I chose to draw a train because after looking at the lines I was given I saw a way to make wheels and from there the vision started. My friend Addison also drew a train and so we "connected" our drawings. Something that inspired me to make this train go to New York is because I took a trip there this summer and absolutely loved it there! I used the technique of shading and learning how to make 9 lines come to life.

I learned many techniques and skills throughout this hand drawing. Some of these skills were shading and learning how to draw something that was exactly double the size of my picture. There was many struggles that came with this project and it was definitely hard work but because of that it feels good to finally have finished it. Something that helped my drawing to look better was using sharp lines and as Langmaack says to leave your brain outside and just use your eyes. 

This landscape painting was inspired by a picture I took one morning on the way to school. The sunrise was peeking over the corn field. Some of the struggles throughout this painting were painting the clouds. In the original picture the clouds were wispy but in some areas clumped together. So I remembered that it doesn't have to look exactly like my picture, the painting has to be your own interpretation. After I made sure to keep that in mind the rest of the painting was relatively easy when I thought of painting shapes of colors.

This lantern was a super fun project to do but also challenging in some ways. Overall I didn't have that many problems but the one thing that was difficult was when I was putting my lantern together. I had already stamped the pattern and so it got messed up a little while assembling it. Other than that I enjoyed making it and choosing the color for the glaze.

This project was probably my favorite one by far. I enjoyed the creativity of designing my bowl and creating something that I loved. There was technique to learn and mistakes to avoid but overall I'd say I executed it well. The main thing I learned in this project is patience because good things take time.

This clay whistle project was another one I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved the creative freedom of making the whistle whatever we wanted it to be. Although the end of this project was so fun the beginning was a little frustrating. In order to make your whistle actually whistle you have to be super precise and its a lot of trial and error. But once I got past that part I loved making it my own.

This project was not only challenging but fun once we learned how to apply the skills we were learning. Like most art projects this took patience and an open mind. When watercoloring it is important to add layers and let them dry in between so you can add value to your painting. I chose an orca because I think they are very cool creatures and I chose to do a monochromatic blue/teal color scheme.

This project taught me the skills of paying attention to detail and being patient. You have to go slow and be intentional with oil pastel because once you color there's no going back. A main objective with this project was making the colors blend but also not be flat. We wanted dimension and draw the eye to the whole piece. Overall I had a lot of fun with this project and learned a lot.

This project was one of my favorites and I had so much fun picking the color combinations between the ink and the paper and creating a book out of it. The most challenging part was when we had to shave the shape of our bird on the plate and make it perfect. There were lots of trial and errors but it ended up being worth it. This picture was my favorite that I printed, I printed it on pink banana paper which is super thin so I had to be super delicate with it. Overall, I had a fun time making this printing book and creating unique color combinations.