Amsterdam Travel Poster

This is a painting I did. I used an analogous color sceme of blue to red. I used all paint to create this peice. The biggest principles I used were contrast, color, and shape. I used contrast with the colors, putting black against purples and blues. I used color a lot to create interest. And I used shape with the things I advertised from Amsterdam. I have never painted simply on a peice of paper becore this. I learned a lot about paint and how to use it. I found painting very stressful and difficult. Throughout creating this I learned different techniques that worked best for me. This project was a first for me and I think I grew a lot. In the future I think I will be more comfortable with the medium I'll be working with and I think it will help the final product look better.

Clay Whistle

I made a whistle using clay of Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer. To start this project i made two pinch pots and put them together. Then i had a small rectangle and put it on the end of the sphere I had created. Then I put a hole in the rectangle that went all the way inside of the hallow sphere. Then a created a hole in the bottom of the sphere. Using trial and error, it soon made a whistling sound when I blew into it. I then added more peices of clay to the basic whistle to make it look like Rudolf. Form was the most important and dominate element I used. I used some carving tools to make some of the peices and to give the peice texture. I have never worked much with clay. I made a clay whistle in 5th grade but my art teacher helped a lot. I learned through this project how to shape and mold clay. This was a very challenging project for me but I learned a lot from creating this. In the future I feel clay work will be easier for me because of what I have learned from this project.

Self Portrait Project

This is a portrait I created of myself. I used graphite pencils and a range of values to create a 3D style drawing. Contrast and value are very important principles to use when drawing faces. They make the peice look realistic and life like. This project helped me practice proportions and observations in art. Through practice and activities prior to actually drawing this peice helped me to use more values then I typically do when drawing people. I think this project improved my ability to draw faces realistically.