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This Semester, I enjoyed the majority of the projects that I created. I think I really pushed myself in some aspects to actually create the image I had in my head for that specific project. I loved spending time to focus on faces and new types of materials. I knew that I already was comfortable using pencil, graphite, and colored pencil, but I wanted to improve upon what I already know. I also liked learning how to use watercolor, markers and other types of paint. I will definitely use these new materials and skills for future projects. Since last semester, I feel as thought i've improved a lot as an artist. Although I wasn't great at some things that I tried, I really pushed myself outside of my previous limits to discover new ways to challenge my art. I tried mixed media, different techniques and composition, and most importantly had fun doing it. This semester has really shown myself how much I've grown and I hope to grow even more next semester. My goal for next semester is to still try new materials, build new skills and techniques off of the old materials, and challenge my composition even more. If I could change one thing this semester, It would be to take more time on backgrounds. I really would like to have more detailed backgrounds in order to really make the art a lot deeper and a lot more interesting. Overall, I'm happy that I challenged myself this semester, and can't wait to see how much I grow over the summer and how much I grow next year!

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Reflection:
This was another one of my favorite projects. It was very fun to create something new out of something old. I kind of used the world today and learning as a sort of reference for this piece. My goal was to not fully re-create the piece, but to acknowledge and show that there is still an old piece under the one i'm creating. I had lots of fun in terms of creating different patterns and lining up composition. It was a very open-ended project and I loved coming up with ideas to create this piece. Overall, It was sort of weird because I wasn't 100% sure what to do at first, but ended up having lots of fun.

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About the Project:
In this project, we were supposed to find an old painting that was no longer being used or hasn't been finished. Our job was to re-use the canvas/painting and create a new painting that incorporated the old painting. (this finished painting is in the drying rack in the art room)

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acrylic//gesso//newspaper//pen

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Reflection:
I really wish I spent more time on this project. When I began, I decided I wanted to draw my own character in a fantasy or fairy tale setting. I've always been extremely interested in a story that my friend made up and would always tell me when we were little. It
was about a boy who would close his eyes at night, but when he would open his eyes, he would be submerged in water with a bucket in hand. The thing is, the water would be crystal blue and there would be no one around him. He was able to walk through the water like as if he were walking on land. There was an endless road that he would keep walking on until he finds a black cat on the path, who he ends up carrying in the pale. They go on various adventures together, and I always thought that was a cute story. So, I decided to use one of my OC's Rocket, and draw him into this story. This story always reminds me of ponyo, a movie I've loved forever. I decided to draw my OC in a ponyo-like style. I drew Rocket before he found the cat, with his pale. I had even more left over paper, and I thought it looked a lot like water, so I decided to use it as the background. I drew him as he was in the water (the water is like air so it doesn't get him wet/change his hair) and at the beginning of the journey. This is because, although I know the story, I want to leave it up for interpretation and have the viewers wonder why he's there, and why he has a pale in the first place. I wish I would have spent more time on this project to possibly elaborate on the background a bit, but really really enjoyed designing the character and putting a story to it after all.

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About the Project:
This figurative project was a project that would enable us to learn more about how to draw bodies, and to improve upon the ones we has already been drawing in class.

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colored pencil//marker//watercolor//pen

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Reflection:
This was my favorite project out of the entire semester. I decided to study things in nature, such as color. I used the ideas of
colorfulness in creating the face, then took some other plants from magazines and collaged them to create hair. This was a
very open project for me in terms of finding what materials I liked. I used about 5 different materials on the face alone,  using
shapes and various colors to show an overlapping abstract look that you may find in nature. I thought the idea of using a person
as the focus of the project was more interesting than anything, since I am trying to work more with faces and develop a new
way of drawing as well. For the project above this one, I made about four backgrounds, since I had an idea where I used all of them.
Overtime, I decided to not use this idea, but still wanted to use the background for something. I decided that the green background
would contrast very nicely against the green tones I used on the face, and the plant hair. The reason their aren't many pictures for this
project are because, I was having so much fun doing it, that I practically did it in two days without stopping. Overall, I think I did a good
job, but would maybe want to take a little more time planning it out.

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About the Project:
This project was another project that pushed us to try new materials, subjects, media, and composition to complete our piece.
It allows us to think outside of the box to brainstorm new ideas in order to complete the project and also find a new material or
way of art that we may like or dislike.

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magazine//colored pencil//marker//pen//shaving cream//food coloring

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Reflection:
This was another project that I really liked. The project that I had created before this made me want to make more people studies while using different materials and mediums. For this project, I did a direct observation of someone I know. I used watercolor for the basis and continued with copic marker for shading over the water color, and added in with a bit of colored pencil for more detailed shading. In terms of the eyes, I used graphite, colored pencil, and marker. The background was shaving cream mixed with food coloring. I placed it on the paper and waited a few moments before swiping it off. I used careful shading to draw this man, and made it looked fragmented. I feel as though I could have taken more time with the mouth and nose, but I still really liked this project and hope to see how I improve more in the future.

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About the project:
This project was another project with the chart, challenging us to go out of our comfort zone.

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foam//food dye//marker//colored pencil//#2 pencil//pen//graphite//watercolor

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Reflection:
This was a project I really really enjoyed. I chose to do a drawing based off of The Self in terms of thought and mental ideas. I based the entire project all together off of one of my favorite song lyrics by twenty one pilots. "Driving once again, but now this time there were three men. And then I heard one of them say, "I know the night will turn to gray, I know the stars will start to fade. When all the darkness fades away, we had to steal him from his fate so he could see another day." I have always listened to this band since when I was younger and these lyrics really remind me of a time of life where I wasn't in a great place, but my friends and family helped me out of it. My goal of this semester was mainly to focus on taking time to draw details instead of rushing through, so I wanted to focus mostly on faces. I have worked with graphite and pencil before, but wanted to try new textures and sort of out of the box thinking in terms of composition. For a majority of shading, I would use an eraser to make specific textures. I felt like I could have spent a bit more time in terms of picking a different perspective to draw in, but decided that doing a side POV was helpful to me, since that's something i'm trying to work on. I'm very glad how this project turned out, and it's nice to see how I improved since last semester.

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About the Project:
This project was an independent project where we had to choose our subject, media, technique and composition out of a chart. This project was made to challenge us to use new materials, and new subjects.

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#2 Pencil//Graphite//colored pencil

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Reflection:
When we first began this project, it made me a little uncomfortable to work with materials and topics that I haven't really worked on before. It also was a little weird working with a group of people, since I usually do my art as an individual instead of within a group. As we kept working, I began to like it more and more. It was interesting to see some of our designs working together and to test out more materials I would like to use in the future. Working with others to create patterns with colors and to complete the composition was really fun, and helped generate ideas. Although it doesn't look as tied together as I'd want, It was still a very funny project with new experiences that would help pave my work for the rest of the semester. (had a friend send these to me!)

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About the Project:
This project was mean to challenge ourselves and to push ourselves to draw new things with different materials that we may not have necessarily used before. At the end of the project, you had to work with a team in order to tie the entire project together.

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pen//colored pencil//oil pastel//water color//chalk pastel//acrylic paint