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I think that I grew a lot artistically this semester. In this art class, I was pushed to be creative and come up with my own ideas. My creativity expanded. I also got to work with new materials like acrylic and oil paints. Shading also improved for me, as I found techniques that work for me. When we were drawing faces, is struggled with a mental block. I was used to thinking about what a face looked like. I would replace a face with what I thought was a reality. the head is supposed to be bigger than the head. I also struggled at first with getting out of my comfort zone. I earned to draw what I saw, now what I thought I saw. Working with new materials helped me learn and adapt to them. I don’t think I with use art as a future career but I will defiantly do it in my free time. Art is everywhere. I would like to try larger paintings. I would also want to work with more paint again. Overall, I think my art skills improved this year and I had a lot of fun.

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(self portrait)

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eye drawing practice - based off black and white photo 

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eye drawing practice - based off black and white photo 

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Finished painting with eyes, eyelashes, and a shaded nose.

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Finished painting with eyes, eyelashes, and a shaded nose.

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purple painted canvas used for my face independent project 

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purple painted canvas used for my face independent project 

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I added swirls in the background for a "Cheshire cat" effect. I wanted this painting to be an interrupted​ face with eyes and a nose only. 

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I added swirls in the background for a "Cheshire cat" effect. I wanted this painting to be an interrupted​ face with eyes and a nose only. 

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finished project

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materials used for base collage

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base book collage

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map coming from out from page

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finished pink side of book with white clouds and effect

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finished pink side of book with white clouds and effect

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before and after - one side of hanging book

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finished back of hanging book

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I really liked the way that the finished product of art in books looked, so I decided to incorporate books and their pages. At first I was going to paint the actual pages of the book with acrylic paint. After looking through the pages, I liked the colors and details in the pictures. They were all in the same theme, as the book was about The Statue of Liberty. The colors matched well together, so I decided to make a big collage in the book. I also took a different booth filled with maps and old looking pages. After finishing my big base book, It looked plain and felt as if it was missing an element. I luckily had other pictures that I felt would match together in a separate book. These pictures had brighter blues, yellows, and prominent colors. I put these colors in a smaller book. I cut up chapter headers and used them as a binder to tie the pictures together. Also in the base book, I cut two chapter headers to put in the corners to tie the pieces together subtlety. I decided that I want to have the smaller book having over the big book. After looking at my idea, I noticed that the smaller book had a bright yellow cover which did not match the opening pages of the big book at all. I wanted the books to fade together and seem natural. I painted each half of the cover based on the picture that would be under it. I included clouds and similar colorings. I originally wanted my text art to be just one book, but I'm happy that it is more 3d and unique.

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5 photographs I used to have inspiration 

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5 photographs I used to have inspiration 

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I ended up using this photo as a reference 

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I ended up using this photo as a reference 

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beginning process, cardboard "brick wall" with paper mâché 

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beginning process, cardboard "brick wall" with paper mâché 

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painted lotus with acrylic paint, gesso background 

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painted lotus with acrylic paint, gesso background 