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1.) Why do you think AU requires you to take a class like this, what do you think AU hoped you would learn/experience?

For me, this class was an opportunity to develop my artistic abilities and spend some time not thinking about the importance of unnecessary assignments. I always had an amazing time learning something new that will definitely be needed in my future work field, regardless of my major. I have 0 regrets about taking this class!
2.) Share one thing you will take away with you from this class - an assignment, presentation, experience, question, homework, memory.

Interestingly, the class on mixing colours and value scales had a huge influence on me. Now I look at different shapes, forms, and colours from a different angle, I started analyzing how specific colour would look like if the background was either lighter or darker.

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1st image from our first workshop

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2nd image from our first workshop

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3rd image from our first workshop

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One of the images that I've used as an example for my negative space cutouts

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My negative space cutout

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Hands contour drawing

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Another example of my negative space cutout without leaves (had so much fun!)

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Kitchen supplies contour drawing

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Kitchen supplies cutout for the shape poem

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Additional cutouts of kitchen supplies

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A close up of one of the parts of my 'kitchen supplies' shape poem (2)

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A close up of one of the parts of my 'kitchen supplies' shape poem

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Shape poem of kitchen supplies

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A close up of one of the parts of my 'kitchen supplies' shape poem (3)

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A close up of one of the parts of my 'kitchen supplies' shape poem (4)

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Wasn't expecting to create this kind of shape, but it looks extraordinary :)

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1ST CHARCOAL DRAWING "USING VALUE EXPRESSIVELY"

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2ND CHARCOAL DRAWING "USING VALUE EXPRESSIVELY"

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Inspiration behind 1st charcoal drawing "Using value expressively"

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I've chosen Hawaii as a place of my color memory :)

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Inspiration behind 2nd charcoal drawing "Using value expressively"

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Vibrating colours

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Did this painting using violet/purple and yellow hues

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One colour looks like two

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Vanishing boundaries

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Additional '2 colours that look like 1' and 1 colour that looks like 1'

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Two colours look like one

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Spelled the "transparency" wrong 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Same picture in colour, used paper samples of the same hue (blue)

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My colour form that I've recreated based on the colours from my memory 💧🌊🫧

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Used multiple packages, handouts and paper samples in order to create a scale

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To create this piece I have chosen my dorm room because I consider it to be my safe space, a place for retreat and privacy. Since I don't have a stable home here, I get attached to new places easily. The center of my work represents my room itself, and the outer part represents all the issues that I face every day.

When creating this piece I wanted to reflect and show the feeling of calmness, for that I used pastel hues (blue, green, and grey). By using those colors I showed that the center of the artwork is supposed to bring a feeling of security. For the "outside" of my safe space, I used dark hues to highlight the darkness and dangers of my surrounding.

When creating a room from small pieces of paper I was aiming to use low contrast pieces. The feeling of high contrast I tried to show by drawing an invisible frame around the room, which visually brings my safe space in front relatively to so-called darkness.

For the room, I was aiming to create vanishing boundaries, however, still focused on showing edges between 'wall', 'window', and 'bed'. Therefore, I think that I've got some illusion of transparency at the end.

My final product is pretty close to what I've had initially in mind, yet I would try to improve it by clearly drawing a frame between the 'room' and 'danger'. So that it'd be easier for viewers to get the idea behind the artwork.

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Additional 'vanishing boundaries', 'transparency' and 'vibrating colours'