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End of Term Reflection

             This Term I thought I came really far with learning new techniques and using materials in art principles. I learned how shading and light make a difference and, all of the principals of design including movement and emphasis. I have grown as an artist because of the way we tried new things and it didn't matter if it was perfect it taught me to be a really open minded artist and to let things fall in place. My biggest success was to not stress about what I was making and to make sure I was following the rules for the art but not making critic it to much. At first this was a challenge for me on tuesdays when we had to draw from observation but, now I feel it is easier. In the future I will remember to not make everything perfect because as long as the artist likes it then it does not need to be perfect for others eyes.

Chair With Coat.

HOW did you find today's still life more or less complicated to draw than the still lives over the past few weeks (white paper, sticks, fabric)? Be specific.

HOW did you use some of the skills we've developed over the past three weeks drawing more complicated still lives to draw the chair with coat today? What are these skills?

I found it harder cause it was one specific specific object of the chair and I felt it was harder to draw than the past weeks. I tried to put lots of detail in my work and be loose like last time. Also, their were different types of material like fabric and wood and cushion that were hard to do with lighting and shading. Although, when drawing the coat I tried to be loose and then add detail later, which is what we have almost done every week. I sometimes struggled when drawing the chair. Overall, this week was very tough i thought. 

Positives and Negatives of a Winter

Insert photo(s) of your Glass Half Full project here.

Describe the concept for your work.
Describe how the process of making this piece went for you.
What struggles did you encounter?
What did you discover?
What feedback did you get along the way and from whom?
What aspects of the work do you think are most successful?

In my two drawings I tried to show the positives of winter on one piece of paper and the negatives on another. The struggles I and were trying to incorporate all of the principales of design especially symmetry. Emphasis I thought was succesful for me cause i made one object big to make it seem like it is the center of attention. Also with movment the road I thought was good representation. I discovered though that there are many more poitives than negatives for me in winter so it was harder to drw the negatives. Overall, I liked my final art work.

Principles of Design Research

         When looking at my picture of Paul Revere I noticed that the emphasis was on the buildings because their was a light that was shining on the buildings as if they wanted us to look at the buildings as the center because it was in the middle of the painting and the placement made it be the first thing I looked at. Also, the road made me think it was the movement of the painting and implied movement. I thought the proportions were in the buildings and how some were big and some were small and it brought balance and also had added symmetry I thought because it made it look like an actual town. Overall, I thought the painting showed lots of the principals of design.

Fabric Drawings

Today you drew some fabric hanging in the middle of the room.
You were asked to think about creating the feeling of the fabric's weight and behavior in your drawing.
You were asked to build the drawing from the general to the specific.

How did it go?
How did it feel to try to recreate the fabric you saw?
How did today's drawing feel different than last week's drawing of the sticks?

For me it went pretty well as long as I was relaxed and didnt worry about how it was going in the beginning and just tried to get the drape feel to the fabric. As techniques I used I tried to use shading and also draw pattern to make it look more 3 demential. This was different from last week cause this was gravity and draping related and a little more flow in the fabric and the sticks were lines and detail in the lines. 

Feedback on Sculpture

When describing our Winter Home they said that it was very well executed and that you could tell it had a theme and what it was right from the begging. They said maybe for next time make it look a little more neat and not as scrambled and also that the snow and snowflakes were a good idea and really added to the sculpture and theme. Overall we got positive feedback.

Pile of Sticks

How did it go?
How did it feel to make the drawing?
How do you feel about the outcome?

When drawing the pile of sticks I just started by drawing a bunch of lines. When drawing it felt like I was just drawing random lines and I didn't know how to make it look like an actual pile of sticks. So then I tried to add detail by adding branches and detail to make it look like a stick. I thought the outcome was good and people can tell it is a pile of sticks. 

Found Object Sculpture Reflection

                                                                   Winter Home

When making the sculpture we knew right from the beginning that we wanted to use the candy machine for the base of the house and wanted to use the stuffing of a toy baby for snow. We used lots of the little objects we found in order to separate the big window to make it look as if it was a house window with 4 sections. We also created a little door at the bottom and made a chimney with a glass bottle and other little objects we had found. When making this sculpture I found that when you use hot glue you can make snowflakes for the house to make it look based in the winter. I thought the outcome looks very nice and we used lots of materials.

Found Images Collage Reflection

                                                                    To Much Technology?


My concept of this work was to make it look like what are world used to be and what it has come to be with al the new inventions and technology. At first i was going to have it be a nice scenery o the right side of hotels and luxuries but then realized that it was not much different than the left side. I instead tried to make it earthy and lots of outside objects and then technology and things that might over power that other side. I think people that might look at it may get my idea of how inventions and buildings and new inventions might be to much for people to handle.

Pour Paintings

When making the pour paintings it felt good to just be careless and not have any control. It made you feel like if you messed up you were not being blamed for it and it was what you were supposed to be doing. I was surprised when i saw all of the color when they were dry how they formed into one color and then formed into one shape i could identify. when i came back to my photo i saw a bunny and sine i used rainbow colors i decided to make  rainbow bunny and i hope to make it into a spring scene with flowers and my bunny and blue skies.

Mid-term Reflection

         I thought this term had gone very well in art class and I had made some really great work. My engagement was very good and I listened to all directions and participated in a positive way. I also thought I shared my ideas well with my fellow classmates and put in good ideas. My in class projects I thought were very well executed. I put a lot of work into my projects and thought the final product was creative and unique. In my sketchbook I tried to use many different styles and use many different materials in order for people to see I liked trying things new each week and I think my workbook came together very nicely. On tuesdays when we dropped everything and drew, at first I thought it would be frustrating because i'm not the best drawer. But, in the end I liked exploring the different techniques you wanted to use in order to get the biggest outcome of class. Overall, I feel I did very well and had fun.

The Changing Still Life

The three things that helped me accomplish my goal was to draw in a fast pace so then I would realize when something else is added or removed. The second thing is to draw to shade so i can identify the difference between each object and when erasing I would know which one to erase. The third thing is that I had to erase fast so then I could see what was being taken away and be able to add detail to the things that weren't erased. Overall today was quite frustrating but I learned a lot.

Feedback From Group

when getting my feedback i got both positive and constructive comments. One of my positive comments was that i had a great idea and was going in the right direction with my piece. Also. they said that i had lots of good pictures and cut outs. My constructive feed back was to move my butterflies to the other side cause their more environmental then they are luxury.

Three Forms Drawing

In a post on your blog describe how the drawing experience today felt. Describe specifically what you feel is successful about the results and/or anything you learned during the process.

Today we had to try to draw the objects based on shadowing and lightness. When I drew the object I tried to make it as exact as possible. Since I would not call myself the best drawer I was frustrated at first but towards the end I became comfortable with it. I found the pine cone to be the easiest because of the detail in the object and the amount of shadowing. I found the cup the hardest because I found it hard to find light and where it hit so I didn't know how exactly to draw it or what to do for it. Other than the difficulty with light and shadowing I found this activity fun and I felt successful.

Extending our findings from The Pour Paintings

I am doing a rainbow made out of collage inspired by rainbow bunny so it is going to be all of the same colors made out of magazine paper. When my group was giving me feedback they had said some things that were constructive and positive feedback. They said i had used good color and that me cutting out the colors from the magazine was good also since i have not drawn to much yet they said that they cant really tell how its going to work out but o far looks good. For constructive feedback they said that i might need to get more colors out of the magazines and that my lines are a little uneven and to even them out even more. I am excited to see how the project turns out.

Collaborative Drawing

How did having someone else work on your drawing add to or take away from the final result?
How did it FEEL to return to your drawing and see other people's marks on it?


It felt kind of weird having someone else's work on my own because what they had did was not what I would have done with it. Although it felt good to see others ideas and perspective of my painting and why they drew what they did. It felt  kinda surprising at first and go wow did people really think that was my view of the painting. But then in the end I could see why they drew it and what they were going for. Overall it was good to see some people in the classes ideas collide.

Talk and Draw

What was challenging about this experience? What would you do differently if you had to do this activity again?


Today in class we had to draw many objects on a table but we could not look at the table. Our partner had to describe to us where the objects were and what size, and shape they were. I found this activity very challenging cause I felt so tempted to look but I knew I couldn't. I found that when don't look though you don't feel as scared to get it perfect because you cant see it to know if what your drawing look exactly like it. If I could do this activity again I would try and find other things that look like what is on the table so then it would describe objects better. Like when I saw a cone on the table i said it looked like someone had put an ice cream up side down, I found it would be easy to find objects that look like it and descirbe that. I had fun with this  and was very engaged.

Reflecting on Blocks, Play-doh, and Finger Painting

          This art class we pretended as if we were 3 years old again. We fingerpainted and made towers out of blocks, and played with play-doh. When i had first touched the materials it felt really weird to have paint just carlessly on your hands.  At first i was tempted to pour paint everywhere but evntually i tried it and i felt so carless just throwing the paint everywhere on the paper and it being all messy all over my hands but what mattered was that i was making art and did not think about what anyone thought about it like. I remember when  always finger painted and played with play-doh and sometimes even ate the play-doh. I remember thinking to myself i believe its art if i like it and if someone else doesn't get it well they don't get me and my style. Today when throwing the paint on the page and building a tower and letting it fall and making a dinosaur out of play-doh. It brought me back to me knowing what the paint meant on the paper and what the dinosaur meant to me, although others may not get it, thats okay cause what you create is your uniqueness and what makes you true to you. I loved this art class and hope to do more stuff like this in the future.

Thinking About The Artist

Who is an artist?
What does it mean to be creative?
In 3 or 4 sentences describe what an artist needs to be productive and creative?

Everyone is in artist if they have there own personal ideas and style on things in life and they love to create. What it means to be creative is to create new ideas that no one has thought of or done before and to also be imaginative and have there own vision. An artists needs to be open minded in order to be creative and productive and be able to try out new things to see what works. They also need to be imaginative and be able to visualize what they are trying to create. Knowledge is also a good aspect in order to stay on track of things and know what you are creating and what else is needed. Lastly i think that personal style is the major aspect of creativity cause it gives you that signature that makes it you and thats what i think creative means is to be unique.

Reflecting on Picasso quote

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."


What do you think Pablo Picasso means by this statement?


In this statement I think Picasso means that every kid has there own way of expression and identity which makes them like an artist because artist have there own expression. Although when you grow up u might try to be like someone else so you will not have your own personal outlook on things and you will not be true to yourself. So when were young were all artists cause we are our own person and identity and when we grow up we must stay true to that.