Oil Pastel Portrait

This week we created a portriat of anyone of our choice and colored the picture using oil pastels. The colors that we used had to look unrealistic (blue face, green hair). The idea of this project was to create highlights and shadows using colored pastels. I think that this project was successful, but I wish that I could have done a better job shading the face. My favorite part of my drawing is the hair, with the shading and highlights my hair actually looks curly. The hardest part of this project was creating the shadows because you had to layer the pastels several times. Because of this project, I learned how to shade with color, and not only in black and white. This project was a fun experience for me, and I enjoyed adding detail to several parts of the picture.

In class we teamed up into groups and created a mud painting of a piece of classical art. My group chose to do The Scream. Each of us worked on a separate part of the painting to distribute it to the sidewalk in chalk. Then we each choose a different shade of mud and painted our own sections. I think this piece was successful, but could have been neater in the lines. The most difficult part about this project was painting the details with lumpy mud and making the lines straight. If I were to do this project over again I would probably try to take my time in painting certain sections to make it look neat and clean. I learned that there are many different ways to recreate certain paintings that are simple, but have detail (in the value scale grays).This project was definitely something new, that I have never tried before and was a fun experience.

Value Scale Drawing

In art we had the assignment of drawing another person in the class using value scales. We were supposed to use shading in many areas to try to make it look like our picture of the person. I think my drawing came out good, but the shading could have been done better by making it look natural instead of a few shapes. The most difficult part about this piece was making the shading look realistic. I learned that it is important to take your time when shading and it is better to try not to erase too many things. When I had erased some lines I had drawn, I tried to color over it, but the pencil marks showed through. Overall, this was a fun and new activity to try!

In class, we were assigned to create an animal hand drawing for homework. We based our drawing off of an artist who paints people's hands like an animal. I decided to make a toucan. I think my drawing is good, but I would have liked to color it darker.

Cassette Tape Palm Tree

In class we made pictures out of cassette tape film. I choose to make a palm tree. I decided to fill in the palm tree instead of making the outline to show a look of rough texture. If I were to do this project again, I would probably try making the texture stand out more. The hardest part while I was doing this project would be controlling the placement of the cassette tape strips when I was glueing them down. I learned how to use a new technique of art that I never thought I could do!