Sustained Investigation #8

I’m calling this project, Better Future because it is about about topic that looks toward a better future. I chose to create this specific work because my sustained investigation has been about exploring environmental issues and after the inauguration, Biden rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement which was a big deal and step towards the solving of climate change and many environmental issues. I tried to show a variety of countries and leaders who are also in the Paris Climate Agreement.

For materials, I used colored pencils, watercolor, and marker. I used watercolor for the background of the earth. I used a variety of techniques and methods including: brushstrokes and blending. While creating this work, I paid close attention to making sure that I showed the features of different leaders without showing their face, so you identify them by their skin tones, shapes, and outfits. I wanted my artwork to be realistic but abstract and I did that by making the leaders have silhouette faces.

I like the way my work looks because the flags are below the leaders to show which leader correlates with each country. However, I struggled the background looking the way I wanted it too. I wanted to show a abstract background and i did this by making it with a simple color palette correlated with the earth but it didn’t turn out the way I wanted. If I created another work like this I may have made the background realistic. My work shows that I learned how to make a piece of work from that brings attention to an important topic.