malia sinkler, final woa

Final work of art

I'm going to be completely honest and start off by saying that this project was very rushed. It didn't turn out how I had imagined it but the general idea got translated okay. My original plan was to have a symbol of activism in front of words or sayings. I then changed that to wanting to use mono printing for the background but that didn't work out so well. Then I decided I wanted the background to look something like the picture above but I couldn't get it right and didn't have time to perfect it. I changed it to just lines becuase that would have been the fastest way to get it done. For the symbol I wanted to use a foam plate and print it over the rainbow colors but I wouldn't have had time for that either so I just used sharpie. For this project I really didn't have any goals that stayed with me. I changed my plan so often that I guess one of the only "goals" that is still relevant is getting the general idea of my thumbnail sketches onto a different and larger paper. One of my goals that was lost was being able to write words in a bubble form neatly. I've never been good with writing in different fonts in general so I was hoping to improve. I obviously didn't end up accomplishing that goal too well. A goal that is always there for every project I do is being able to at the least translate my main message into my work. Just by looking at my project it is evident what is shows. The rainbow background represents gay rights and the raised fist is a widely popular symbol for activism. To sum up my feelings toward this project Im joust going to say "eh". It's not horrible but it's definitely not what I had planned. If I could redo my final exam blog I would probably change this to my least favorite work of art. So I guess you could say I'm not too happy with it. 

Reason why this is late: I finished my final exam post and submitted it and I went to start this one. My computer had low battery so I went to charge it and it wouldn't and still won't charge. It died and I can't put pictures into posts on my phone so I had to wait until I could come to my grandparents and use their computer. I totally understand if you take points off for it being late since it's so close to the end of the year tough!

sinkler, final exam

Final blog post

1. What type of art making process (drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture) did you enjoy working with the most this year? Explain why.

The type of art making I enjoyed the most this year has been printmaking. I really like screen printing and mono printing but I have used mono printing more outside of the unit. With mono printing I really like the different colors and combinations you can use. There are less limits and you can honestly do whatever you want with it. I was also able to make shapes by using cutouts and placing them over the paint like I did with the heart below.With the foam plate I messed up quite a few times with which direction the prints would come out but besides that I really liked how it looked with black ink. Overall this is definitely one of my favorite units of the year.

2. What type of art making process (drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture) did you enjoy working with the least this year? Explain why.

The type of art making process that I did not like at all was painting. I learned very quickly about how completely horrible acrylic paint is. I can't even put into words how much I struggled with not only painting with it in general, but mixing it (see below). However, one thing from this unit that I did really enjoy has been using watercolor. I have incorporated it into several other projects so far but I think that goes for many other people as well. But that was the only thing I liked and even then my loathing towards the rest if it lies in triumph of the few parts that I enjoyed. After having completed all of the required painting, I feel completely comfortable saying that I never want to do most of it again.

3. Which piece of art that you created this year do you feel was your most successful? Explain why.

I feel that my most successful piece of art so far has been my window that I did with watercolor. This is surprising becuase I actually never finished it, but I just really likes that way it looks. I really enjoyed making the 'wooden' frame becuase it was fun trying to get that type of texture. It was the same way when painting the water. I tried to get different hues of blues and purples to give it a wavy effect. I also utilized salt to make the sand look crystaly(I don't think this is a word but it gets my point across) and shiny. I am very proud of this work even though it still remains unfinished.

4. Which piece of art that you created this year  do you feel was your least successful? Explain why.

I feel that my least successful piece this year has been my metaphor project. I chose clay and I had expected it to be easier to work with. I also had higher expectations for myself. I wasn't able to completely accomplish my goals which was disappointing but most of this is due to my immaturity on how to work well with clay. It was also made so fragile that the main part of it broke just by setting it on a table. I should've picked a medium that I can work better with for a project such as this. I don't hate this project as much as acrylic paint in general, but it's definitely not my favorite.

Personally I think I enjoyed this semester more than the first. I like many of the projects and units more. It also seemed a lot more fun and independent. I would definitely take art again next year if my schedule wasn't so full next year.

malia sinkler, metaphor

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." 

-Alexander Hamilton

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Metaphor project

For this project I choose the quote "Those who stand for nothing fall for anything"  from Alexander Hamilton. The idea as to who I wanted the quote to come from may or may not have spurred from my obsession with the Hamilton musical. Aside from that, I'm not completely sure how I feel about the outcome of this work. I'm not ecstatic about it but I'm not necessarily disappointed either. I haven't had a chance to paint it yet but I'm hoping once I do it'll change my mind a bit. I had originally planned to use clay, make a large empty well, and show emotion on a face of a person standing over the well. I accomplished 1.5 of those things. I definitely used clay and I definitely have a well, but it's not arguably big. As far as the person goes, I realized that clay isn't as strong as I would have liked it to be. I had to make the person very tiny and there was no possible way that I would have been able to put anything on it. The second main goal that I had was to paint detail onto clay, but I haven't been able to paint it yet. I excited to be able to though, becuase I want to make the stones or bricks that the well is made of to look realistic. I don't feel like I accomplished my goals as well as I wanted (can that "well" be counted as a pun??? becuase y'know, I made a well) but I can't succeed on every project. Another thing that I wasn't so happy about, is that when I picked it up to take pictures the little guy and 'stick' over the well completely broke off. But that's probably my fault for making it too fragile. A last thing that I wanted to focus on was expressing emotion through something else besides paper. I feel like I've had that goal for many projects this year, but it's different for this one becuase it's not just a 2D model anymore, it's 3D. I don't know how much emotion it shows just being plain grey right now but in my head it has a lot. In my mind the well is alone and distant from everything, yet has many thing coming at it. The water inside represents everything that you would fall for like opinions becuase you're naive or don't care to form your own. The object that the person is standing on represents standing for or in in this case, 'on' nothing. I hope that my message that I wanted to show came through with this project.