Zoya's SAS Blog

The entire process of this project was really long and kind of complicated the more that I think about it. We started formulating the ideas during our oil pastel project and finally! It's done! I know that I'm pretty satisfied with my work. I like the way that it's turned out and I like how it's come together. If I could go back and change anything though, it would probably be the idea to do a cityscape in the first piece and then a house in the third one. I didn't quite anticipate how hard it was to draw architecture until I had already gone too far ahead. I think that out of the three the second is my favorite mostly because of the contrast just the overall feeling that I get from looking at it. Each of these scenes is sort of interconnected, if you put the first and third pieces together they connect and you can see bits of the first two pieces coming together in the third piece. They flow together for the most part which is what's really important I t...

FEEDBACK Tamsin - Color is nice and the hair is vibrant the couch has good shading. maybe a little too much negative space but it blends in really well.  Keona -The background is really nice and the texture is nice and it looks really 3D but the hair looks more like one chunk rather than actual hair. You could use a q-tip to blend out more and to pull out more strands. Kelly - The details of the words are really cool and the contrast on the hair is nice and the use of the negative space looks nice. Maybe the face shape and structure could be improved but other than that I really like it.  Jay - The perspective works really well and the detail and textures are really nice and I think that it adds a lot of realism. I like the way that you varied your lines on the hair so that it would look different. I think that you could have maybe found more of a center to the entire piece. REFLECTION This was the oil pastel project and I think that it turned out really nice?...

The color pencil project! I thought that this project was really fun, although it was kind of difficult. The holiday that I was showing was my birthday. My mom has the tradition of coming to our rooms and hanging up banners and giving us a cake before we head off to school (my birthday has been during the school week for the last forever). This drawing is that.  I think that during this project my strength lied a lot in my composition. When we were giving each other feedback I got a lot of compliments on it and I also think that the placement does a good job of showing off all the elements that I tried to incorporate. I did struggle a lot with the shading. I wasn't able to make good use of darker values and while I did get compliments on the color scheme something that I could work on would be using more contrast in order to make sure that every element had its place and that the main focus (the cake) didn't just fade into the background.  Something that I'm de...

FINAL PRODUCT DAY ONE DAY TWO DAY THREE This was our charcoal still life! I remember doing this for the first time in Art foundation and it being something that I really enjoyed and I'm happy to say that I still do. This project took a lot of time, unfortunately, I happened to miss one of the classes so I don't have all five days of work but I did work after school a lot so that I could finish. A lot of the feedback that I got was about my contour lines not being present enough and after looking at other peoples work and then looking at my own I understand why they said that. I had to change the shape of all my objects so many times that I think the contour was lost and if I could re-do the project that would be something that I focused on more. All in all, I think that I'm kind of proud of this project since I believe that it is one of the better things that I've drawn in the past years. I know that I did struggle a lot with the sizi...

So this was the Egg Composition! It's our first piece in Studio Art and while the concept wasn't too difficult to wrap one's mind around it did get a bit difficult when trying to translate that onto paper. My original idea was to use the idea of space and emphasis to show how eggs really symbolize us as people and how sometimes things can be shown differently. You can see the emphasis is on the egg in the middle, it takes the place of the singers head, all cracked and with bits of egg dripping out and it's surrounded by white and is towards the middle of the piece. But when you move to the third corner of the triangle (made by the middle egg, the head sort of in front of it and the phone in the corner) you can see that the egg in the video being made is whole, not showing the full picture. I tried to use space was to try to show how in front it can seem like something is a certain way but when it's zoomed out and you can see the rest of the picture it's ...

GOALS Some goals that I have for this year in terms of art are probably learning about figure drawing since it's something that I have tried but wasn't any improvement from a vaguely humanoid figure even though I practiced. This class will hopefully teach me how to learn to do that properly. If we're actually talking about overall school goals I think that my goal is to stay on top of my homework since it's only the third day and I'm already scrambling a bit. ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART The elements of art include color, form, line, space, texture, and value. The elements help art transfer from the brain onto paper since they are the main component in anyone's artwork. This is an image that shows it pretty well in my opinion.   The principles of art include balance, emphasis, movement, proportion, rhythm, unity and variety. The principles can help you structure your art and help to organize it. Here's an image that can help show it. COL...

CERAMICS FINAL REFLECTION Photo of final glaze piece Final thought on the best parts of this piece. Project 1 I thought that the best parts of this piece were the inside glazing and the small diamond detail I added to the front. I actually put a lot more care into these parts than any other part of the piece and I think that they ended up turning out better because of that. Project 2 I liked how the details on the body turned out  on this piece. I used slip trailing to get it to look the way that I wanted it to look. With the glazing it pops a little and I’m very proud of it. Project 3 I used the mug for the first time and I got really giddy and excited because, “Oh my god I made this alkshfla.” I really liked how the glazing worked with the carvings I had. You can see them clearly on the bottom but they’re more obscured on the top and it gives it this really cool effect. Project 4 This shoe was difficult but eventually I got it mostly right I t...

Shoe Sculpture Insert Construction Photo: Insert Reference Photo: Describe all the skills you used to create the sculpture: The first was with the slab and making, cutting and undulating it to get the top of the shoe and attaching it later. The next part was carving it using tools like popsicle sticks and the knife to cut away things. List your areas of difficulties and why: I had to restart completely because I let my sole harden and eventually the top of the shoe started cracking in four places eventually just giving up and breaking in those places. I had to restart and make sure that as I undulated it I made sure that it stayed moist and as I was putting it up to finish shaping it I made sure that where it was supposed to stay attached wet as well. Pre Glaze Fire Photo Post Glaze Fire Photo Glaze Record/Technique: 3 coats of Burgundy 3 coats of Opaque White 3 Coats Ivory Beige Rubbed away parts of the Burgundy on the tongue. Final Reflect...

Tripod mug Insert pre fire photo here: Construction What skills, techniques, or process did you employ to create your mug? I used the reductive technique. I carved out designs into the sides of the piece and worked my not all the way up it. How does your final construction look? Also describe the difficulties in construction. My final construction is a little lopsided but other than that I think that I really like how it turned out. I struggled a little with the undulation of the mug and the lid but in the end it turned out okay. Glazing Insert Pre fired Glaze photo: Insert your post fire Glaze photo: Glaze Record and technique: 3 Coats Cherry Blossom Celadon (overall) 3 Coats Arctic Blue Potters Choice (band around the top) Final thoughts about your mug with a selfie out of your mug in the cafeteria: I really enjoyed this project and I’m happy that I get to use this mug in the future because I made it! I think it turned out a lot better than ...

Coil Vessel Insert post construction photo: Describe what you liked about the coil process of building: It was rhythmic so there wasn't much stopping which made working a lot easier than say the slab where we were constantly cutting and putting things together. I also like how it looks at the end as well as how simple it was do the undulation.  Describe your frustrations: There was a point as I worked on the neck where it wasn't going so well and an entire section had to be peeled off because of I did not blend it correctly so that was frustrating. Also as I worked on the last coils, it kept on thinning and I had to put on another backing coil. Did your original idea change? If yes what changes occurred? It did not chain in terms of the form of the piece but more of the design. Originally I was considering putting something extra on the side but since I ran out of time it changed to being slip trails that I am actually quite happy about. How could you ...

Slab Construction Construction Reflection:   Describe what you enjoyed about the construction- I thought that it would be a lot harder than it actually was so that was really enjoyable. I was also able to put together the idea I had and it looked the way that I wanted to as well. Describe what you found difficult or needed more instruction- It was a bit hard for me to figure out how to clean up the inside of my piece since it was at an angle and I didn't really like the fact that I didn't know how to clean it properly. What do you think about the final outcome of your construction- I think that there is still a lot of improvement that I could show. The corners of mine ended up rounding out and the lid was sitting a bit oddly. For my first time doing it though, it was the best product I could put out I think. Glaze Record and Technique Glazes and Underglazes used: Interior-Amaco Teacher's Palette Scarlet… Technique: There wasn't rea...