Reflection

(upside down)

How do I feel about the outcome?
I feel that this was one of my best projects. I got to experiment a lot with coloring here. as you can see on the leaves, I used white and silver. combining these colors and creating a smooth transition made it look like the leaves had a bit of shine to them.

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process:
First, I took apart a mini disco globe whose parts would be the key elements in the turtle shell. Next, I needed a base to glue things onto. I chose mesh, since hot glue will connect it to almost anything. I stuffed the form with paper to hold it up. Then I found all different types of objects and glued them onto the mesh. I have not finished this project.

who and how this sculpture represents.
This sculpture represents my grandmother. She's slow, but she's very inspiring and creative. I was going to display that through a colorful turtle shell.

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What decisions did I make to help describe my family?:
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish this portrait. But I was going to have my brother's piece close to my mom's because they are really close and connected. My Dad's piece would be a little farther away: closer to my mom than my brother. Finally, I would be much farther away. Closer to my dad, then my mom, and finally my brother. Him and I would be on opposite sides of the board.

What is the biggest strength of this portrait?:
At this point, I think the colors in the center of the board are the strongest. The variety of them subtly illustrate the differences between the people in my family.

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What is the story?:
The story that I am trying to tell is how two kids can develop a friendship so quickly. These two kids wander off from their families to play together. Soon, the parents realize that their children are missing and search for them. Eventually, the dog finds the kids and brings them back. The parents, overwhelmed by their disappearance, no longer let them out of their sight. And so the two kids never see each other again. "Short" in Short Friendship basically means "Short-Lived"

What did I have to do?
I had to do a lot of cutting in this project. Separating one of the child from the mother was a challenge because the mother was photographed hugging the child. To convey the emotions, I used paint in the backgrounds. Also, I used objects in the pictures to create entirely different objects. For example, the columns became trees.

How do the principles of Design help me tell the story?:
In the first picture, there are repeating trees. The repetition sends the lookers eyes to the right. This does two things: Show that the dog is watching the kids, and show which direction the kids were heading off. In the second picture, I have a radial balance to show the passage of time on the face of a clock.

Reflection on Self Portrait

The two aspects:

I wanted to create two of my personalities which had the most contrast. For one side, I chose hot colors to illustrate a fiery side of me. This probably also includes adventurous, fun. It could also be percieved as devious or plotting. The other side has mellow, cool tones to express adjectives like "good" and "honest". For both sides, my background consists of the opposite colors. I did this for contrast, but also to show that I have some kindness in my fiery side, and fire in my kind side.

Challenges:

One of the biggest challenges for me was the value. I knew that choosing "hot" and "cool" colors instead of just one color for each side would be a challenge, because there was still the aspect of value. As you can see, I managed to add value in my nice side. With the devious side, I experimented more with color so my touch with value faded a bit. Another challenge was hiding the grid lines by the paint. I needed enough water in the paint to spread it, but I couldnt use too much or the lines would show.

Next time:

If I chose to do this painting again, I would choose one color for each side so I could improve and experiment with value.

Reflection

If I could do one of the projects from this term again, I would do the found object sculpture. I am really into 3-d art; the sculpture project applies to what I'm working on with my "innovative" material outfits. If I could choose what I made, then I would probably make miniature objects, like paper weights.

Of all the artists I researched, I think that Dale Chihuly is the most interesting because his glass is so intricate, yet random. His works are also very large, and must be hard to work with. His colors are vibrant and the shapes vary interestingly.

I See The Light Drawing

Morning sparkles

The story I am trying to tell in my collage is in the morning, when the sunlight comes into my room, it shines on this ornament I have with a prism. When the light hits the prism, it shoots small rainbows all over my room.

I used value in my drawing to show shadows and sunlit areas, folds, and 3-d. My favorite area of value was the curtains.

The most challenging aspect of this drawing was the wall. I couldnt get the values dark enough so I kept drawing over it. The ornament was also hard to draw because i had to fit in all the details but it was really small.

The most successful aspect of my drawing was the curtains. Because I like to design fashion, I have had lots of practice with the 3-d effects of fabric.

Story Collage

Same Difference


The story I am trying to tell in my collage is about my first fashion design class at the Rhode Island School of Design. Most of the girls there wore lots of jewelry and expensive outfits, and I was one of the plainer girls. The obvious difference in fashion, however, didn't matter to me because my designs were better than some of the most fashionable girls in the classroom. I am the girl in the middle between two stlylish girls. Our work is posted on the wall behind us, with the grade "A" for the two girls' designs and "A+" for my design to represent the difference in talent.

The most challenging aspect of making this collage was making 3-d objects like the curls for the blue hair and the gold earrings. I also made the sketches on the wall pop out like canvas. This was extremely difficult becuase the paper wouldn't smooth out after a crease had been made, so everytime i changed my mind i would have to cut out another sheet.

The most succesful aspects of my collage are the two fashionable girls on the sides. I had a lot of fun with deciding the hair style and what jewelry they should be wearing. At first I had all the features 2-d, then I went back and wondered which features could stand out more.