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Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Reflection on my goals for the semester:
one of the most important things I learned in this class about art is to start slow and be patient. I often used to jump right into my art and move right to the big things. I learned however that starting with light values and small things and working my way into the bigger darker parts will often give me better results. For example, in the practice watercolors we did, I started really dark at first and rushed my way through and it came out not very great. However, in the final watercolor, I started very light and slowly layered on the darker values and it came out so much better than my practice ones. This also applied to my drawings too, starting slowly and lightly so I could fix mistakes early on and make them look accurate and realistic. Another important thing I learned was that I have to be doing something I want to do, or it can get boring and frustrating and I won't put my all into it. I have to choose subjects and mediums that keep me entertained and wanting to go back to my art.
Practice Watercolor above
Final Watercolor below
Assignment I am most proud of:
I am most proud of my unsung hero project, at first, I was using paint to express my hero's story, which is definitely not my strongest medium nor my favorite. Then I switched to pastels, which I had never used before, but immediately took a liking to. It combined the parts of drawing I liked and found easy with the parts of painting I enjoyed, which made for a very fun piece of art. I'm proud of it because it is the piece that turned out the most how I wanted it to. My favorite part of the piece that catches my eye whenever I look at it is the shadows of the trees and Henrietta Leavitt, they look realistic and very smooth. I just wish I had gone over the earth and made the rest of it look as smooth and a little more 3 dimensional.
First Thoughts, Goals For This Semester
I make art primarily because I think well-done art looks really cool and to be able to create it is something I love to do, even if my art isn't as good as I would like it to be. I prefer drawing to other forms of art and getting better at it has been a long-term goal of mine. Mostly I would like to be able to draw people, and I have attempted to draw myself on multiple occasions but it never turns out to look exactly like me. I am taking this class because I am hoping it will lead to more progression in my drawing. Something I am interested in learning is what really makes faces different and how to portray that in a piece of art. Another part of drawing I would like to improve on is drawing with color, I struggle with that and normally I just try to avoid it.
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