This piece shows off the theme of "line" because I included many different patterns that had lines incorporated into them.
I think my piece was successful because I made a design and all the lines showed up because I carved them deep enough. If I were to do this project again I might change some of the designs just to add more variety and interest to my piece. I may also change the colors a little and maybe do black on white instead of white on black though I do like the color I chose but I might need to add more ink to make it look not so grainy.
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My piece is pretty much almost finished at this point, as it has been sculpted and glazed. The next step for my piece is to fire it and then I'll be finished. My original plan included adding Mickey's shoes at the bottom and glazing them yellow but I had so much trouble with the ears that I just decided not to.
It was pretty difficult to stick the ears to the head but eventually I just cut out holes for the ears to fit into and that worked pretty well. Firing my piece also helped to give the ears more stability. I think the most successful part of my sculpture is that I was able to get a nice, round shape and though it isn't perfect, it is easy to identify what it is. The first thing I had to do was to make a pinch pot by using the coiling technique, after that I had to sculpt and stick the ears and the little buttons. To stick the ears and buttons I used the score and slip technique which involves scratching the surface and then adding some water and sticking it together. After all that was done I fired my piece and when it was done firing I glazed it and then I will fire it again to make it shiny and smooth. The place I decided to paint was Venice Beach in California. This was an important place for me because I absolutely love California and I can see myself living there someday and I hope to go to college there too; it pretty much represents what I want my future to look like. The most challenging thing to paint was the water because it is so precise yet so random at the same time and it was difficult to make the wave look alive and in action. I think the most successful thing about it is that I finally got the water to look like it is spraying rather than just there without any movement. The first thing I did was I primed the canvas paper I was using. Then I painted the sky because that is the background. After doing the sky I went ahead and did the sand and then I worked my way back to doing the rocks. Finally, after a lot of work I managed to get the water, I had to use white paint as well as a white gel pen.
From doing this color matching/mixing activity I learned that mixing the exact color you need is much harder than it seems. I also learned that you have to be patient because it is unlikely that you will get the color you want on your first try. To make brown, you have to mix complimentary colors. For example, orange and blue, red and green, and yellow and purple.
I got the opportunity to meet my mentor, she's a senior and her name is Devin. She does all kinds of art but I've noticed she mostly uses pencil and colored pencil for drawings. I think I will benefit from this by learning new skills because I have seen her work and it is honestly amazing. What I want to gain from this is that I want to learn how to make my art so much better and how to work on projects better with other people. Devin's link to her link is down below.
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