Final Project Screenprint ~Sunflower~

For our final project we had to draw a design and make 3 tracings of it. After we finished tracing it we had to cut out different parts to each tracing for each color we were going to use. I did not get to take 5 pictures of my project but I took a picture from when I first started to when I was completely finished. The hardest part about this project was probably cutting out the shapes because some were smaller than others and I had to be more careful. The easy part about this project was doing the paint because it didn't take much effort, all you had to do was paint inside the cut out shape pretty much. My favorite thing about my painting is the flower part, I think it came out looking quite pretty like an actual sunflower. However, I didn't like how the stems of my flower turned out a bit sloppy and the paint looked watery. I'm pretty happy with how my final turned out, I could've done a bit better if I tried again but I was a little short on time. Either way, I still had a lot of fun doing this. It has been one of my favorite projects to work on this year.

Easter Bunny

This was a pretty interesting project to work on. We had to pick 2 or more different animals and combine them together to make 1 animal. I chose to make a half bunny/half turtle for my project. I made this animal have the head and tail of a bunny with the shell of a turtle. The easiest part of this project was surprising making the shell. The most difficult part of this was keeping the feet on because for some reason they kept falling off, it was also kind of hard working on the face. My favorite part was painting the clay because I love using paint, but it was a bit annoying painting the small areas. My least favorite part about this project was how dirty the clay made my hands. Overall I'm happy with how my project turned out. I would do something like this again.

Tiger R.O.A.R

For this project we were able to work with a partner. Sara and I worked together on creating this poster for our high school. I painted the background on this poster, and Sara designed it and drew the letters for it. I liked this project because I enjoy working with paint. A reason I didn't like this project is because it was time consuming and messy. The easy part about this project was designing the background and tracing. The hard part about this project was getting the right colors to paint with. My favorite part about this poster is how the drawing turned out. My least favorite part about this poster is the letters don't stand out enough. Overall I had fun with this project.

Pastel landscape

For this project we had to go online and search for a landscape we wanted to recreate with pastel. I chose this particular landscape because I thought the sky looked amazing and a good choice of colors. It also had an interesting mood in the picture. I also chose this landscape because I really liked drawing the tree. It was simple but fun to add and the grass that went along with it. At first I found it a little bit difficult to blend the skies into looking less boxy but after some work it blended out nicely. My favorite part about this whole drawing is where the bright yellow section bursts into a pink and purple color. My least favorite thing about this drawing is that the grass is a black color instead of a more bright color. I really enjoyed drawing this landscape and i'm proud at how it turned out. It took a total of 2 days to complete. I would like to do a project like this again in the future.

Landscape practice

This is a landscape of a sunset on an island we did together as a class. We used chalk pastels while drawing. We did a lot of color blending and it was quite messy, but enjoyable.

Childhood in charcoal

This project is named "Childhood in charcoal." I named it this because the items I used in this drawing remind me of childhood and life before technology takes over kids. My favorite part about drawing this was drawing the little toy block, it looks simple, yet realistic. I really like how the letters stand out on the block and how the stitches stand out in the baseball. Something about this drawing I found difficult was drawing as much detail as I could to my objects without smudging them and making them look sloppy. It was hard blending in the colors around my objects to make the picture look more full. This project took me 3 days to draw but I definitely enjoyed doing it. I would love to work with charcoal again.

Pastel chalk color blending