Tensions project.

For this project i tried to show tension by pulling a rope from both ends causing tension. With only one string attached also. 

book carving project!!

Prompt: Explain how you developed your design for your book carving. How important was it to have a clear plan before starting? What were the challenges you faced when working on this project? Explain how you overcame them. Discuss your design and how it relates to the book you chose (if that was the case, if not just discuss design). Did you take any risks? How and why? Describe how you felt about the overall project and if you felt it was successful.


I developed my idea when I was thinking of something I would want to treasure for a long time and I was thinking something that would be personal to me. so I developed the idea of the pyramids. it is extremely important to make a big plan before working because that is the most important part of the project I faced lot challenges with the carving itself because it was complicated and it bothered my hands a lot. my design was the pyramids and I chose it because i'm Egyptian.

Flower girl!

1. How did you show amusement and variety in your piece? Explain your 

choice of subject matter and how you created a unified piece of art.

I showed amusement by the hair i had in the piece and and variety in the different flowers everywhere on her head

2. Describe your experience with using mixed media. What mixed media did you use for your piece?

I really enjoyed doing this projecta lot  because there was a lot of color involved and  i loved piecing the flowers and doing the 3D shirt.  

3. What role did our lessons on visual journaling play in the success of your piece? Explain.

The colors if the different flowers and in her eyes showed visual journaling

4. Discuss any challenges you experienced and how you overcame obstacles. I had a lot of challenges with the 3D shirt and piecing the flower sizes to specific places. 

Picture for portrait.

Nerds portrait!!!

1. Who did you choose to do a portrait of? Why did you choose that person? 
I chose a picture of my face next to Darian Washington, half mine, half hers. I chose it because we woked together and i thought it would be nice to have both of our together

2. When brainstorming about this project how did you decide what would be the best materials to use to create it? Explain how your material choice impacted the look of your piece. Why was this so important. Explain.
We thought candy would be a really cool thing, something colorful and we
Automatically thought of nerds candy. It impacted it hecause its
SOmething ew thay not alot of people think about. Its very unique

3. Describe the risks you took or that were involved in creating the project. What were the challenges you faced?
I took risks with simply using the medium because its very difficult and it ad a really hard disicion to make. The challenges we faced was aplying the nerds onto the cardboard which took alot of work
4. How did your choices impact the look and feel of the piece? Did your choice of materials have any connection with the person you chose to represent?  I felt mre creative and different.  Well not really because it was just a picture of my friend and I and I dont think it had aconnection 

sticky situation!

1. Explain how you developed your ideas for "Sticky Situation"i chose using an ice cream, cone fallen on the ground, because i wanted to choose something that would show something that was both sticky, and involves a bad situation , so i chose to paint an ice cream cone on the ground melting.2. Were you able to think outside the box when you were thinking about ideas?yes i decided to put cherries everywhere around the canvas to show repetition which was really outside of the box. 

3. You were to incorporate repetition, rhythm or pattern. How did you accomplish this?

i showed repetition in the amount of ice cream scoops and cherries in the background4. Describe your choice of media (acrylic, watercolor) and your challenges and successes while using it.i chose acrylic because i thought it would show the ice cream scoops and cherries as looking more realistic
5. How important were the mini lessons to the success of your final product?it showed me way or positions to put my ice cream cone in, but i liked it best sideways.

citrus 

1. Up close and Personal was our theme. How did you develop your ideas for this project and why did you choose your subject? i chose to draw an orange to show how the inside of an orange looks and how up close it is.

2. How did you demonstrate Emphasis in your work? i showed a lot of emphases the way the orange is placed and the way the table is seen so you can see emphasis 

3. What medium did you decide to use and why did you choose this medium over the others? Discuss how it enhances your piece. i used prismacolors for my medium. i feel like with prismacolor is shows more texture  

We encourage risk taking in art. Risk taking can be as simple as trying a new technique or learning about a new medium to as complex as trying something totally new. 

4.. Did you take any risks with this project? Explain. i took risks with the position i set the orange in. i though it would turn out bad but i like it

5. Of the 5 characteristics of great art (technique, concept, emotion, new, medium) which did you include in your art?

i used medium to show texture i my orange and table