Sustained Investigation #9

I’m calling this project, A Call to Action Pt 2 because I’ve made a statement piece before so this is a second statement piece. I chose to create this specific work because my sustained investigation has been about exploring environmental issues and I wanted to show my viewers that we are only hanging o by a ‘leaf’ by only showing one leaf hanging from the tree to make clear the idea that we are at a breaking point in terms of our climate. I tried to show a statement and a symbol and I did that by drawing one leaf coming off the tree and by putting the statement behind the tree.

For materials, I used colored pencils, and marker. I used markers for the background of the statement. I used a variety of techniques and methods including: layering and ombre. While creating this work, I paid close attention to making sure that I showed the symbol of the one leaf while also showing a statement. I wanted my artwork to be a statement piece and I did that by showing the extremity of our situation.

I like the way my work looks because the words look intertwined with the tree which I think looks super cool with my words. However, I struggled the leaf becausembaking southing super small but also realistic was a struggle. I wanted to show a colorful scene for the word earth and I did this by using Earth’s colors to remind people of it’s beauty. 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.