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reflective writing: I choose to use dating violence as my social issues project because it is something personal to me. I have seen people I know go through an abusive relationship and I realized that is something that is hard to get out of. Abuse isn’t just physical violence but also mental and emotional hurt. Being called worthless or being told you good for nothing is verbal abuse and it is usually one of the main things that happen in an abusive relationship. I decided that dating violence is something that is important that needs to be addressed because it is a serious issue and it often goes unnoticed. Because teenage girls ages 16 to 21 are most likely to be victims of dating violence or abuse I thought that it would be a great social issue to use. While working on my project the only problem I really ran into was that my clay figure broke. This was an easy fix and I got it back together in no time, other then that I didn’t have any problems just some difficult aspects. The hardest thing was painting the abused girl, it was hard to get the right shading and the look I wanted. I am really happy with how my piece turned out. I like the colors I used and I’m glad that I stuck with one general color pallet of reads and black. reflective writing: Reflective writing: I started one Fotoflexer and used the Smart Scissors to cut out the figure then but a background behind it. Then I uploaded it to Queeky so I could use the blending tools and things in order to make it less sketchy and have more contrast.

Figure study Reflective writing: The reason I picked This picture to recreate because I thought it was an amazing picture. I really liked the drastic contract in darks and lights. I feel really good about my painting although I think it could be better. I choose to use acrylic paint and I liked my choice in medium. I did have a few problems with how to make it look dimensional and blend the paint well especially on the dancers back. I also had problems with the time restraints because I was so focused on getting the painting perfect I was running late and had to take it home a lot and stay after school to finish. I’m really happy with the final product and I think it is a great piece of art.



Reflective writing

The theme I chose was peace around the world with the cranes around the world but in the middle of the earth it says “all the world includes right here” which means that you cant have world peace unless you have local peace, peace in our committees and schools. The main problem I had was how to make my paper cranes. This was a major problem since this was a big component of my design. I googled how to make paper cranes, once I got stuck on a step I ask for help from Mrs. Ruggles. Once I understood how to do that I practiced a lot to make sure that they would look nice on my pinwheel. I think that my pinwheel turned out really nice, it was very creative but it could have spun better.