This week assignment was to draw myself using charcoal and it was difficult because I could not get my shape of the head. I think this picture resembles me in certain places but does not fully look like me. I need to improve more on the eyes and cheeks as well as show more highlights and shadowing. It looks like I have no neck, and it was difficult to draw my eye because my eyes are dark and small. But overall, I enjoyed this assignment this week and can't wait to improve more on my picture.
This is my second self portrait. It was a good picture i thought. I guess i like this more because of how it looks compared to my hands. But i think i could have done a lot better with my nose and a little better with the mouth.
This is the link to my glogster-http://ssmithsla.glogster.com/glog/
This is my short story.
¡Bienvenido a peluquería de Nicey! Hay muchos cosas nosotros puedemos para tu. Lavarse y secarse el pelo con champú,sauvizante, y el secador costo veinticinco dólares. Alisar con el alisador de pelo costo deiz dólares. Rizar con el rizador de pelo y gel costo quince dólares.¿Cómo me permite?
On this blog I have 1.)
Hand small, 2.) Self-portrait large, 3.) Self-portrait small, 4.) Figure
drawing life size, 5.) Clear bottle small, 6.) Clear bottle large 7.) Still
life large, 8.) One picture drawing made from Botticelli’s artwork copied just
as it is seen, 9.) One drawing made from three different pieces of Botticelli’s
artwork and this piece is drawing simple because during the renaissance all
pieces were draw in great detail. 10.) Small oil pastel painting I did on my
own time.
Each
drawing and or painting of curse took a long time to make. All of them took
many steps to make and a lot of preparing to do them. The ideas of what I was
doing to do was fresh in my mind, just getting it down on paper was the hard
part. Drawing my hand was hard for me that was the first time I ever drew it
before. When this assignment was given to me I thought it seem a little
different because before now I have never thought about looking at my hand and
drawing what I see. The easy part of drawing my hand was the basic outline and
drawing my pinky and thumb. When I started on the other fingers it was much
harder at one point I found myself forgetting what I was taught. To draw what I
see not what I think I see. Then I remembered that was all I had to do so I did
just that ad my hand turned out better than I thought it would.
My
large self-portrait took me a really long time but I am satisfied with it to a
certain extent. This was the second time I tired to draw my face. The first
time I did it didn’t come out like this one and I honestly think it was because
I didn’t draw my face with the correct proportion. In this one I did and I do
believe using the charcoal made it come to life a little more and the detail
pop out. I started in pencil because I didn’t think it would reach what it
needed to if I started to draw in detail. I think the facial features had more
of a chance looking like me when they were first drawn in pencil as appose to
the charcoal but my finished product isn’t that bad.
The
small self portrait was drawn more to the detail of my face I think because it
was so small everything on the paper was right there in my face. It took me so
long to get what I have I went through about five other piece of paper, I
really began to get extremely frustrated and a few holes were dug into the
paper but the eraser.
Life
size drawing was something I really thought was going to be hard to do. When I
saw that it had to be draw on brown paper I think that took my imagination a
way for a bit because I like to do my drawings and painting on a while surface.
Then I realized I was not getting that drawn done by focusing on the paper it
was being drawn on. So then I just focused on drawing and it came out looking
like Mecca. I can say that I am happy the way my finished product turned out.
The
small bottle drawing was fun. When I started it, it was a bunch of shape and
everything was the same shade. It took very long draw it was hard to fit
everything on the bottle and have it look right. The trick was to get the
shapes and the shading and it would be done but at the same time the shading
was the hard part because the drawing still had to give off the appearance of a
clear bottle.
The
large clear drawing was also fun t draw but I really like the fact that I
choose to add color to it. For some reason I felt if I would have left it in
black and white the picture wouldn’t have had any essence to it. I felt just
drawing another clear object in black and white would have been a little boring
and it made me feel better when I finished it because it was very hard to start
it off but then I got the hang of it.
The
counter drawing was also hard but hardest of tem all. I tried to draw
everything on the counter but it was just not working for me. So then I tried
to stick with what I know and I remembered we were able to pick certain things
from the counter and draw them so that it what I did. It came out better then
my other fail attempts. Once again I got so frustrated that I put holes in the
paper from the eraser.
Next
pieces were from Botticelli’s artwork the first one was just drawn as a copy as
I saw it on the paper and the other picture inspired by him was drawn a little
different. Since all the pictures drawn during renaissance was detailed beyond
what most people can imagine. So I took trees from one picture, sand and water
from another and the wall with the door object to see if I could be inspired by
an older piece to my own art piece and I succeeded.
Last
but not lest was my oil pastel painting I did on my own time because my mom
finally brought me them and I was extremely excited to use them. I didn’t really
have an idea of what to make I Just let the brush go where it wanted to and received
a finished piece.
These drawings were quite a challenge for me. I have never had to work this quickly and keep up with a pace of work. Through these projects, I became more confident in my abilities. Though my work may not be perfect I have improved and worked harder than I ever have on these pieces. I enjoyed doing the portraits. I did a portrait on my own with now prompting. My favorite pieces were the artist focus. I love the style of Roy Lichtenstein and enjoyed researching and imitating his style. I have never worked on pieces like these so they were really enjoyable. The dots were quite the challenge because Lichtenstein's are so precise. I used a grid pattern but couldn't get it measured perfectly. Even though I wasn't perfect with my dots, I still liked how it came out. The desired effect worked. Overall my only regret throughout the process was leaving my full body portrait for the end of the quarter. I got it done, but would have liked to add more into it.
My first time drawing hands.
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Self Portrait Small 9 x 12
SelfPortraitSmall
Self Portrait Large 24 x 36
SelfPortaitLarge
Figure Drawing
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Still Life
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Clear Bottle Small 9 x 12
ClearBottleSmall
Clear Bottle Large 24 x 36
ClearBottleLarge
Portrait of my best friend and I
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Final Project for the Quarter Artist Focus: Roy Lichtenstein
Sophomores Allison
Patterson and Manna-Symone Middlebrooks competed last Saturday in the regional Marshall
Brennan Moot Court Competition held at Drexel University. Both Manna
and Allison advanced from large pool of competitors from numerous
Philadelphia high schools to the quarter finals of the competition.
Allison later advanced as a competition finalist where she argued in
front of two Philadelphia Common Pleas judges, Judge Cardwell-Hughes
and Judge Hill. As a result of her performance in final round, Allison
was awarded the second best oral advocate in the entire competition by
the two Philadelphia judges. She will represent SLA again in April
when she competes in the Marshall Brennan National Oral Argument
Competition. She was the only Sophomore to advance to the finals.
Here is a link to the Drexel webpage where Allison is featured:
When it comes to art I enjoy letting my art express my
feelings and personal interests. When I am drawing or building or painting I
like to show who I am through my work. I try hard to make things look good. I
want to show myself that I am good at what I do through my own eyes. If I think
I did something well, then it doesn’t matter what someone else thinks.
When I work I usually just try to go with the flow. I try hard to fix my
mistakes. When I start my work I have a general picture of what I want to make
so I base all of my decisions on the original picture and manipulate it until
it comes out in a way that I like. I use whatever materials I have that I feel
will work to express that particular picture.My technique constantly changes each time I draw something
or build something or do any kind of art. My themes are always based off of
things that I like or enjoy. Like swordplay, medieval based mythology and music
that I enjoy.
For this particular piece I based it off of my liking for swordplay. The
idea I was making started with me sketching and then I made the structure. I am
using metal and shaping it with power tools and then making a simple wood
handle. I am attempting to build a sword.
Go to your history class and create a blog post. Use the tags I have used for this post and any others you would like to add.
The different parts of your post:
1) 1-2 paragraphs describing your project here. This should include background on your topic and background information about/description of the piece you have created.
2) Embed video here. You must have a recording of at least one part of your project. You can embed as many videos as you would like. All videos should be close-ups of the actor performing the piece. Info on how to upload videos available in class.
3) Your final, polished monologue project goes here. Be sure to include a cast of characters list, stage directions, and any other necessary information in order for the project to be performed (this may include a glossary, descriptions of staging, etc...) Pay attention to formatting-- make it clear and easy to read.
All my life I have been into fashion and it is a major part of my life. Fashion gives me a creative forum to express my self in ways other forms of art can not. I see what you wear as a mirror of your inner self and and they way you feel. Sitting watching an old Dereck Lam fashion show I was inspired to create a piece of art that represents both of my passions, fashion and art.
For this piece I used recycled coupon newspapers and and glue. It was't easy trying to shape and form the news print paper into the style I wanted so the design changed quite a few times. My end design became a two piece garment, a bandeau top and ruffled bottom. Creating the dress in paper signified the first design and the first idea will last forever but it can always be changed and made better and that goes for things that happens in life.
