The Magic of Photoshop

Playing around in Adobe Photoshop can give you some very different and cool results. On the left, we took a picture of a girl sticking out her tongue and added a picture of a frog on top of her tongue and then changed the color of the frog to match the tongue of the girl. It was a little complicated to remember all of the steps but you get the hang of it after awhile. The bottom picture was originally a rhino. We took a picture of a zebra and traced the outline, dragged him over to the rhino picture, and then spread and erased the zebra skin to match up with the outline of the rhino. This also was a little complicated and timely, but the final picture turned out to be pretty cool!

Ceramic bowls

This project took a very long process. First, we took a slab of clay and flatened it out. Then we cut out a design on a piece of paper, laid it on the slab, and used a sharp tool to cut out the design. After we had our design, we placed it in a bowl mold so we could get the right shape. Once we finished smothing it out and letting it dry for a day or so, we put the bowls in the kiln to harden. They were in there for a VERY LONG time! After they came out, we had to glaze them so they would be nice and shiny. Then they hard to go back in the kiln in order to harden the glaze. Finally, once the bowl came out, it was finished! I took my bowl home and gave it to my mom for Mother's Day(:

Pastels

In my Art 1 class we recently finished sketching a collage of bottles, lamps, fruits, and flowers with pastels. Pastels are kinda like chalk and get all over your hands! During this project, we learned about the shading and bringing in of different colors to get a more natural look. I'm pretty happy about the results of my artwork. I enjoyed working with pastels and I will be very likely to use them again in the future!

Is This Real Life?!

Gesture, Sir?

Strike a pose for gesture painting! My partner and I jumped right in by having one person model and the other person drawing the silhouette. I was chosen to be the model and my partner drew my outline. After, we had to turn the outlined person into something absurd! It was very interesting to see not only ours, but everyone's final painting.

Lights! Camera! Action!

 Once in complete utter darkness, I like to use glow sticks! My group and I created light art by turning off the lights, changing the shutter speed on the camera, and gathering up some glow sticks. It took some practice because whatever you drew, showed up backwards. Lucky, we didn't have to practice writing words backwards. This project was a lot of fun and I would do this on my own time! 

Two Point Perspective? No Problem

Drawing in first and second point perspective is not as hard as it sounds. It was actually really quick to catch onto and lots of fun. Our assignment was to take a picture of a building and draw what we thought would complete the building using perspective. It did take some time; however, it was also interesting to complete.

Skittle Art

 Skittles! Skittles! Skittles! We made mosaic art out of this delicious candy. It takes a lot of patience to glue all of the skittles down. Plus it was tempting not to eat them! After completing a couple rows at a time, you could start to see the portrait come together. This took about a week to finish since we only have 90 minute classes.

African Savannah Shadows

Who knew you could make art out of shadows! Yesterday in Art class, we used many different objects and cut-outs to create a shadow picture. My group had a lot of fun coming up with a shadow art picture of African animals you would see on a Safari. I had a lot of fun with this project!

Sleepy Time (zzzzzz)

Last week in Art I, we created a mural out of masking tape inspired by Buff Diss. Each group chose a topic and had to come up with a sketch to express the topic. Once my group decided on a sketch for the topic of "sleep", we practiced using the masking tape on a desk and found a location on the school campus. The next class period we were sent out to design our masking tape art. It took a lot patience and concentration but in the end, the mural turned out to be a success.