Emma



When given the assignment to find a figure to replicate, I began searching on yahoo images immediately. There were many to choose from and I knew I wanted a dancer because I really liked everyone else's dancers. I also liked the colors and the fact that she didn't have a face. I knew a face would be hard to do along with all the other complicated parts of the assignment. I did not want to have to deal with it.

While I was drawing this I thought it looked very nice. It was scaled correctly and just an altogether alright picture. When I started working with oil pastels my opinion on it changed completely, I thought it looked absolutely wretched. I was getting the right base colors but they were so dull and mine were so bright. I could not get my colors to dim down in the least, it was driving me insane. I then decided just to role with it because there was nothing else i could do.

According to the assignment I think this piece was a failure because it doesn't look like the original other than the shape. Overall I think it turned into a nice drawing and wouldn't mind hanging it in my room. If I was forced to do this project again, because no way would it happen by choice, I would choose a different artwork to begin with. Preferably one with brighter colors and less colors, trying to figure this painting out made me crazy. Also a simpler figure would be nice.



I chose my theme because a lot of close friends and family go through minor obsessions with their weight and appearance. Media can have a negative effect on both male and female teenagers no matter if they are rich or poor. It can also have a positive effect but I chose to show the negative effect.

The process was going excellently until we started working with the clay products. I had to restart my figure multiple times until I finally succeeded. Then the body went excellently. Next I had trouble with the legs, they kept falling off even though they were the base of the figure. After I got the legs to stay on the arms fell off, continuously. They were too heavy apparently and just would not stay on. Then when she got fired she was not bent properly and her arms are too close together. I think the effect of her leaning over a toilet will still make my point clear. I also decided to make the toilet out of clay because then it would be realistic.

think that my work is very effective in portraying what I want. The media has a lot of effect on how teens view themselves inside and out. I think that everything is working because it looks like a house and nothing is out of place. If I had the chance to do it again I would probably not do something so difficult. I would also have my issue be people without arms because the arms were the hardest to make.

The social issue being portrayed here is starvation. The author uses many things to get his point across. One of these things is the black and white. It makes the work more dreary and that helps to make people feel. Another is the depiction of the figures. The are all dressed shabby and are all very skinny. Also their body launguage is very depressing. They are all hunched over and this shows how very sad they are.