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War for peace.
Outcome: No survivors.
Outcome: No survivors.
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It's not enough to bring them to the world because it is required, because they are the foundation of marriage or because you erred in the calculation.
CHARger
I'm still lacking a charger, it's irritating me.
Q3 BenchMark
January : Hand-Pencil
For this project my artist that inspired me was Andy Warhol, an American Painter who was a leading figure and well known for the visual art movement, pop art.
Some of his famous painting include the Campbell's Tomato Soup, the lovely Marilyn Monroe , or the late great Michael Jackson.
Andy Warhol and Nicki Minaj inspired me to do these three pieces pieces simply because I love them both. From their style to their way of life, and ultimately the talent that they share with the public. These are, "The Artists' That Inspire".
For this I was kind of unsure about how to do this, but once I got my shading right, it was pretty much cool. Personally I don't like my hands because I have very dark knuckles and I made sure that you could see that in my photo. This is one of my beginning photos, my shading does get better.
January : Self Portrait-Pencil
This is my self portrait that I drew, I hadn't got the technique of shading and such down, so its still a bit raw. So the different things I started to pick up and recreate were my nose, the way my hair was going to be put into bun, which hair was sticking up, the sides of my glasses, the way my mouth curved down on my top lip etc. Byt he time I finished and thought I did a good job, but really , I look more like a grandma.
February : Full Body-Charcoal
This is one of my favorite things to draw because it gave the realistic feelings of being in a professional art class, drawing our model. it was cool that we all did it from different angles and used charcoal as our medium. I also like this because this is where I start to find my artistic patterns, I draw boldly. This is the first of my projects to be done with my style to it.
February :Still Life
This to me was the hardest to draw because you had to look at every single detail in the picture. For example, I chose where I wanted to cut off my picture at, but I forgot that on the other side of the skull at the bottom there is Orange vase that reflects of the metal paint can. In here you can also see my artistic style, the boldness of the pieces.
March :Clear (Small)
January : Self Portrait-Pencil
This is my self portrait that I drew, I hadn't got the technique of shading and such down, so its still a bit raw. So the different things I started to pick up and recreate were my nose, the way my hair was going to be put into bun, which hair was sticking up, the sides of my glasses, the way my mouth curved down on my top lip etc. Byt he time I finished and thought I did a good job, but really , I look more like a grandma.
February : Full Body-Charcoal
This is one of my favorite things to draw because it gave the realistic feelings of being in a professional art class, drawing our model. it was cool that we all did it from different angles and used charcoal as our medium. I also like this because this is where I start to find my artistic patterns, I draw boldly. This is the first of my projects to be done with my style to it.
February :Still Life
This to me was the hardest to draw because you had to look at every single detail in the picture. For example, I chose where I wanted to cut off my picture at, but I forgot that on the other side of the skull at the bottom there is Orange vase that reflects of the metal paint can. In here you can also see my artistic style, the boldness of the pieces.
March :Clear (Small)
March :Clear (Big)
I was really surprised when I pulled it this off, and it actually came out nice. in this bigger one you can see the boldness of my artwork and the personality of the painting.
I was really surprised when I pulled it this off, and it actually came out nice. in this bigger one you can see the boldness of my artwork and the personality of the painting.
For this project my artist that inspired me was Andy Warhol, an American Painter who was a leading figure and well known for the visual art movement, pop art.
Some of his famous painting include the Campbell's Tomato Soup, the lovely Marilyn Monroe , or the late great Michael Jackson.
Andy Warhol and Nicki Minaj inspired me to do these three pieces pieces simply because I love them both. From their style to their way of life, and ultimately the talent that they share with the public. These are, "The Artists' That Inspire".
asd day.
I'm going to Howard, it's final.
Tomorrow is the trip with the A.A Lit class to a museum in D.c a tad bit exciteddd
Tomorrow is the trip with the A.A Lit class to a museum in D.c a tad bit exciteddd
Kimberly Parker's Portfolio
For the third quarter, we had to complete various drawing
that I found quite challenging. I had to teach myself how to draw these
pictures and make them proportionate. I also had trouble with putting some
things into perspective. My favorite part of this project was getting to pick
an artist and copy their work. My inspiration was Vincent Van Gogh. He painted both of the
pictures that I copied but I altered it and used charcoal. Charcoal is my
favorite to work with because I can get the shadings just right. I did work very
hard on all of my art pieces, I hope you like them!
Alex Johnson Q3 Genre Focus
I decided to study graffiti. I think graffiti was really a challenge because it's a very complex form of artwork and is often controversial. A lot of the graffiti I used to do were just sketches on paper and now I think I'm really more into the style of graffiti.
I did a lot of different things this quarter. For one, I decided to use a lot of inspiration. The main inspirations were a picture of an eye and some modern L.A graffiti. Here are my inspirations:
My first piece was my own rendition of the graphic eye. It took a lot of tedious work to get all of the lines just how I wanted them. I stuck only to a few colors because I didn't want to make my first piece overly complex.
After finishing most of the eye, I really wanted to work more on my lettering. I decided to use my Aim name and turn it into something cool. The hardest part for me was making the letters. I couldn't decide on how I wanted them to look.
I only have to finish the backdrop for this and erase any excess lines from the pencil.
I only have to finish the backdrop for this and erase any excess lines from the pencil.
Q3 BENCHMARK
I didn't like is project that much because I feel as though we did not have enough time to complete each parts. We were given a week to complete each parts which is not enough time if you are trying to do it right. There are two of my arts that I did really well on, I guess is because I spend more time's doing them than I did for any other ones. If I were given more time, my project would have been even better. I did worked hard on each one of my arts, and I worked best to my ability.
One of my arts was not done because it was suppose to be Callie Monros but she was out of school for about three weeks and I could not complete my art without her. I would have done so much better if I had enough time to finish. I’m every grateful for doing those arts because they make me feel like I have learn so much about art. That I can draw a picture on my own without anyone’s help.
My current
work I do them because I had to do them but I really work hard on this one.
Doing this project send a message that I’m really doing well at drawing, I
guess is because I now understand the messages behind my arts. Art wasn’t
always my thing because I thought art had no purpose and you can’t express
yourself with art like how you can with words. I was wrong because I’m
expressing how I feel about my own work and how seeing my own work like this, affects
me. I’m looking forward to the next project.
Bittersweet
Characters
Eduardo - Farmer, Husband
to Eva.
Carmen - Daughter of Eva
and Eduardo.
Martin Baines - Drug
dealer.
Eva - Wife of Eduardo.
Federal agent - Has a way
with words
Ben Walsh - Reporter in
U.S.
ACT
1 SCENE 1
EVA
(Three men come near the
house, two with guns and one with a suit)
(Wife is outside watering
plants)
Oh, these Dahlias are
beautiful this time of year. When spring showers bring may flowers.
Hopefully that will happen with the crop this year. Hopefully...
It just wouldn’t grow last year.
(Sigh)
Whats- Whats that over
there? I never saw that car before. They’re getting out. Why
are they getting out? They have no business here. Or with us, for that
matter. Oh no, they have guns!
(Eva goes inside to the
screen door)
Who are those men out
there?
(Looking outside)
The ones outside! With the
guns. One guy has a suit. Yes… The other two- don’t you see?
The other two have dress shirts. No, they’re, they’re, just looking
around at our field. I don’t know why. Maybe the cro- No, but there
mad at something. Will you let me finish a sentence? I said maybe
the crop. Why are they mad? See you don’t listen to me I told you.
Look Ed, they’re picking up the soil. I’m not sure. No he’s
on the phone screaming about something in Espanola. I can’t make it out.
Probably the field. They’re coming toward the house
(Motioning to Ed)
Go see what they want,
before they destroy our property. Please, honey. Do it for me.
Be careful. No, no, don’t take the gun; we don’t want them to know
we have one. Wait let me go lock Carmen’s door.
(Locked the door)
(Walking to the front of
the room)
All right, come on Ed make
them go away, use that silver tongue of yours. Talk them away.
That’s it. You’re doing a good job. Oh, no… They just
flashed their guns. No, don’t bring them inside, what are you doing?!
(Sigh)
(Ed walks in with the
traffickers)
(Waiting for Ed to come,
whispering to him)
Why did you let them
inside? Huh? I know but you could at least... never mind. So,
what did you find out? You’re not sure what they want? All right,
let’s see. Don’t make them mad. They might kill us.
(Talking to the
traffickers)
So, uhhh.
(Clears throat)
Good afternoon. Can I get
you guys anything to drink? Want some lemonade, or... cold tea? Oh,
I know! How about some Orange juice?
(Walking to the kitchen)
No? Not thirsty right now?
(Walking back)
Okay, then. So, uhh,
what brings you gentlemen here? I would be better if I sat down?
Okay, sure. Fine, what’s this about?
(Pause)
(Looks to Ed shocked)
You want, what? Or else?
...No, no, no ,no. You don’t understand. We already planted our
seeds. You're too late.
What’s your name? Mr. Diaz. Huh? You people come into
my house wanting our property... and labor? For nothing? You’re out
of your damn minds! Who do you think we are? Morons? There isn’t
any way you’re getting our land! No way. No, you're so lucky I don’t reach for
your throat now... Don’t call me a bitch! I’ll rip your head off.
(Whispering to Ed)
Tell them no, make them go
away. Before I hurt them. Come on, you know this is ridiculous?
Right?
(Talking to traffickers
sternly)
Can we talk for a second?
...Alone?
(Ed and Eva go off to the
side)
Ed, listen, we can't do
this. No, it's too late in the season anyway to do this. We will
get the money another way; we will get the money another way.
(Rubbing the tears from
her face)
Their criminals!
Crooks! Thieves! Cowards! Don’t patronize me! They are
going to make us do all the work so- and what if the drug police come, huh?
What the hell do we do then? No please don’t do this, what about-
Yes, what about Carmen.
(Hand motion)
I know she needs the money
but its drug money! We can’t raise her in this mess, we just can’t.
She has a good life ahead of her in spite of her illness.
(Rubbing her face)
No, Ed she's only seven
she can't handle this kind of thing. You should have never let them in.
All right I’m sorry but we can’t do this. There are other ways.
There are! I know it. I just can’t think of them yet but
they’ll find us. They’ll find us... Just, just tell them we’ll
think about it okay? Tell them 3 days. That should be enough time
to get a plan going. We’ll think of something. No, not tomorrow.
Okay fine... Promise me.
(Carmen some how unlocked
her door comes up to Eva)
(Talking to Carmen,
kneeling)
Wait. No, no honey
go back to sleep. Don’t worry about them honey you need your rest.
Okay? Don’t ask questions honey. Just go back to sleep. Okay?
Okay.
(Carmen goes back to her
room)
(Staring down the
traffickers, talking to them)
If you ever touch her...
I’ll kill you myself.
(She walks to Carmen’s
room)
(The men walk out the
house)
Act
1 Scene 2
EDUARDO
(Slowly paced)
(Out in the field planting
more seeds)
Great, just goddamn great.
One more thing this year and I’ll… My head will burst! First
the bad harvest. Those tomatoes just went bad for some reason- I used
the best fertilizer. The best seeds. And fresh water from the
stream. I, I did everything right, I don’t know went wrong. What
happened? They were fine until... Until august when I started using the
pesticide. How stupid could I have been? I should have known.
Goddammit. Then Carmen… Going for a routine check up and then
bam. She’s horribly sick and we didn’t even know it. Or at least I
didn’t. I thought it was just the flu-I mean she had a fever and threw
up. A cough. Those are classic flu symptoms. Right? I guess
not... So, we went to the doctors and come to find out its kidney
disease. What the hell kind of sickness is that for a 7 year old child?
Fist off, how does it even happen that young? I mean that’s
something older people get. Like me. Why not me? Why her?
Why her this young? It should have been me! I’m the old
person in the house. Why not? Why the hell not? Plus, the
damn treatment for her is too much. I can’t… I can’t afford it. Two days a week at Hospital Regional. The only reason I can get her some
treatment is because of the hospital and whatever insurance she has. I
don’t even know what she has. They can only do it for so long, soon
they’ll need money. I barley have enough money to feed us. Not with
the crop last year. Now there’s a way to help her but it’s with
Criminals! Damn it! I can’t do a deal with criminals. They
came into my home threatening my family. Then Eva went berserk... If
I don’t do this deal and they come by again. That will be the end of
them. No, more problems. But if I get over powered. They’ll
kill me or… At the very least they’ll kill Carmen or Eva. Or even
worse take them! I can’t live without them… No, no, no, they are
not going to die or be taken advantage of, Ill make sure of it. I can’t
think about the what ifs... Next time they come I won’t be alone though.
I guarantee it. I’ll-
(Pause)
Ill some how get the
police to know about this
But how?
(Pause)
There has to be some
police in Iquitos. I’ll tell them what happened and next time they come
they’ll be here and imprison them-
(Sigh)
Yeah
(Nods head)
(Shakes head)
No. No, I’ll make
the deal. She needs the money. For that um. Um. What’s
it called? ...Dialysis. Yeah that’s it. I can get her that
and some new clothes. It’ll make her happy... I’ll make her happy.
These seeds better grow more than just plants. They better grow
hope because... This is the only thing we have left.
Act
1 Scene 3
CARMEN
(Sitting on her bed)
I’m so confused.
What’s is going on around here? ...I’m sooo scared. I showed him
everything that was wrong with me. And mommy told him everything thing
else I missed. I think it started a week or two ago. When I threw
up... I can’t remember... But the doctor told me bad news.
(Crying)
It made me really sad. And-
and papa was crying about it, because he didn’t. He didn’t have enough
money yet to get me better.
(Stops crying)
I hope I do get better.
I donn wanna be sick forever. I have to go to this place, two times
a week. And they take out bad stuff in my blood, I forget what the
machine is called but
I dunno how but it makes
me better. I’ll get better. I know it. I can’t stand Mommy
and Daddy sad like that it hurts my heart. But then yesterday. I
heard noises in the living room. So I came out of my room to see what it
was. And there were three men on the couch. And Papa. And
Mommy. Were whispering, about something. I donn know. I couldn’t
hear them too good. But, It seemed bad. Then they all noticed me
and made me go back to bed. It wasn’t fair; I wanted to know what was
happening. I deserved to. I mean I was awake and plus, I don’t want
to be in bed all day, It hurts after a while... I wanna go out into the
fields and play, like daddy and me used to do. We would play hide and seek from
dawn till sunset. But no.... My ankles are all puffy and I can’t
walk too good. I almost fell when I tried to get up. So, the doctor
said to get rest and come every Tuesday and Saturday. I gotta sleep he
said. That’s fine I guess, I’m always tired anyway.
(Goes back to sleep)
Act
1 Scene 4
DRUG
DEALER
(Ring, Ring)
Yo man wassup? It’s
me Martin. What? Yeah you know me. Remember the thing on Wednesday
and I told you about the thing? Yeah you got me. Nah, I got the
stuff. Mhm. You come and get it. Yeah ill be there. Go
to the spot we went to before. Nah, don’t you remember? The one
right behind Publix. You know. To the right of Acme, behind Publix.
Nah. Yeah that one. Nah don't worry about the policia.
So what if they are around the corner, dey stupid man. Nah, nah
it’ll be cool. I know man and plus this stuff is extra strong. When
did I start doing this? Recently man. Ever since I got out of small
time stuff. Goin with the big guys. What? Nah, I don’t do no
robberies any more. That’s some old small stuff. Think bigger. I
know people way down south. Yeah, so, where’d you here that.
Around? Oh, okay.
(Waiting for the guy to
come)
(Walking up to the guy)
Yo, man how you doin?
Yeah, boss man is getting a new setup in Peru. Yeah but this stuff
is extra strong once you take it, woooo you’re off. Yeah, yeah. Nah don’t
worry they’re going off somewhere else. What the sirens getting louder?
Oh shit. Book it. RUNNN!
(Trying to run away)
Hide it man hide it!
Did you set me up?! Did you set me up?! I knew it man.
I knew it...
Act
1 Scene 5
FBI
AGENT
(In an interrogation room
with the drug dealer that was in the previous monologue)
(FBI agent walks in slams
a folder on the table and sits leaning back)
(Felon is standing)
Sit down
(Pause)
Do you know why your here?
Uhh Martin Baines. What? You don’t know? You didn’t do
anything? Ha-ha, Alright. So the 6 kilos of cocaine, in your vehicle. You
know the car that you own... 88’ olds mobile... license plate number B36 MLK,
isn’t yours? You know the Cocaine in the glove compartment. You do
know its illegal right? I mean I hope ya do. Uhuh right... Oh
I see some planted it there right? You want me to believe your story
right? Not going to happen. Lets look at your record down here in
scorching Miami shall we?
(Reaches for a folder and
opens it, crosses his leg)
Lets see. Grand
theft auto in 06, on NW 45th lane. A break in, in 07. Same street.
And now this, 6 kilos of cocaine... Behind Publix. Not even a
block away. Now tell me, see, I don’t understand how you could go from
grand theft auto to 6 kilos of cocaine? Oh, you were set up, I see...
Okay, listen. Cut the crap
(Unfolds his leg, sits up
straight)
We are not interested in
you. We are interested in your new boss, Jorge Diaz. He’s known for
forcing people into his business. We know about his operations in Peru,
and your relation with him. He is setting up a new workshop for making
Cocaine from plants grown there. He is also needed for questioning here
for the cynical murders and beatings of his wife and three young kids.
Madison at age 4... Franklin at age 3... Stephanie at age
7... And, Esmeralda, his wife at 28... Nearly beaten to death. Still in
the hospital... You never heard of him before? Why did he kill his
family? Because they threatened to go to the FBI. The only
difference between you and them is you are already in custody. You won’t
get hurt. You’re still not talking? All right, when you have a
revelation about if you want to talk or not knock on the window and maybe, just
maybe I’ll talk to you. If other people die because of you, lets just say
you’re getting more than 10 years in prison, with accessory to murder
(Gets up)
(Starts walking away)
What’s that? Oh, it
is yours? Well, didn’t you say it wasn’t? You do know him?
I’m terrible confused. Inform me! Now! On everything.
Names. Numbers. Even what they eat for breakfast. I
want know every damn little detail that you know about them. Or else
you’re going to get a minimum of 10 years in prison. And believe me when
I say minimum.
Act
1 Scene 6
Reporter
Good evening, I’m Ben
Walsh.
Justice is in the air
tonight, here in downtown Miami.
FBI agents report that
they have Jorge Diaz in custody today.
He was responsible for
three cold-blooded murders of his children and the vicious beating of his wife
just two weeks ago.
The lead the FBI agents got
a tip from an informant, which proved to be the only thing standing in their
way. A drug dealer in the area, Martin Baines, was arrested today on drug
charges, which proved to be the missing link to solve the case. He told
the FBI where Jorge was located, hiding out in the Peruvian city Iquitos. Jorge
was extradited today on 3 accounts of first-degree murder and an attempted
murder charge. Officials escorted him off the plane in chains and
handcuffs earlier this evening and will charge him later this week.
Miami news Mbz
Back to you, Bob.
(Pushes on his in-ear head
phone)
What’s that?
Yes, the wife is still in
serious condition but doctors say she is going to be all right.
Thank you, Bob.
Catch you later.
Act
1 Scene 7
CARMEN
(Overlapping a little with
the monologue above)
Mommy, Mommy! Guess
what mommy! Remember when Daddy went into town? Well he got a
newspaper and I started to read it and I saw that Jorge Diaz got arrested!
What do you mean what does it mean? It means that those mean people
won’t ever come again. Well the other day I woke up and heard you
yelling. And you said Mr. Diaz and some other stuff. But that’s him
mommy. Look!
(Shows her the paper)
See, isn’t that him?
I knew it was him! Now we are going be fine right mommy? Okay
mommy I believe you. What? What is dad going to grow now? Not
tomatoes again right? Cocoa? Oh, is that used to make chocolate?
Oh, yummy.
Okay, mommy. Go and water
the plants.
(Walks to another part of
the stage)
Daddy, Daddy guess what!
Look! Here!
Yeah, that’s really him.
(Carmen hugs Eduardo)
Oh, wait before you go.
What did you plant today? I asked you but you never told me.
Cocoa? You mean chocolate? We’re growing chocolate?
Yay! Daddy, can we make chocolate when it’s ready? What else? You’re
the best. Mommy, Mommy, guess what?
Sophia Henninger, Quarter 3 Art
In the third quarter of Art 2, we had to complete several drawings, each teaching us some of art's foundations. We had to learn how to draw translucent objects, shading, and to draw what you see in front of you as opposed to what you think you see. Also, we had to choose a genre of art in which we would copy the style of to make our own drawing. All of the following are my pictures of this quarter. Please, enjoy.
Our own hand:
A translucent object:
Still life:
Self-portrait:
Self-portrait 2:
Full body drawing:
Genre: Figure Drawing
Male
Female
Joan Miro (Uyen Nguyen)
I chose Joan Miro's art work because his style is different, but it bring out the unique side of the artist. Joan Miro art work is passionate and really abstracted, however it is classy at the same time. I decided to use one of his painting calles "Rooster" as an inspiration because this painting is really simple but at the same time, it created an elution feeling for the viewer. My piece of work is base on this style of coloring and abstract.
One of the last painting was created by my own interest and style. This painting was just to express my feeling for nature and the spring time.
4/8:Sims
Sims confuse us. Makes perry's eyes burn :(
6 words
Badly dressed sims burn my eyes.
Uyen Nguyen's Artist Statement
For the third quarter
project, we were giving a task to draw different objects from drawing a
self-portrait, hands, and still life to full life figures. Also the task was to
draw from what we see onto different sizes of paper, from 8x11 to 24-36.This
projects was to help us identify the sizes and shapes of the object that we
exam and draw. Also it was a useful way to help us identify the positive and
negative lights, along with the shading of the object. This project put us
though a process of interacting from live objects to still life and so on to
clear/see though items.
The
most frustrated thing about this project for me was the process when we have to
identify the object by viewing them as shapes and the shading of the object. It
was a bit of a challenge working on different sizes of paper and drawing a
clear/see though objects. I really enjoy this assignment at the end because it
was not easy but it help realizes a lot more about lighting and shading.
Uyen Nguyen's Artist Statement
For the third quarter
project, we were giving a task to draw different objects from drawing a
self-portrait, hands, and still life to full life figures. Also the task was to
draw from what we see onto different sizes of paper, from 8x11 to 24-36.This
projects was to help us identify the sizes and shapes of the object that we
exam and draw. Also it was a useful way to help us identify the positive and
negative lights, along with the shading of the object. This project put us
though a process of interacting from live objects to still life and so on to
clear/see though items.
The
most frustrated thing about this project for me was the process when we have to
identify the object by viewing them as shapes and the shading of the object. It
was a bit of a challenge working on different sizes of paper and drawing a
clear/see though objects. I really enjoy this assignment at the end because it
was not easy but it help realizes a lot more about lighting and shading.
Kammii's Q3 Art-ness
So basically in
quarter three, I focused on a vast variety of things. The main focuses of this
quarter were shadowing, still life, and the human body. To mirror those focuses
is my art work. Behind all of this though, each picture is supposed to show something
about myself.
The first drawing of this quarter was just a pencil drawing of a hand. IF was the smallest picture of the year. In the picture that I drew, the hand looks like its reaching out for help. From the shading and shadows of the picture you can tell that something is hanging over the hand. The picture is symbolism, saying that there are always things that hang over our shoulders and try to hold us down but it is up to us to try to get ourselves out from under them.
The first drawing of this quarter was just a pencil drawing of a hand. IF was the smallest picture of the year. In the picture that I drew, the hand looks like its reaching out for help. From the shading and shadows of the picture you can tell that something is hanging over the hand. The picture is symbolism, saying that there are always things that hang over our shoulders and try to hold us down but it is up to us to try to get ourselves out from under them.
The second
drawing of this year was a pencil drawing of myself. For this picture what I
did was take one of my favorite picture of myself and then just try to remake
it with pencil. In this picture, I was wearing a hoodie and my head was tilted
down. When i tried to portray the tilt in my drawing it didn't come out as well
as I'd liked but the picture was still okay. Once I finished the picture in
pencil I went over it and colored it in just to enhance the emotion behind the
art. The picture gives off deep and somewhat sad pictures.
In the third
drawing of this quarter I had to do another self portrait but this time it had
to be bigger and in charcoal. This was my third favorite picture to draw this
quarter. In this picture I attempted to draw myself looking off to the side
again, using a picture I took of myself as my model. This picture was hard at
first because it took a while to try to proportion out the drawing. At first
the head was too round or the shoulders came out too far. In the end though, I
was proud with the outcome of it. The picture shows a stronger, serious version
of me which is a side of me people aren't used to seeing.
The fourth
picture in this project was a full figure charcoal drawing of someone. I chose
to draw my friend Michael Chase. I had took a picture of him a day or two
before hand and so I used that picture in order to draw. This was the most
annoying picture of the quarter just because I could not, no matter what i
tried, get the picture perfectly the way I wanted. Lines were too far up or
down and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. In the end I just gave up working
on it and stuck with what it was.
The fifth
drawing was a drawing of a clear bottle. Now originally I started and completed
a drawing of a soap bottle. I liked the way the shading and lines looked. But the picture felt kind of empty so I ended up drawing a second drawing. The second drawing I'm
submitting is a sketch of a water bottle that my mom constantly
buys. It's in the shape of a baseball. At first I was going to place the bottle
on a table but when I thought about it, I figured it would be more interesting
to have it in my hand.
The sixth draw
was a still life of a an area in the art studio that Ms.Hull set up for us to
draw. This drawing was the most fun because I wasn't really interested in doing
it but I did anyway. It turned out okay.
The seventh
drawing was a charcoal drawing of a clear bottle on big paper. I enjoyed making
this picture slightly just because of how I set it up. I placed the bottle in a
window seal and then attempted to draw literally everything in the picture.
That included the car driving by that got caught in the picture. I think this
is one my my favorite pieces because of the fact that it can be taken to have a
humorous yet sinister tone. When I look at it, it makes me think that an evil
bottle is looking down onto a car that it's hated for years, plotting ways to
bring harm to it.
To finish this off, I'm going to talk about
the finale piece. For our final piece I chose a specific genre and then drew a couple pieces that took up 6 hours. The genre I chose was anime because it's my favorite
type of art. To display it, all I did was take my school lab coat and then
design on it something pertaining to anime. The reason I chose to design my lab
coat is because I've always looked at clothing from stores like fye and hot
topic and liked the cartoons and anime themes that are placed on them. I've
always wanted to design my own. So I did.
After I did that I decided to make two hand draw sketches of anime and then on on a white board.
On the lab coat I drew a girl playing the flute because
that's what I love to do. And so the theme of the coat is music.
Originally she had arms and hands but it was very
difficult to draw on the cloth so I ended up just not giving her them.
After I did that I decided to make two hand draw sketches of anime and then on on a white board.
Q3 Drawings
For the third quarter we had to create a compilation of drawings. For a short run-down it was: a sketch of a hand, a sketch of a self-portrait, a full self-portrait, a full-size figure drawing, a full size still life, a sketch of a plastic bottle and a full-size plastic bottle. The medium was simple, mostly charcoal or pastel. The drawings were all from observation which also, for me, made them easier.
Basically, this was my forte. I have been learning how to draw for years and I finally got to exercise them in a classroom setting. Starting with the hand and portrait sketches, I was able to smoothly transition into the larger 24 x 36 pieces. I feel as though the content wasn't too challenging; it was nothing I hadn't done before.
However, for these I chose to being working in color which I had never done before. I used them first, simply, in my large portrait. I used conte (sanguine and medici) and white conte. For the full figure I went back to using only black and white because it was larger than any drawing I had ever tried before. For the other drawings I chose to work in multiple colours.
I feel as though all of my drawings turned out really well. I think that the water bottle and the still life, as well as possibly the full figure, could be used for portfolio pieces. I showed the water bottle to admission counselor at Tyler and she really liked it. Regardless, I learned a lot this quarter about how to use my medium to make new looking things rather than the same old things I've been drawing.
*PICTURES ON THE WAY*
Basically, this was my forte. I have been learning how to draw for years and I finally got to exercise them in a classroom setting. Starting with the hand and portrait sketches, I was able to smoothly transition into the larger 24 x 36 pieces. I feel as though the content wasn't too challenging; it was nothing I hadn't done before.
However, for these I chose to being working in color which I had never done before. I used them first, simply, in my large portrait. I used conte (sanguine and medici) and white conte. For the full figure I went back to using only black and white because it was larger than any drawing I had ever tried before. For the other drawings I chose to work in multiple colours.
I feel as though all of my drawings turned out really well. I think that the water bottle and the still life, as well as possibly the full figure, could be used for portfolio pieces. I showed the water bottle to admission counselor at Tyler and she really liked it. Regardless, I learned a lot this quarter about how to use my medium to make new looking things rather than the same old things I've been drawing.
*PICTURES ON THE WAY*
Reflective Post #3
I have officially completed my story! This morning, my character experienced a complete transformation on the steps of a Bronx apartment building. She projected her thoughts via successive tweets (all within the course of 3 hours) as the pressure of her new life began to sink in.
Overall, I am very happy with the way my project turned out. I loved using the descriptive aspect of the Facebook profile in conjunction with the short and sweet tweets. Patricia Lebow came to life within the last few weeks, so much so that a few people asked me if I knew her in real life! By using a real Flickr account (courtesy of Lauren Piper), I was able to create a believable visual component to my character as well. She had a face and a life that could have existed outside of fiction.
Overall, I am very happy with the way my project turned out. I loved using the descriptive aspect of the Facebook profile in conjunction with the short and sweet tweets. Patricia Lebow came to life within the last few weeks, so much so that a few people asked me if I knew her in real life! By using a real Flickr account (courtesy of Lauren Piper), I was able to create a believable visual component to my character as well. She had a face and a life that could have existed outside of fiction.
Four Brothers
3rd Quarter Benchmark drawings
these are the three drawings that I did for my quarter 3 benchmark art project. I picked an artist by the name of Rik Lee to mimic I guess you could say. I picked him because his art work is kind of out there, but at the same time it's normal and really pretty. He incorporates some words in his drawings and only uses hits of color. When I'm drawing I don't like using color, because I feel it ruins the drawing. So it was nice that I found someone whom shared that feeling. I probably could of added more to each drawing, but to be perfectly honest I'm quite proud by the way the turned out overall. I also found it fun, that I got to inquorate my style of drawing in and at the same time learn new styles of art. This was definitely my favorite project so far.
3rd Quarter Artist Statement/Drawings/5 Pg. Paper
Tajh Jenkins
Here is the link to my 5 page art paper. I wrote about the history of digital art.
April 8, 2011
Senior Artist StatementThis quarter of senior art has been very challenging. The drawings that we had to create we’re very challenging to me because I’m do not trust my abilities as an artist. I think that when drawing things, you trust your skills and have confidence that what you are drawing is good and has meaning. There were times during this quarter when I was discouraged by what I was drawing because I would look across from me to see someone else’s drawing that I thought was way better than mines. Even though I think that my drawings aren’t as good as they could be, I did try my best on each one. I completed every assignment except for the full figure drawing. I didn’t finish that drawing because it took me longer than a week to draw it and after the first week, Kim was posing for the class anymore.
Having a drawing once a week became stressful because I was used to have ample time to create one piece as we did in the first two quarters. Having a drawing once a week kept me on my toes. The fact that Ms. Hull gave us an extra two weeks to complete any drawings that we missed did benefit me. I don’t think that Ms. Hull getting sick affected me negatively. I think that since we are seniors, we should have been able to hold our own and still complete the drawings and ask Ms. Hull to tell us what she thought about them whenever she came back to school.
Ms. Hull did a good job this quarter giving the condition that she’s in. As a student, I could have done some things differently. I think that I could have used my class time more effectively. Even though I got most of my assignments done, I found myself procrastinating a lot because we had so much time to finish these projects. I think that I could have used most of the time I took not doing work to make my projects better. Overall I think that I was mostly successful this quarter. I hope that I can continue being successful in the 4th quarter and for the rest of the school year.
Drawings:Here is the link to my 5 page art paper. I wrote about the history of digital art.
Karate Kid
In the beginning, I am signing up for a fighting contest and Brooke walks out of the door and teases me for entering. Saying that "I can't fight." and "I must be joking".
High Tension
Da Vonte Martin
Jareese Long
Amirah Burkett
Kyla Carden
The scene that my group and I wanted to recreate was a scene from "High Tension".
Jareese Long
Amirah Burkett
Kyla Carden
The scene that my group and I wanted to recreate was a scene from "High Tension".
Proyecto Q3Bm
Proyecto Q3Bm
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Qianna Nelson: Quarter 3 Benchmark
Qianna Nelson
For this quarter we did a lot of still life drawings in which we drew what we saw and not what we thought we saw. This was especially hard because when someone tells you to draw something such as a hand, immediately the thought is to trace the hand. But no. that is not what our task was. Our tasks were to look at certain things and draw everything that we saw and not how we knew them to look. Such as when we did have to draw a hand. We had to stare at our hands and draw the lines and take out the lights and darks as well as add the lights and darks. Drawing our hands were one of our more simpler projects.
Our second project was to draw our self-portraits, this was particularly harder to do then drawing a hand. A face has a lot more detail and getting the proportions are also harder. Drawing things such as the eyes and lips were the hardest parts to me. Because drawing things twice and making them look alike has always been a struggle.
The next picture we drew was of a person, Kim. She posed for the class and we all drew her. Getting the figure right for her body was complicated and drawing the curves and such was a struggle.
We did a still life drawing of supplies that were in the classroom. This was one of the more simpler drawing we did. The complicated parts were taking the lights and darks out of the supplies.
The last thing we were instructed to draw was something clear. I chose to draw a pair of lab goggles. I enjoyed drawing the googles and I used colors in this one besides black, since the googles were green.
The final project we did we could chose from many topics. I chose the project where we had to ARTIST FOCUS - choose an artist and create works of art that are inspired by them or that are copies of the chosen pieces. 3 pieces for art 3 students. Choose the pieces you want to copy or be inspired by, create your pieces, upload them to your blog and tell about them and why you chose that artist. Since my art focus has been on city landscapes lately I chose to draw posters of city landscapes. I chose the artist Anne Garney, because all her pictures are really colorful and I love color, and i enjoyed looking at her art so I wanted to draw something like her.
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