Intro to Art

Hand Drawing

I chose to use this tool with the drawing because I liked the way that the different shades of lines looked on it. We had to use a lot of different techniques with this project, for example shading and blending. This was a really difficult piece because I had a really hard time trying to blend all the different shades together to make it flow. I really like the way that the tool part came out but I am not a big fan of how my fingers turned out just because they are very contrast and look a little off. Overall this was a difficult project but I did enjoy learning how to do something new.

INsect Painting

In this insect painting we used acrylic paint and card stock paper. Some of the skills we learned were looking at the picture and then trying to do the same thing on the paper while using the paint. We also learned how to blend colors the right way. I really enjoyed this project and am proud of how it turned out. I love that I chose yellow for the border and the green hombre background looks really good. The only part I was kind of bummed about was the white on the wings. Since they were little spots they were hard to get in. But this is what I envisioned it to look like so I am very proud of it.

Metal BOx

We got to choose what color metal to use for the top and I thought that the silver went really well with the tiger print. In this metal box project we used aluminum for our name on the front, we used foam board for the actual box and then paper to cover the foam board. This piece is meaningful to me because it actually has my name on it and it is a print that I like and I really like silver. This is what I thought it would turn out to look like so I am proud of this project. I really like the name and how it turned out and I wish that the corners on the box turned out better. Overall I really enjoyed this project and am very thrilled with how it turned out.

Clay jar

I chose to do this type of jar because I thought it would turn out good and I like In-N-Out. This was one of my favorite things to make because I liked sculpting the clay in that shape and I really loved painting the jar with the glazes. The only thing that I wished turned out a little better was the lid, I just want it to be a little more round. I am super happy with this project and glad I chose to do it this way.

Clay bowl

This project was hard for me because we were using the clay coils and it was hard for me to shape the bowl with them. I really like the pattern that I did with the bowl and I think all of the holes in it look cool. I wish I could have smoothed out the coils a little better and glazed the jar more in some spots but overall it does look good and it has a very pretty color to it.

Clay whistle

I chose to do the strawberry because I thought it would be cute and it was perfect since the whistle was round. However this project was a little hard at the beginning because we had to make sure that it could whistle. I love how it turned out because the colors look really good but I do wish that i make the stem the whistle part. I loved this project and would definitely do it again.

Watercolor

This project was super fun to do and I really enjoyed it. I chose to do the star because I love starfish and thought it would be a great water color. I love all the different shades of red and orange on the star and the white accents on the scales. The only thing that I wished would have turned out a little better was the background, even though all the blues look really cool together I wish they would have mixed a little more.

Print-Making Book

This was my favorite project of the whole year. I got frustrated because it was taking me so long but it was so worth it because all my prints were amazing. The hardest part was cutting out the rubber. It was a super cool project because there were so many different things you could do with the print. Overall I am so proud of how this project turned out and am so happy that I never gave up.

SPot the Differences

This was one of the hardest projects to me because I am really bad with computers and photo editing. I was super nervous about how it would turn out but it ended up turning out really good even though it took me a while. I learned a lot of different things in all of the videos but the main thing was that there are so many different components to editing pictures and it is not that hard if you follow the process and get the hang of it. I am very proud of how this project turned out and very much enjoyed learning something new.