Artist Statement
Title : Simple
My piece depicts a girl. The most obvious element is value. The most obvious principle is contrast.
To create this piece, I did the outline for the drawing. Then I started on the eye. I added details to both eyes then began shading in on the face. Afterwards, I started drawing the lines in the hair to make it look more realistic.
My inspiration for this piece was this is a person that I am close friends with. The emotion I tried to convey was this was a peaceful face expression. Just like a person was chilling.
My goal as an artist was to make my portraits look more realistic. I did reach my goal because I grew from the first time I drew my first portrait. It looks more realistic and the value blended very well.
By creating this piece, I learned how to shade and how to make my drawings more realistic. Overall, I do like my piece because I took my time with it and it came out better than I thought it would. I will use what I learned on this piece for future work because it will be beneficial for my goal to do better on portraits.
Artist Statement
Title : Changes
My piece depicts a background that is purple. The hair is cut short and the eyes are white. There are flowers , gravatating around her. The most obvious element is texture. The most obvious principle is layering.
To create this piece, I did the outline for the painting. I sketched out the drawing and filled the background in in an almost water color type. I then start adding color to her skin and the color around her eyes. I then went in with a blackish type color to add texture to her hair.
My inspiration for this piece was I liked how there wasn't' t any emotion in the eye but at the same time you could tell she was gravitating. The emotion I tried to convey was this was a new eye opener.
My goal as an artist was to make hair look more natural and more realistic but with paint and I knew that it would be a challenge. I did reach my goal because when I first started out, it was really coming together until I used smaller brushes to add texture and added in white to make a highlight.
By creating this piece, I learned how to layer paint on top on dry paint and hoe to add texture when painting hair. Overall, I do like my piece because it was a process to get through. I didn't know where to begin and I didn't think it would've came out the way it did. I will use what I learned on this piece for future work because whenever I need to paint anything then I will know how to make it more realistic looking, which in my major goal in art this year.
title : burger
For my piece, I constructed a hamburger. At the bottom is a bun, with a patty, then two pieces of lettuce placed on top on the burger. It is then a tomato with cheese to look as if it melted on top.I then added onions and sauce. ( ketchup ) The subject matter I used was clay.
I created my artwork by starting off with a slab. I wedged it and turned it into my base. I then added a coil to began building my burger. I used it for the burger then begun adding on. I used slip and scoring to keep the pieces of clay together. When making coils, used different techniques like wedging.
My inspiration for this project is I was hungry at the time and I knew I wanted my project to be a food. At first, I started off with a pineapple but then later switched to the hamburger because I thought it would make a neat pot. My emotion for food should have been shown in my artwork.
My goal as an artist is to improve in anything and everything I do. This piece did help me reach my goal but not 100%. With this piece, it was a challenge trying to get the sandwich to come intact. My goal for my clay piece was reached. I wanted to be challenged and that's what I got.
When I created my artwork, I couldn't see it coming together but now that I am finished, it came out the way I imagined it. The final piece did come out the way I wanted. This will influence my future work by having the knowledge to do clay work.
Title : Homer
For my piece, I painted a picture of Homer Simpson's face. I blew his face up to where you can only see his mouth to his collar. In the picture, he is eating a pink sprinkled donut while drinking coffee. The title of my piece is "Homer." The elements I used to create my work were color and lines. The principles that were created were emphasis. I say this because the colors being on top of black made it pop more when I created more layers.
For "Homer", I used a pencil and paint. When I sketched out my piece unto the board. I tried to erase, but it was difficult. It left marks so I decided to paint the whole background black and free hand the drawing. I used layering to get the colors to pop more on the black background. After that, I attempted to make it look like pop art by adding in white lines behind Homer's body but it failed
What inspired me to do my work was I remembered what my final piece was from last year. For my art show piece, I had the same idea. I wanted to add a collection of The Simpson's based theme art in my room. My work expresses more of a personal issue than social. Emotions I tried to convey in this piece were him being relaxed and just enjoying his donut.
My goals as an artist is to get better and to challenge myself at doing things I never thought I could do. I want to be able to draw portraits and sketches with more details and growth. This piece did not help me complete this goal. "Homer" was more of something I wanted rather than needed.
Something I learned when creating this art piece was don't wait until the last minute to try and do things. My final piece did not come out the way I planned. It was rushed and at the time, I did panic. This will influence my future work by knowing when and how to plan ahead so I give myself more time to construct my work.
Artist Statement
Title: Seasons
My piece depicts three multicolored columns. In the first column, a warm color scheme gradually fades into the next color. The second column has more of a leafy green and yellow type color to it. The last column consist of cold colors such as blue, purple and a tad bit of white. Each column has part of a black tree branch going through it. Finally, each color scheme has a texture on it as well. The most obvious element is texture and color. The most obvious principle is contrast.
To create this piece, I first drew a sketch of my drawing in my sketchbook to play with the colors a bit. Once I figured out what colors blended well, I sketched my drawing once more but on my final paper. Beginning with the right column, I started of lightly then added pressure. I repeated the same steps for the other two columns until the colors were blended. With the remaining white area left for the tree, I took a black pastel and colored in where the tree should be. After I finished, I took the end of my pencil to add texture and make the branches of the tree neater.
My inspiration for this piece was I didn't think that I would be able to blend colors that well with oil pastels. I never use oil pastels so I started thinking that it would look nice if I could be able to apply heavy pressure to get the colors to blend. The emotion I tried to convey was there are different colors when the seasons change. The sky changes colors along with the leaves on the tree.
My goal as an artist was to challenge myself to do something that I wasn't use to doing. When I first started out blending the colors, it was harder than I thought. Lighter colors were easy to blend but when it came to the purple and blue, it became more of a challenge to me.
By creating this piece, I learned how to blended colors with heavy and light pressure. Overall, I do like my piece because I liked the way I came up with the idea and the concept behind the piece. I will use what I learned on this piece for future work because it could help better my work or show me something I've never knew before.
Title : Zeus
My piece depicts Zeus, the god of thunder. In my drawing, he is being shown throwing a lighting bolt. His hair is wavy and grey. His eyes are the same shade of blue as the lighting. On the hand he is throwing the lighting bolt in, he has a armor around his hands which is the focal point of this piece. I created this artwork by using pencil and colored pencils. The most obvious elements I used in this piece were color and value. The most obvious principles used were contrast and movement.
The media I used in my work was pencil and colored pencil. When creating my drawing, I didn't use too many techniques.I just sketched out my drawing and put it on my final piece. I traced it from my original and fixed any places that needed to be tweaked then began coloring. I used blending techniques to get the different shades of blues to blend.
Another student in my class actually inspired me to draw this piece. We were talking about the new MK11 game that came out and we ended up talking about gods. My piece expresses a personal issue. I picked Zeus because I feel as if we have the same attitude. The emotions shown in my piece was anger but power at the same time.
My goals as an artist is to try to challenge myself to go about different ways of creating my pieces. In my artwork, I do feel as if I challenged myself. This drawing was drawn differently than the rest of the pieces I have done.
Some things I learned when drawing this piece was don't be worried about trying different drawing styles. That was my biggest problem I had. I worried about if it was going to look like the picture or not or if this was too big/too small. My final piece did come out as I imagined. I will always thing I have room for improvement. This piece will affect my future pieces by giving me an idea of different perspectives that there are to draw in
Title : D.Clown
This piece depicts a mood I was feeling at the time this was sketched. The face is a faded green shade with red/orange eyes. The tongue has a light shade of pink as red fills in on the root of the tongue. A set of white, sharp teeth are present as well. The hat is symbolic to a joker's hat, just different colors. The top half of the hat is red and has drops dripping from it. The background is filled with a light wash of purple and blue. The most obvious element is line and color.The most obvious principle is focal point/emphasis.
This piece was created with water color, pen N ink and a sharpie. I used multiple techniques such as wet on dry and line quality to make my piece more complex. I used water color for a background for the entire piece. I then used cross contour lines and sgraffito around the face to give it more of a dirty look to the face.
My inspiration for this piece was my mood at the time. I had to channel my negative energy into something positive therefore my outcome is my work. I really wasn't leaning towards anything demonic-like, but this is what grew from feelings.
My goal as an artist was to try and make the face look as if it was popping out of the page. I'm not sure I fulfilled that goal as well as I had hopped but I'm proud of it. With the pen N ink, I indeed did struggle a bit with the pen N ink. My piece contains numerous of little lines that took a while to do. It was also difficult to choose where the shading goes as well. I wanted to challenge myself with pen N ink so I drew this. I think I accomplished part of my goal because I am proud of it but maybe I could have pushed myself a bit harder.
Overall, my piece came out better than imagined. I worked long and hard to execute my work and I feel as if I did just that. This piece will influence my work in the future because it will give me more of a view on future projects. I will be more experienced and have the knowledge on my media.
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Title: The Finesse Kid
This piece depicts a rapper by the name of Kodak Black. The background is filled with different values of blue and green. Kodak sits directly in the middle with his mouth in a cheap smile. The most obvious element used was color. I used different shades of blue and green for the background. The most obvious principle is variety. I used little ripped pieces of a forest to create my background.
This piece was created using ripped pieces of magazines and glue. I didn't really use any techniques. I did however, use a marker to go over some of the places where you could tell the paper was torn.
My inspiration for my piece was I been wanting to draw one of my favorite rappers but in a different way.
My goal as a artist with my piece was to make the picture look just like Kodak. The paper was a struggle on trying to make and fit where they needed. I challenged myself by picking a more complicated picture. I think I did a good job on achieving my goal. I feel my final piece is realistic.
Overall, my piece turned out the way I wanted to but I could have done better. It looks like him but there are a few places I could have tweaked. This piece will influence my work in the future for when I want to try different media. I will magazines in my future work.