Spray Paint Stencils

In art, we created a spray paint picture using stencils. I choose to do a toucan. We used photoshop on the computer to make our picture black and white. Then we traced it on overheads so that we had no black or white islands. We cut out the shapes and had our stencils! I also built the frame and painted it blue.
I think that my picture came out great! I love the colors I used, and I think that the green in the back makes it look like the toucan is sitting in a rainforest. I think the project worked very well, except for the fact that it was difficult to spray paint it because it was raining and I was afraid it would smudge. It was also difficult to cut out the picture with a blade because of the curves. If I were to do this project over again I would probably paint the frame a different color to mach the rest of the picture. I enjoyed doing this project, and think that it was a very fun experience. I also love the outcome!!! :)

Brick Mosaic Art

In art, we created mosiacs on the wall of our courtyard. We each picked an animal (we choose a monkey) and colored in the bricks. Each brick would count as three pixels. Overall I think that our group did a great job because you can make out what the image is supposed to be. However, I think that we should have picked some more contrasting colors because most of our colors are in the same color family. Different colors would have made the monkey stand out a lot better. In our group we each colored different sections and swtitched on and off with calling colors, and coloring. This project was pretty simple, but it was tiring to color all of the blocks in the sun. I enjoyed this project and think that it was a very fun experience and I loved learning how to create a mosaic.

In this picture, my group and I are working on our mosaic.