over, I would add another table to the left side of the room because it looks a little bare compared to the right side of the room. I would also add more detail to the cash registers and to the front wall of the room. I might also add something on top of the table because nothing is on it right now.