Sustained Investigation #1

7"x10"

For this assignment, I chose the inquiry question "why are dogs a mans best friend? I chose this questions because I am a dog person and it is something that interests me. For my first assignment of my inquiry question, I decided to use acrylic paint and create an art piece of a girl holding a dog. The ideas that are visually evident in this are that I chose to make the girl not have the features of her face. I chose to do this because I wanted to focus on the dog, but also jsut sort of think as the human to be anyone because the inquiry question is road when it says "mans best friend." Which shows it doesn't need to be taken literally.

To create my project, I used acrylic paint. I started by putting tape on my border and then I decided to use different shades of purple as well as white and make the background have feeling to it, so it can show the relationship between the dog and the woman. After I waited for the background to dry, I carefully sketched out my drawing over it just enough so I could see. I went over part of her body in black as you can see. I then went in with different shades of brown and started to make the dogs fur. I tried my best on shading with paint by adding different shades of colors and blending although it can be different. I then mixed paint together to get the best shade of "skin tone." I chose this skin tone for a reason because the dog was a darker shade so I wanted to balance it out. I then chose pink for the woman's shirt because I feel as if it expresses the love more.

Overall, I like the way my project turned out. I am glad I got to experience and try new things with acrylic paint like shading and blending the background. One thing I wish I could have done differently was that I made the women bigger to fill in more of the background. Also to have more detailing of the hair. Although I am not very satisfied with my inquiry question because I feel like it will become more difficult to create 14 more projects.