Trompe L'oeil was an artist who made collages out of random things and then drew them how they were on the paper. The hardest part was getting the shadows right and the glass marble. We used color pencils, and blended colors to try to match the colors from the original collage. Overall fun project!
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This month we learned how to do embroidery. Faith Ringgold was this artist who made a book with all her embroideries and it was very impressive. We had to first make an embroidery sampler so we could practice the 9 stitches and makes something that was original and we had the freedom to do what we wanted as long as we used all 9 stitches. To make these stitches we needed to use the hoop to make the material nice and tight so it would make it easier. We use a small needle to thread and embroidery floss with a color of our choice. There were so many colors that we could choose from which made it fun. Once we learned these skills we could use the skills that we learned to make things like pillows. Also one of my peers and I did a quick reflection with each other and bounce ideas off each other on what we could add and what would make it better.
This month we did printmaking and made a lot of original pieces. We started out by just using using the blocks which were EZ carves and we made small carvings and printed them into designs. We use the carving tools which have different tips that can be put in to create different types of lines in different shapes and sizes. The it got more challenging when we used he linoleum and had to carve into those with the carving tools. This was way more challenging but we solved this problem with the irons to make it softer to carve into and easier. It was fun because we were making original art and got to be creative with what we wanted to make and with the colors we wanted to use for the ink in the printing process. Lastly, once finished, we printed them. We use a brayer to roll out the ink onto the linoleum but you kind of have to work fast so the ink doesn’t dry because your print could get sloppy and spotty. This was really difficult for me because my design just wouldn’t print well. I tried changing the ink, the paper but nothing was really working, but after many tries I finally got some good prints!!
Most of November we worked on pottery. We learned a lot about the art and made many pieces. Clay is formed from erosion of rocks silicates.The clay and pottery stages were the wet clay (most workable), leather hard (cannot bend but can attach), bone dry, bisque (fired in kiln, no longer clay), then glazed. We also learned that workability depends on plasticity which is affected by the amount of moisture in the clay. We also and to keep in mind of some rules. One being that soft clay cannot be attached to hard clay. Must use the score and slip method to attach wet clay pieces. Clay cannot be thicker than 1”. Unnatural bending results in cracks when drying. Must keep clay covered if still working on it. Lastly, clay shrinks when it dries. When making the pieces we had a lot of freedom to do what we wanted and make original pieces. We were given the opportunity to make mugs with faces ad everyone made different things and made them original. Lastly we developed a lot of skills because we learned to make a pinch pot, a plate, a mug and coasters. Meadows of Poplars by Claude Monet I hear the chirping of the birds in the distance. I smell the flowers in the field. I need to go out and explore these fields. I am going pick the flowers. I feel like the details took a long time. I want to keep going into these fields. Dear Sara, I am writing to you from Meadow with Poplars by Claude Monet. I have been here for a few days and I am in love with the scenery of where I am. The fields look endless as you look out and the flowers fill the fields with detail. Every morning there’s a woman who picks the flowers, and I wonder what she does with them when she returns home. The flowers are so small but they create such an amazing big detail to the scenery. Hope to see you soon! From, Riley John Wilson Self Portrait- John Wilson I hear the silence in my room.
I smell nothing. I love my family. I have seen a lot in my life. I want to take care of my family forever. I feel like I am looking for my family. Job: artist Hobbies: using ink to create portraits What are you doing today? I am making a portrait for someone. Where are you? I am in my studio in Boston. Who is with you? I am alone, besides the portrait of my family. During the painting bootcamp we developed a lot of new skills and used many artistic behaviors. One of the artistic behaviors that I explored was I created original art. I based my landscape painting about a picture that I took when I was out on rocks on the fourth of the July. Also I developed new skills. The last time I water colored I was in kindergarten and I just painted whatever without a purpose. I learned that you have to background, middle ground and foreground. I also learned the difference between acrylic and watercolor and the difference in the brushes. We also did reflections and we got to make critics on others paintings and got to get criticism from others on our paintings.
When making my painted landscape I used a picture of mine and I tried my best to paint it. The sky had a lot of colors so I used watercolor to blend all the colors easily with a lot of water. But I also used acrylic for the clouds. I also used an old skill that I learned earlier and I used ink to draw the foreground and make the houses. I enjoyed making a painting of my own picture and developing new skills. I developed my art skills when making the illuminated letters. We did learn a little history and expanded our global awareness during this lesson by learning about the Book of Kells. I took a risk when using the pens because I had to make sure I was aware of the amount of pressure I was applying on the pen, amount of pressure relays on the thickness of the line. I also included some things about myself that made this post so original. Overall this project helped our global awareness, helped us take risks, and helped us show things about ourselves to make it an original work of art.
My first art piece in Art 1 was drawing Picasso's Igor Stravinsky. The upside down man drawing as easy because I didn't know what I was drawing. I just had to draw the lines that I saw, then pull the paper up and keep drawing what I saw. When the hands of the upside down man came up, I didn't realize I was drawing hands folded together. I just drew the lines that I saw and didn't tell myself that I couldn't draw hands. I didn't exactly know what I was drawing so I couldn't use my left side of the brain to tell myself I couldn't draw it. When I was finished with the work, I was amazed that I had drawn something like that. The lines on the jacket, the legs crossed, the facial details and the folded hands all came out of just drawing some lines that I saw. I used sketch lines when I was drawing because it helps me create the perfect line and adds depth to the drawing.
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