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** My painting is similar to an Expressionist painting because I used unnatural colors, for example, the mountains, the tree and the ground. I also drew the figures figuratively not cartoony or too realistic. Even though I did not use aggressive brush strokes, I used more soft brush strokes to show the smooth textures of the objects. As you can see, I chose a griffin as my animal, well, creature. The reason why I chose griffin to represent me is because we share the same personalities. For example, griffins have their own, unique shape and they also have the willingness to protect others. That's the same for me. I don't have the same faces of other people and like the griffin, I am loyal to my friends, no matter what happens. The color I chose is blue. Blue represents peace, confidence, and truth. I always seek for peace and truth and I try to be confident in everything I do, so that's why I thought blue fitted my personality the most. I used 4 different techniques: Graduated wash, Blending wash from primary to secondary, Feathering, and Rock Salt. You can see that I used graduated wash the most on my painting, on the trees, the sky, the ground and even on the griffin. The blending wash technique was used on the mountain only. For feathering, I used it on the griffin's light fur, even though you can't really see it well. Lastly, I dropped the rock salts on the tree leaves to make it more interesting. If I could change something about the project, I would change the fact that we had to draw the objects figurative, not cartoony. The only reason I would like that change is because I am better at drawing things cartoony rather than drawing them figuratively. The thing that I like most of my project is that I used variety of colors to show expressionism. It blended together better than what I thought it would have looked like. Overall, I think this painting was successful.
 * Painting

Voice Thread:http://voicethread.com/#u892916.b1080519.i5776188 1) Define positive and negative space. 2pts** The negative space surrounds the positive space. Positive space is the main object of an image, or something that shows details, such as a design.
 * Printmaking

I used an equal balance of both because I showed positive space in the main object, which is the lizard, and there are stripes and triangles to point out the negative space.
 * 2) Did you use mostly positive or negative space in your design or an equal balance of both? 1pt**

I didn’t plan to use a motif in my design.
 * Did you have a motif for your project and if so what was it? 1pt**

I didn’t use an interlocking design.
 * Did you use interlocking design? If yes, how? 1pt**

I used “Asymmetrical” because if I cut it in half, the halves are not a mirrored image.
 * Which type of Balance did you use on your project? Symmetrical or Asymmetrical? (Review your digital portfolio to help you answer this question.) 5pts**

- After you trace your design on to the linoleum and marked the spaces you are going to carve out, you are ready to begin to use the gouge to cut out the colored parts. When finished with using the gouge, take a colored paper and use the brayer to spread the ink on your slab of linoleum. If there is only a little ink on the brayer, charge it by dipping it a little in the ink and roll the extra ink on the tray. Carefully place the paper on top if there is enough ink and burnish with the bottom of your fist.
 * 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**

The theme of my room is Boo's bedroom from the movie, Monsters Inc. I chose this theme because I wanted to make a creative, kid's room. I added more features into the original room from the movie. (It looks really different from that room.) My unexpected environment, as you can see, is a magical world with unicorns. It was a good match for my image because the magical world shows the dreams of the sleeping girl. My biggest challenge in this assignment was probably using the skill, one point perspective. Rulers will never be my best friend, that's for sure. I always enjoyed freestyle drawing, like doodling, so that's probably why I don't get along with the ruler. I am most proud about my choice of theme because I think it was a creative idea to use a scene from a movie and also, this theme provided me with good ideas that made the room look more exciting rather than boring. If I could change anything in this assignment, I would change the fact that we have to draw three furniture, not including windows and doors. Figuring out which furniture to draw, where to place them, and how to draw them took some time in the whole assignment. If it had been at least two, it would have been better. But overall, I am proud of my work.
 * One Point Perspective Room**

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 * Wallwisher**.

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