Faith

The art piece I chose was Green Dress by Degas. I liked most of his work because of all the dancers and how intense all of his artwork was. I picked this one in particular because there was one girl, and instead of showing her dancing, he showed her sitting down resting and stll made the picture interesting to look at. Also, the the oranges and reds he used looked like they would be fun to use. The gridding did not give me much trouble. There was little to draw because they face was not defined and most of the picture was outlines. The problems came when I started to color. The skin freaked me out because there was blues and reds mixed in with the white, it took me awhile, but when I was finished wih the skin I was kind of happy. The hair was deffinately not my favorite part, but it didn’t give me much of a problem. Getting the tutu’s color was hard because It was streaky and I didn’t have the exact color in oil pastel. By far the most frustrating part was below the figure. I could not get the right colors and it still looks too purple and the green is way too bright. The critique was interesting to listen to. The stuff people said were relavent and helped me see it the way they did instead of seeing it the way I wanted to. I am not ecstatic about this piece of work, but I’m not unhappy. I know I could have done better, and there are parts that I would have liked to not have had to do, but I also know it does not look completely terrible and is similar to the original picture.

I chose the theme for my project for a few reasons. The first would be because people don’t know much about it and they need to be informed on what it is and so if they see someone they know, or they themselves are having these symptoms, they can try to do something about it. The second reason is that someone I know personally suffers from bipolar disorder and I know it can be hard to live with and when they aren’t being treated properly it can take days to get them right again. It’s not only hard on the person who has it; it’s hard on everyone who lives with them, especially the kids. They have to deal with the instability of the person and the mood swings that come hand in hand with this disorder. It’s important for these people to know that it is manageable with adequate treatment. One big problem I encountered while making my project was that I couldn’t find any pictures to portray my project properly. I decided to not have any pictures, but instead I put quotes about the disease. I think it makes you think more about what it feels like instead of showing you pictures and giving people wrong ideas. People of all sorts can have this disease, and it does not care what color or gender you are. Another thing I had trouble with was my figure. It has two faces to show the extremes, but the proportions looked off because of the bulk of the top and the feet looking too long. I had to remember that since it is a two-sided person that some things were going to look a little awkward and had to move on instead of wasting all of my time on it. I think my piece is successful. It shows the sides of bipolar disorder and informs people of the symptoms. I know my piece isn’t really persuasive and it’s a little more informational, but I think it was more appropriate. The tri fold background is working. It’s artistic and colorful and not plain. It has the right balance of information and art on it. I don’t like the figure I sculpted, it looks like I rushed on it and the painted colors do not look like I wanted them to. The feet wouldn’t flatten and the chest wouldn’t smooth out. If I could do this project again I would try and make the feet be flat and make sure my figure was proportional before I had him fired. I would be more careful when I was painting him and make sure nothing broke off.

This social issue picture looks like it represents the harmful effects of smoking cigarettes. It shows a disfigured person smoking while he is degrading into nothing. It shows smoking rising in the air, and the smoke looks pretty nasty. They show how even when the person is dyeing away he is still taking drags off of his cigarette. It shows how addicting cigarettes are and how it can take your life away and how all you think about is how to get a cigarette. I thought they emphasized the way the guy was fading into the earth and the smoke from the cigarette.