For the 4th quarter, I have decided to go with mostly hand drawn pictures, the exception being a 3D shape created using geometric equations on the website TinkerCad. The inspiration for my drawings came from things that I enjoy watching. I chose Disney's Hercules as my first picture because not only was it the first Disney movie I watched, but I still watch it to this day. I chose Pocahontas as my 2nd drawing because she is my favorite Disney Princess. For my fourth drawing I chose Ken Kanaki from the Anime Series: Tokyo Ghoul because it is one of my favorite anime that I am currently watching. A technique that I was going for in all of my drawings was shading as it has challenged me in the past.

This final year of art, I wanted to make sure that I did something that I can remember for myself. I wanted to take something with me to show all of hard work that I did, not just for this year of art but for all 4 years of it. Art became a regular thing after doing it for 4 years straight and I don't think that something that I can just forget about. I really do feel as though I have grown and built greater confidence as an artist. For the future, I do hope that I progress more and keep art in my life. I'm sad that this journey has come to an end but the ride was fun. 

Art this year has been both up and down. At the beginning of the year I did not care for it much at all and my work showed that. However as the year went on, I realized drawing is actually very fun if you put some effort into it. I believe anyone can draw well and make someone's day with a beautiful piece of artwork. It just takes the right amount of effort and heart to make it happen. It is sad to know that I won't be drawing for a grade anymore, yet I can honestly say I thoroughly enjoyed drawing in Art class this year, it has been fun.

In my first piece, I decided to recreate the Mona Lisa piece because I wanted go through my own experience to maybe see Leonardo Da Vinci's struggles in developing this prominent piece of art. The shading, drawing the hands and her face was the most challenging in my case. However, since my piece is not exactly the same as Da Vinci's, we might've had different challenges. My second piece was an abstract piece. Here I used paint to clash different colors and to make something that is totally up the the viewer's interpretation. In my third piece, I decided to do a still life drawing. I've always been interested in drawing these types of drawing so I thought why not create one. My last piece is a climate change collage. I wanted to make a collage on this specific topic because recently I've joined a program that focuses on climate change and the program has truly taught me to be aware and more curious about our environment. So as an artist I wanted to show my interest in it by creating that collage. 

My Artist Statement:

I thoroughly enjoyed Quarter 4 in Advanced Art. It was the most fun and the most free to express creativity. I got to explore my child side by doing crafts that I loved to do when I was younger and also trying knew things that I had a fun time doing. Art would probably be my favorite class if we got to do this every quarter. Buying supplies for this was so exciting because I knew that I was going to have a good time making these crafts. 

I especially loved this quarter because we were able to choose our own pieces and mediums.  I felt that as an artist, you have to identify yourself in a fashion that is unique to you and describes you as an individual.  With this quarter, I was glad to be able to create my own path, my own lane as an artist.  With that, I chose a variety of projects to create this quarter so I could find my identity and progress with that idea.  Even though I did not choose a variety of mediums, I did choose a variety of art styles.  The reason for this is because I thought it was the best way to experiment.  An artist must venture out into the world of art in order to find themselves and their discipline.  In order to find that identity I mentioned before, one must find what works best for them and the only way to learn is to try it.