Intro to Art

Hand Drawing

I choose art because last year I was painting for one of my projects and I have always wanted to know the proper way to shade and draw. Some techniques I learned during this was learning value and how to use one pencil and make it fade and make it multiple colors. What I like best about this piece of art is that it actually turned out looking like my hand. This piece will influence future artwork because I know what i did wrong and I know how to change it, I can learn from my mistakes.

Bug Painting

For this project I decided to paint a butterfly on some flowers, at first I wasn't thinking about the flowers but I thought they were really pretty and I didn't think about having to draw them. What really inspired me to finish this project were the complements I got telly me how good it was. I was a little tough because the flowers took a couple weeks to do because of how much blending was needed and what inspired me to go faster were the people telling me I was talking too long. My favorite part about this piece is how bright the colors are.

Clay Jar

During this project when I was making this clay jar I learned how to put texture on clay and mainly make a clay jar to begin with. The goal of this project was to make a jar that you can open and close or a jar that you were happy with and I achieved that goal. This jar is not what I hoped for because it has some white dots where the glaze did not cover. I also hoped that somehow I could blend the colors but it didnt end up happening. My favorite part about this is how cool these colors are together.

Clay Whistle

While making this clay whistle it was going to be different this like I was going to make a fish then I thought about a cow, But I am definitely glad that I chose this cute bear. While making this it did turn out how I wanted it but I mixed up a few of the colors. My favorite part about this project is the shiny colors and the really cool texture on it.

Clay Bowl

While making this clay bowl the techniques i learned were how important it is to blend your clay and how important it is to make everything even in size when putting on the coils. The goal of this project is to make a bowl out of coils and blend it so it doesn't fall apart and I say that I achieved that goal and I am very happy with this project.

Watercolor painting

The media I used during this project was watercolor and during this project, I practiced fading watercolor and using different layers. The goal of this project was to make an amazing watercolor underwater creature, I had restarted on this project because I made my layers way too dark. I am really happy with my result though.

Print Making

This project was a really fun project because we got to choose what color we got to do and what pattern we wanted. The supplies I used was paper, a rubber mat, and printing ink. The goal of this project was to make a print that I was happy with and I definitely achieved that goal. The thing i liked best about the final pieces was the different colors I used and how it matched the color paper, my least favorite part about the final piece is how some of the ink didn't show up all the way

Spot the Difference

The media I used for this project was photo shop, my partner and I both took the same photo and made 5 different changes. The skills I learned during this project was how to photo shop in general. The goal of this project was to create a spot the difference book of places all over Visalia and I think we achieved that goal. The best thing I like about this piece of art was how easy I caught on to what we were doing and the worst thing was it was a little hard to remove a car because I also had to remove technically two cars because of the one behind it.

Box

The media I used for this project was foam boards and metal to make my name 3D in. I really enjoyed this project because I learned so many skill while making it like how in general to make my name 3D in metal. The thing I would have changed with this project is probably made the name on the box like my moms name or something because she would probably use it more than me. The thing I liked most about this was making the paper the design of my choice and the thing i didn't really like about it was putting it together, overall I liked this project.