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Directions: Upload a photo of your project to the TOP of your wiki page. Make sure the photo is clear and not blurry. It must also show the entire painting. (3pts) Answer the following questions on your wiki page in complete sentences and in paragraph form.

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

My painting is similar to an expressionist painting because I used strong colors and made it eye-catching with all the colors. The painting also shows a cat, which its personalities are similar to mine. I drew the silhouette of the cat, making it a bit simple, not too complex by adding too much details. And the background is a window, which shows how I think about the world, in the left, I represented the darkness and the coldness using rock salt, what we have to defeat. In the right, I used feathering to represent the happiness and comfort.

Why did you choose the animal or object to represent you? (2pts)

I chose a cat to represent my self mostly because I own one. But also because I feel that I have alot of common things between me and my cat. Me and my cat do not really like leaving the house. We like staring out the window, but do not really enjoy going outside. But at times, I just want to play and I need my friends, just like my cat, how he hates to play alone, even though we buy him a cat tower, it likes playing with someone more. We also both love to sleep.

Why did you choose the particular color to represent you? (2pts)

Red represents excitement and passion. I am very excited most of the times, and I'm very jumpy even in the morning. I am also very passionate in things that I really like and I try to do my best in everything. However Blue represents calm and spiritual. At times, I could be calm, at home I'm usually calm and quiet. People also tell me that I'm very spiritual. I used many variety of colors, such as orange, yellow, black, purple, green, yellow, and many more in many different values. This is because all the colors represent a little bit of me.

Which watercolor techniques did you use on your painting and where did you use them? (2pts)

I used bleeding, wet into wet, feathering, rock salt, and wet on dry. In the left side of the window, I used bleeding to blend blue and purple. and put rock salt on it. In the right window. I used feathering. On the cat and the window frame, It was wet on dry, having solid colors. And the background, as in the walls, my intentions were to use bleeding through out the colors and then use wet into wet or combining feathering with it, by putting water over the dry colors and using the feathering method.

What would you change about your project if you could do it over? (2pts)

I would be extra careful when doing my lines with the crayon, because I messed the lines up and it looks like I had bleeding between red and blue on the cat, but really it is the crayon. I wouldn't do the "feathering on dry color" because I really messed it up. I would rather use the wet in to wet technique.

What do you like most about your project? (2pts)

I like how the rock salt gave the window an interesting look, and the feathering giving the window a soft, warm feeling.


 * One Point Perspective Room Critique**



1. What is the theme of your room and why did you choose it? 3pts. 2. What is your unexpected environment? Why did you think it was a good match for your image? 3pts. 3. What was your biggest challenge in this assignment? (The technique of one point perspective? Getting ideas? Coloring? Anything at all...) Why? 3pts 4. What are you the most proud of from this assignment? Why? 3pts 5. If you could change anything, even the criteria for this assignment, what would you change? Why? 3pts

The theme of my room is 'lonely'. A musician, who barely went out and had fun once lived in this room. All he did was play the piano and write songs. He was poor and lonely. He didn't talk to anyone and one day he died. After a few months, the landlord comes to the room, asking for the rent. But instead, the landlord finds a dead body. They replace the bed with a coffin, made out of the money he owned. You can see that he didn't have much money because his coffin doesn't look like it costs much. I chose this theme because I really enjoy the piano and I wanted to have a theme that had lonely because I felt lonely that particular day.

My unexpected environment is the beach in California when the sun is setting. This is because I really like California and it is very warm there. The weather is very cheerful compared to the East, in New York City, where there are too much building and not lots of light. I personally think sunsets gives a feeling of warmness. I used shades of red and yellow, warm colors that is very different from the color of the room, which is mostly grey.

The biggest challenge was the technique of the one-point perspective. This was because I had to draw a very complicated furniture such as the piano and it required a lot of time drawing the piano. And I had to use the techniques for every shelf on my closet.

I am very proud of my piano, because I finished it even though it was really complicated to draw the piano. I had to draw a lot of lines and erase several times, but I finished and it looks okay. I'm also proud of my palm tree in the background because it was very hard to draw one but I finished and it looks similar to the original picture.

If I could change anything, I would change the pedals on the piano, which I was too lazy to use a ruler and made it look very weird and I would change the color of the cross on the coffin. I really wanted silver/gold cross on the coffin but I accidentally used red instead of the colors I wanted originally. I would also change the spider-web and the spider because I thought the spider had 10 legs instead of 8, and I didn't know how to draw a spiderweb and messed it up.

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Project Reflection: (total 25pts) Now that you've finished your linoleum printmaking project, let's reflect on the process! Answers must be in complete sentences and in paragraph form. You may need to write 2 paragraphs. Please answer these questions below. You can type the answers to your questions on Pages, or Text edit. I will grade your answers on your Voicethread. (instructions will follow.)

Define positive and negative space. 2pts

A positive space is the shape of the objects and the negative space is the space around the object.

Did you use mostly positive or negative space in your design or an equal balance of both? 1pt

I used mostly negative space in the object because I don't have much details inside the shapes in the design.

Did you have a motif for your project and if so what was it? 1pt

The motif of my project was a pokeball that I used to see in Pokemon when I was little.

Did you use interlocking design? If yes, how? 1pt

No.

Which type of Balance did you use on your project? Symmetrical or Asymmetrical? (Review your digital portfolio to help you answer this question.) 5pts

It is symmetrical, because it is balanced well. However, it is not entirely symmetrical because of the colors.

Write 3-5 sentences describing the printmaking process starting with the materials you used to cut your linoleum and ending with how to print. Use the following words in your description: linoleum, gouge, brayer, charging, burnish. 5pts

We first got a linoleum block after making our design. We then used a gouge to make marks on the block for printing. Then, afterwards, we charged the brayer and then put the ink on the block to make prints. We used the 'burnishing' technique (?) to make sure the ink gets on the paper after we put the paper on the block.

Answer the following questions about printing. These will also be read aloud on your Voicethread.

Were you successful at printing? 1pt

Yes, I was successful because I personally like my project and I think most of the printings I made had enough amount of ink and the color of the ink and the background matched fairly well. I also think the location of the patterns on the paper is okay. So my priniting was successful.

What was the biggest challenge? Why? 2pts

My biggest challenge was to get the paper land on the block straight when I let go if my paper to make a print. I had this challenge when I put the ink on the paper, simply known as printing. I have to just put the bottom corners of the paper matching with the bottom corners of the linoleum block.

If you could change your project, how would you? ( You must have an answer for this. "I would not change my project" is not an acceptable answer. ) 1pt

I would change it by

What are you the most proud of? Why? 1pt