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Original Piece

My Project

Reflective Writing:

1. Discuss why you chose this piece. (3+ sentences) I chose this piece because it looked challenging but not to challenging. I also chose this piece because Ray Lewis is one of my favorite football players. I also liked the background colors. 2. Background information about the piece (artist's name, medium, where it is displayed, etc.) The Artist who drew this is Najwa Al-Amin. She lives in Baltimore, USA and has lived in Baltimore her entire life. She has many other works of art similar to the one I drew. She likes to make her art very colorful and says she likes colors. The original piece of art is 9 x 11 x 1 inches and the medium is painting oil. 3. Problems you experienced and how you solved them. (3+ sentences) My biggest problem I had with this piece is defiantly trying to draw the face mask and helmet. I also had trouble trying to make the right colors with the oil pastels. I was however able to overcome these problems by trusting the grid and breaking it down and also mixing and matching colors. 4. Is it a successful work of art? Why or why not? (3+ sentences) I think that this is a successful work of art. It is very similar to the original piece and is proportional to the original piece. Also the colors in my piece are very similar to the colors in the original piece.



Reflective Writing:

1.Reflecting on the figure drawing process, how have your skills improved and why? When I first started drawing figures my figures did not look good at all. They were not proportional and didn’t look like figures at all. However, after lots of repetition I started to get the hang of it. Now my figures look more proportional and actually look like people. I think the biggest reason for my improvement is because I learned how to draw figures by trying to get the basic shape of the figure and also lots of practice.

2. Discuss the decision making process for this project. I first started out making a green and orange-checkered background not really knowing what I was going to do with my actual figures. I did this because orange and green are my favorite color combination and I like checkered backgrounds. I wasn’t quite sure what to do with my actual figures until I looked in a Sports Illustrated magazine and found pictures of athletes that were about the same size as my figures. I then decided to cut them out and paste them on my figures and glue my figures to my background.

3. Discuss problems you encountered and how you solved them. I had problems with the Mod Podge rubbing the orange tissue paper onto the green tissue paper but it actually made it look better in the end. I also had problems trying to find pictures that were similar sizes to my figures. But I was able to find just enough.

4. Are you pleased with the final product? Why or why not? Overall I am not pleased with my final product. There are bits and pieces of it that I really like, such as the background. However, the figures don’t really match the background, which as a result makes both the figures and the background look bad. I wish I had made the background a football field or done something else with the figures and kept the background as a checkered pattern.

This is where I want to put my tape figure. Sketch of my idea

For my tape figure project I want to tape myself doing the Heisman pose. I am a little concerned about whether or not I will be able to make it stand without support.

=Caleb's Tape Sculpture=

Caleb's Social Issue Project