Sarah+C.

Expressionist Fabric Painting

My painting is similar to an Expressionist painting by the eye catching colors. Expressionist used exaggerated colors like red, green, yellow, blue, black, etc. Also, my aggressive brush strokes in the grass are similar to an Expressionist’s painting because Expressionist express their thoughts by some stressed strokes and lines with emphasize. Expressionists painted to show their feelings and thoughts in their mind and I painted to express myself or symbolize myself. Lastly, Expressionists used figurative shapes to express. I painted the shapes of my objects sharply, edgy and round.
 * 1. How is your painting similar to an Expressionist painting? *Look back at the Prezi to help you answer this question. There are 3 main things I'm looking for: colors, content (why did they paint?) and how did they draw the objects/people and animals in their paintings? ... ( Minimum of 3 sentences.) 5points**

In a research that I did, they said that prairie dogs were very sociable, playful, and very sharing. Prairie dogs build burrows(home) and share their homes with other animal. They also like to greet to each other with a prairie dog kiss or nuzzle. When I thought of my behaviors or things I like to do, I was very similar to prairie dogs. Therefore, I chose prairie dogs to represent me.
 * 2. Why did you choose the animal or object to represent you? (2pts)**

All colors in my painting represent me. For example, the prairie dogs have a brown color. Brown represent the color of comfort, endurance, reliability, approachability, and natural. Since I am very sociable, people approach easily and are very comfortable. Also, the grass which is green represents me because it symbolizes generosity and good luck. Finally, the red mountain stands for courage, strength, energy, and excitement.
 * 3. Why did you choose the particular color to represent you? (2pts)**

I used dry brush for one prairie dog, rock salt on the grass, graduated wash in the sky, and blending wash in the sun.
 * 4. Which watercolor techniques did you use on your painting and where did you use them? (2pts)**

I would change the techniques in the grass for my project because I tried alot of different techniques on the grass but nothing worked and only the paper got heavy of water and started bending. Next time, I would chose the right technique that would fit the grass and finish it the first time so the paper won’t get mushy and bendy.
 * 5. What would you change about your project if you could do it over? (2pts)**

I like my sun and my mountain the most from my project because they had the use of exaggerated colors and had my favorite technique, the graduated wash and the blending wash.
 * 6. What do you like most about your project? (2pts)**

Earth Day Assignment In this Earth Day Assignment, I showed several ways we can save earth. First of all, I expressed Earth day by a girl thinking about what an Earth day is. So, in the thinking bubble, there is an earth, and crashing into the earth is a car that is letting out bad smoke. I wanted to show riding individual cars can pollute the air which is a harm to the earth. Also, towards the bottom of the earth there is a bottle with only small water coming out. This was showing saving water. If we save water, it will supply more homes to other animals. Not only that but it can also supply us for other good uses in resource. In addition, there is a picture with a red O on person throwing trash in the garbage. This displays one good way to save the earth. Most people throw trash on the ground, in the lakes, oceans, river, and etc. Those garages end up killing many animals. Next, there is a person walking and a light bulb that says "OFF!". These illustrates how to reduce the pollution and better ways to save money and resources. The big leaves and the frog represent life. If we save and recycle, life will become better.  Printmaking Assignment media type="custom" key="5912359"

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One Point Perspective Room Critique

The theme of my room was honey. I chose this theme because I love sweets, especially honey syrup. So, I decided to draw a room full of honey and a place where a bee would live. My unexpected environment was one winter night. I don't think it was a good match for my room because bee's work in the summer, not winter. And the bee's room was very bright while the outside environment was very dark. But, since it was an "unexpected environment", I decided to do the opposite of spring and morning. I had put some snow, footsteps in the snow, tree's without leaves, and the glowing moon. My biggest challenge in this assignment was coloring. It was very difficult because if I just use brown to color everything, I wouldn't be able to show the different layers. So I had to think about how and what colors I could use to show different layers of brown furniture on other brown surfaces. I am most proud of my gradient coloring. I have not used much gradient in my drawing and this time, it turned out fairly good. It showed brightness and darkness very clearly. If I could change something about this assignment, I would change my drawing by using more creative object to make it more convincing because my room has just simple furniture with small brief details. I would do this by adding some pancakes with honey on them, more jars of honey, some flowers, and some more colors. Thank You!

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