Introduction to Studio Art
Creative Lines
This was my first high school art assignment. In this project I was told to make some scribbles. So that's what my classmates and I did. Then Mr. Langmaack told us to turn those scribbles into 9 different works of art! At first I thought that this would be a tough undertaking, but when I started on it it became more and more enjoyable. My final piece included an orca, a snail, a rouge wave, a sneaker, an elephant, and much more.
Creative Lines 2
This project was quite interesting and fun at the same time. Instead of nine squares of scribble art, I had put all of my scribbles into one scene of awesomeness. So that's what I did. I turned those random squiggles into two astronauts, a space ship, some asteroids, and a satellite! I think that I'd call this piece "Satellite Maintenance."
Jayden3D Story
This was quite a challenge for me. When Mr. Langmaack told us that it would take at least four hours, he wasn't kidding. I thought that by some of the examples I'd seen that it took maybe thirty minutes. It took me a good four and a half hours to complete this project. I used magazine clippings, wooden skewers, hot glue, regular glue, and Popsicle sticks. I improved my hot glue gun skills during this project as well. I would say that I am very satisfied with what I finished with, which was a scene of me kayak fishing in a lake.
Clay Pot
At first, I thought that this project was going to be making an ordinary clay pot like the countless others I had made in elementary art. But the process to make this pot was much more complicated than making a glob of clay and shoving my thumb into the middle of it to make something that my parents would enthusiastically applaud. This process involved fire, glazing, texturing, design, and weeks of work. First, I tried to make an Among Us pot, with the head of the character being the lid. That didn't work. Next I tried to make a shark, with the removable jaw as the lid. It looked so horrifying that my fellow classmates nicknamed it "Chernobyl Shark". Unfortunately, when Chernobyl Shark came out of the kiln, his jaw had blown off and some of his body parts were MIA. I was back to the drawing board after disposing of the failed shark pot. Most kids were already glazing their pots at this point, so I knew that whatever I made next needed to be good, or else I'd run out of time. So I went with something simple. A jewelry box, designed as a little treasure chest, for my mum. After sculpting it with some advice from Mr. Langmaack, I proudly put it into the kiln, and to my delight it didn't explode like my last creation. Then I started to glaze it the week before Xmas break, but the kiln broke down, so I couldn't finish it for my mum's Christmas present. After Xmas break, I finished glazing it, fired it, and brought it home to my mum, who loved it very much. It took me a very long time, but the result was awesome.
Clay Bowl
The next two projects that I did in Intro To Studio Art both involved clay! This is my Clay Bowl, which at first I thought would be very bland with the simple swirl pattern I did with the coils. However, I surprised myself with the awesomeness of my bowl! We even use it in my house, as the breadbasket! I guess that I underestimate my art skills, as every time I doubt myself, the project ends up looking great!
Clay Whistle
I'd say that I enjoyed making my clay whistle more than I did my bowl, because unlike the bowl, I felt like I had a new level of creativity that I could use. I could turn this glob of clay into just about anything I could imagine, and I thought what better object than Q*bert, a character from an arcade game. It fit perfectly! Unfortunately, he can't make his @!#?@! sound, but when blown, he can produce a low whistle that's clear and very audible.
Hand Drawing
This is my Hand Drawing. I thought that I was good at sketching, as it's my preffered method of art, yet this assignment proved me wrong. I came in very confident, but looking at everyone else's assignments, I felt like my drawing was done by a preschooler. It's not my finest work, that's for sure. But I'm proud of it all the same.
Underwatercolor
This is my Underwatercolor painting! I worked long and hard on this one, and I even had to restart to ensure that the end result would be as good as I had hoped. This was quite a trip. Using different color schemes, shading and tracing, and water coloring in general were all different yet exciting techniques that I was able to use during the creation of my masterpiece. I chose a Fancy Guppy as my inspiration, since I have owned many of these fish before. Some people even told me that my art project reflected my personality. I'm not sure what that was supposed to mean, but I took it as a compliment. While I worked until the very last full day of school on this project, I'm glad that I took the time that I did to make this painting close to perfection!