end of the marking period

It's the end of the marking period and i feel like i have accomplished a lot.  I am excited to start working on the lanterns and i am proud of the progress i have made with drawing and collages so far.  My favorite project was the collage and i loved the turn out of my idea.  I have continued to surprise myself and I hope that I will continue to make progress.  I am excited to experiment with cutting paper and I hope to convey my season well.

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Collage

I did my "Next President Collage" about education, and opportunities.  i did a lot of magazine transfers and continued to overlap different images and text that conveyed my message.  some elements are covered, there is a saxophone player in the collage that only I can really see.  I think that cutting arts and music is a tremendous mistake that our country is making and it is cutting off opportunities for the next generation to succeed.  Education is  the most important thing because it forms the personalities and brains of future politicians, doctors, and musicians.  the children are the future and the future doesn't look bright after all of the cuts in the schools.  the attention grabber of my collage is the patriotic child in the center of the paper.  He has president John F. Kennedy on his shoulder and it has many meanings but it mostly shows how children need to have positive influences and they must be given opportunities.  The child is transparent and all of the text and photos are shining through him.  I used a packing tape transfer and dragged the child into the collage by connecting his blue shirt to the blue writing that says next generation.  

Shoe drawing

The shoe drawing was difficult.  I felt restricted by the concreteness of the assignment.  I am better at abstract projects but i took on the shoe drawing and I'm sort of proud of the outcome.  I like parts of my drawing better than others.  I don't like the top shoe in the corner of my paper because no matter how hard i tried it still doesn't look real, but i like the sneaker in the center.  I worked on making the shoe laces look real and they are one of my favorite parts of my drawing.  I learned about the basics of shading and pencils.  I used to think all pencils were generally the same but they can be softer or darker or lighter to help with shading.  Drawing these shoes was a lot of work but i surprised myself with the finished product.

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Welcome

I'm Kate and this is my first year of art class.  Im excited to be creative and learn different aspects of art.  I will use this blog to make updates on my progression through my art class during my senior year of high school.