The celebration of learningOn December 19th, 2023, we had our first celebration of the year. I found that my strongest or favorite piece of work in the celebration was my collage painting, at least it was that i found it stood out the most. Though I did like my perspective drawing and my still life sketch of the chains. I feel that my college had quite a bit going on as well as a lot of detail so it was more interesting to look at and there was more to talk about when asked. While my chain and perspective drawing are pretty basic in my opinion. I think the art show did go well, we had everything set up on time and nicely, as well everything seemed pretty relaxed and not too chaotic. Though I found that it was a little bit boring for the vam 20s, I found that we didn't have a lot of art to show nor talk about. We were able to watch the performance and the music concert but really that was all. I do find that i have grown over the semester with my confidence in my art, as well as i am more likely to go outside my comfort zone while painting, drawing, sculpting, etc. that and just looking at my art from the very start of the year to now, i atleast can see a big difference in my general skills.
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Celebration of learningPersonally, I think that the art show went pretty well; my art got quite a bit of attention considering I don't like it that much myself. Otherwise, I think it was a good art show. I think as a whole, the art show went well, though it seemed to go on for a long time. Being able to watch the capa play and listen to the music from the band academy made the time go by faster; otherwise, it was fun getting to see all of our art completed. I think the art show was good; the only issue I had was how long we had to stay at school for, but it was fun. Personally, I liked my Luke and Calum painting (curly hair and beanie); I didn't mind the Michael one (hat), but I didn't like it too much. My least favourite one of all is my Ashton one; the proportions were very off and the reference photo I used in the first place was weird. I think I have grown quite a bit throughout the year, not only with my sketches and paintings but with my photography and editing too. I also got more confident and comfortable with using computer programmes like Photoshop and Illustrator.
This project had several ups and downs, but overall, painting this project was enjoyable, and learning different techniques was useful. The downside was having to transport the glass to and from school before fully deciding to leave it at home to work on. After they all broke, I completely changed what I was doing. Yes, I still did the members of 5 Seconds of Summer, but before I started, I started with different clips of them from the music video ‘old me, and these were done in full colour, and I had attempted to blend the colours. This can be seen in my last blog with one of the broken ones. The new concept that I have done is to take pictures of them from different interviews in black and white. I used 10+ different shades of grey, and I did not blend the colours. I figured out where the lightest areas were and marked them. Using different layers, you can pick out all of the different shades. I like this method a lot because blending any colours on glass is extremely difficult and may still look choppy, but this non-blending method still gives the individual depth and still looks realistic. This, in general, was much easier to do and still gives a very nice effect.
Independant paintingWe have been working on a project recently, which is named the independent project. For this assignment, I was doing a series of 4 paintings on glass. I am painting the members of the band, 5 seconds of summer. For each painting, I will paint on the glass but the opposite way that you would normally paint a canvas. Originally, I had almost all of them done, but in the transportation from home to school, they all broke. This was the most recent time that they broke through. The very first piece with no paint on it broke, as well as one more after this. Yes, this was pretty annoying, but it was a good learning experience. I got to learn different techniques as I had to repaint them so many times. For example, I found different ways to paint the hair and the skin, which is difficult. I have now concluded that I will leave the glass at home until the last few days when I have to take them in. With this, I find I work better at home anyway and I can get much more done in a smaller amount of time.
Portrait painting My friends and I think that my strongest piece in the celebration of learning was my realism painting, which got chosen for the show. I think that I need to practice more realistic faces as this was my first one. I do think that it was my strongest piece as I found I looked like the person I was trying to portray. I think that the art show went pretty well as my art got the attention of a few people. I say that I have grown a lot over the semester so far as I find that I am taking more risks in different styles
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