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ICAN #9 MASTERY PROJECT Universal Concepts

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ICAN #9 MASTERY PROJECT Universal Concepts

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This mastery assignment was interesting to do. In my project, I have used the universal concept of the "Portrait" and painted a portrait of a woman. To give it an additional twist, I painted over a flower on one of her eyes to give it a more natural look. I used a complementary color scheme of brown and dark blue/dark turquoise. A principle of design I used in this piece was "Symmetry", more specifically asymmetrical. Even though the flower was not drawn on both sides, I think that it still balances out well. An element of art I used in this piece was "Value". I used different shades of browns to show the depth of the hair and hair strands, while using different skin tones to shade various features of the woman's face, arms, etc.

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ICAN #7 MASTERY PROJECT - Logo Design_ 2_4 MASTERY (1)

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ICAN #8 MASTERY PROJECT - Looking at an Artist's Style

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ICAN #8 MASTERY PROJECT - Looking at an Artist's Style

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I CAN #6 MASTERY PROJECT #2 Social Issue

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I CAN #6 MASTERY PROJECT #2 Social Issue

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This Mastery Assignment was interesting to do. The social issue I tried to implement into my piece was how smoking can eventually kill a person. By using the visual metaphor of hearts you see in a general video game that represents your "health" or amount of "lives" you have; it displays the effects of cigarettes in reality. I used a pixel art style to really show that classic video game effect and the element of art I used in this piece was LINE. I used LINE through geometric lines where there are many horizontal and vertical lines shown in the illustration. A principal of design I used was ACTUAL MOVEMENT because of the smoke fumes that were rising from the cigarette's end, which show a sign of movement.

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ICAN 6; Mastery Assignment #2 Social Issue (1)

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I CAN #6 MASTERY PROJECT #1 Visual Metaphor

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I CAN #6 MASTERY PROJECT #1 Visual Metaphor

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The metaphor, "Night Owl" refers to a person who tends to stay up late. People who play computer games are night owls more than most other people. The EMPHASIS is placed on the owl who is centered in the image and the CONTRAST of darkness around the colorfully lit owl increases the FOCAL POINT on the owl...the eyes are the actual FOCAL POINT and the question unfolds with why the eyes? This causes the eyes to roam looking for the answer...and then the remote control device answers the question. The color scheme is PRIMARY COLORS...with dark midnight blues surrounding the yellows and reds of the owl and late night snacks.

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ICAN #4f MASTERY PROJECT #2 The Four Steps of Art Criticism in MLA format Essay

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ICAN #4f MASTERY PROJECT #2 The Four Steps of Art Criticism in MLA format Essay

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ICAN #5: MASTERY PROJECT #2 Tempera Paint Project

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ICAN #5: MASTERY PROJECT #2 Tempera Paint Project

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In this mastery, I have created a tempera painting of a misty valley, as stated in the video tutorial. This was my first ever tempera paint piece and it was quite difficult to work fast since the paint is a quick-dry type. The colors I've chosen in this assignment was a set of green monochrome colors with a hint of yellow for highlights. I might call my choice of colors analogous because I did use a little bit of blue in the beginning to set the atmosphere. I tried using several techniques in this painting as taught in "ICAN#5 Tempera Techniques" such as the painterly, blending, press, and some underpainting techniques. The hardest part about tempera to me is that the paint is very thin and you need to apply multiple layers as the paint is still wet (if you want to blend colors around).

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ICAN #5: MASTERY PROJECT #1 Martin Luther King Jr.

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ICAN #5: MASTERY PROJECT #1 Martin Luther King Jr.

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This project was really unique from what I've submitted so far. In my mastery, I have done a digital painting of Martin Luther King Jr using the digital illustration software called Clip Studio Paint EX. I decided to do a monochrome portrait using greyscale while making the background have red and blue. I used several different digital brushes in this painting, which were some chalky textured brushes and watercolor-textured brushes to achieve a more realistic, traditional style of painting. I created a simple background of the American flag to represent Martin Luther King's legacy, which was blurred out using a setting on the illustration program. Overall, I think this was fairly easier to do because I have years of experience in digital illustrating/painting.

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ICAN #3 MASTERY PROJECT #2 - Self Portrait or Still Life

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ICAN #3 MASTERY PROJECT #2 - Self Portrait or Still Life

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This mastery was really interesting to do. I took the longest time on the blind contour lines, making sure that it would be as accurate to the still life as possible. I was quite happy with the results because it looked almost proportionally accurate to the setup. I tried to make a balanced composition by having a balanced amount of objects on each side. Then, I used an arbitrary color scheme for the still life with two textures which are table salt and paper scarring for the pots' details.

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ICAN #3 MASTERY PROJECT #1 - Padlet Portfolio of 7 Compositions through Photography

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ICAN #3 MASTERY PROJECT #1 - Padlet Portfolio of 7 Compositions through Photography

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This mastery was a really good way to exercise our knowledge of the 7 principles of design. For the most part, I took my time to look in my camera roll and find images that suited the principle. I was sometimes stuck on picking an image because I thought both pictures or multiple could work for the principle. Out of all principles, I found many pictures that symbolized unity and balance, which was the easiest out of all. Pictures with pattern were more difficult to find because I did not have any existing images so I took the time to take a new picture. This assignment was a little different than other masteries, so I thought it was refreshing.

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ICAN #2 MASTERY PROJECT #2 Watercolor Project

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ICAN #2 MASTERY PROJECT #2 Watercolor Project

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This mastery project was quite a challenge for me to complete. I decided to make up a character design and use complementary colors which are reds and different greens and a hint of yellow for emphasis on some areas. Two textures that were used were salts on the girl's hair ties (although it may seem hard to see) and alcohol ink/rubbing alcohol on the lizard's body to create a bleeding effect. I think the results were pretty okay though I think I could do better because it is not the best thing I've made with watercolors and I want to try doing them more on my own sometime. It was a challenge to control the water bleeds and where the color flowed on the paper which can easily mess up the creation if not careful. I find myself doing digital artwork (which I have been doing for about 4 years now) easier than traditional work, but it's good to learn both media of artwork in my opinion.

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ICAN #2 MASTERY PROJECT #1 - Charcoal Drawing

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ICAN #2 MASTERY PROJECT #1 - Charcoal Drawing

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This portrait drawing was something difficult to complete because it was very messy and difficult to draw with because of how the charcoal sticks are shaped. I used various tones (1/4,1/2, and 3/4) to achieve the darks and lights in the piece. The artist in the video was using several composition techniques that I followed , which made the drawing much easier to follow versus drawing from a direct photograph. I used the soft charcoal to sketch out the shapes of the face then used the compressed charcoal to shade and form the details such as the nose, mouth, and eyes. The project was really fun to go through and I would attempt another charcoal drawing on my own time if I can.

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ICAN #2 Charcoal Tutorial: Banana or Vase

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ICAN #2 Charcoal Tutorial: Banana or Vase

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This portrait drawing was something difficult to complete because it was very messy and difficult to draw with because of how the charcoal sticks are shaped. I used various tones (1/4,1/2, and 3/4) to achieve the darks and lights in the piece. The artist in the video was using several composition techniques that I followed , which made the drawing much easier to follow versus drawing from a direct photograph. I used the soft charcoal to sketch out the shapes of the face then used the compressed charcoal to shade and form the details such as the nose, mouth, and eyes. The project was really fun to go through and I would attempt another charcoal drawing on my own time if I can.

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ICAN #1 MASTERY PROJECT #2 Pencil Drawing

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ICAN #1 MASTERY PROJECT #2 Pencil Drawing

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Some relevant art terms for this assignment is contour lines, tones, and highlights. In my pencil drawing, I used many contour lines to refine the shapes of the figure such as the jaw, neck, and eyes. Different tones were used in this assignment to define certain parts of the face. The eyes and outline of the face had a darker tone while the hair and other facial features had lighter tones. There were highlights used in the eyes as well, to show the reflection of light. The mastery fulfilled the ICAN #1 goal because we used a video as something to observe as we draw and refine the observation on our own sheet of paper.

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ICAN #1 MASTERY PROJECT #1 Chair Drawing

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ICAN #1 MASTERY PROJECT #1 Chair Drawing

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Some art terms relevant to this mastery is negative space and contour lines. We used negative space to construct our shapes around the chair while using contour lines to make those shapes. This satisfies the ICAN#1 goal because we did an observational drawing by looking at the chair and draw it from what you're seeing.

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ICAN #1 Pencil Technique Tutorial and Study Guide for Mid Term

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ICAN #1 Pencil Technique Tutorial and Study Guide for Mid Term

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Some relevant art terms to this assignment would be cross hatching, blending, rendering, organic lines, and cross contour lines. Each of these words are a type of shading technique used to give dimension in an illustration. This assignment meets the ICAN#1 " Review and refine observational drawing skills" because this exercise allowed for us to practice and review our knowledge of shading figures based on the video provided.