mixed media project

For my mixed media project I created original art. I used some inspiration from Pinterest by looking at visualizing journals  and I had some ideas, i struggled a lot in this project because no matter how many projects I looked at getting the concept wasnt clicking for me. In my final project I had no clue what I was doing I just found buildings and had a lot of interesting things within the buildings so I started with s building concept and it turned into buildings and jungle with mountains. 

In my project I took risks. The biggest risk I took was not knowing how to do the project. I had the ideas but everytime I tried they didn't turn out right. I have never worked with mixed media as a project so that was hard. The different ideas in my head was hard because I couldn't put in on paper. I tried to use different materials such as branches and leaves for my first idea of nature but that did not turn out well. With my final I didn't plan on using it for my final. I started using buildings then someone told me I should use a person so Incopperated a person painting a line over the city line. 

I developed art making skills throughout my project. In art one my favorite media was Tissue paper, I love how it layers and you can use it as a base or to cover things. As my base of my project I used black tissue paper to make a dark background. I used pictures from magazines and ripped them up and somehow tried to put them together and make them flow. In the end I was happy with out it turned out. I used gesso to lighten certain parts if I felt it was too bold or to dark. 

close-up drawing

I took risks and my close-up project.  I didn't really know what I was doing. I just had a lot of colors and had an idea and started.  I had an inspiration for the picture but it was still hard. I wasn't sure how to make the shapes of the thorns but I made it look more balenced by using different sized and having different shades, and using different positions. 

I made original art by using my imagination when it came to the thorns. I liked how blue and green complemented eachother so I wanted to do blue thorns and added different shades and hues which made the thorns have different texture adding a visual appeal. There were darker parts towards the base which was the shadow 

how I developed my art making skill?  I had to make sure each thorn didn't look like it was going the same way or that each thorn was the same, I had to had a shadow on them. and on the branch I had to add different colors and high lights in the middle and darker parts closer to the thorns. in the thorn it was lighter and darker towards the base.

Clay Project

In my clay project I developed are making skills. this project was hard for me because not only did I have to make the container I had to make the fries and the Ketcup packet on the plate. I was very surprised of my outcome, I didn't think I could make all of that by just clay. It took me a lot of time and effort. From Art one I made a pinch pot in art two I made a whole meal which made me very proud. The container was hard adding value to the sides, The french fries were also hard making them look realistic, in the Ketcup packet was hard with all of the detail. 

Also in my clay project I took a lot of risks. I have not use clay that much so I was very scared when trying to use it. not only was the clay modeling part but also the painting was hard to make each piece look realistic. The plate was used with glaze which made it look more shiny,  in the french fries and McDonald's container we're just acrylic paint. The hardest part was the Ketcup packet with the detail because I try to make it look realistic with the highlights. I had to add lowlights where the Ketcup packet folded and had creases. 

in my clay project I solved problems. my original idea was just to start off with the french fries in the box. But then it looked really plain so I had to add Ketcup and  a plate. Each fry was very difficult which caused me to solve problems, I couldn't make them all look the same so I had to add different low lights and highlights to each fry and different colors and values.at first my container looked really plane so I had to make a low lights to make it look more realistic but I was really scared to add darker parts where the shading was because I didn't think it would turn out okay.