Over the past year I believe I have grown quit a bit in terms of developing art making skills. For example when I shade things; I originally preferred using the smudging technique but over the past couple of months I have started using the hatching technique when drawing. I originally thought smudging looked better but after experimenting with hatching I have decided that I prefer doing that. I have also developed in communicating through art and collaborating. When we did our world hunger piece I collaborated with Katya, and I think we conveyed our message pretty well. We had two bowls represent two halves of the world giving to begging hands. It showed that as a community we can give back to those in need. I do however wish that I had developed more in terms of taking risks and problem solving. The only time I really took risks this year was on the last project when I went over my painting to texture it. It ended up turning out much better than it originally was and it showed that by taking risks that my art skills could improve and fix any problems my artwork had(for example it was too boring).
My favorite art project this year was either the choice project where I painted cherry blossom trees, or the artist inspired project. For both of them I got to use techniques that I had learned before. For the cherry blossoms I got to use one point perspective; I painted the closest trees bigger, and the farthest ones smaller to represent where they were. And for the artist inspired piece I got to use calligraphy to recreate one of Katsushika Hokusai's pieces and I had a lot of fun with it. I never thought I would every try to create art using calligraphy, but this year I got to try that and I think that did help me grow because I now have more skill in terms of calligraphy. While I did have fun with these projects I didn't exactly connect with them that much. This year I didn't really connect with my artwork as much as I would have liked. While I did enjoy doing it, I never really made a piece that I connected with or related to. I hope that next year in AP I can created work that means a lot to me. I thought that this class was a lot of fun and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Therefore the only thing is that I wish that we had more choice projects. I found myself much more engaged in art when I was allowed to have artistic freedom, use different mediums, and got to let my mind sort of wander in terms of ideas. I don't like having to find inspiration from one specific thing, so in terms of the world hunger piece I wished I could have done it on any problem in the world as opposed to just that. But like I mentioned before I loved the class and looked forward to it every day. Art is something that everyone loves even if they don't know it, whether it's visual art, music, literature, or dancing. I don't know one person who doesn't love music, and as for me I happen to love both visual art and music. I'm not musically talented and can't create it, but I am good at drawing; therefore I love it. Music, painting, dancing and obviously writing can convey storylines that can touch the audiences. Whether it's something they've experienced or just something interesting, people can learn from it. I think art is one of the most important things for a community or culture to have in all of its forms because it can convey stories and mindsets from the past, as well as ideas and emotions; therefore it has the ability to change how people think or feel.
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For my choice piece I chose to paint cherry blossoms. I painted them by using a paintbrush and dabbing different pinks on the trees. I painted the grass by dabbing different shades of green onto it.
For my figure drawing I was inspired by dancer silhouettes. After I had done the actual silhouettes black I decided I wanted to paint the back purple to make it more colorful; so I painted it in purple watercolor in a streaky design.
For calligraphy I originally drew the city black and white, but i thought it was too boring so I used watercolor to add to it.
My blackout poetry was about how the character learned more from their experiences than from a book, therefore I drew a book so that the words were at an angle so they didn't make sense.
My piece would make an impact because it shows begging hands asking the world for help. It took a while to come up with the idea, but after seeing a lot of pictures of begging hands I decided to make the two halves of the world represent bowls. And in my piece I had the bowls give to the begging hands to represent the world helping those who have gone hungry.
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Abby SullivanI am a senior at Millis High School boi Archives
March 2018
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