Friends and Foes

This project is about working on colors and how realistic I could make this piece using tempera paints. This piece of artwork shows shape through the cat and the fish, point through the eyes and dots on the fish, and color throughout the whole piece. The strengths that I show in this piece is how I can get the color to be just as I want it to be. In this piece, there is nothing that I would like to change. I had lots of fun doing this project with the paints and the different colors. This project was made with tempra paints. I thought that this piece was difficult to get the colors right, but it wasn't the most difficult piece that I've ever done.

Spring Showers

This project is about how on a typical spring day in the park, there is so much green, so I emphasized how on a scene like this, the green takes over. I used colors in this mostly to show how in a scene like this, the greenery takes over. This picture shows my strengths with colors, and there is nothing I would like to change. I love doing paintings with watercolors and fun colors, so I really enjoyed doing this project. This project was made with watercolor paints. I thought that this piece was difficult to get every color right and in the right space without going outside of the lines in a very dramatic, unrealistic way.

Purple Cow

This is a project that is showing a phrase being taken into literal terms. "Purple Cow" is an ice cream flavor, and here, I put a purple-colored cow inside of an ice cream cup. This project shows color and shape through the cow itself and the color of the cow, as well as the color of the whole piece. This project shows my strengths in creativity, and there is nothing that I would like to change in this piece. I had lots of fun doing this piece and hopefully will be able to do more digital art pieces again in the future. This project was made as a digital art piece. I thought that this project was difficult to get just right, and it was done almost completely on my own.

A Bundle Of Joy

This project is about a phrase being taken into literal terms. People refer to a baby as a "bundle of joy," so I took a picture of a wrapped-up baby and turned it into literally, a bundle of joy. This picture shows point with the bird, shape through all of the different fonts of the word, "joy," and a soft color throughout the whole piece to make it seem younger. This piece shows my strengths in creativity, and there is nothing that I would like to change about this piece. I had lots of fun doing this project, and hopefully, I will be able to do more digital art pieces in the future. This project was made as a digital art piece. I thought that this piece of artwork was fun, but it wasn't the most challenging project that I've ever done.

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!