I have never worked with clay before but this was my favorite project that I have ever done in both art classes. I learned the different processes for using clay and how to make sure the clay pieces survive in the kiln. Also, I figured out how to use different clay tools to convey different textures and form different shapes. I also learned that I could paint the clay with acrylic paint or glaze it and put it in a glaze fire. For the icing and sprinkles I used glaze and for the dough I used acrylic. All together I learned a lot about the techniques for working with clay. Also, this project helped me gain skills with painting because I wanted to make sure the painting was smooth and the colors were shown through on the sprinkles. I was not sure about a lot of things during this project. For starters, I was not positive about the size of my donuts. I wanted them to all be the same size and thickness but I realized that not all donuts in a dozen look the exact same. Also, I was really unsure about the colors I was using in the icing and dough. I wanted the donuts too look as lifelike as possible so I really wanted to use colors that would portray that. Even though my donuts look a little to bright, I liked how they turned out. The thing that challenged me the most was the icing on the donuts. What I decided to do was cut the icing out separately cut the icing out and place it on top of the clay dough. I was getting really frustrated with the size of the clay icing. When it was too big, I tried to cut it down and then it was too small. Other times the icing was not round enough, and when I tried to make it rounded it would not work. Getting the icing took a lot of patience but I eventually got it to look how I wanted it too. Water color is a familiar medium for me because I used it in art 1 a lot. But when using water color there are many different techniques people can use to show different textures and detail. In art 1, I normally didn't use the numerous techniques but for this project I tried to use more of them. The techniques I used were dry brush, resistance, saran wrap, and wet on wet. I used dry brush for the detail on the leaves, resistance on the filament, saran wrap on the leaves which did not work too well, and wet on wet on the leaves. I feel as if I gained a lot of skills with the different techniques throughout this project. My project took two unexpected turns while I was working on it. I had to start over three times because I kept messing up. The first time I messed up I went too light and thought I could put more color in the piece by using the water color pencil after I already wet the petal. As soon as I put more pencil on my damp petal I noticed I pressed too hard and I could not blend it in. This created a prominent line in the center of the petal. I felt this error could cause peoples eyes to go directly to that spot so I had to restart. When I started over for the second time I put too much water on the petal which caused the paper to tear away. I did not like how it looked at all so I decided to start over the same day it was due. Even though, I do not like my piece as much as my sketch, I am still really pleased with the outcome. Honestly, throughout the whole time I was doing the project I was not sure about a lot of things I was doing. To start off, I was not really confident about my picture and I did not know if I could do it. Also, I was not sure about how many leaves to add and where they should be because pretty much my whole picture was the flower but I really wanted to add some leaves in my piece. Another thing that I questioned was the color of the petals. Originally, the petals were pink but I decided that if I used blue it would be easier to use more colors in the petal itself. The element I was most hesitant about was the very bright orange background but now I really like it because it makes the actual flower stand out. For this apple I used chalk. I think I went too light with the chalk because I didn't show the roundness of the apple. Also, I blended the chalk too much which made it look not realistic. For this soda can I used oil pastel. I really don't like how this looks because the color and logo don't look right. Also, the shadow on the can does not look right because there is a lot of black then a yellowish spot that is going the opposite way which isn't right. I also should have tried to use more colors within the can. These apples are water colored and I like these the best out of all the apples. I like them so much because there are dark and light areas and you can also tell that it is round. To me, the first apple looks the most realistic out of all the apples I did. For the second apple, the techniques I used are dry brush and saran wrap. For this piece, I used oil pastels for shape shading. I realized that it was harder to blend the colors which made it difficult for it to look more realistic. Also in this piece, I was very heavy handed which is not good when using oil pastels. |
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