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For my drawing i decided to stick with my self portrait because i found it easiest to be able to draw yourself since you know your facial features the best. I chose magazine cutouts for the scraps around my drawing. I used colored pencils for the drawing so it’d stay neat. Something successful was how all the scraps fit together and matched color wise. One thing i struggled with was the eyes on my drawing.

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My negative space project is a landscape of a wildfire made with a black ink brush, watercolor, pencils, prismacolor marker, and white acrylic for the stars. The negative space element is the gap in between the three plumes of smoke. The inspiration behind the project was to symbolize the fact that in destruction is an opportunity for creation-hence the silhouettes of flowers made by the plumes of smoke. I think if I had the chance I’d prefer to redo the smoke with charcoal as the texture would better resemble smoke. The transition between the smoke and the fire is a little high in contrast. As for things I like about my piece, I like how the smoke turned out considering what it was especially near the top.

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For my negative space project I decided to draw 4 large mountains and use that negative space to show the depth of the mountains.
I used the moon and stars to also show the background and make it so that there is still detail in the background but I still tried to make it where u can see the negative space.

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Portfolio brainstorming, Pt. 2 (Jan 21, 2021 at 9_10 AM)

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For my negative space project i decided to draw a woman as the main focal point. And within her hair i included another face but of a man. the placement and connection between the two people i drew represent remembering a lost love one.
One thing I like about my project is that i think the side profile look pretty realistic. Side profiles were never my strong suit in drawing so I like that i can see my own growth
One thing i think i could have done better is creating a clearer example of negative space. I think i may have added too much detail to fit the simplicity to come with negative space art. I also could have added more detail into her chest area.

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For my negative space project, I drew and painted a human face with shapes and edges on the sides of its head as well as cut a hand shaped cut out on the bottom of the paper. The human face is painted with black and red paint with the black paint being the general space while the red paint is the negative space.    There are two types of negative space in this project, the hand cut out on the bottom of the paper is negative space and the red painted areas in the painting are negative space. I think one thing I did well here was finding ways to create negative spaces in the project. One thing that I do need to fix would be to make the work look neater than it was

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For my negative space project I decided to go with a pregnancy women’s belly. The concept of my project is that when the baby is making in her mothers belly it’s safe and everything is all good and pretty. The butterflies represent the baby. Once the baby leaves the belly It’s taking all the good with it and starting its life on a clean slate with everything it’s mother taught it. I used colored pencil to have the drawing appear neater.

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For my negative space project, I drew a landscape that forms the shape of an eye with the trees and the ground making the general shape and the moon being the iris. One thing I thought came out well was the composition of the piece, I think it looks pretty cool with the trees wrapping around making the shape of an eye. One thing I wish I did better was adding more color to the background

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For my project, I drew a pair of hand drag down the white fabric cover, and revealing the color that is hidden underneath, and contaminate the part of the hand that touch the background color. By juxtapositing the white cover and color background, shows the negative space. I think the cross hatching and the watercolor of hand come out well individually, but I could do better at blending them together, make it looks more natural, and also done better at the watercolor background to make it smoother.

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I drew a girl trapped in a goldfish water bag. I tried to portray juxtaposition by leaving the fish outside, and keeping the girl inside the water. To show negative space, the water and the girl are the only colored drawing in the piece; the water also flows out of the bag and into the black background. Negative space can also be seen in the fish: it's fins, face, eyes, and scales.

I think that watercolor aspect of the painting came out really well. I used pointillism as a technique in my watercoloring. The girl also came out really well; I'm really happy with the hands. As for something that could've been better, the top part of the art piece could use some work. I didn't know what to do with the empty space. In the end, I decided that the only color would be within the bag.

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For my piece, I chose to have a stag (more-so the outline of a stag) with flowers covering their antlers, sprouts that sprouted on them, flowers for eyes, and petals that fall from the bottom of their neck. One thing I really liked about this piece would be the overall composition; the colored flowers really pop out compared to the negative space around it, and the black outline of the stag (whatever isn't covered in flowers or sprouts) helps with identifying what the piece is supposed to represent. One thing I'm not too proud of would be the petals. I feel like they don't look 100% like flower petals, and they could've been improved on to represent a certain flower rather than looking the way they do now.

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I like how the final “piece” came out with the negative space in between them and how the two outside flowers came out.I think something I would fix is make my background darker and try to not create those lines(like in the third flower) from the color pencil.

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I think the general composition of the piece looks nice; the portrait of my niece comes off as the center of attention-as she's intended-and a majority of her proportions came out great as well. Things I wasn't fond of would be how the soft materials (tissue; paper towel) would absorb the ink from the pen and markers. Some details came out a bit like blotches or bled stains, but it wasn't difficult to fix them up with time and carefulness. I also really dislike how the shape of her head, and her face's overall look, turned out on this. I know for sure that I'll be avoiding tissues and paper towels when it comes up to future collage pieces

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My negative space project illustrates the concept of hand puppets. The actual piece is in black and white to induce contrast, and the actual figure can be seen as a shadow when held to a light source. The overall construction and painting went well, and it looks crisp. One thing I would change is the the size of it. It's pretty small, and it would be better if it was bigger.

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For my negative space drawing I made a stocking cause around the time the project was given was around December so I was to do something of the theme for that month. One thing I think I did good was craftmanship cause usually I'm not really proud of it but this time I feel good. One thing I  dont like is now looking at my background I dont really feel like using two color was good and wished I made it one color or didnt color the background. Another thing I could have done better was not use the same color a lot even though most things were red I wish there was less of it .

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For my negative space project I created the bust of a person tilting their head up towards the sky with all three eyes open. There is a continuous line of space from the back of the head to the iris of the third eye; you can see the other side of the room by looking behind the head. Something came out well was the nose and 3rd eye. Those 2 features satisfied my expectations. Next time I would portion out my clay more wisely because my person is void of ears.

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This is my negative space painting. It was the first time I used gouache paint, but I think it came out pretty good. I like the shadow that the cut-out paper casts and how the piece looks overall. I think I could work on the 3D and make this drawing pop out somehow.

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My idea involves this simplistic face with an emphasis on the detailed flowers. One thing that I think was successful in my drawing are the contour lines. I was able to make them clean and straight, which makes the drawing more pleasing to look at. One thing I can improve on is shading with colored pencils because some parts of the flowers and leaves are patchy but overall you're still able to see value.

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I think I did a good job with my moms side, as I’m more familiar with shading with gray colors. My side was far more challenging. I only really have pink art markers, and they don’t do well on computer paper. I shaded my face with colored pencils.

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So for this project, I decided to do a self portrait of myself using materials such as tin foil, plastic from a shoe box, cut up pieces from a paper bag, and pieces of a paper towel. I drew this portrait at first using a pencil and then traced over the pencil marks with a pen. I drew the values in this portrait by using the cross hatching technique with my pen to draw the lighter and darker values. I think one thing that I successfully in this piece was drawing in the values and identifying which areas were lighter values and darker values. I think that I was able to identify which areas of my face had darker value in the photos and which areas had lighter values. One thing that I would change with this piece would be the placement of the materials. I felt like the materials didn’t mesh well with the drawing as I hoped it would be.

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This is a portrait of my sister and my cat. I used fabric, felt and EVA foam for the collage. I also used micron pens, wite-out, and an alcohol marker to make the actual figures in the picture. I feel like the overall drawings are accurate enough since it was really hard to draw on felt. One thing I would change is the collage itself. If I could break it up into smaller pieces, I would.

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i made a self portrait. i used tissue paper, magazine paper, and wrapping paper. i used pencil and markers to color the face and add a few details. something that was successful was the use of wrapping paper for the hair because it came out in the right shapes. something i struggled with was what to do with my materials to make the collage. i wasn’t sure how it would turn out because i’m quite unfamiliar with making collages.

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I choose to make a self portrait. I use some tissues, color paper, my past homework, and some college pamphlet to create my collage. I draw my portrait with pen and shade it with color pencil. I try to make it looks like a lot of stuff explode out of my head, and show what is on my thought at the moment.
Something I feel successful is the outline and design of my portrait, it looks good and have the effect that I wanted.
Something I struggle is the color pencil of my portrait, I think I need to work on it more so it looks more natural, and I don't know what to add on the side of the college.

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This collage I made using black and blue construction paper, pink tissue paper, paper towels and tissues. I have decide to use these random objects because I want to see what I would be able to use with different types of paper i have laying around my house and see what I could make of it. Something that I did to make it successful was to fill out as much empty space as possible. One thing I could of done better would be to add more materials to my face.

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For the project I chose to do a self portrait. I used loose leaf, calendar, and colored construction paper to create my collage. And the two materials I used throughout the piece were pencil and pen. Something that i think was successful in my portrait would be the hair, i think i added a lot of value and texture to the point where it really stood out. Something I struggled with was adding more detail to the face because i didn't want there to be harsh value but i also didn't want it to be overlooked because of the hair being so dark.

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This is a portrait of myself. I used pages in a dictionary, magazines, parts of a doll box, construction paper, staples, paint markers, pens, colored pencils, sharpies, and the package my eggroll came in. Since I cut my face in 2 horizontally, I decided to use 2 different reference photos for the top half of my face and the bottom half of my face to further create a sense of disconnect.

I think the overall hectic atmosphere I was trying to convey is present in this piece so I am very proud of myself for that.

Something I struggled with was finding materials to use and properly working with those materials. Frequently I would find things I really liked in a magazine but then it ended up not match my theme. As for the materials, underneath the red and blue I made a horrible streaky black mess that took hours to fix. I also drew some ugly creatures under some of the glued on pieces. Overall I struggled with self-control.

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Amanda Rodriguez
I wanted to do a self portrait, in my portrait wanted to have my eyes being closed because i when i took the reference photo i was listening to music and that's my reaction of how it makes me feel relaxed. For my materials I couldnt really find different colored materials so I decided to color the colors I needed on white pieces of  different paper and my face, earbuds I did color pencil so I wouldnt miss the smallest parts. I feel successful in using different materials to create my piece. Something I would change is trying to fill in the negative space and Something I struggled in was to find materials that were different cause I do feel my materials were very similar and wish they were more creative.

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I chose to draw a self portrait of myself. In the picture I used colored pencils because I feel comfortable using them and I had a lot of them in my house. Something that I’m happy about is that the face looks good because I have trouble sometimes drawing faces sometimes. Some thing I wish I did different was not using cardboard for the entire face because it is hard to add color cardboard with colored pencils.

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I chose to make a self portrait. I decided to use a matcha kitkat package, a mcdonalds paper bag, aluminum foil, black construction paper, paper towels, paper. and a college pamphlet for my collage. The collage itself is supposed to create a sense of juxtaposition from the greens of the camo jacket, the hair, and the mask in contrast with the black and whites of the background.

Something I’m very happy with is the detailwork on the self portrait itself. The camo-pattern I’m pretty proud of and the micron ink detailing came out just how I wanted.

Something I struggled with was working at a larger scale than what I was used to. I had glued two sheets of paper together for the portrait thinking that would be enough, but the portrait came out about 30% smaller than I was expecting. I also think the background is pretty plain, but I also don’t know what else I could have done given limitted supplies and limitted color palette.

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I chose to draw a portrait of myself on newspaper,cardboard, and construction paper.I used different types of materials for each separate one(for ex, I used oil pastels on any newspaper/pencil on construction paper ) I think the blending with oil pastels and colored pencils was something I struggled with because of all the different colors in my picture. I think the facial features were successful though because they look similar to how I look in my reference photo. Also, I feel like the colors I used helped bring my collage together.

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I chose to draw a portrait of myself. I used color pencils and sharpies in my drawing because I work best with those materials. I chose to draw a mask on myself because I wanted my art to connect to the present times right now. Something I think is successful about my piece are my eyes and eyebrows, as I spent a lot of time on them to make them look realistic. Something I struggled with was my hair because of its curly shapes and natural texture.

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I chose to draw the portrait of myself. I used oil pastels because I wanted to experiment with new materials. I never really used the oil pastels on collage before so that was all new to me. I believe that the most success
ful part of my drawing is the face - my style is more cartoony so even though I don't practice realism it came out pretty good. I feel like I struggled with the collage part itself. I didn't really do much collage in the past so it just took me longer than I thought to arragne the scrap paper and putting it on paper

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This is a portrait of my friend KT. I used magazines, printer paper, a book of quotes, pens, and sharpie marker. I only used brand names to make up this entire portrait because I wanted to bring Kt's personality into this; she wants to be a model and models model these brands. I used mostly white colored papers so that the face drawn would be seen; to make it more colorful, I glued an eye and a pair of lips to the face. I wanted it to look weird, and I wanted the portrait to look as if it was uncompleted—It's supposed to be a sketch not yet brought to real life and finished.

I'm most proud of the portrait. The project itself is a little bulky because under the surface are a bunch of overlapped magazine and printer papers. Drawing the portrait was hard since the papers were not all facing the same way; if too hasty, some of the papers would've ripped. I had to take my time, and I'm proud of the way it looks. My favorite part, however, would have to be the eye and lip part— it's weird looking but also aesthetically pleasing, and it catches the eye.

I struggled with the collage part alot. I had to start all over again because I didn't know how I wanted the layout of the collage to be. I wouldn't make it more colorful though because I wanted it to look like a sketch unfinished, but I would want to make the collage more complex.

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Mrs. Lara (This is my collage drawing example)

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Mrs. Lara (This is my collage drawing example)

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I chose to draw a portrait of blah blah blah. I decided to use ________ in my collage/drawing because blah blah blah (2-3 sentence blurb about your work.)

1. Something I think is successful about my piece is ___________________ (explain.)
2. Something I struggle with/wish I had done differently/would redo about my piece is _______________ (explain.)

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i chose prompt two because i like how the composition worked out over all and i was able to answer this prompt more easier that prompt one.  i used water color and some pen in this piece.

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I chose to do prompt 2 as it happened to be a prompt which i took greater interest in. I chose to use crayons and buts of pastel as a way to make the coloring come off as soft, especially as the median I originally wanted to use didn't work out the way I planned.

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I chose prompt 2 because I really like that I used different medians. I used water colors, alcohol based markers, and colored pencils. I am just disappointed because it looks like I haven’t put much effort even though I spent hours on it.

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I chose prompt#2 because I feel since it’s something personal that changed me, it’s something that I can feel while I draw and gives me many emotions. Not only that but it’s way easier to draw when it’s something personal that changed you.

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I chose prompt 1 because it's a memory I'll never get to experience again. Prompt 1 reopened a memory I forgot I had, and since I don't have a lot of memories with my dad, it was nice to reminisce, even for a little bit.

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I chose prompt #1 compared to prompt #2 because it had a closer meaning to me. Prompt 1 brought me back to my fun childish years while prompt 2 brought me to a more serious conversation.

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I chose prompt #2 because I felt this prompt was more special to me as a person. The composition is meant to be sort of surreal. There are two mediums used, pencil and watercolor. The bits in watercolor represent the present while the pencil represents the past. The past is muddled and the reflection of me is on the ground representing me at my lowest while the current me is standing up looking at my past with contempt.

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I chose prompt 2 because it show my idea more, and I put more effort in to this piece, And I was trying to show me coming to America, where one window is closed, and the other one is open.

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I chose prompt #2 because I feel like it’s a lot more personal so I was able to “express” more through this artwork. I tried showing a change in going from a negative to positive mindset, and I feel like this came out similarly to how I wanted it to.

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I chose prompt #2 because I really enjoyed both writing and  painting my topic. Plus I was able to incorporate new techniques, explore my art style, and incorporate nail polish into my final piece.

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I chose my prompt #2 because it’s a lot more personal to me with me moving schools and having to reach out and make new friends. I also think I did pretty ok with the watercolor which is nice since it’s  not really my favorite thing to use

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I chose my prompt 2 because I think my drawing of my writing idea was better than my first. Another reason why I chose my prompt 2 is because i had better details in my prompt 2 then I had for my prompt 1

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I chose prompt 2 because I felt that this prompt and drawing was more personal to my life currently. I also had a message I’m trying to show through this drawing, whereas my prompt  1 drawing didn’t have a message. Here, I split the brain into 2 and left the top section blank because I’m still growing as a person and learning.

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I chose prompt #2. I really like the way it turned out. The composition of the objects I drew is very clear and organized. I feel like the way I compared two sides makes it visually pleasing, and  I also got to draw in my style.

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I chose prompt 2 because it expresses something important to me. Along with that i feel like with this prompt i was able to better interpret my writing.

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I chose prompt #2 solely because I got to draw some of my characters on it and that's not something I get to do often. I'm not a strong writer so the drawings are the emphasis.

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I chose prompt #2 because compared to prompt #1, there was a lot more work that I had to do so I felt that this one was much more detailed. I also think that this one connects more to the writing prompt more than prompt #1 was to its writing prompt.

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I chose prompt #1 because blah blah blah and I'd like you to post your favorite one of the two artworks to share with a 1-2 sentence blurb here about why you chose it.