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!