Amelia+H

I picked this picture because I really like pin up girls and that era. I think they are so fun and they look like real women, not the stick skinny models nowadays.

I started by doing the background with a mixture of a red orange color and a plain red. It took me a lot longer than I expected to complete the background but I think it looks really good. The next thing I started on was her skin. This was a challenge for me because I don't have a plain skin color oil pastel. I started by using white and layering a red orange on top of it along with some yellow. I think the skin turned out perfect except for the other drawing looks a bit tanner. Then I did her hair. I used black and rust and combined them to get a dark brown. I then started on the shading. At first I used just a brown but that didn't look dark enough. Then I added some blue and that got to the perfect shade. Then I finished up her flower, her swimsuit, and everything else, and I think it looks quite good.

I would draw the same picture if I had to again because I had a good time with this drawing. I think it is very successful because I mostly got the colors right and I really like it.



I choose to do my project on breast cancer because it is a major issue for women. I personally know people with breast cancer and so its a big deal to me. Anyone can get breast cancer and I believe that everyone should get themselves checked by getting a mammogram. No one in my family has gotten breast cancer but that doesn't mean that I am immune. I plan to get mammograms regularly when I get older.

I started by making my clay figure. It wasn't too hard and I finished it quite quickly. Then I painted it and got it all fired. Then I made the pink ribbon because I had envisioned that the whole time. I glued it onto my background and then realized I needed more for the background. Then I surfed the internet and found that picture and thought it really showed how many women and different types of women can get breast cancer and that its possible to fight it. So I had to take off my pink ribbon and I glued the picture on the background and added some watercolor to bring some more pink into it. Then I added the pink border and brought it all together like it is in the picture.

I do think my piece is successful because it shows how anyone can get breast cancer. I would have liked to add more about mammograms but I didn't want to make it like a science project. I think the colors on my clay figure aren't working the best but they are okay. I think I would have just added some different colors to my clay figure if I were to do this project again.

Final Exam I picked the picture of the person smoking. The artist is trying to portray the effects of smoking and how smoking is bad. In the picture the guys body is like deteriorating but his face remains the same. It shows how smoking will effect you on your inside while your outside stays the same. The artist uses many elements to pull on the viewers emotions. They use powerful images to make the viewer not want to smoke. They are very successful in conveying the message they are trying to send.