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This is the first art class I've taken at BHS and first art class in general. I'm signed up to take drawing and painting again next year. I hope to create more art that I'm proud of and that I like. I would also like to try more 3-D work. At home I've made a few pieces of 3-D art and I enjoy that. I'm excited for next year and glad I decided to try art this semester.

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An artistic struggle of mine that I've been able to learn from is my struggle with detail. Many times during the semester I would easily want to finish a piece right away which would cause me to make large, messy lines with my pencil when shading. Now with my last project, the architectural ink drawing I'm a lot more detailed and use more techniques for shading.

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My most significant areas of artistic growth this semester have been drawing people, more specifically faces, and detail. Before this class I wasn't very good at faces, they looked very basic - like something an elementary student could easily do. With the exercises we did in class I now take my time. Taking my time has lead me to be more detailed in many of my pieces.

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The projection I chose was of a colorful sun with a moon in it. I initially wanted to chose a projection that was dark such as black and white stripes but I ended up going with something more bright which reflects me and my personality - I love bright and happy colors. When drawing I changed the sun into more of a flower. The outside of the sun began to look more and more like a sunflower as I conytinued to draw so that wasn't deliberate.

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My original inspiration for this piece was lillypads and objects that are usually associated with them. I also included a big pink flower which commonly floats atop lillypads. The yellowish colors in the background reminded me of colored fish swimming below the water. Instead of drawing literal fish I tried to create the feeling of fish. I received good feedback from my peers. They liked the negative space in the middle because it broke up the large focal points that were equally sized. I was also recommended to add more sharpie detail on the lillypads since those are the main points. The climax sized shapes of the green circles work together to frame the light colors in the middle. I added a second layer of thin sharpie to help add texture and a shadow to necessary areas on the flower and green circle.

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As I created this piece I didn't have a set plan for what it would look like when I finished. I deliberately used oil pastel in the background to add some color to the black and white book pages. From there I wanted to add different, small patterns which ended in a collage effect. As part of the pattern I cut out triangle shapes of colored magazine pages and I intuitively pasted them in the corners. I was surprised by how many small details I added in terms of patterns, If I were to do this again I would have added more larger elements in order to balance everything out.