Art Journal

Topic: Mind

How did you use it?

- Since my topic was mind, I cut out pieces of a magazine to create this image. In the picture, there is a baby sitting on a rock near a camp fire looking up into the midnight sky. The planets going from its head to the sky's purpose is to make it look like the baby is wondering. Almost like thought bubbles they put in comic books.

What is this artwork intended to say?

- This artwork is intended to say that once in awhile it's nice to just dream. Also, it shows the beauty in nighttime and the stars and sky.

What issues are you examining through your artwork?

- An issue I came across was filling up the page and not making it look plain. I got the main concept across by having the magazine part down. But then when it came to the outside I had trouble with that.

How is this artwork about who you are or what you like?

- This art piece describes me in a way about how I really like nighttime. I think it's beautiful and especially during summer.

When did you step back and analyze you work during this project? 

- I stepped back and analyzed my work once I glued down the magazine peices. I liked how I put everything together.

Did you consider how ideas would work before you tried them?

- Yes, I figured it would work out because before I glued everything down, I layed it in the positions I wanted. Like I thought it would, it worked(: 

Land Art

Questions:

How did you use your own unique ideas in your work?

- I came up with the idea to draw my name on the ground by using a muddy clay rock. The reason for this is because I thought it would be cool to use something from nature as chalk.

Did you use a source for inspiration, then combine it with your own ideas to make it original?

- Well basically my source of inspiration came from chalk. Since it's a land art project, using muddy clay rock seemed like a good idea.

Did you try something that you weren’t sure about as part of this project?

- I tried writing my name with an unfimiliar substance. It worked to my advantage and make my name bolder.

Did you pick a material or technique that was new or different over something that was familiar?

- The material I picked was a muddy clay rock like I stated above. I don't think a lot of people would look at clay as something to write with but I noticed how it leaves marker-like prints on concrete. Overall that's the main reason why I did my project this way(:

Sculpture

Questions:

What is this artwork intended to say?

- This artwork is intended to just make you think about summer and all the beach memories.

What issues are you examining through your artwork?

- The issues that I am coming across currently is how to make certain pieces of my project stand out. At first I wasn't really sure how to carve things out in the clay but then I got help from my teacher and took off from there.

How is this artwork about who you are or what you like?

- This artwork describes what I really love, which is the beach. It makes me think about all the fun moments i've had with family members and friends and it really is just a fun place to kick back and chill. I also love the calm sound of the waves when you are laying down in the sand. It's extremely relaxing and that's mainly why I love it.

Did you try something that you weren't sure about as part of this project?

- Yes, I wasn't sure how to make the drawing I drew on a piece of paper put onto clay. So I had to get a little more familiar with everything and then it all worked out.

Did you pick a material or technique that was new or different over something that was familiar?

- Yes, we had an option of what materials we wanted to use and I decided to go with clay. I've played with clay before for fun but never really as an art project. So this was kind of new to me but I enjoyed it.

Work in progress picture:

Final Product:

Perspective

Category 3: One point perspective

How did you use your own unique ideas in your work?

- I used my own unique ideas in multiple ways. At first, I was going to make my picture one point perspective with buildings on each side. Well, after drawing the right side of the street first, I thought it would be unique to put a country like area on the left side. So that's what I did to make it different from what you normally see. My motive behind making this piece was New York. People mainly know New York for its city but there is also a countryside to it. So I thought it would be kind of cool to show both views.

Did you use a source for inspiration, then combine it with your ideas to make it original?

- Well I did see a one point perspective picture of a city and the road narrowing more and more as you got to the top of the page. That's when I thought about New York City and also its countryside.

Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project?

- Yes, the new technique I learned how to do was one point perspective. Before this project, I kind of knew how to do one point perspective but i've learned interesting tricks and ways to make your art piece look more and more a certain perspective.

Did you gain skill with familiar materials?

- Yes, I gained more skill sketching with pencil and coloring with colored pencils.

Art History

The art piece my grouped picked for the music video is called "The Unicorn in Captivity". The movement of this piece is gothic art. Each person in my group including me helped paint the cardboard in order to design it. Jared was the main one who cut out the shapes on the cardboard and Kanyon was our unicorn for the video. If I were to do this project again, I would change how we managed our time. I think we all could've had better time management. 

Survival

Portrait

How did you use your own unique ideas in your work?

- I used my own unique idea by drawing a cartoon portrait of my younger brother Will. I did this because I really like drawing cartoon figures.

Did you use a source for inspiration, then combine it with your own ideas to make it original?

- I did find inspiration from the artist my art teacher showed us in class. His name is Kehinde Wiley. The portraits made by him are extremely different and unique from you everyday art portrait. 

How did you respond to challenges that occurred as you worked? 

- I simply responded to challenges by looking at the plan sketch I drew and tried to proportion everything that wasn't.

Did your work take an unexpected turn due to a mistake or did something happen that was unplanned?

- The head turned out to be a little bigger than I expected but when I took a step back and thought about it, that's what makes it kind of unique. Nothing has to be perfect so I accepted that.

GIF

The name of this GIF is "Sleep!". In the first clip, it shows a cartoon character leaving school. In the second clip it shows her running across the street and a car honking because she is in the way. The third clip shows her running to her house and the last clip is her laying down in bed sleeping. This GIF really relates to me because all I want to do when I leave school and get home is SLEEP! So I thought it would be interesting to draw a cartoon figure GIF and make it into something that relates to me.

Print Making

Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project?

- Yes, during this processes I learned a variety of different techniques. The first one I learned was how to use the cutter on the print piece and also what cut size to use. I found it interesting what each one could do to make your  print look better when it came time to be stamped. Also, I learned how to use different colors with the stamp to make one section stand out more than another. 

Did you gain skill with familiar materials? 

- Yes, I gained more skill with the paint. I've used paint in the past but not particularly like this. 

How did you respond to challenges that occurred as you worked?

- The way I responded to challenges was by just making the best out of it. If I tended to mess up on something, I would stop and think creatively.

Did your work take an unexpected turn due to a mistake or did something happen that was unplanned?

- Something unexpected that happened was when I started printing my print, the "tv" part didn't stand out like I thought it would so I had to go back and cut it out then print it on top of all the other prints. Also, when I first tried to draw the words "Music Television" it got too clumped together so I had to rearrange the words on the print. 

Meme

My Definition of Art: 

Art is anything and everything made with a creative sense. 

After seeing what other people believe is art, I think my definition is pretty valid.

Origami Project

Questions 6 & 7:

6. How did you respond to challenges that occurred as you worked?

- I responded to the challenges I faced by making it into my own origami shape. As I tried to create pieces I found on the Internet, I came across plenty of complications. For example, when I tried to make a rose it turned out to look a little bit like a spider or a 4-legged creature. One thing I learned while doing this project is to improvise when challenges come your way. 

Did your work take an unexpected turn due to a mistake or did something happen that was unplanned?

- My work took an unexpected turn due to a mistake. As I said for the question above, I tried to make a rose but it looked more like an animal so I just worked off of that. 

7. When did you step back and analyze you work during this project?

- I stepped back and analyzed my work when I realized that my piece was beginning to look a lot like a face. Since I saw it looked like a face, I chose to improvise and add parts to the project to make it look more and more like that. I had no clue when I started this project that I would be creating a face but that's that point of art right? Expect the unexpected:)

Color Project

Plan:

In Progress:

The theme that I have chosen is kind of a mixture between disguise and creature. The reason for this is because in my drawing, the person seems like it has a normal eye but as you take a look closer you realize it's an alligator eye. Basically disguising the eye of an animal on a human face, creating a sort of creature. The medium I've chosen to use are colored pencils. I did this because I thought it would be easier to bring out the characteristics of my art piece with this certain material. One difficulty that I have encountered while working on this project was lining up the facial features correctly. It's harder than it actually looks to draw an eye and make it fit perfectly on an art piece, but to my surprise, it is coming along better than I imagined.

Finished:

I really think my color project turned out very good. The area i'm mostly proud of was the eye shape and how it was proportional to the whole art piece. If I could go back and change one thing it would probably be to add a little more realistic features so that it would look even better. What I learned from this project is that taking your time with an art piece really affects the outcome. With this project it made me have to take some time to actually get my thoughts together about what I was going to make. Usually I can think of something right then and there but this one really made you think. The reason for this is because the themes weren't your everyday type of themes. They were different and caused you to think outside of the box a little bit. I enjoyed this color project!

Two In One Project

In Progress:
In art class we are doing a "Two in One" project. For my piece, I have decided to draw a sun wearing sunglasses and sticking its tongue out. Also, on the tongue is a wave resembling a wave in an ocean. The reason why I chose to draw this is because i'm extremely ready for summertime! I love everything about it because it's just really relaxing and fun and you don't have to go to school. I am using a regular pencil for now because I like the look of just pencil drawings. Later on in this project I might decide to use a different material on it but for now i'm sticking with pencil. I have had some difficulties along the way though. It's hard to make the final image look the same as the plan out sketch. The first difficult thing I ran into was drawing the circle for the sun. At first it looked like the shape of a head but after going through multiple erasers, I got it right where I wanted it to be. The last thing I seemed to have trouble with was drawing the mouth. Sometimes I tend to make the lips bigger than the eyes or just big in general but I managed to make it look proportional to the figure. After all is said and done, I actually think this will come out pretty good.

Finished:
Below is my finished piece for my Two in One project. Behind the sun I chose to add more details because it looks better when you don't leave white spots on the paper. I think my finished product came out great. I'm proud about everything I did (mainly the sun features). If I had to pick out something that I believe I would've done better was on the mouth area. The lips and the teeth could have used more detail but even with that being said, it looked great. If I was allowed to go back and change one thing in this art piece i would probably choose to redo the teeth. The reason for this is because I think if I spent a little more time on that area then it would look more realistic. I incorporated the theme "Two in One" by putting waves on the suns tongue, which resembles summer time. I really enjoyed this project because the teacher allowed us to use our own imagination and do what we pleased while at the same time doing what was required. Also, the materials used for this project depended on basically what we wanted to use. For a first project I think I did well. I'm looking forward to bettering my artistic skills!