Self Reflection

1. Figure 5.1, Shy Glance by Dawn Marie Jingagian. Acrylic on canvas, 1976. This self-portrait is quiet interesting compared to others by more skilled artist. The brushstrokes that the artist use, and low value and intensity of the hues make the work of art appear flat, with little or no depth. As the textbook describes, it’s difficult to make out what is ground and what is figure, I think this feature adds a sense of playfulness and fun which isn’t usually seen in self-portraits.

When I was younger, I started with making collages, and as I grew older and developed a better eye for shape and detail I started drawing with graphite, colored pencil, illustration markers, and pastel. About three years ago, I became really interested in painting, which is the main medium I use. I use art as a way to express myself and illustrate my best memories the way that I see them. Using specific color schemes and symbols to represent my best memories helps bring me right back to that place when I look back at piece that I’ve finished. Art is my way of remembering the best moments in my

I wanted to take my pictures myself because it is a lot cheaper than paying someone to do it for me. m\My little sister is the one who took the pictures, than I made them better with different types of picture creator apps. The first set of pictures we took were at my house. The second set was on High Knob. After all of the picture taking, I went on my tablet and started to make different types of creations with the pictures. They turned out to be impeccable, exactly how I wanted them to be. After I posted them, so many people loved them. I am very pleased I did them

The artist most often uses a brush to apply the paint. Brushes are made from a variety of fibers to create different effects.

We then learned about modern artists that also used linear perspective in their drawings. After that we then were allowed to search up different artists that used linear perspective and figured out which ones were close to the idea that we wanted to create for our drawing. We then researched different references to use that we could draw on our own, for example I looked up street light pictures because I wanted to figure out what kind of street light I wanted to draw for my image. When I finally finished my Final Artwork, I felt that I managed to actually do a good job all together in the drawing. While my shading wasn’t that good I felt that I managed to at least learn on what to do and what not to do next time I do another project similar to

women), who are some artist that have focused on the human head, how to depict human emotion (body language + facial expression), and last, but not least, the different techniques that one can use when drawing realistically (shading, charcoal, water color, oil pastels, etc.). Some things that will be challenging about this project are finding people to interview that will give me useful feedback, finding the right materials, and filtering out some of the techniques that might not apply to me, so that all the information doesn’t get too overwhelming. My question would be How do I improve my skills at portraiture? Before starting my research, I would probably draw a portrait and then after all my research I would draw multiple portraits (including a new version of the one that I drew in the beginning) to show the improvement that this project has caused. This is a good overarching topic because their are multiple aspects to answering this question. I will not only be able to research various artistic techniques and practices, but also study facial expression and facial bone structure and anatomy. All in all, I think that it is obvious that this project would be involving, educational and would keep me occupied for the 6 weeks that we’ll dedicate to

When deciding on how I should create my artwork I always go through a process in my mind. First, I analyze what it is I'm drawing, then I make a rough sketch. I'm sure most artists go through the same process as I do, but everyone has their own style. For example, I know that my teacher Mrs. Anderson can just go straight into her artwork with little thinking and everything just seems to flow from her. Her end result always amazes me, because even though she claims that it isn't her best work; I know that she is being modest.

George Grosz used watercolour in most of his late paintings, usually over pen and ink.

Yes, I think that I have chosen the appropriate colours, media, and stylistic treatment of the media to reflect who my person

Thankfully, my seventh grade art instructor, Mrs. Spiegel, gave me a reason to look back at my talents. Soft-spoken and very kind, she was especially good to me. She quietly encouraged me in my projects and inspired me to do more. I could be certain that she would place some of my own drawings at every special event that displayed student pieces. Even if I wasn’t the only student to be chosen, whenever I gave her my projects, I felt like I ought to be proud of it because it was special. By the end of the semester, I’d fully established myself as her adopted daughter among my peers. After I became an eighth grader and I could no longer attend art, I still visited her and she

First of all, the method of drawing portraits is what I learned the most in Drawing 101. I would answer

As for this assignment I have chosen a portrait photographer which his name is George Hurrell. He is a photographer that is artistically famous for what he do. George does portraits photos on a famous actor, actress, entertainers, singer, etc. He became what he is now by going to a college of fine art studying painting, while at school he had held his first new camera, as his class assignment he needs to photograph a scene for a painting that needs to be on his canvas. That what make him so artistically because he has so much experienced since in high school even though he use to draw while he was a kid. George Hurrell has an awesome photograph in the past, as he didn't do it alone from what I had read. George tags along with his famous artist

For my self-portrait I intended to portray significant things that I am proud of and things that have given me character. I intended to have my self-portrait reflect a particular mood as well with the restricted color pallet we were assigned. Furthermore I believe that I was able to communicate with the limited color pallet and also entice the audience to take a double taken. In order to communicate I took in consideration the symbols that I wanted to include and which symbols needed modification because the representation did not do justice.

Most of my pieces consisted of fanart or simple original pieces exploring inking styles. I admittedly favored one series, Love Live!, over the others, but I was grateful for the inspiration. Some drawings I practiced perspective and colors, like the first and fourth day respectively, others I tested styles of shading and texture. Going from a pencil sketch, to simple lining, and finally to detailed inking was a fulfilling experience.

Though this project was created as an assignment for my making class, much of my own thought and imagination went into it as the requirements and expectations were vague. Likewise, although this piece is not graphic design nor digitally created, I feel that this is one my best works that utilized a distinctive thought process and showcases my artistic style. (This is a photo of the project):