This year I focused on expanding my knowledge of art. Last year I focused on
clean lines and a modern look to my work. This year I feel like my work is a
lot more loose and "free". Instead of making the piece
"perfect" I wanted to capture the more abstract feel of what I was
working on.
"Jamari"
I didn't mind this unit, but I can't say it was my favourite. I did learn how
to make my drawings proportionate which is key in any artwork. I liked how
these turned out, each one looks a little bit different even though it is of
the same person. I was hesitant on using charcoal, but I was trying to expand
my comfort zone. Charcoal still wouldn't be my first choice of medium, but I
did learn to use it better then I did before.
"NaturBank"
For this multi-media project, I literally wanted it to have media/technology
incorporated into it. For this project I planned for a panoramic picture that I
took to spin inside of the clear body of the bench. After many, many
experiments I found that my model and budget is too small for this to actually
function properly. My model still worked, just the motor was a little bit too
powerful for this to be executed to my expectations. I also wanted the modern
technology that was on the inside to be brought out in the outside, so I used a
solid black box as the base to represent the modern technology and to show that
it has a strong impact on nature and `everything living in it today. But the
significant part of my model was the opaque container with the panorama behind
it. Also I added a "Lid" which functioned as the seat out of stained
wood that I did myself.
"Set me Free"
In this pastel piece I had to choose a small section of a larger group
masterpiece to blow up into a larger pastel piece. I enjoyed this project, it
really helped with learning how to scale objects to different sizes. I like how
the background colours are pastel and light, and the black lines look like a
maze that doesn't end. Then there is the white spiral that represents the
"light at the end of the tunnel". I also enjoyed looking around at
everyone else's piece. Each one was picked from the same huge "mural"
yet all of them are completely different.
"Sunny Storms"
For this large painting we had to paint to music, I can't quite remember what
the music was, but from the look of painting it must of been upbeat and have a
little bit of a darker side to it. I started really light with blues and whites
and when the music got deeper I switched to blacks and greys. I like how this
looks, it looks like sun rays with a cloud obstructing it. I like the tones and
values that i created from mixing the whites and blacks in with the blue. I
feel like the purpose of this assignment was to get us to not just listen to
the music, but also feel the music and express how the music makes each
individual feel.
"Holton Rower"
Holton Rower is a New York artist that is known for his "dripping
art". He was our inspiration for our Palladio video. How we accomplished
this was, I originally did a test run at my home on my dining room table with a
coke can glued to a piece of plexiglass and I used some leftover wall paint. It
took at least 3 weeks for it to dry! So we had Mr. Hazelwood create a wooden
tower that we would use to create our own, and to film. We originally used just
the footage, but after the paint dried it looked really intricate and it turned
into a sculpture. This project was a lot of fun, seeing how the paint would
create many different patterns and designs was really interesting.
"Chinese Brush Art"
The chinese brush art unit this year I found was a lot more beneficial. We had
a professional brush artist come in and teach us more advanced techniques then
we learned last year. She taught us the common themes of traditional brush are
usually calming and personal to the artist. During this time the German
students were here, it was funny watching them try something that they probably
haven't even heard of. The German students also taught me that there is a fine
line between deep colours and paper mush! I enjoyed this unit a lot more with
the artist teaching us, and I could tell that she enjoyed what she did, which
came across in her teaching.
“Crayons”
My
inspiration for this melting wax art was off of many YouTube videos, and I
wanted to try it myself. It just so happened that a few weeks prior to me doing
this piece, we threw out most of our crayons because no body was using them! So
with the left over crayons, I attached them onto a blank canvas and I sat on my
kitchen floor for 1 hour melting the crayons with a hairdryer. I would like to
try this again, but on a larger and narrower canvas and maybe only with a few
varieties of colours and not the full spectrum. I did have some difficulty with
controlling the dripping wax and making sure that it doesn’t mix with its
complementary, I had a few issues, but in the end I think it was very
successful. I
