Christa

I choose this picture for three reasons. The first being that I thought the kids were cute! The second reason i choose this picture is because I knew it would be some what of a challenge. And it was! And the third was because I really like the colors, they drew my attention. Along the way there were some struggles. The hands were difficult for me. So I just looked at the space around the hands and drew that. Another problem for me was the hair. It was hard for me to get the outline of it but I just used some white around the edge to shape it up some. The background is what I'm least satisfied with. I wish it would have been more smooth but I couldnt get the pastel to spread. Over all I am happy with my figure. I haven't taken an art class since middle school so it had been a while since I got to use my creative style and I really enjoyed it. I think I did pretty good for having to draw two figures that were pretty detailed. I would love to do this project again with different figures! For my final projected I wanted to choose something that I really cared about. That is child abuse. So many people know about children being abused and neglected but not very many people do anything about it. I want to start. I feel like there is so much that could be done. It's not the children's fault they are living this way! When I first started I wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a background. I decided on a window because when someone views it, it will be as if they are looking in on the abuse. Another thing I had trouble choosing was if I wanted a lot of information on it or not. I decided not to have to much because the picture I have explains a lot. The hardest thing for me though was my clay figure. I couldn't get the shape I wanted. I think my project is successful in persuading the audience that something needs to be done about child abuse! The only thing I think they're going to have a problem with is understanding where my clay figure fits in. If I could do it over I would take more time on my clay figure because I'm not that happy with it. I wish the colors were different and that he looked more sad. I also think I would make my shingles a couple shades darker. In the last picture I think the artist is trying to show that smoking is bad for yourself and the other people around you! The artist is showing the smoke of the cigarette going into the air kind of like pollution looks. I think he is connected to the tree because the guy is killing himself along with the trees.