Art x 3

Overall, this experience was difficult for me. At first I didn't understand why I was putting work into the picture and then having to pass on my unfinished masterpiece. Then when it was passed on to me it was like starting all over. First I had to understand the unfinished art before I was able to add on to it to make it my own. I came across two different collages that I had to work on that didn't originally belong to me. The last one I was able to work on, I completed and kept as my own. There are so many hidden meanings in this picture, just like the realities of being a celebrity are hidden.

What Blue Can Do

Our art class was inspired by the artist, Portia Munson, to create a pile of things that are all the same color. Everyone put in two blue things. What may be treasure to you could be trash to someone else's eyes. Or maybe someone put trash in and it became eye catching for someone else. Not everyone is a fan of Portia's art. Maybe they don't understand what she tries to represent through her artwork. When everything is one color nothing stands out. What is shown is the characteristics and real beauty of each piece. The pile becomes a fascinating collection, not a pile of trash. The beauty of the art relies on how you see it through your own eyes.

My Very Own Collection

For as long as I can remember, I have always had this fascination with my mother's Christmas village. When I was young the village was very small and had few houses and a couple tiny porcelain people. As I grew the village did too. I would buy people and pets and snowmen and trees. Everything and anything you can imagine is in my village but in a small glass form. We even have a Walmart and a Joan Fabrics. Every year I set it up for Christmas. I just find it so cute and it became my own Christmas tradition to set it up all by myself. The result, seeing each house or church or store lit up and all the tiny village people walking or playing in the snow, is absolutely worth every minute I put into it.

Comparing the Two

    Throughout the process of me drawing and coloring the Candy jar, I would switch back to drawing the bike with graphite pencils. It truly is a big difference. I almost forgot a couple times how to shade with pencil. When using the color pencil, it's amazing how many different colors you can get just by layering different colors. Shading takes a lot more patience and you need to find your own way of finding value. My goal is for both of my drawing to be really realistic and high in value and composition. I feel that I was able to capture that in my Bicycle drawing but I have yet to really achieve it for my cand jar. Overall, they were both really fun and challenging assignments, and that's what I enjoy most.

       Ive been working on this for quite a bit and as you can see it is still not even close to being finished. Our assignment was to draw a glass jar filled with candy. Even though this is my third year of art, I am still finding it very challenging to accomplish this particular assignment. A question that I kept asking myself, "how do you draw and color something that is clear?" It's not easy, but you just have to take it step by step. And keep your eyes wide open and focused. There are suprisingly many splashes of color on a glass jar once you have it filled with yummy delicious candy. Although I am not finished yet, I am looking forward to working harder and using the colored pencils to make my drawing as realistic as possible.

       The hardest part of the bicycle drawing was finding the perfect angle of the bike to draw. Once i found it, I became more motivated to draw and try my hardest. I feel as though this year my drawing and shading with graphite pencils really improved. The values of my drawing stands out a lot more and you can really get an idea of how realistic the drawing appears. There are many techniques to shading with graphite pencils including pressure, layering, and not coloring specific spots at all for an illusion of the reflection of light. I was able to use them all to creat a realistic life-like version of the bicycle. Although it took me a lot of time and effort,  I enjoyed every minute of it.

Although this is my third year of art during high school, I'm still excited for what this year has to offer. Every year you learn and create new things. And every year I am surprised with the results of all of my work. Art is never dull and boring, at least not for me. This year my goal is to put my best effort into all of work and continue to evolve into a better artist. I'm back for a third year for another exciting adventure! Enjoy fellow classmates.