Skeleton

I did really enjoy the skeleton project.  I liked how the newspaper background added another dimension to the piece and I liked the simplicity of the artwork on top of it.  I pushed the boundary of the theme a bit by making my focal piece a heart.  I also had lungs stemming off of it.  Behind the human heart and lungs, I had a decorative heart and wings.  I also added fleur de lises underneath the main part of the project to add to the overall feel of the piece.  Although I did not have the opportunity to finish this project, I feel like I have a great start and plan to finish the piece in my free time.

Stool

I did not enjoy this project very much.  Originally, the stool was across the room from me.  I drew the stool from this distance and began to shade, but upon closer inspection discovered the lines of the stool were much different than they had appeared from farther away.  This caused a lot of problems with my drawing and forced me to restart much of my drawing in order to have a more realistic interpretation of the stool.  Overall, I think I would have enjoyed this project more had I been sitting closer to the stool the entire time.

Line Adjectives

     I really enjoyed this project as I like to create abstract pieces based on the "feelings" of words.  I felt that this piece was successful and while there are little tweaks I would make, there are not any major changes I would make if I were to do the project over again.  One small change I would make is putting more time into writing the words.  I liked how "dedicated" turned out, but I wish I would have made the lines thicker on "bold" and put more time into "hopeful" and "sarcastic."  This project helped me turn descriptive words into an image.

Op Art 1

I am not yet finished with my op art, but so far I think it looks all right.  The outer portion looks pretty bad right now, but I hope to fix it up so that it matches the inner portion.

Pop Art Sculpture

Although I did not have time to finish my pop art sculpture, I think it was going well and with some more work would have turned out nicely.  I was creating a market lamb which I would later paint in Japanese pop art inspired colors and patterns.  I don't hate paper mache quite as much as watercolor, but I'm not a huge fan either.

Watercolor

I learned one thing from this project:  I despise watercolors.  I think the middle shell turned out decently, but I wasn't pleased with the outcome of the others.  I think I like the look of the shading better before it is blended.  I think the matting looks nice, but next time I would make it more apparent what the background is depicting.  I'm not sure how I feel overall about this project.  Since my knowledge of watercolors is limited, I'm not sure if I just suck at using them or if they always look like that.  I think I just suck.  This project was a learning experience and taught me that professional watercolor painting is not in my future.

Character Skeleton

For my character skeleton drawing, I chose Perry and Ferb from Phineas and Ferb.  This project was a challenge but enjoyable as well.  If I did this project again, I would spend more time on the ribs and shoes.  Also, Perry's spine should have been farther over, so his ribcage and hip bones didn't match up like they should have.  I also would color the original drawing more flatly so that it better resembles the style of the characters.  I think I did well with the legs and feet.  Overall, I enjoyed this project and would consider doing something similar in the future.