February Critique

My concentration is incorporating photography into simple line drawings. My first piece is a drawing of a larakeet with a photographed background. I decided to draw the bird because it seemed like a challenge to show color and shading of the birds feathers. I like how the actual bird turned out, but it frustrates me that the bird is smack in the middle and that the color on the bird didn't turn out how I planned. My other piece is of pansies. I have been missing paint, so I did some paint and college paper in the background. I also incorporated the pictures in a different way then I usually do. I like that I tried getting more creative and making my concentration interesting, but what frustrates me is how you can barely see the pansies. Overall, I want to continue getting more creative with my pieces because they are starting to get boring.

Scholastic Art Awards

I painted this my junior year. Its my dad and brother. This year and the awards it won a gold key.

















This is one of my concentration pieces for this year. Its my friends Keely and Steph. It won a silver key.





















not want to enter this but Mrs. McBride told me to enter it anyway. It ended up winning a silver key. This was also done junior year.

I did this junior year for the social issue project. Its about smoking and how it affects your lungs. I won a gold key and a mixed media award.

Overall I was really lucky at the awards this year. It was a really cool thing!

last minute pieces

This piece was last minute and it shows. I was not happy with how this turned out. On the side that I drew my grandparents I messed up on their teeth. I need to learn how to make the lines between teeth not so filled in. Another challenge while making this was that I only had one copy of the photo, so if I messed up cutting it then it would be ruined.

This piece took me more time. I wanted to challenge myself by using different color ink and editing my photos. I was trying to make this one more interesting so I chose to connect the pictures in a somewhat unique way. I have used this picture so much. This is for sure the last time I use it. Im sick of it!