Porfolio projects

Observational drawing

January 29,2016

New years resolutions

My New Years resolution is to stay fit and be healthy and to try to be as active as I can. To get good grades of a B or higher in every class. To be more open minded about the things that are going on everyday,

Texture and balance project

Artists statement

        What do you imagine when you think of freedom? Birds? Maybe butterflies? Something that flys right? Well for this project I decided to  interpret butterflies as a symbolism of feeling free and created a multimedia art piece symbolizing texture and balance. Getting my motivation from my peers and mostly from Pinterest, I came up with an idea to do the background a painting of dandelions making them also look like they were blowing away to create movement. For the foreground I decided to do origami butterflies.

        Looking up the definitions and examples of texture and balance I had a rough time coming up with ideas on how to incorporate these two techniques to combine a finished art piece. The word texture has a lot of definitions but for me it meant, not making the surface of a art piece smooth, but something that you can visually feel without necessarily touching it. My principal of design was balance which means symmetrical and asymmetrical. Symmetrical means the visual weight of the design is mostly equal in the art. Asymmetrical means the visual weight of the design is imbalanced in the piece. Having those two definitions already in my brain I had to imagine how I wanted my art piece to end up looking like.

        I decided to add balance in the way I placed the hot glue balls on opposite ends of the canvas and painting one corner blue to blend with the sky and the other corner green to blend in with the grass. I did that because since it’s on each corner of the canvas it looks symmetrically balanced and I also thought it had a little texture to it because it’s something 3-D in a 2-D painting. I added texture to the butterfly wings by gluing on some glitter on them and making different patterns on each butterfly.  Adding the glitter to the wings makes a cool effect to look at because the little glitters shine when you move them around. You can also see if you look closely that they look rough on the butterflies because some of the glitters are pointy. I also think the colors I picked for the butterflies makes everything else stand out more. It gives you a feeling of peace and it's doesn't take you in different directions like too much is going on in the art. Texture, balance, motion, or any other kind of principle/element of design brings any art to life because it gives you a different feeling to the art work than just a simple coloring, which is what I tried to convey in my art piece for this unit.

-Jennifer Lucio

Motion and space artist statement

What I created was a motion and space project using planets and space as my theme. There wasn't a lot of research I had to do to create my project, I had an idea all along. But what I did search was ideas on movement and I came across the colors of space and the galaxy and those sorts of things and that's what got my ideas working together to create my project. The steps I went through to create my project was obviously research, get inspired by things on Pinterest, then sketch out an idea that had my visual of what I planned my project would look like and create a procedure to make it all come together. What I had to do next is get the supplies, paint everything, and create the Galaxy and comets. Yes, I had a struggle creating my project because it was time consuming for the paint to dry and to add more than one coat of paint onto each planet. 

My project is design based because it's not such a difficult thing to create it it is more of a research thing you have to do.  I had to do a lot of research to create my project. There was no reason why I decided to do planets it's was just more of a idea to create and be done with it. One thing I would change about my project is create something more different, the end result i had with the project did not exactly look like the idea I had in my head. I would also change my whole project and make it look like a high school artist created it instead of it looking like a middle schoolers art piece. 

One thing I liked about my project is how my comets came out I spent a lot of time creating them and making them look as realistic as I could and added a little bit of texture to the paint. Over all I think my art work came out okay at the end I'm not super proud of how it came out but it's something I can look back in and change in the future if I want my career as an artist. My project shows movement because of the way the planets are spaced out. All the planets are not on there because I feel like we don't really know what is out there in other planets and I didn't put the planets in order because it makes it look more interesting. You can also see movement in the way I put the comets coming down like they are falling. 

Cesar- I like how you introduce what your requirements were before getting into talking about your work. Then the transitions on the steps add more details.

Loni- I love how you did not include all of the planets to have a perspective of space and used the comets to movement, some thing you could have added some black sheer with dots of white in different varieties in shape to create the effect of the stars and darkness in space.

Hugo- This artist statement was well written and well explained. I love how you used space to create this. I also love how you put dedication on your project to make it perfect.

Elements and principals presentation

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I'm  8/28
Today I will create my slides by speaking to my group about the prezi

08/31
Today I will create a presentation and share it out to the class by speaking to the class.

09/1
Today I will create a sketch on what I want to do for this project by speaking with my peers about my ideas in how to incorporate movement.

09/2
Today I will create most of my planets and finish my procedure through speaking with mrs.cooper to get approval.

09/3

Today I will create 3 planets through speaking with my peers about the colors that I can add to make texture.

09/4

Today I will create the rest of my planets through listening to my peers critiques and ideas about how my project would look best.

09/8

Today I will create my stars and add more texture to my planets through listening to my peers about techniques that will make them more realistic. By the end of class I will have finished all my planets.

09/9

Today I will review the pb&j dbq method of planning through listening to the video and then writing to complete my planning document.

9/11

Today I will complete 5 oh my planets through listening to my peers about the different values I can add to make them look realistic.

9/15

Today I will identify the way to do my stars through listening to turorials on how to create them. Today by the end of class I will have created all of them.

9/16

Today I will identify what I need to do to complete my dbq through 

Today By the end of class I will research ways of putting my art work together by listening to my peers about suggestions on how I can put my project together.

9/17

Today by the end of class I will have completed a sketch of my final art piece and have most of my stars done through listening to diy videos on how to make a 3-d star.

9/18

Today by the end of class I will have started my sculpture through listening to my peers ideas and critiques on my work.

9/21

Today I will identify what I need to do to revise and edit my dbq through speaking and listening to my peers cirtiques.

9/22

Today I will create the galaxy sculpture through listening to videos on tutorials and ideas on what I should create.

Tuesday-put the finishing touches on my comets and begin the sculpture.

Wednesday-finish sculpture and add the planets to the scultpture.

Thursday-find a where to install my project in the quad and put the finishing touches on it.

Friday-install project and begin my artist statement.

9/24

Today I will continue working on my scultpture through listening to my peers ideas on how I can finish my sculpture and finish it by the end of class. 

9/28 

Today I will analyze other people's artwork through reading a critique form and filling it out for 10 of my peers.

Exit ticket: I learned I can be very judge mental about artwork. But I also enjoy every little detail artist make on on their artwork it amazes me how their imagination works. 

9/29

Today I will create an artist statement by reading the feedback I got from yesterday. 

9/30

Today I will research ideas to create my new project through reading the definitions of balance and texture. 

10-2

Today I will create a rough draft of my ideas using texture and balance through speaking with Mrs.cooper in order to get approval to begin my final piece.

10-5

Today I will create my painting on the canvas through speaking with my peers about the ideas I have to put my art work together.

10-6

Today I will create my painting on the canvas through reading what texture and balance is and incorporating them by adding texture to the background and create balance in the canvas with the hot glue balls. 

Balance is when you use differ t types of elements to create visual balance. Texture is the surface quality that can be seen or felt.

Today I started my drawing on the canvas so next time I can paint the back ground 

10-7

Today I will critique my art work and my peers artwork through speaking to my peer about the balance and texture they have in my or their project. 

10-8

Today by the end of class I will critique my artwork through speaking wimpy peers about what I should add to make it look finished.

10-9

Today I will create another idea to do through researching on pintrest to get inspiration.

10-10

Today I will create my second idea through speaking to my peers about the things I can add to make it have balance.

10-11

Today I will continue working on my second idea through listening to some tutorials on how to add balance.

10-12

Today I will create a new sketch through researching ideas on what I can make.

10-13

Today I will continue working on my sketch through listening to my peers critiques and ideas.

10-14

Today I will make sure my first art piece is the way I want it through speaking with my peers about the things I can add or take away.

10-15

Today I will finalize my first art work through listening to some of the ideas of how I can improve it

10-16

Today I will identify the things I need to add through speaking with Mrs.cooper and analyzing my artwork.

10-21

Today by the end of class I will identify what I need to add to have a finished art piece through speaking with my peers about their critiques that they have on my artwork and begin my artist statement. 

10-22

Today I will identify where I will install my art piece in order to take a picture and write my artist statement. 

10-26 

Today I will complete my artist statement through reading it over and editing it with a partner.

Exit ticket: I completed part of my clo because I didn't get to edit my artist statement with a partner but I got my artist statement completed. 

10-27

Today I will complete my artist statement by having a partner read it and edit it so I can print it out. 

10-28

Today I will identify 10 colleges I'm interested in going to through reading information about them and putting them on a document. 

10-29

Today I will identify 5 more colleges through reading information about different colleges and putting them on a spreadsheet. 

10-30

Today I wil finalize my project and upload it to the blog through speaking with Mrs.cooper if it looks okay.

11-3

Today I will identify 3 out of state colleges through reading information about them and writing them it on a spreadsheet.

11-4

Today I will plan out my personal statement through speaking with my schools counselor on what a personal statement is.

11-5 

Today by the end of class I will have completed my personal statement though writing it on naviance and submitting it, in order to continue completing my college spreadsheet. 

11-6

Today I will identify research what colleges want to see in my portfolio through reading about the requirements they need. 

11-9

Today I will create a still life drawing through researching different methods on how I can create value.

11-10

Today I will create another still life drawing through reading about how to create a shadow to make the drawing look 3-dimensional.

11-11

Today I will create a peer critique about texture and balance through reading my peers artist statements that are next to their artwork. 

11-16

Today I will create a new dbq through rewriting the prompt and editing my previous dbq. 

11-18

Today I will create a proposal for my new portfolio project through speaking and writing to Mrs.cooper. 

11-19

Today I will create my turtle sketch on my final piece of drawing through researching sea turtles.

11-30

Today I will complete my personal statement and upload it to naviance through speaking with a peer for feedback in order to continue with my portfolio work. 

12-2

Today I will continue analyzing patterns to add them on my background through speaking with my peers about if I should add color or not.

12-3

Today I will create Nother pattern for my background through speaking with my group about ideas and techniques they might recommend.

12-4

Today I will continue working on my back ground through speaking with my peers about value techniques and how I can add more emphasis to it 

Exit ticket: my due date will be sometime in two weeks since I am adding a lot of detail and its two artworks in one.

12-7

Today I will begin my foreground drawing through speaking with my peers about what media I should use to make it pop out more.

12-8

Todavia I will complete my backgroung through speaking with my peers about what I can add to improve the art piece and how I can make it look more intense.

12-9

Today I will continue working on my project through speaking with a peer on how I can arrange the two drawings together and make them look cohesive.

12-10

Today I will analyze where to put color on my foreground through speaking with my peers on where I can add value or another element of design. 

12-14

Today I will continue working on my final through speaking with my peers about what final touches I can add in order to complete most of it and get started on my final prompt. 

1-06

Today I will continue working on my art work through speaking with my peers about new ideas and techniques I can add to my art work. 

1-07

Today I will analyze the concepts I need to create my two bowls through researching how to begin.

1-08

Today I will continue working on my bowls through speaking to Angie about the steps I need to do to create both of my bowls.

1-11

Today I will create my second bowl through speaking to my peers about what I can add to my first bowl before getting started on my second one.

1-12

Today I will complete my first bowl through speaking to my peers and mrs.cooper about what I can add to finish it and have it completed. 

1-13

Today I will analyze the things I need to do in order to finish my first bowl and get started on my second bowl through reading and speaking to my peers and their ideas.

I need to create my second bowl with a different shape and a attached 3D shape 

1-14

Today I will continue working on my second bowl through speaking with my peers about ideas on how I can improve my techniques in order to follow the rubric.

1-15

Today I will continue working on my second bowl and analyze what things I need to do in order to get a good grade on the rubric through speaking with my peers about ideas on what animal I should do next.

1-19

Today I will complete my second bowl through speaking with my peers about some ideas on how I can make my animals stand out.

1-20

Today I will complete my two bowls in order for them to be fired and glazed through speaking with my peers about what I can do to make my bowls look unique and achieve the rubric goals.

1-21

Today I will complete my starfish on my second bowl through speaking to mrs.cooper about what other things I can add to make it look more realistic.

1-25

Today I will analyze what an observational drawing is in order to start one through speaking with a peer about what I can draw and if I looks good.

1-26

Today I will complete my second observational drawing through speaking to my peers about the value and emphasis the object has in order for it to look as detailed and realistic as I can make it.

1-27

Today I will analyze what colors I should put on my bowls through speaking with Angie about the color schemes in order to finish glazing at least one of my bowls today.

1-28

Today I will analyze what details I need to add through speaking to Hugo about the details and colors I can use to make my starfish stand out.

1-29

Today I will analyze what details I can draw through speaking with my peers about critiquing the still 

Life.

2-1

Today I will analyze what I can do for my next portfolio project through speaking with my peers about ideas and new techniques I can use. I will also take a picture of my drawings and upload them to my blogger by the end of class.

2-3

Today I will create an observational drawing through speaking with my peers if my values on my drawing are good and what I can do to improve.

2-4

Today I will create a sculpture with clay through speaking to my peers about how I can make it look 3 dimensional in order to make it look how I want it and have the outline done by today.

2-5

Today I will create a snowflake template through reading the steps on how to draw a perfect template in order to make the snowflake 3-D 

2-8

Today I will cut out my template in order to continue working on my clay project through speaking with my peers if the composition is good and what details I should leave in. 

 2-9

Today I will complete my clay sculpture through speaking with my peers about what color I should use to make it too like a abstract and by the end of class have it all done.

2-10

Toda I will create a rough draft rough speaking to mrs.cooper about what things would make my project look more interesting and fun.

2-11

Today I will finish my rough sketch through speaking to mrs.cooper if I can start my final sketch and by the end of class have my final started. 

2-12

Today I will create a still life drawing through speaking with my group and critiquing mine and others artwork.

2-16

Today I will research what symbols I can use to represent Disney princesses through speaking to my peers about what things I can add to make it look fun and childish.

2-17

Today I will create more symbols to collage my artwork through speaking to my peers.

2-22

Today I will create my digital porfolio through listening to mrs.cooper and follow instructions. 

2-23

Today I will continue working on my digital portfolio through reading mrs.coopers blog and following the instructions that are on there. 

2-24

Today I will analyze what tabs I need to finish through writing and completing at least 2 of the tabs by the end of class. 

2-25

Today I will continue working on my webpage in order to upload my 20 pictures of my art work and type my artist statement through writin and reading it over to make sure it looks professional.

3-3

Today I will describe my project proposal through writing and thinking about my project in depth and how it will affect the community as well as me. By the end of class I will an idea and have my proposal finished. 

3-4

Today I will identify what my job is on my proposal through writing in order to finish it and turning it in.

3-7

Today I will complete my scale drawing and making them as detailed as I can though speaking with my peers if my proposal looks good and if my scale drawings look good.

3-8

Today I will completely finish my scale drawing through speaking with my peers about what my role is in order to finish by the end of class. 

3-10

Today I will get my presentation critiqued by Mr.Castillo through speaking with him about our beautification project and hopefully get it approved. 

3-14

Today I will analyze the things I need to do in order to get our proposal approved through speaking to the admins. 

Time line/ due date

Permanent or temporary

Materials -> specific 

Walk through with admin 

Brett approved picture of space and what we will do 

3-15

Today I will create my templates through speaking with my peers and using our scale drawing as our reference to have the template looking how we want it to look like.

3-16

Today I will create the medallions out of clay through speaking with my peers about what we can do to speed up the process and get them finished.

3-17

Today I will create at least 10 more medallions through speaking with my peers about how we are going to divide the work up to finish the clay work.

3-18

Today I will complete at least 10 medallions for the second circle through speaking with my peers about how I can help in order to speed up the process. 

3-21

Today I will continue making medallions through speaking with my peers if we should fire the first 20 medallions we created to not get confused since they are slightly different sizes.

3-22

Today I will make the last circle of medallions through speaking with my peers about what the next step is after finishing the last 13 medallions.

3-25

Today I will create the last circle medallions through researching and speaking with my peers about what next steps are indeed to get the clay work finished.

4-5

Today I will recreate some medallions in order to analyze our first space in order to decide if we need a new spot or we can just keep it there through speaking to my peers and mrs.Cooper about what might be another alternative 

4-6

Today I will present our idea to the class in order to get verbal feedback from my peers through speaking,

4-12

Today I will analyze my plan and unload the kiln in order to continue scraping the walls through speaking with my peers about what the next steps have to be.

By the end of class I will have the kiln unloaded and I will have a talk with my group about when out due date should be. 

4-20

Today I will continue working on my beautification project through speaking with my peers about what our deadline is in order to have it finished before May 20th.

4-21

Today I will complete scraping the wall and work on cleaning the medallions th ugh speaking with my peers about what each person in my group will do.

4-22

Today I will complete painting on the designs into the medallion in order to get them fired and done by Monday through speaking with my peers about what other things we need to finish.

4-25

Today I will continue working on our beautification project and unload the kiln in order to continue setting up the wall through speaking with mrs.cooper. 

4-26

Today I will analyze what color to paint the board through speaking to my peers and mrs.cooper about when the last 4 medallions will be out.

4-27

Today I will create a layout in where all the medallions are going to go in through speaking with my peers about what layout looks best and how we are going to set each medallion.

5-3

Today I will continue working on the layout of the medallions and cut out the man that goes in the middle to try to spray paint it on by speaking to my peers. 

5-4

Today I will critique 5 people's projects and get critiqued back through speaking with my classmates and listening to them. 

5-5

Today I will continue working on the stencil to have it ready to get spray painted on the board through speaking with my peers about what our next steps are. 

5-6

Today I will continue working on the board through spray painting the stencil on through speaking with my peers about what the nest steps are. 

5-9

Today I will continue painting on the stencil through speaking to my peers in order to start putting on the medallions and getting the project finished before May 16. 

5-10

Today I will complete the final touches on the stencil through speaking and listening to my peers feedback on how the stencil will look better.