Avatar Movie Painting

This painting was inspired by a famous artist, Roy Lichtenstein, who did cartoon style art and incorporated ben-day dots in his paintings.  We were to pick our favorite movie, find a cultural theme within the movie, then find a way to illustrate the theme by using specific clips from the movie .  The overall theme of my painting is gender equality.

Ceramic Vase

I made this vase in ceramics to give to my mom for Christmas.  You can't see them in the picture, but there are words carved all around the base of the vase that describe my mom.

Ceramic Cake Box

Inspired by The Ace of Cakes

Painting of my Favorite Food!

My First "At Home" Project

Our assignment for this project was to take a picture that incorporates at least 3 important things about us or 3 things that we can't live without.  I chose my family scrapbook, first, because it represents my creative side and I love to scrapbook, and second, because my family is very important to me.  The second object i chose is a collar to represent my dog.  The third object I chose was a buckeye necklace that I got at my first Ohio State Football game I went to, which represents my Ohio culture.

The hardest part of this painting for me was the background.  I spent many many hours trying to perfect the blending and color.  As you can see in my progress pictures below, the background changes a lot from the first picture to the last picture.

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FINAL PAINTING!

Artist Statement

IB Art has definitely been a challenge, to say the least.  Coming into this class, I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew I was going to have to push myself artistically and intellectually even if that meant stepping out of my range of comfort.  In the past I have taken art classes such as drawing, photography, computer graphics, art foundations, and ceramics.  I thought I had worked with a wide variety of media, but as I have already learned throughout this semester, there are many more types of media I still have to try. 

This semester I have had a chance to develop my artistic skills and test my limitations.  I did this through my first project where I picked an object and first I drew it with pencil.  Then I drew the same object with charcoals, but in a much larger scale.  Then I used pastels and finally acrylic paints.  At first, I was concerned because it was overwhelming, but then in the end I really enjoyed doing this project because I was able to see how the process allowed me to grow and learn many new techniques.  With each medium I was able to identify my strengths and weaknesses and figured out what I needed to improve on for my next projects. 

This year I am going to focus on the idea of culture.  The purpose of this is for me to hopefully gain a better understanding of other cultures around the world along with exploring my own culture. So far, I learned content about Cairns, which are basically rock formations created for multiple purposes.  We compared how different cultures used them, and that inspired me to create my own Cairns in places that are meaningful to me.

My view on art has changed from the beginning of the year.  I used to think people who created wonderful pieces of art were just born with their talent, but I learned that this is not the case.  Art takes a great amount of dedication, perseverance, and creativity, which, allows you to gradually build up your skill.

Eiffel Tower Painting

For the past couple of weeks I have been working on the painting of my Eiffel Tower key chain.  When I first started painting, I was a little timid because this was one of the first times I've worked with paints, but by the time I finished it, I felt a lot more comfortable painting.  Comparing my painting to the first charcoal drawing I did at the beginning of the year, I've noticed that I have grown so much with this object and improving my artistic skills.

Here are the series of progress pictures I took of my painting leading up to the final piece:

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FINAL PAINTING!!