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. 

Printmaking

I used my own ideas in this project by picking what I thought was pop art. This is a picture of tyler the creator, a person who I think most could recognize. In this project I learned how difficult printmaking is. They're are many layers to create just one small image. The more layers I did the easier it became. If I had been neater I think my project would've come out better, but I am happy with the results. 

Gif

This gif relates to me because it represents my love for music

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