Foundations of Art

Overall throughout the school year, I have had a really fun time creating projects and exploring my artistic side. In every project, I have found something that I have enjoyed doing throughout the project. But I think the techniques that I have enjoyed the most are blending and cross hatching. I have modeled my independent project on the oil pastel color study because of how much I enjoyed the blending. Some processes I think I struggled with is the candy still life drawing and the use of charcoal. I found it hard to get different shades and values with charcoal more specifically with the candy still life drawing, but then I got the mixed media drawing. I would say overall the products that I am most proud of are the oil pastel color study, the mixed media drawing, and the self-portrait. 3 of these projects required the use of blending and shading which I think I really developed a liking for in the end.

I have proved that I have met the standards by revising and using critiques from classmates and Mrs. Medsker effectively in my projects. I think the object of foundations of art is to learn that art takes time and patience, and when you don’t get it right at first you can always revise and start over again. I also finished all of my work on time and used class time effectively

Art relates to my life every day. I would say that I use art mainly to express how I am feeling about life and certain subjects. A lot of these projects have been based on what I have wanted to create/express but just following the guidelines of the project. And honestly, you could create anything you could possibly imagine, just as long as it used the techniques that we were learning. So I would say art relates to my life as a mechanism used for expression.