1. Draw a self portrait of myself

2. Draw value

3. Draw with basic shapes

4. Draw an animal

For my first assignment, I worked to create a self portrait of myself. I chose a picture of myself from a photo shoot that I was in. For the second assignment, I drew the levels of shading from light to dark. I then used those levels to draw a ball and what it looked like. For the third assignment I drew a hamster using only circles, rectangles, and triangles. After that I redrew the hamster using the same shapes and just took out the extra lines and rounded out some of the areas. And for the fourth assignment I drew a red panda using shades to show the furs' texture and colors. Please enjoy and comment if you like; thank you for taking time to look at my work.

As a “middle” I completed...

1.) Abstract Art piece 

2.) Self Portrait with Indian Ink 

3.) Value Assignment 

4.) Basic Shapes Assignment 

5.) Animal Sketch 

I found the assignments this quarter to be challenging, but nevertheless interesting. This is my first time sketching an abstract piece. I made an mask with two sides. Inside the mask, you could see spiderwebs, checkerboards, shirt collars, neckties, and etc. My favorite painting this quarter is the self portrait. Comparing to the self portrait I did in the first quarter, it is much better. Others could actually tell that it is me! 

The value and animal shape assignments are very useful practices to create the animal drawing. I learned how to create three dimensional objects by creating illusions with shadows and shadings. The animal sketch (lion) is the best animal sketch that I ever did.

I improved a lot compare to the first two quarters. I started to take more of my time perfecting my drawings and art starts to became one of my prized hobbies. 

Artist Statement

This body of work is mostly focused on my friend's band that I spent time taking photos of. I went to their band practice and took a lot of great photographs. I was able to get a lot with perfect timing. I spend weeks editing my photos. It takes a lot of focus, and I am a perfectionist about my photo editing.

I know I didn't exactly do the collage correctly, but it is mostly just things I found interesting and funny. I will spend more time looking for strips of color so that I can make a real artistic collage.

I worked on the drawing a lot more this quarter. I want to learn how to draw hands really well, because they are super challenging. I liked drawing fabric. I learned how to draw draping fabric and I thought it was interesting so I made it as detailed as I could make it.

I am determined to do better on my drawings. My photography has gotten really good too, I have a specific style in the way that I take photos and the ways that I edit them.

Artist Statement

During this quarter I have made 4 pieces of art I am truly proud of creating. I made my first collage that form something else, inspired by two of my favorite fantasy worlds. I created a fabric drawing, without tracing anything. The fabric had to my best, due to the fact that I went with my own gut on how to draw it. Throughout this quarter I was able to express myself using more mediums. I found it both challenging and a little "weird", but the finishing products came out very well. However, I would say that as an artist in "A" band's class I still represented myself through my artwork. Every artist has their own style, and I think I've found my own during this quarter.