I feel like my best artwork this semester was my final deer painting. Not only was it a nice change of pace from previous artworks, but it was so satisfying to create a painting with a brush. It wasn't the first, as I painted a portrait of my brother earlier this semester, but it's been a while. It also just turned out so nice. I am very proud of it.
If I could redo an artwork, I would rebuild my impossible waterfall from the ground up. I wasn't able to finish it because we switched to distance learning and then it got ruined by my brother, but it was a cool concept and I'm curious to see if I could've pulled it off. What I learned in this class is to stretch myself. While I do much prefer 2-dimensional art, making 3D art and sculptures was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed working with the wire earlier in the year. It was so different from my usual art that it was weird making it but fun at the same time. If I had to say something, I wish we had more time. I wanted to make a paper accordion kinetic sculpture but they take a veeeeery long time to make. Like this - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pik2BcQF8ZQ
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My identity artwork is a silhouette of a buck from the shoulder up on a black background. Within the silhouette is a nature scene. The scene includes white snowy mountains in the background, a single silver pine tree above that, and a silhouette of a black bear in the foreground.The sky is a wide range of blues and so is the land the bear walks on. The sky area is speckled with white stars.
I began my artwork by creating a stencil of the deer silhouette. I painted all of the blues in the background using the stencil. I then painted the white mountains and the blue land under it. Once it was dry, I painted the pine tree and the bear on top of it. I then used a toothbrush to speckle on the stars. Once it was all dry, I painted a black outline of the deer and painted the whole background black. I then used an exacto knife to scratch small parts of the painting for extra detail. I scratched the bottom of the bear's feet and small scratches in the tree to add texture. The reason I used a deer image to show identity is because the idea came from one of my family members, and what better way to show your identity than by those who shaped your identity. My aunt asked me to 'try' to make her a painting to put on her wall and I decided to go all out and make her the best painting I could. I feel like family is a major part of a person's identity. Those who you grow up with tend to have a larger impact on who you are than others. Not only was it an idea of my aunt's, but it also represents us because we live in a snowy state. Hunting is also a large tradition in our family so the deer and bear both relate to us in that way. My main goal for this artwork was to make something suitable for my Aunt's wall and I definitely succeeded. My aunt was blown away by the painting, way exceeding her expectations. My family liked the painting so much that they are all asking me to make more. I had to make a second painting to appease my mom so she can hang it up home as well. Same as my family, I was also blown away by my painting. It turned out so much better than I had hoped and it was a lot of fun to create. I have not put this much effort into a painting before and I really impressed myself. For this final artwork I thought of a few ideas to create but they don't really express me. I thought of making a silhouette of myself out of popsicle sticks and covering it with are that would represent me, but I ultimately decided against it. I think I am going to create a self portrait pencil drawing. I will most likely use one of my senior photos and draw it larger to fill a full sheet of paper. After the last couple of portraits, I feel like one of myself would turn out great. I might add abstract splashes of watercolor to the drawing but I don't know exactly how yet.
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AuthorHey I'm jaden, I'm a senior this year, and I really like to draw. Like, I REALLY like to draw. Only with pencil though. 90% of the time I only create art with a pencil. Archives
January 2021
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