Reflection

Over the course of the year, I have been working on numerous projects, some turning out well, some not so well. Some of my favorite projects were the WordArt, Zentangle and watercolor. A few that I didn't like were the posterization project, and the pastel projects. I didn't like the posterization project, because of how I messed up my face's coloring. I didn't like the pastel because I couldn't really get the colors to mix right. This semester I learned how to correctly mix paint for the watercolor painting. Next semester, I want to work more on sketches, and drawing, not paintings. I also want to paint landscapes. I would really enjoy trying to sketch things like trees and pastures. I enjoy sketching more, because i don't have to worry about miking colors right. The only thing I have to worry about is shading. I also like the fact that I can erase.

Posterization Project

I worked on a posterized picture of myself. I think I did Really well on the sectioning of colors, and drawing the face. I think I could have done better on mixing the paint, because my face got too dark.

We did a watercolor unit, and this was one of my favorite projects. I drew a sea cliff in a storm. At first I had no idea what to draw, and them I spilled some paint on my paper. I turned it into water, and then drew the cliff coming out of it. I added storm clouds to fill in the background space. I think I did really well with texturing the cliff, but I could have done better when texturing the cloud.

NYT blog post

I read an article about the Occupy Wall Street protestors. It talked about police officers removing people from the park, which the protesters basically destroyed. If I were the mayor of New York city, I would force the protestors to disband. They are a public menace, and if they don't leave, use tear gas. These people are crazy Communist left wings who have no idea what their goals really mean. Really, you want the richest people in the world, who provide a lot of jobs, and usually worked very hard to get where they are, and they want those people to be the ones that are so heavily taxed, that middle class people don't have to pay anything. Maybe if these morons weren't out in the streets yelling, chanting and pooping in parks, they could get some real work done, and help the "99%".

This is an oil pastel of os some pumpkins and leaves. It is not one of my favorite pictures. I could have done better at blending and shading, and lightening certain areas. I didn't like anything about this project.

This is one of my favorite art projects. It was kind of abstract, but it kind of wasn't. It is a picture of overlapping hands, and I colored it so that the same colors would only meet in corners, and II would change the colors depending on how may layers of hands there were. I think I could have been more precise with my lines, and not have made them so jaggedly. I enjoyed trying to find the patterns in the colors.

I just began to read the Hunger Games. It is a weird book. It sounds like some post-apoclyptic civilization. At some point, some colonies must have rebelled, and their capitol was angry. Now every year, they make two teenagers from each colony fight to the death in order to repay for them for the rebellion. The last person standing's colony gets lots of lavish comforts. The main character's 12 year old sister was chosen.

I read Time Pirate by Ted Bell, even though I read it before, it still keeps me on the edge of my seat as I read. Every single adventure that Nick, the main character. My favorite part is when he takes an old Sopwith Camel, and bombs a Nazi areodrome on a neighboring island. I can't wait until the next book is released

The Bet

"The piano was a silent as the lodge" is a personification, because silent is a term that can't really be used to define a lodge.
"He threw himself eagerly into his studies" is a metaphor, because you can't really throw yourself into studies.

English reading

I am reading Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry. It is the second book in the Rot and Ruin series. This is one of my favorite series. It takes place in post apocalyptic Sierra Nevada mountains. The human race has been all but wiped out by a disease that causes people to come back from the dead as mindless eating machines. Zombies. Humans ran for their life, settling in fortified cities, or living on their own. Fifteen years later, the world is set. There is the world inside city gates, and the Rot and Ruin. The land of the Undead. A year earlier Tom Imura and his little brother Benny went out in search of a serial murderer to bring him to justice. On the way they looked up to a sight not seen in 15 years. A sleek silver jet was circling over the valley. Now Benny and his friends must track down the jet, in a hope to reestablish civilization. Along the way, they meet strange people, and Benny's best friend, Chong gets kidnapped and sent to a horrible place were children are forced to battle to the death with blood thirsty zombies. It's called Gameland. Now Benny, Tom, and everyone else must save Chong, and close down Gameland forever.

This is a Roflcopter, I made it for my word project, and it is made completely out of ROFLs (Rolling On the Floor Laughing). I liked how I was able to correctly scale most of the helicopter's parts onto paper, but I need to make the rotor  parallel to the helicopter. 

I began reading Closer yesterday. It is a continuation of the Tunnels series. Will Burrows, and his father, and friend Elliot are trapped in a world inside this world. As they explore, they discover that they are not the only inhabitants. A German expedition from the 1940's has set up a colony, and is working with Will's traitorous twin sister to exterminate him and his friends.

Scratch board art

This is a scratch board art project of my dad wearing sunglasses. I learned ho to take away the lighter pats, and leave the shaded areas. I think I did a good job on shading the shirt, but I could have done better shading his face.

This is a picture of a dam near where I live. I chose pointillism to design this picture, because I thought it would be easiest to design water with it. I learned how easy it is to shade things with pointillism. I enjoyed making the trees in the background, and making the water look realistic. The shading on the far side of the dam.

This was a fun art project, and I thought I did pretty well. If I had a little more time, I would have perfected some of the shading on the cloth. I didn't want to shade any of the objects, because without shading, it made them stand out, and look cool.

My Art

I will be using this blog to post some of my art projects.