Artist Statement
Why I decided to make this is because I wanted other people to know what I have gone through in life and what my life may have been when I was a child. I wanted to show how time has played a huge impact on my life and what I decided to let impact my life as I grew up. I am trying a new type of art and its called layering I am very new to this and had no idea on how to do this at all. I was confused on how to set it up and where I should put some of the pictures in the shadow box. The images show brief stories about my life and what had happened at the time of the picture or item in the shadow box. This shadow box threw some curve balls at me because it was harder to make then I first had thought it was going to be. I have tissue paper with words on it to connect some of the pictures in my shadow box. |
MY LIFE FROM THE TIME I WAS BORN TO MY ADULT LIFE!
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THE ELECTRICITY THAT MAY SHATTER OUR VERY LIVES OR KEEP THEM TOGETHER!
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Artist Statement
Why did I decide to make this well because to have something that I could be passionate about but also as a gift for my mother that brought me into this world. I chose to give her something made by me so she could always cherish it close to her heart. Each jump ring and solid piece of metal shows the hard ships in my mother's life that she went through with my sister and me as well as the current ongoing hardship with not being able to see are father for almost four years now. The lighting bolt is a symbolism of our father who has been out of our lives for almost four years. This was a very challenging project for me because I had little to no experience with manipulating metal wires at all. So all the time and detail spent to put this together was well worth it to make a smile appear on my mother's face because she has been sad on the inside for a really long time. This piece as a project gives off a strong emotion to the family because life may only appear to some families as flash of light in a night sky. The jump rings show how everyone in life is connected to each other some how and that no one really gets the same treatment as they continue into a thunder bolt and shoot of set off on a journey with a new experience in store for them. The solid piece represent calm peaceful times mixed with hard ships at the same exact time. |
Artist Statement
Why did I choose this to do my watercolor project. I chose it because I thought it would be a challenge for me because I am not that good at using watercolor. The meaning behind this project was a birthday party in a park. The tents symbolises the friends and family that showed up to the party. The island in the middle symbolises where the birthday boy is sad and all alone because he didn't think any of his friends would show up just his family to his birthday party. The birthday boy thought a sleepover birthday party at a park would be a great way for him to have fun with his friends and spend the night together. When the birthday boy looks up he sees his friends from school came to his birthday part to spend time with him and he is overcome with joy that he is no longer sad. He is happy that his friends showed up for his birthday party. I think my strongest artistic strength or behavior in this weak would be using techniques and problem solving. I think my weakness for this project will be collaborating. I want to show a strong happy and sad feeling through this project. |
party in a park
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burning eye
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Artist Statement.
Why I made this is because I was inspired by the images that move. I wanted to make one but with my own designed idea. I was going for confusion and surprising at the same time. The meaning behind it was to symbolize my confusion and surprised feelings in life. I feel like I was able to get my meaning and idea across in this project. I was not use to using an exacto knife to cut some shapes out of my project. In fact it was surprisingly difficult to cut shapes in my project. I had some areas uneven but I made it work out in the end of the project. I was surprised it turned out great with a good meaning of confusion and it even surprised me as well. My strength in this project was making a connection with my artwork to give it a really strong meaning. My weakness was probably collaborating with the teacher and I feel like I should have asked some more questions on how to make it better. |
shattered window of a star that is sad
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Title: Golden rays of sun light peaking out of the dark!
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Artist statement
What inspired me to make this linoleum cut was I wanted to try new materials. When I saw people do this last year it looked awesome. I wanted to try to do this as well. My fellow classmates motivated me by saying it looks good and asking me questions to why it looks the way it did when I cut it. Why the dress design I picked for the girl in the artwork? It didn't take me long to decide on what material I wanted to use. I was excited to use this material and it was also fun. I got lost when I did this I felt like I was maybe meant to do linoleum cuts. I didn't let my classmates tell me it was a dumb idea to use the material and do this sketch I did on the material too. I asked the teacher question too as I did my project. I got really creative when I did my project.
What inspired me to make this linoleum cut was I wanted to try new materials. When I saw people do this last year it looked awesome. I wanted to try to do this as well. My fellow classmates motivated me by saying it looks good and asking me questions to why it looks the way it did when I cut it. Why the dress design I picked for the girl in the artwork? It didn't take me long to decide on what material I wanted to use. I was excited to use this material and it was also fun. I got lost when I did this I felt like I was maybe meant to do linoleum cuts. I didn't let my classmates tell me it was a dumb idea to use the material and do this sketch I did on the material too. I asked the teacher question too as I did my project. I got really creative when I did my project.
abandonmeant
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Artist Statement.
What inspired me to make my abandonment art pieces was the feeling that I was going to be left behind in my family. I was motivated by mom because she has to take care of me and my sister by herself. I wanted to show that being abandoned is not fun and it is sad. So I chose cats, dogs and hamsters to show this. The dogs and hamsters got adopted faster than the cats did. So I decided to show that when two best friends find each other at a pet store there's always that third pet friend you can find. This art piece took four weeks to complete and it took longer than I had planed. My strongest art behavior would have to be artist grow and develop art making skills. I learned not to use so much materials and to not take so long to get my art piece done. This had really strong feeling to me because I felt sad as I made it. |
frustration
gray toned print paper, colored pencils, pencil, pens, ruler.
2016
drawing
Artist Statement
What inspired me to do my frustration piece was me being on crutches. I was motivated by my friends telling me it looked good but I wanted to show the true meaning of frustration by the colors I used in my art piece. Then when I came back and more of it was completed I showed my classmates and they said it looks great and keep up the great work so I did keep up the great work. I tried to use things I haven't used before and it took a little longer to complete but not as long as my first art piece was. I believe that my frustration played a key part in deciding why I made this art piece. I didn't let my friends say that what I was using and doing was wrong and I continued on working until it started to look better. I made this art piece have a stronger meaning than the last one I made that is not as quite as meaningful as this one was.
What inspired me to do my frustration piece was me being on crutches. I was motivated by my friends telling me it looked good but I wanted to show the true meaning of frustration by the colors I used in my art piece. Then when I came back and more of it was completed I showed my classmates and they said it looks great and keep up the great work so I did keep up the great work. I tried to use things I haven't used before and it took a little longer to complete but not as long as my first art piece was. I believe that my frustration played a key part in deciding why I made this art piece. I didn't let my friends say that what I was using and doing was wrong and I continued on working until it started to look better. I made this art piece have a stronger meaning than the last one I made that is not as quite as meaningful as this one was.
Artist Statement
What inspired me to do the 4 pathways was I wanted to be able to go on more than one path. So I decided that I would make this for my third project. I used angles on the buildings and the road. I was motivated by the idea of doing this because I haven't tried doing it on the materials I picked out that I was going to use. I talked with my art teacher and asked if this was a good idea and she said yes but I needed to make it more meaningful. I spent a week on blending techniques before I added color to it. It took longer than I had expected it to take because I was sick this week. This one was tougher because I had no experience in blending colors together.
What inspired me to do the 4 pathways was I wanted to be able to go on more than one path. So I decided that I would make this for my third project. I used angles on the buildings and the road. I was motivated by the idea of doing this because I haven't tried doing it on the materials I picked out that I was going to use. I talked with my art teacher and asked if this was a good idea and she said yes but I needed to make it more meaningful. I spent a week on blending techniques before I added color to it. It took longer than I had expected it to take because I was sick this week. This one was tougher because I had no experience in blending colors together.