This was mainly an experimental project. I wanted to work on my skills working with acrylic paint, so I decided to blend colors to make the background more complex. Each color is distinct but there is an obvious connection between them. Initially, I had a different idea for where I was going with this project after the background was painted, but I decided to use inspiration from Pinterest and create a more simplistic painting. I used only black and white paint with a very thin brush to create the dandelion and I am very satisfied with how it turned out. I effectively developed new skills and solved problems throughout the entire process of creating this piece. I was met with problems with inspiration, but in the end I think the piece is very clean and I'm glad I decided to go this direction with the piece.
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This project was inspired by something I found online but in the end I made it very unique. I used regular acrylic paint to make the background and initially I wasn't very happy with it. It was turning out more purple than blue for my liking so I had to problem solve quite a bit to make it how I wanted it. It still appears to be a little bit flat so I know to work on that next time. After painting the background and the elephant, I was kind of left in a slump. I didn't know what I wanted to do with the piece and I was left grasping at nothing basically. Finally, I was given the idea by my art teacher to use the big blue beads as water coming out of the trunk. I knew I wanted to do something like this but I didn't really know how to achieve it. I worked with new materials to create a more 3D piece than what I was used to. After discovering the blue beads to use on the background, I went a step further and found smaller pieces to use on top of the elephant to give it the same sort of feel as the water. I'm really happy with the skills that I developed and the way I was able to collaborate with my teacher and my peers directly to make a piece that I am very satisfied with.
This project was made as a Christmas present for my grandmother. I knew I wanted to do something with a cardinal since they have a special meaning for my family, so this is the project that I decided to do. I began with a very very light colored background and built off of it from there. To create the branches in the background, I watered down the blue paint to make sure they would be lighter than those in the foreground, giving the piece a greater feeling of depth. This concept was brought to my attention by one of my peers who helped me throughout the whole project. I was introduced to new methods of creating art and I was taking risks continuously. I was very nervous to paint each layer because I was nervous I would mess up the previous layer but in the end, I went into everything head on and the outcome really benefited from the collaboration and the risk taking and problem solving that this project contained.
This project was meant as a Christmas present for my mom. She loved the ocean so I knew I wanted to do something with that. I started with the waves and used a paper towel with the acrylic paint in order to create the texture of the waves. Looking back on the project I should have started with the sand and continued from there, but everything worked out in the end. I used the same method for the sand as I used for the waves to create more texture. To build further, I drew the starfish first and then mixed the paint for them and filled them in. To attempt to create some sort of depth, I added a small drop shadow to some parts of the starfish and then added the lighter color dots to make them look more realistic than just plain. Although my teacher wanted me to go further with the drop shadow, I was scared that I would mess something up so I decided to just leave it at that and in the end I was happy with the way the piece turned out. I tried new things like adding texture and attempting a drop shadow and I worked collaboratively with my classmates through each step of this piece as I value their input. Although I used reference photos for the starfish, this piece is full of originality and I'm really happy with all the choices that I decided to make regarding the final outcome of the piece.
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AuthorMy name is Amanda and I am a senior in high school looking to make a safe space out of an art room. Archives
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