6Ashley


 * [[image:Art2Ashley.jpeg width="337" height="450"]]ART.VA.II.HS.1 || **// I can create and modify artwork through the critique process. //** || ART.VA.II.HS.5 || **// I can reflect on the process that led me to my final, successful piece. //** ||  ||

I chose this piece because I really like the colors, they are very vibrant and I also like how its abstract. I think the people maybe hard to paint because they are abstract and hopefully I can match the shades of colors.I think it might be challenging. The medium I plan to use is acrylic paint. This project was pretty difficult. There were many different colors and it was hard to get the right shades of purple and pink for the trees. It was also really challenging to get make all the different colors in the people. To solve the problems I was having with making all the different colors, I changed mediums, I used oil pastels and then to blend the colors a little better I used some water colors. I think using watercolors was much easier when making all of the vibrant colors. I didn't have many problems with the grid process. It was easier for me to draw it out on the grid then it was to paint. I thought it was going to be way easier to paint. I thought my project was successful. I tried my hardest and I tried to really get all the vibrant colors throughout the picture. It was frustrating at times but i'm glad I finished it. I am happy with it's outcome because I really like how all the colors turned out, very bright and vibrant. I thought this was a fun project to do. I chose to do crayon art with my figure because it's really colorful and I loved this idea and really wanted to try it. It was really easy to do and fun. I drew the person first then glued it on the canvas. Then I glued the crayons along the top of the canvas, then I just used a hair dryer to melt the crayons. This was a really easy project to do, I've always wanted to try it and im glad I got the chance to. The hardest part was gluing the crayons on. Some of them would fall off so I had to keep gluing them on. It was also kind of messy, but if you put newspaper under it, it's fine.I love the person I drew, I really liked the shirt because it's unique and looks like a skull. I loved this project and I would do it again. I thought this was a successful project and its really easy to do. I think it turned out great and exactly how I wanted it to.I love how the colors are so bright and you can chose whatever colors you want to use.

Social Issue Painting The social issue in this painting is the issue of how the government takes money from innocent people. The little kid holding his hands to his face would represent the innocent person. The man in the suit would represent the government taking money. The guy looks very greedy and mean because of the expression on his face. The lemonade stand could represent a small business where the government takes money from to. The area of this painting is spaced out well. You can tell that the man is running away from the innocent child and the chi is helpless. I believe this piece could be looked at in different ways, but I believe the message is pretty clear. I think it's a strong and successful piece. The red on the man shows he's evil and the background colors go well with the piece. Overall I think the message is clear and it shows a strong message.
 * ART.VA.II.HS.8 || **// I can explore social and global issues through the creative process. //** ||

Social Issue Project The theme I chose for this project was Alcoholic Parents. I chose this theme because I know someone who has a mom that has problems with alcohol and it makes me sad that her mom doesn’t think she has a problem and she doesn’t want to get help or change her lifestyle. When her mom gets home she sleeps all day and when she is awake she’s always in a bad mood. It would be hard to live with someone like that and I wouldn’t know what to do or how to help. I thought it would make people more aware of kids who live with alcoholic parents. When I was working on this project, it was hard to find lots of pictures. There really wasn’t much to choose from so I picked some that I thought people would know what my project was about when hey looked at it. I think I got pictures that showed my message. I had to decide what colors to make the background. It was kind of challenging because I didn’t want to make my colors like bright and happy, so I choose black and then I put orange tissue paper around it. I think my piece was successful in persuading my audience of my social issue. I think it turned out better then I expected because I wasn’t sure if my background colors were going to work out but they did. I knew pretty much what I was doing when we got this project assigned. If I had a chance to do this project again, I would probably pick a bigger background so I could fit more pictures and information. I thought it turned out good.