Color War

Term 1 Reflection

I think this term has gone very well for me and I have learned a lot. Compared to last year, I feel that my artwork has increased a big amount. I've learned many different things, which have all helped me in different aspects. One thing I have learned was the principles of design. I always knew what each of the parts were, but I think knowing what these principles really are, helped put words to what I was doing and thinking. I have also learned many small things that are helpful. I have learned how to blend better than I had already known, and whether to use charcoal or pencil. I think I have definitely grown as an artist. I have learned a lot, which has helped me grow. I think this year, I have put together everything I have learned and really tried to put it all in my work. What has surprised me is that if I put a lot of time and effort into my artwork instead of just giving up, it really does get better. I think my biggest success this year has been my extended pour painting. It took me a really long time, but I think it paid off. I used different materials in it. My last part involved using magazine cutouts to make a rainbow, which turned out to look really good. What I think challenged me most was the drop everything and draws. Although, it did get easier for me by the end of the term. I feel like I had a problem with making things look realistic and making them stand it. Something that really helped me with that was making the back round black. Advice I would have given myself at the beginning of the term would be to think outside of the box. Looking ahead, something I think I could work on would be to not give up. Even if art is frustrating, my work will always get better if I just keep going with it.

Chair With Coat

How I found today's still life less complicated then the still life's over the past few weeks was that I think everything came together. Over the past few weeks, I learned a lot and I think today I used everything I learned and put it all together. I think I still could have done better but I think it turned out well using everything I have learned. How I used some of the skills we've developed over the past three weeks was remembering how I made a mistake in my last drawing. I tried to think about how I messed up, and tried to do the same thing, but in the right way. Some of the skills were blending, emphasizing, and drawing the big picture.

Heart Breaking

The concept of my artwork was to have a full, bright, happy hear and a broken heart. The process went well for me and it was pretty easy. I brainstormed my idea before I drew it, and everything turned out the way we wanted it to. A struggle I encountered was the fact that it may have been too plain. I am not sure if I should have added more to it, but it looked filled up enough. I don't think there was anything else I thought would look good that I needed to add. I discovered that using the principles of design was really helpful. I tried to use as many aspects of it that I could. I think the most useful feedback I got was from Natalie and Sophie. They told me that in the drawing with the happy heart, I should add something on the edge of the paper, just too emphasize the heart even more. I think all my work was pretty successful. What I thought was most successful, though, was in the broken heart, the places where it was broken was in bold.