Haley is the mentor that I will be working with. Haley has done art since she was little and has taken many art courses during her time at Apex High School. Right now she is in AP Art. Haley enjoys drawing. During the time that we work together I would like to learn many different techniques about art that can help me get better at it. I will also want to learn how to improve my art skills. I think working together with Haley can boost my experience with art. her art blog is haley-apex2017.weebly.com/
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I morphed a pomegranate and a sea turtle together. I chose a sea turtle because sea turtles really fascinate me. I chose a pomegranate because I really like pomegranates. They are also similar in shape which made it easier to morph the two together. The patterns on the sea turtle shell and the pomegranate seeds have a round like shape. To make this piece I had to go through many steps. First, I came up with an idea in which two things I were to combine. Then I made a sketch in my art sketch book. After that, I decided that I wanted to do this piece in pencil. Lastly, I drew the piece in pencil and added the darker values with a soft drawing pencil later. I found out that the more darker values I added to the pomegranate seeds made them appear more realistic. Another thing that was a success was the patterns on the sea turtle's seashell. I also liked the patterns on the head of the sea turtle. If I could change this piece in any way I would try to make the outside, top and leaves of the pomegranate more realistic and make them look like a pomegranate. Also I would consider adding color to make this piece look even better than it already does. Color pencil would have made this piece look even better. This warm up helped me realize that putting something in the very center of an art piece makes it boring and not look as good. This warm up was the reason I drew the sea turtle pomegranate's arms to go off the page.
Amber Cowan is an artist that works with glass to build amazing sculptures. She has received her MFA in Glass/Ceramics from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia in which she is part of the staff. From Salisbury University she earned her BFA in 3-Dimensional Design with a concentration in Glass. Her projects involve flame-working, blowing, and hot-sculpting recycled, up-cycled, and second-life glass. This glass is usually found in flea markets and post-production factory runs. At Heller Gallery she has had solo exhibitions. She has also taught at multiple schools including The Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Crafts and the Studio of Corning Museum of Glass. Her site is ambercowan.com/home.html Rouge Flambe The Revelation of a Serqet Sky Blue, Cobalt and Slag Amber Cowan inspires me by her intricate and astonishingly beautiful sculptures. She makes me want to learn how to use different mediums such as glass or recycled materials. I am awed by how creative and original her artworks are. She makes me want to step outside my boundaries when making art. I am amazed about how much time she has put in all her pieces of art. It looked like it wasn't easy and it wouldn't take a small amount of time making all of these things. I am also stunned at all the beautiful colors she uses to make her pieces pop out to people looking at them. On the other hand, I usually draw with pencil and don't add to much color to my art, her art makes me rethink that decision.
PENCIL: Using pencil when drawing a wine glass had its strengths and weaknesses. Most of my drawings outside of school have a medium of pencil so it was easy getting the shading done. The bad part about that is that graphite is gray and the darker areas of the piece were not as dark as I want. There is only one shade/color to work with while using pencil which is another weakness. Some strengths were that the pencil blended fairly easily. While using pencil, making drawings very elaborate and look realistic is very easy. CHARCOAL: To me, using a medium of charcoal was the most fun out of the three mediums. Using charcoal was a new and exciting experience for me. Even though it was very fun, there were many things that I didn't like about using this medium. Charcoal got everywhere and on my hands. This affected the drawing because I was using my fingers to smear and blend the drawing. The good part about using charcoal is that my drawing looks more realistic than the others. Shading was easier with charcoal too. To highlight the piece I used an eraser which made highlighting a whole lot easier than with pencil or pen. PEN: The medium of pen is not as unfamiliar to me as charcoal is. As all of the other mediums do, using pen also had lots of strengths and weaknesses. One weakness for me is that I feel that using pen for a drawing makes it less realistic and more of a cartoon style. Another weakness is that once you make a line you cannot reverse or erase it, you either have to cover it up or go with it. This made me mad because I messed up quite a few times on this piece. A strength is that using pen can also make it easier to add more and more detail to your piece. This made it easier more the piece to look better and more finished. Another strength of using pen is that the black and the dark areas really pop out because of the ink. This warm up really helped me with proportions. When I am drawing my proportions are usually off. This also helped me understand where to put things on the graph structure.
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