Reflection on the Marking Period

Over this first marking period in art, I feel like I have gained skills and have become better in art. I think I have become better at shading when I drew my shoe drawing. I remember last year I wasn't sure how to shade properly, but now I feel like I have a better sense of how to do it. I feel like I can shade better going from lighter to darker. I remember last year in the beginning of the school year, we had to shade apples. I remember I didn't know how to add dimension, shine, or texture to my drawing. All of this can be done with different shading techniques and the right drawing pencil. This year I feel like I have a better idea of what I am doing and how to do different techniques, such as shading. I am ready to learn more skills in art this year.

Next President Collage

For the next president election, I decided to do my collage on civil rights. Civil rights are very important to all humans, they protect us. When I first started cutting out pictures out of magazines for my collage, I didn't really know what I was looking for. I had an idea on what I wanted to do, but I couldn't really make up my mind on what I would do. It was hard to decide on what I would use in my collage and what I wouldn't. I like using tissue paper in my collages. At first, I put different colors of tissue paper on top of my white paper when I first started so I could have a surface to work on. After I would glue pictures down on top of the tissue paper, I would put more tissue paper on top of that and add some paint in various spots. On my collage I painted a peace sign, a heart, and the word respect. I believe that all three of those things are the key for protecting civil rights. From magazines I cut out the words fight back, less spying more transparency, voice, your world, love, and never underestimate the power. I liked how my collage turned out in the end. When I was starting my collage, I didn't like it at all. But I realized from many times in art that a lot of times when you don't like a piece of art that you are working on at first, you really like it in the end.

Shoe Drawing

I had a lot of fun drawing the different shoes. When I first started drawing, I didn't know which direction to turn to. I wasn't sure at which angle to draw the shoes to make them look the most interesting. I first started drawing the Converse shoe on the right and then I worked my way over to the left side of the page where the sneaker is. I really like shading in where shadows are and going from light to dark with shading. With shading you can add your own dimension to your drawing and can be as creative as you want to. The hardest thing about drawing the shoes for me was drawing the shoe laces as best as I could. It was hard because the middle shoe had the laces in a knot and and the shoe on the right had the laces going down into the shoe. It was challenging trying to draw the shoes to make them look like how they would look in person. Overall, I am proud of my drawing. I think I did a great job drawing them and shading them right.