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Painting BootcampWhen practicing painting, I experimented with acrylic paint, testing out shading, blending, and mixing. I did this by performing certain tasks assigned by my teacher including creating a color wheel, testing different brushstrokes, painting 8 different shades from white to blue, painting 8 different shades from red to black, painting 8 different shades from yellow to red, painting with different brushstrokes, and putting that all together to make an abstract artwork. Landscape ArtworkFor my landscape artwork, I want to paint a Minnesota snow-covered lake. It will have a treeline in the background and a few trees in the foreground. There will be no tracks in the snow (unlike the photo to the left). It will have evergreen trees (like the photo to the left).
My artwork is titled "Rick the Chick". It is a drawing of a stuffed animal chick. It is drawn on black paper with chalk pastels. Before I made this artwork, I had to run some experiments and watch some videos since chalk pastel is new to me. I tested out the fluffy texture of the chick as well as the shading of the beak and feet. Then I threw it all together into what I thought was my rough draft until I realized the rough draft was exactly what I wanted to be my final artwork. My big idea was to show innocence contrasted by evil. I wanted an innocent little stuffed chick to contrast with a black seemingly empty void. I believed this goal was met but I think I could have done a little more to give the chick a little more placement; maybe a spotlight shadow or something similar. In creating this artwork, I learned how to make a fluffy texture with chalk pastel. I think the technique I used could be carried into other mediums. |
AuthorI'm Hayden - a sophomore who accidentally signed up for an art class. I have been called a good artist by a few elementary teachers and was nominated for the "Pablo Picasso Award" at pep fest last year, so I think I am a certified "artist". I like skittles. Archives
January 2021
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