Disaster Collage (Art Journal)

The theme of this project was the word disaster. What I had to do was create a collage using tissue paper and magazines. I also looked up pictures on the internet of disasters to use on this piece. I made this project my own by creating an original background with paper tissue and adding a quote that gave a postive take on disasters. "Only after disaster can we be resurrected." The only problem I had with this project is the fact that I spelled disaster wrong in my quote. Over all I like how it looks and I think I really grew with creating collages. 

Land Art

In this project Ally and I created a unique piece of land art. We used real leaves to create texture and a realistic element to our project. We got this idea from images we'd seen from Pinterest, but made it our own. We made it original by adding water color and sharpie. We added a person swinging on one of the trees to make it unique. I am overall proud of this project because it creates a happy and postive mood when you look at it. 

Sculpture

The theme of this story was to make art that tells a story. The message of my piece was to seize the day, also known as carpe diem. The idea of carpe diem is based all around time. A clique object that makes me people think of time is an hour glass. I incorporated the sun and the moon into the hour glass to represent day going into night. I found this image on the internet and and somewhat used it in my piece. 

I made my piece original by putting the sun and moon into the hour glass and not copying the exact details of the sun and moon. Over all I pleased with this project. 

DC Trip

The trip to DC was fun and tiring. I was running on three hours of sleep the entire day, but the trip was well worth it. We explored the art museums and also the DC area itself. It was cherry blossom season, which made the surrounding area even more beautiful. Here are some of the pictures I took of my favorite art pieces, and some I took of the scenery.

 

Perspective

The theme of this project was perspective and what fuels me. Music is my main inspiration and motivator in my daily life. One of my favorite bands is the Beatles. In this project I tried to recreate their album cover Abbey Road. The album cover uses one point perspective. 

I decided not to include any people or cars in the picture to simplify it. My medium of choice was chalk pastels, a rather hard medium to work with. I had trouble blending and keeping this project neat. I am not very pleased with the results but I like my concept.

Portrait

In this project I learned a lot about the value of shading and adding values. In order to make this project look realistic shading and values were key elements. I used colored pencils as my medium and learned how to create values with them. I gained a skill with a familiar material. I wish I had colored this piece darker but over all I am pleased.

Survival

Picture of Charles Darwin, creator of the theory survival of the fittest.