My best artwork of the semester was my final identity artwork. Although the figure sculpture was the most fun to make I really like how my cardboard portrait turned out and that I was able to express myself. I would like to redo the clay coil pot because it cracked and broke into 3 pieces. I think I should have spent more time connecting each layer. One useful thing I learned in art class that eventually hard work pays off so keep trying until it's done right. I wish I would have explored with plaster masks more this year than I did because I think they are cool and can be fun to make.
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My artwork is a cardboard portrait with no color. It is a boy with a decent amount of hair and he kind of looks mad. I created my artwork by cutting pieces off of a cardboard box. Then I drew the size of the face I wanted on a piece of paper and then traced it on the cardboard and cut it out. Then I did the same thing with the hair and the ears. I used a knife and stabbed the hair at an angle to give it texture. Then I glued on the ears and then the hair. Next I cut out the eyes, nose, mouth, and eyebrows and I glued them on. I drew a line on the mouth and drew eyeballs on the eyes and traced over it in black marker. The hair took a long time to get right. In this artwork I was trying to express that I am usually a serious person but I think because I drew the eyeballs a little to high up it kind of makes it look like I am angry. My goals for this artwork were to get the proportions right and express myself and I feel like I met them both. I like how my artwork turned out and I am glad that I didn't color it because I like the look of the cardboard.
My artwork is going good so far. I created another sketch but this one is more detailed and it is correctly proportioned. I gathered all of my materials which is cardboard, glue, markers, scissors, and a pencil. I stated by cutting out the piece for the face and then I did the hair and ears. I made some texture on the hair by carefully poking it with a knife. I am using develope and craft because I am trying a new technique with cardboard called layering. And I am expressing my identity in this artwork. I am sharing that I am usually a very serious person so in my cardboard portrait I am going to make the face look serious. My plan is a little different from the beginning because I am not going to color the whole thing. I like the shape of the hair and how the ears and hair layered nicely. I am currently working on cutting out the eyes.
For my final identity artwork, my plan is to create a cardboard portrait of myself. It will express myself and I will use develope and craft because I am going to be layering cardboard for the first time. My materials will be cardboard, markers, and glue. I might use some paint or pencil as well. I was inspired by the picture of cardboard portraits that I saw because they looked cool and fun to make and I have a lot of cardboard. I think the hair will be the most challenging part of the whole artwork.
My artwork is a clay figure of Baymax from the movie "Big Hero 6". It is about 5 inches tall and it is white. I started by looking online for simple clay figure ideas and then I sketched my design. Then I created it by first taking a big clump of clay and forming the stomach part, then I formed the legs, and then both the arms, and then lastly I did the head. Then I scored all of the pieces I was connecting and applied slip and stuck the pieces together. Once it was dry it was fired and then I glazed it with a white glaze. I am expressing that I think Baymax is cool. My goals for this artwork was to create a figure that looks cool from all angles and that can stand up on its own. My overall thoughts of this artwork is that I am bummed that it doesn't stand up on its own anymore since it was fired and I wish that it was more white instead of shiny.
I created a coil pot with my clay. The process was: first separate the clay into about seven equal pieces and the role out six of the pieces into logs about 8 inches long. Then I used the last piece to form the bottom of the pot. Lastly I scored all of the pieces on the top and bottom and then I used slip to connect them all. The main struggle is that the layers of the coil pot separated when it was fired the first time. I glazed my pot with mosaic blue, it is a very dark blue glaze. Two studio habits of mind related to my clay experience are envision and stretch and explore. I had to envision all of my steps before I started so I wouldn't run out of clay.
My plan is to create a clay figure of Baymax from the movie "Big Hero 6". I saw the picture below and it looked cool. I am not very good at working with clay so I wanted to try something simple but I am still trying to improve. I am learning to use new materials which is like develope and craft. And for stretch and explore, I am exploring with a material that I haven't used much.
My artwork is a hanging mobile that has a hanger and seven popsicle sticks hanging from it. Each popsicle stick is a different color of the rainbow. I created my artwork by gathering a metal hanger, seven popsicle sticks, and some string. I started out by coloring the popsicle sticks with sharpies and then I drilled holes in them and attached them to the hanger. The big idea behind my artwork is that I was trying to make a mobile like the one below that didn't represent anything. My goal for this artwork was to make it colorful. My overall thoughts of my artwork is that I like the way it turned out. Two of the principles that I used are balance and variety.
For my non representational artwork, one principle I will be working on is balance. I am making a mobile, so balance is very important. I was inspired by Alexander Calder's mobiles. The two studio habits of mind that I am working on are engage and persist, and develop craft. The materials I am going to use are metal hangers, string, paper, and some other small objects.
My artwork is made up of cardboard and paper tape therefore it is all brown. It is made up of 8 rectangular prisms that I put together on a piece of cardboard that is about 18 inches by 28 inches. I created my artwork by cutting out big rectangles out of a few cardboard boxes and then I measured and cut through on one side of the cardboard so it was easy to bend. Then I taped them all together with paper tape. The big idea behind this was to make a structure that was inspired by the artwork Soma Cube, by David Umemoto which is pictured below. My goals for this artwork was to make something like a building but more abstract. My overall thoughts of my artwork are that I like the original cardboard color and I am glad I didn't paint it. A studio habit of mind that I was practicing is envision, for the most part the artwork turned out how I wated it to from the begining.
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Joel CI am a sophomore in high school, this is my 3rd art class, My favorite thing to do is participate in sporting events. ArchivesCategories |