all done :) and :(

http://lhs.loswego.k12.or.us/z-mcbrides/AP/2009/09APbreadthconcentration.htm

I enjoyed this year in art alot. It is fun to look back at all of your artwork and see the improvements. Over the course of the year I learned that my time management skills improved. In the begining of the year, I would wait until the last minute to finish a concentration piece, later on I learned to use my time more wisely. That is the best advice I could give to students who are moving up to AP 2-D.

Overall, I enjoyed my concentration. It allowed me to explore different medias and ways to present my art. At first I was scared to start my concentration but once you start more and more ideas keep coming. I am most proud that I was able to finish all my concentration, breadth, and quality sections while keeping up with sketchbooking and blogging. I am going to miss next year alot!

final two

Its time to start my final two concentration pieces! For one of my pieces I want to try something I have never done. Im going to split my picture into four squares. One will be the actual photograph, one will be a drawing, one will be painted, and the last will be 3d. I want to try this because it seems challenging and it mixes some methods I have been doing together. My other idea is to draw a dog. This seems fun to me because I have really only been drawing people. Im excited to get these finished!

i like:

SARAH CRUSE: Sarah is a painter in portland. I fell in love with all of her work. I think its cool how she has contour lines and paint. This is something I want to try more as well. This elephant painting I thought was so cool! the colors she chose are really soft and not too bright against the eyes. The movement in the lines is awesome also. I really enjoy looking at Sarahs work.

LINDA NADEL: 

Linda is a painter in Colorado. She mainly uses watercolor. Her art is so cool to me. I love the colors and the brush strokes. She also recently published a children's book which is illustrated with her artwork. I enjoy her paintings a lot because her color choice is really unique. One thing I thought was really cool about this is the splatter look in the background. It looks clean even though its splattered paint.

Snowy Field Trips

We had another snowy field trip! I had alot of fun at CCC. I didnt really know what we were doing going there so I was really shocked when I got a bag full of art supplies and was told to make something out of it. I thought it was really cool to see what everyone came up with. Everyone was so creative! I ended up making a hot air balloon. Katie, Megan, and I enjoyed sitting around in His Bakery during our lunch break. It was very cute and they had great baked goods. We sampled a chocolate muffin that actually tasted like cake. I hope we get to go on one more field trip before the school year is over. :(

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!

3 down, 10 to go

My first three are done! For the most I am happy how they turned out. The one that I think I can still work on is the one when my friend is in the train. One thing that I have been thinking about though is how boring my concentration is going to be if I continue making them all in black ink. So...my ideas have changed a little bit and I can't wait to get started.

my 4th concentration idea

I want to use this picture for my next piece. Since this picture is so simple, I was thinking about drawing it multiple times in different color ink and then connecting all of the drawings together somehow. I also wanted to try to connect the actual picture with my drawings. Maybe try editing the picture so its not exactly the same everytime. Im not sure though, if you have any ideas please tell me. This idea kind of came from the project art 3-4 did this year where they connected like 12 small pictures together. I thought it looked so cool and I wanted to try it!

pics used for my first three concentration pieces:

For this piece I am going to draw everything that is inside the bus. So...everything that is outide the bus windows is going to be the actual photograph. I thought this image would be fun to draw because its the angle is interesting. I better get started on this one...

I finished this piece already. Its of my friends Keely and Steph. I decided to do this one because the picture is taken really close up so I figured it would be interesting. In the actual piece, everything is drawn except for the snowy background and their hats. The most challenging part about this peice for me was their jackets.

I took this picture two summers ago in Paris. I thought this could be really great to do because it reminds me of such a fun trip and such a beautiful place. In the actaul piece that is finished I drew the gargoyles, Eiffle Tower, and the bridges. This was my first one I did so I had to experiment with a few things like shading with a black ink pen.

Sketchbook:

I did this one during the retreat. I was looking at a flower we used for our art poster. The simple wash in the background I did earlier that day with Judy. I thought this sketchbook page was simple but has cool colors.

All of the background and bubble wrap design was done during the retreat with Judy. I recently just drew in the boy. The shading on the boy i did with green sharpie. There is no reason for that except for the fact green is my favorite color.

This is the sketchbook page that I had to change for the next week. The background again I did with Judy, it was simple newspaper. The drawing is of my cousin, sister, and I. I was looking at that photograph when I drew it.

I finished this sketchbook page at the retreat. Judy had us paint a person on this background and so thats what i came up with. Lately, for my sketchbooks I have been drawing people without really noticing. So...next week I am trying something new!

My Concentration

As of now I think this is my concentration. This idea came from my Portland inspired piece. Its going to be "Juno" drawings with photography incorporated in it. I would like to just draw pictures off of random photos that i have taken...but I might need to be more specific about my concentration and have my photos come from my everyday landscapes.

Summer Art