Goals for Quarter 2

My three goals in art studio 8 for quarter 2 are 1.) to learn how to be precise with sculptures. I want to accomplish this goal because I think that being able to do only 2D pieces of art won't get me as far in my art as being able to do both 2D and 3D art would. In order to complete this goal, I will create sculptures this quarter, and I will create them as carefully as I can. In completing this goal, I will be learning a new art skill. I will know that I have reached this goal, because once I am completely satisfied with what I did, I know that I will have completed my personal goal for creating precise sculptures. 2.) to become better at making clay sculptures smoother. I want to be able to do this, because making pieces of art that aren't smooth don't look as carefully done as pieces of art are that are less smooth, even if the artist who did the messier-looking piece took longer on it that the person with the smoother piece did on their sculpture. Therefore, I want to mater the skill of being able to make smooth and nicer-looking clay pieces this quarter. I will complete this goal by creating carefully done clay sculptures this quarter. Doing this will help me improve my skills on making clay sculptures. I will know that I have reached this goal, because once I am completely satisfied with what I did, I know that I will have completed my personal goal for making smoother clay sculptures. 3.) to be able to do a careful and complete-looking painting. I want to be able to complete this goal this quarter because doing not-as-carefully-done paintings does not look like a lot of work was put into them, and they don't look like they were done by an 8th grader either. In order to complete this goal, I will slowly and carefully complete a neatly-done painting. Doing this will help me improve on my old skills of painting. I will know that I have reached this goal, because once I am completely satisfied with what I did, I know that I will have completed my personal goal for making more precise and exact paintings.

A Typical Autumn Saturday Afternoon in New England

For my 2nd piece, I painted a picture that I call "A Typical Autumn Saturday Afternoon in New England." For creating this piece of artwork, I used acrylic paints and white paper. This piece of artwork is 9.5" h and 7.5" d. This piece of artwork has a sky blue color as the background, and an enormous tree in the foreground. In this tree, there are leaves the color of what they would be around this time of year in New England; red, orange, yellow, and brown. Also, in this picture, I included a small man raking the falling leaves to emphasize the largeness of the tree. Another thing that I added to make this painting look more realistic, is the bag that the leaves are being put into from Lows. I think that the idea and the design turned out well, but I think that the craftsmanship could have been better. I think that I should have made this picture should have been less 'cartoon looking,' and more realistic looking. This is the only thing that I wish that I could change in this picture. The meaning of this picture is to exaggerate how beautiful the trees may be in New England towards this time of year, but it mostly exaggerates how much work there is to it too. What I learned most about doing with this project is to always do the background layer first! In my opinion, I think that making this picture more detailed would make it more meaningful to me. I really enjoyed painting this past quarter, but I think that I should expand my horizons and use other materials in my artwork too.

Falling Apart

For my 1st project, I made a piece called "Falling Apart." In this piece, I used clay and glaze to make it. It is 7" w, 5" h, and 6" d. This piece is of a flower that is "falling apart," but the fun part of this piece of artwork is that not only is the flower "falling apart," but so is the vase. The vase's paint was done in a way to make it seem like it was spilling out, or all over the place. I made this piece of artwork like this because of how unrealistic it is, which also helps make the piece more eye-catching and interesting. I made some leaves on the base of this piece to go along with the title, and to go along with what the vase looks like. In this piece, what I think came out well is the design, craftsmanship, and idea. The only thing that I wish I could change is the colors. I wish that I knew exactly what colors it would be when I picked out the glazes. The only problem was, was that I didn't know what colors were what with the glazes, and I just had to improvise when it came to choosing colors. This project shows my love for flowers put into a 3-dimensional form. I learned for next time that I need to be more cautious of how smooth I make my edges, and I gained a better ability in making the clay pieces go in the direction that I wanted them to go. The shapes of the petals and the actual flower is what I value the most in this project. I really enjoyed making this project, and I hope to do more clay pieces in the future!

This is a piece of artwork by the famous artist Pablo Picasso. The site that I got this piece from the following website. http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getposter.asp&APNum=336396&CID=712A10A68D4B4495A55FFD6B5921200D&PPID=1&search=27394&f=c&FindID=27394&P=1&PP=29&sortby=PD&cname=Pablo+Picasso&SearchID=

I think that this piece of artwork is very eye-catching from its color. I like how the colors of the petals and of the center of the flowers change for each flower to make the picture more abstract. Also, I like how the hands in this picture are not colored in so the picture is not too overwhelming, but at the same time, it is still intriguing. I also like the subject matter of this piece of artwork for its subject and what it's made of. I love flowers and colors. I really enjoy looking at colors, as well as painting with them and using them. I like abstract paintings most too, and this painting not only has colorful flowers, but it is also abstract. These are a couple of reasons why this piece of artwork came to my appealing.

What Makes a Good Quality Self-Designed Art Project

During art this year, I am very excited to use what I know already to reach out into new areas of art that I may not be as familiar with than I am with others. The ways of working with art that most appeal to me is painting and clay. I really like paintings because they have so much emotion in them. They have the ability to make a sad, depressing scene into a happy one, or change the mood from a happy scene to a sadder scene. Mostly, these emotions can be made by using shapes and colors, but without using paints, it's just not the same. Markers and crayons have color, but paint makes the artwork some much more alive. Clay also brings things to life in a 3D way, and I find looking at clay sculptures very interesting.

This year, I think that my colorful and detailed paintings and my very fragile clay sculptures will be most valuable to me this year. This year, my first piece of artwork will be a very detailed painting of a city with a hint of cartoon in the picture. I know that this will be a good project because this is not something that I have ever done before, and it will be something fun to play with.This year in art, I hope to make many successful pieces of artwork and make it a successful year.