I chose this work to share because I think it really shows how I've grown as an artist. In this piece I think I have good contrast between the red of the strawberry and the green leaves, good blending in the strawberry, and good highlights and shadows where the strawberries overlap. My first assignment of this year was a Prisma color drawing of red and green apples. Since both of these subjects are really similar, it is easy to see how much my skill has improved over the course of this year. I have learned how to layer colors and blend them without the color muddling together. In this class, I have also been able to experiment with many different mediums that I haven't worked much with before such as oil paints, which I really had a fun time working with. I also enjoyed the workshops we did in class and learned from them that Prisma Color is my favorite medium to work with. I also realized that I really enjoy drawing beautiful objects with vivid colors in colored pencil on plain backgrounds. I think its really nice to just focus on the object that I am drawing, and not have attention drawn away from the piece. Before this class, I never really thought about symbolism in art pieces, but now, I am more aware of the meaning behind art, and the personal connections people can have with it.
I made this piece because earlier in the year we drew bubbles outside, and I thought it was really fun and interesting to add so much color to something that actually appears transparent. I wanted to do something creative for this piece and wanted to create a shape out of the bubbles. I also wanted to have solid color somewhere on the piece so that it had some structure, so I decided to make a purple girl in a bubble dress. |
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