When I was little, I always loved to draw princesses and
dresses so these characters bring me back. I created a princess, an evil witch,
a castle, and an underground home. The princess is a lovely girl who always
gets along with everyone but the evil witch hates that and is jealous of her.
The witch wants to take her place as the princess and has been out for the
princess since they were both young. The witch lives by the creek were the
princess enjoys to fish at. She plots her vengeance and always tries new spells
and potions but the princess’s kind heart makes the potions ineffective. I chose
the clothing to bring back class and the time period. I’m not too thrilled with
what I’ve drawn but I do like the castle.
Friday, January 10, 2014
Drawing Art Portfolio
1) My “oh the places we will go” drawing, in my opinion, was my
most successful. When I heard the project name, I immediately thought of bright
colors and traveling. I came up with a pretty cool idea to do hot air balloons
and I’m really proud of this drawing. The materials I used were pen, marker,
and water color. At first, I wanted all black and white balloons with just the
blue water colored sky in the background. I was told that I needed more color
so I added the marker to a couple of the balloons. I didn’t add it to all of
them because I really liked the way the balloons looked without color. I actually
wish I didn’t color the balloons at all. I chose a medium-sized square. I chose
this size because I wanted to add a lot of balloons in a more compact area to
show the realm of possibilities for travel and adventure. Overall, this was my
favorite project.
2) My “animals on the go” project was the project that I overcame
the most obstacles on. The main obstacle I had was shading all the scales and
finding value in each and every one of them. I wasn’t going to shade each and every
one of the scales individually... right? Wrong. The only way to perfect the chameleon
was to shade each and every scale. Each scale took one-two minutes to draw, so
imagine having to draw over 100 scales. Plus, I had to draw the branch, the
bug, and the other parts of the chameleon. Of course, this was also my most
time-consuming project. What should’ve taken one week, took two. I had to come
to Mrs. Rossi’s desk and ask her what I could do better until I felt it was
perfect. Another area in which I struggled was just liking my own work. When I started
the thumb nails for this drawing, everything felt hopeless. Even when I finished,
I still didn’t feel like the drawing was good enough until I got a few
compliments on how people in my art class thought it looked like I printed it
off of the internet. I challenged myself by taking a risk on something I had never done before (drawing a reptile). Overall, the “animals on the go” project was the project
that I overcame the most obstacles on.
3) These two pieces show my growth as an artist. In the figure
drawing, I grew by being proportional. When I drew people before, I would
always focus on the teeny, tiny details before I even looked at the big
picture. Now, I know how to draw quickly and still get the look that I want. Also,
I used to never be able to use charcoal. It was basically a deal breaker for
art projects. If we were using charcoal, I gave up then and there. Now, I can
say that I enjoy using charcoal because of its blending qualities and how easy
it is to use when you know what you’re doing. In my character drawing, I grew
as an artist by learning my own style. The character project made me really
stressed out because I wasn’t used to having so much freedom to draw what I wanted.
Through this project, I learned how to use water colored pencils and I found my
style of art. Now, instead of using water color for small areas, I can now use
water color pencils and add more detail by using them. Overall, these were the
two projects that I grew the most on.
4) This semester teachers introduced a new way of teaching and
learning. Students had choices in subject matter and materials. I liked and
disliked this at the same time. I feel like it was effective by letting
students find their personality in their work. It made me enjoy what I was
doing and I took more pride in my work. I felt like I was trusted more to make
good decisions on my pieces rather than possibly not enjoying a material being
used and then feeling like I couldn’t do the project. I also disliked this
because sometimes I didn’t know what to do and I felt confused and looking for
approval with each material I sought after. Although I enjoyed the freedom of
materials, I also disliked that I had a very vague basis on which to produce a
project upon.
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