Melanie Reisner 

Party Disguise 

(3.5In x  5.5In) 

Supplies- Mask mold, plaster, paint, feathers, hot glue, scissors, paintbrushes.

My inspiration for my mask was a picture from the internet I looked up half masks and a bunch came up but I only liked one it was white and gold and had swirls on it so I decided to make mine pink and have gold swirls instead. I added some extra features like painting in the nose but otherwise, that was my only source of inspiration.  First I sketched what I wanted my mask to look like. Second I used a face mold but I only plastered half of it and put layers of the plaster on it and let it dry. Third I picked my paint colors and painted by mask pink and added gold swirls and outlined them in white. Fourth I hot glued feathers onto my mask. Last I added finishing touches and I was done. How I problem solved was when I was painting I used the wrong paint color and I used a more purple instead of pink so I went and added white to the kind of purple color and it made a pink and it was the perfect color for my mask. Also when I went to paint the gold swirls I mixed to much white with the gold and it made a mustered color so I added a little more gold and mixed it in and it went back to the right gold. A creative risk I took was adding the feathers I really thought the feather would make it look bad so I decided to hot glue them on and they didn't look as bad as I expected so I was kind of happy with how it turned out. Another risk was making the face shape on the mold with the plaster I didn't think I could make the eyes go in so I almost did the whole face but now I think the half-face added way more to my mask. One thing I liked the most about my artwork was the colors I used I think the colors added on to my mask and made it better. I really liked how I outlined the gold swirls with white paint I think it made them catch my eyes a lot more. If I started over I would change the face shape a little because I wanted it to look different around the top and bottom of the face. Another thing I would change would be How I painted the nose I wish I could change that because I don’t like it very much I think it made the nose look bulky. 

Melanie Reisner 

Asian Elephant 

(18in x 12in)

Supplies- Watercolor Paper, Hot glue, Oil pastels, water, watercolor paint, Paintbrush 

The Asian elephant is endangered because their tusks are worth a lot of money so hunters kill them and sell their tusks they also sell their meat and get a lot of money from that too. This elephant is found in Asia and there are not many of their kind left. The source of inspiration for my artwork is a picture from the internet I found a picture of an elephant and it inspired me to draw it so I decided that it was a good idea to do an elephant because I when Mrs.Butler told us we had to do an endangered animal and it was the first thing that came to my mind.The steps I took were first I drew the elephant, water, and sun on my paper. Second, I hot glued over all of the lines carefully. Third I picked out oil pastels and colored everything on my paper with them. Fourth I put the black watercolor and water mixture on my painting and rinsed it off. Last I framed it. How I problem solved was when I was coloring with oil pastels I forgot to put the paper under my hand and I got fingerprints all over my drawing so to fix this I colored over it with a darker color so it went away. One risk I took was I didn't look at a picture when I was drawing my elephant so I  didn't think it was going to turn out good but after I drew it I thought it looked better than I expected. Another risk I took was when I was coloring it because  I used light colors for the sunset instead of dark colors. The thing I like the most about my project was the elephant because it looks just how I expected it or even better than I imagined and I think it looks kind of realistic. If I could start over I would redo my sunset I don’t think it blends well and looks weird so I would change that and make it better.   

Melanie Reisner 

(6.5 in) (4in) (7in) 

Tri clops

Materials - clay, glaze, beads, paintbrush, net

My source of inspiration for this was the pictures on canvas they looked cool and I wanted to make mine kind of like that. My process of creating this was first I sketched my idea and wrote down what glaze colors I wanted to use, Second I got clay and made the shapes and added eyes, lips and a nose . Third I added patterns and textures. Last I put the glaze on it and it went in the kiln. The problem I faced with this is I couldn't get paint in the tiny edges also I couldn't decide what face shape I wanted to do. A risk I took was adding three eyes because I didn't know if it was going to look good or bad. The thing I like most about my work is the shape of the face. One thing I would change is the colors that I picked I wish I would have picked colors that popped more. 

Melanie Reisner 

9in x 12in 

Magazine room 

My source of inspiration for my work is the pictures that we got to see of other students and it made me wanna do a bedroom. First I will plan my room, Next, I will create the outline of my room then I started drawing my objects and putting them in places, Last I started shading and adding finishing touches. The problems I faced were one I could not get my dresser to look in perspective but I tried and I got it and it looks good. Another problem I faced was with shading I couldn't find a thing to shade to make my drawing look better. A creative risk I took was drawing flowers because I have never really been good at drawing flowers so I tried and they turned out pretty good. Another risk I took was drawing a dresser because when I tried it looked bad and It looked weird but then I practiced and figured it out. The thing I like most about my artwork is the furniture that I decided to put in it. One thing I would change is the lines because harder  I think if I would have tried harder to make the lines better the whole drawing would have looked way better.