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This drawing of a portrait without a face reveals deep meaning about the girl's personality. The beauty of her mind and soul is caged by a heavy, thick bird cage, drawn from observation. Leaves are popping out of the cage showing her inner beauty trying to come out to the surface.

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Throughout this art class, my artwork has definitely evolved. My pencil shading skills have gotten stronger, and I can now draw objects of depth with all the practice we have done. My planning skills have also improved since we have done thumbnail sketches before every project. I have emerged into an artist the most significantly by improving common techniques, like pencil shading. I faced obstacles along the way with coming up with ideas for a project. For the growth project, I had an idea for acrylic paint, yet I couldn't carry out that idea. I learned how much planning time goes into an artist's work. From here and into the future, I want to continue painting and drawing at home for fun, yet I probably will not keep taking art at a high school or college level. I consider art more of a hobby or pastime, and not something I am meant to do in the future. I love watercolor painting, so I will like to further develop my skill sin this area unprofessionally.

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In what specific ways does your art show growth?  What is the most significant way you have grown as an artist?  What artistic struggles did you learn from?  Where would you like your art to go from here?

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In what specific ways does your art show growth?  What is the most significant way you have grown as an artist?  What artistic struggles did you learn from?  Where would you like your art to go from here?

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Used a reference picture to draw this as practice! Used pencil

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Seashells in pen

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with dark, ebony pencil

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We did this practice together as a class! It was very beneficial to learning the proportions of a face! We started with an egg and added features.

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Thumbnail Sketch of Portrait without a Face

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Thumbnail Sketch of Portrait without a Face

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My growth project conveys a deeper meaning about metaphorically "growing" up. The city in the foreground that is seized by plants shows the growth of a new generation. The hand holding the mother and baby is fate or destiny. The mother is holding on to her baby even though fate is calling on her to let go. The dead brown plants below the mother symbolize her old age and the flourishing green plants below the baby symbolize youth. Hot air balloons are looming near the mother and baby, waiting for her to release the baby into the hot air balloons that will lift the baby to growth. Although the hot air balloons are ironically drawn as innocent and colorful childhood figures, they represent the end of innocence and the start of growth and development.

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Shaded with various pencil shades

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This watercolor painting with sharpie marker shows the lively shadows of an object. I used a telephone and flowers in a courtyard in the school to cast shadows to shape my piece of art. Casting light off the shadows formed my artwork. To make the shadows come ot life, I added dancing figures and numerous soft watercolor colors. I want this piece to come across as energetic and pretty. The ballerinas are floating in mid air on the telephone, enjoying the freedom and carelessness to life.

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Added a simple blue background to add meaning to my composition and finish it up!

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In black and white to see the contrast and shading!

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Step 4: Finished the faces and shading the necks, now ready for the background!

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Step 3: Colored the clothes and adding dimension to the hair

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Step 1: Light pencil sketch and oil pastel to shade the nose

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with oil pastel

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This oil pastel drawing on cardboard means a lot to me since it shows my little sister and I side by side! The rosy red and rusty brown hues I added with oil pastel into my composition shows how strong the love between us is! Brown and red shades symbolize everlasting love and it brought a warm, comforting tone to my composition. In contrast, the icy blue background shades represent the outside world and how my sister and I have each other so we are safe from the dangers of the world beneath us.

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for botanic garden sketches!

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Step 2: added more facial features and highlighting the faces with white pastel

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with pencil

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Title- "The Balloons of Age and Innocence"

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Thumbnail sketches for Growth Theme Show

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Thumbnail sketches for Growth Theme Show

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This drawing is a close up view of a flower. The zoomed out view is a forest scene on the middle of the flower.

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(Continuous line drawing with pen)

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(Continuous line drawing with pen)

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Botanic Garden Drawings
(Continuous line drawing with pen)

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In Progress Observational Object Drawing

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In Progress Observational Object Drawing

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Portrait without a face

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Oil Pastel on Paper

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White on White drawing of a piece of crumpled paper

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Continious Line Drawing of Flowers and Vases

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Continious Line Drawing of Flowers and Vases

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with markers

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with oil pastels