Final Exam

1) My most successful project was Printmaking. It was difficult at times but wasn't too complicated for me. I didn't exceed all Mrs. Rossi's expectations but I did the best I could do. I was confident and pleased with the work that I did. It was fun to carve and paint the linoleum. The reason why I liked this project so much is because it was a challenge but not too stressful. I was able to do the artwork the way I wanted to, instead of trying to follow guidelines. This project was your imagination and your ideas and not what someone else was telling you to do. That's what I like about art, is it can be whatever you want it to be and not what others tell you and I think this Kangaroo Printmaking was the most successful project for me.

2) The project that taught me the most, the one I grew and developed from was the Value Car drawing. It required for you to follow the guidelines and technique to complete the project. Even though art is for you to do what you want, you need to know the basics and skills. Then you can take what you learn and prosper and be whatever artist you desire to be. With this project, I developed skills and learned how to draw an object based off an original copy. In addition, I learned how to use value into my artwork. There were so many factors that played into the overall finishing product. I really learned how to use what I was taught and put it to some use.

3) The project that required a lot of skills and techniques was the Cartoon Skeleton. You didn't have anything to base the actual skeleton off of. It depended on what you know about the basic human skeleton and then applying that to the cartoon. This project showed what you truly are capable of. If you could take the skills that you learned and figure out how to make things work. At times I got really frustrated and wondered if I was even capable of doing this. I would critique my work and try to perfect it the best I could. In the end, I was very proud and pleased with the way everything had turned out.

4) The project that I honestly felt was unimportant and not useful was the Stencil Portrait. Everyone, especially me, seemed to be struggling a lot when it came to this project. It was hard to make sure everything was aligned and all went together. I compared my final project to the original picture and it looked nothing alike. It was difficult to use the spray paint and was very messy. This didn't help me grow as an artist whatsoever. If anything, the only thing I learned is that I do not have the patience for this and that my artwork was such a failure. The process was frustrating and it was just a very difficult project overall.

5) Out of all the projects, the artwork that reflected me the most was the Clay Tiles. I love working with clay because it's such a fun experience. We had to create a biome with an animal in it using clay for this project. I also love nature so I was looking forward to this project. The thing about clay is it can be hard to work with but it isn't impossible. This project was one of the easier projects to do but you can still make it your own piece of art. It reflects me because I chose to make the clay into a manatee in it's natural habitat and manatees have always interested me. The overall project was a fun experience and it was definitely one of my favorite projects we had to do.

Printmaking

For this project we had to find references for different animals and their habitats.  I chose the kangaroo and it's habitat was in the desert. The next step was tracing a sketch based off the references I had in my sketchbook.  Then I traced my sketch onto the linoleum and cut out the areas that I wanted to stay white.  Next I rolled paint over the linoleum and then pressed it down onto paper. This was my best final project out of the 5 I had completed. I either used too much paint or too less and this was the best ratio I could achieve. The only problem is I still used too much paint for what was expected. I enjoyed printmaking but next time I'll remember that in this scenario, having too much can not always work out.


Angry Pancake and Frog Tongue

So for our project today we had to use Photoshop. We had two final projects and for each one you had to combine two pictures together. Our objective was to combine the two photos together to form an angry pancake and a frog tongue. This seemed difficult at first but while watching the video that gave us step-by-step directions, I was amazed by how easy it was. There was so many options and ways to create the angry pancake and frog tongue. The tools that Photoshop provided were very easy to use and understand. I think this was a great experience and very easy.

Spraypaint Stencil

For our spraypaint stenciI, we needed a picture that had different values. I chose this because there was good lighting and shadowing which showed different values. After we chose our picture, we used photoshop to edit and find colors that complimented each other. Once that was done, we traced our picture and drew the values on different cardboard pieces then spraypainted them. My final project was not as recognizable and defined as the original picture. I think this was because I had trouble keeping the different values aligned. Besides that, I think this project was overall fun but slightly challenging because of the tracing and alignment.

Contour Line Drawing

In Art 1, our next project was shoe contour line drawings. We had practiced with contour line drawings by attempting to draw a shell and our hands. At first, those drawings were not at all how the original object appeared but over time my skills had improved. With enough practice and sketches, I finally was confident with my final project. It was not the best drawing but it was the best I could do. I struggled with the 3D effect and the flow of the lines but with practice and time, I will be able to do much better.

Pinocchio's Skeletal System

For our assignment we had to draw a skeletal system for a cartoon character we had in mind. When the assignment was being discussed, I was quite nervous because I'm not the best imaginative drawer. With this assignment you have to vision the skeletal system and how it would cooperate with the character which seemed like a huge task to take on. I wanted to choose a character that seemed relatively easy yet still somewhat of a challenge. I choose Pinocchio because he is a human so he had every bone in the skeletal system. Even though I was nervous at first, this assignment went more smoothly than planned. I am pleased with my work but I know after taking this class I will learn more artistic skills and be able to improve in my artwork. I enjoyed this project and cannot wait for more projects to take on!