Zoya's SAS Blog

Our watercolor project has probably been the project that I've enjoyed the most this year.  I think it was a combination of the open theme as well as the medium that made me enjoy it. I put a lot of thought into what I was going to focus on seeing as though this time of the school year is pretty rough, so I ended up with something relatively simple.  I focused a lot on shadows and saturation of color while working, hoping to attain a really strong contrast that I think I achieved. One thing that I would definitely like to improve upon is the details of hair,  I was really unsure of how to attack the problem without mixing media so I eventually went to some of the other people in our class for advice. I'm actually quite satisfied with the piece and there's not as much that I'd like to change as compared to previously. After doing this and measuring the amount of work and effort I'm considering using watercolor for our final as well.  Permission...

  Coil Vessel Insert post construction photo: (Forgot it… sorry!) Describe what you liked about the coil process of building: I think that it’s really easy to fall into a rhythm with coil building and being able to watch it build up to become something is what I really enjoy. Describe your frustrations: There was a point as I was cleaning my piece that it popped off the base and I was very very angry because of it. We were able to fix it but it put me a little farther behind than I wanted to be. Did your original idea change? If yes what changes occured? It did change a little. Originally it was meant to have a complete cut out with a slab in the back with some cut out gears on there. After finishing the piece though I thought it made more sense to just have a small cut out and glue on gears after it was fired so that it would look better and be more structurally sound. How could you have constructed better? I could have smoothed it more and focused o...

So our acrylic painting project was probably the most stressful project for me to date. After getting the sketch down and taking a step back the size and amount of work that would need to go into the piece did intimidate me a little. As someone that doesn't work with paints too often, this was also a very large challenge, especially with the clothes. I do wish that I could spend more time working on it since I'm sure that it's not at the best it could be at. Out of the many things to work on I think working on finding shades and tones would be the one to improve on the most with this as well as time management. It's been a very long process with several redos on sections so all the process photos are below too. Feedback: Keona - More texture differences and distinction between the materials, the hair could use some more texture as well. But the blending is really nice too.   Anika - Defining the objects a little more. Contrast is something that could be...