For this project I had to take a few different views to find the best composition for my still life, and I thought that this was the best choice. A thumbnail sketch is a sketch of the original but smaller. The view finder helped me find an amazing view on the makeup setup. I was able to look through the view finder and it showed only parts of my still life instead of just drawing the whole thing. To make the still life look three dimensional I added shading and highlights through out the picture. I also used different lines to make the objects in the picture look rounded instead of flat and dull. The light source was created by highlights and shading, I also made the background light and dark, giving it a lighter feel.

Print project

This project is another one of my favorites since I was able to mix two different colors together to get this beautiful purple/ pink. To start this project off I had and clean block of Easy Cut, and cutting tools. I also had to plan out what I would put on my block, once I knew what image I was going to use I traced it on my Easy Cut and then I had to cut out the lines. Once it was cut I rolled ink all over it and pressed the "stamp" on different pieces of paper. This is a very unique project because you can make as many that look alike as you want or as many different that you like.

This project is a pastel still life, it is one of my favorites because of the vivid colors and realistic feel. This picture took a total of three days because we started off with a regular can and then over the course of the few days we smashed the cans. It was an interesting experience since I was able to see all of the different values that a can, can show in its different states. As you can see the last can is so much different than the first can. There are casts shadows in this picture too, showing the light source coming from the top left of the paper.  

Acrylic Landscape Painting

For this project I decided on painting mountains, knowing that I wanted big mountains in the back of my painting, so I put three in the background. I also wanted some mountains to look like they were almost infront of you so I put in two more and made them both quite dark so they look closer to you. Another thing I added to my painting to make it look more like the mountains around North Carolina is the pine tree in the front view. I used atmospheric perspective to make this painting look more real almost like the mountains in the background aren't really there. The use of atmospheric perspective gives it a look of "haze" or "fog" making the mountains blend in with the background. To get the painting to look like it has this I mixed yellow paint in with my purple to take down the intinsity. My light scource is comming in from the left side, to show this I made the mountains lighter on the left side, and then I created cast shadows on the objects to make it look even more convincing. I used a mono hue color scheme so the only color I used was different vairations of purple. As for the brush strokes used mine were lighter, and more mixed together, giving it a softer feel. In my painting I made it lighter at the top and darker as you go down, as for the snow at the bottom I started with a laveneder and then added white in certin areas to shwo where the light is hitting.  

Ceramics Project

When I was designing my ceramic I knew that I wanted it to be more of a flat bowl than a rounded one. When comming up with my design I really liked a heart for the center and the different "rays" comming from the heart. I used the slump technique, where you put you clay inside a bowl to get your shape. Yes my peice holds diferent items in my house such as keys and other random objects. The design for me was the easiest part, I had no trouble comming up the the "sun" heart, as for the different edges around I though somthing simpe like the small dots would be best for this project. I learned that it can be much more involved to make a ceramic peice than I thought it would be. I also learned that to set the clay oyou have to bake it in a kiln, and that it can reach tempatures in the thousands. If I could change this project in any way I wouldn't add the rounded edges because I'm not a fan of how t turned out. Another thing I would change about the project is that I would make it bigger, so i could put more things in it. Over all I was really amazed at how well it turned out and will deffinatly enjoy it in my home.