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descriptive/interpretive

These are a bunch of letters in the alphabet. They aren’t in any order, they are just randomly placed and not all there. They're all different sizes and different angles because I really like hands and I think they're really cool looking.

Analysis

I think it has a lot of movement because there is so much going on all over the page and they’re all going in different directions. I think that it has contrast because of the one shaded hand and once I finish all the letters I’m going to shade them all and make them darker and lighter to give it diversity.

Medium

These were all done in mechanical pencil first . But then I went back to shade them and i used a variety of different pencils to make sure the skin colours look different. And it stayed in pencil because I felt like adding colour would ruin it.

Self reflection

I really like this so far because I really like hands and I like sign language. My friend is teaching it to me which inspired me to do this piece. The only thing that truly bothers me is that one, it's done with the wrong hand because they're all from observation and that some of the letters are wrong or look a little weird. But other than that I really like it.

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Descriptive/interpretive

I started out with the triangle in the middle because this one also started out as a very bland and basic sketch, but once I got what I sketched out done there was a lot of space left and I started in the bottom left corner drawing little oval shapes and then when I added colour I did the design. Repeated it in the top right corner, which turned out not as nicely. The top left corner started out how I sketched it originally then when i added colour it made it turn out really weird but I went with it and did the rest. The triangle was not supposed to turn out like that at all, it was supposed to look like a picture I took of my eeg from therapy but it was not heading in that direction and the way it looks in the picture was really hard to recreate because of all the little lines so it turned into more random crap because I cannot come up with cohesive ideas.

Analysis

It has movement because of the directions of the lines and the direction the pattern goes in because you can follow it up. But I think there is also emphasis on the triangle because it kinda stands out due to the outline of it and it just kinda pops out. It mostly pops out because of the harder and more solid colours in the triangle than outside of it which also gives it contrast.

the picture does not capture it the same way.

Medium.

Started out as a sketch in pencil till I began to add colour to it. The triangle is a lot harder than the outside of it. The outside has more white on top of it to make it duller and a little more blended.

Self Reflection

I dislike this one more than the other one because it's bigger and even more out of control. I started out with a good idea and then when I went to execute it it turned into a mess and I should probably stick to keeping my paintings abstract instead of my drawings.

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descriptive/interpretive

These are trees, I painted them for a family friend that likes the outdoors. The trees don’t really look like trees. And the colour is a bit off in the painting but the dark green that consumes the background makes it look very off and not very realistic. But I’m not good at realism so. It’s okay I guess.

Analysis

I feel like there is balance because it is almost symmetrical. The two closer ones on the sides make it seem balanced. I think that there is also movement in the weedy grass because of all the directions it goes in and then the fact that the trees travel up. But the top “leaves” make all the movement stop there and I do not like that.

Medium

I first drew the trees out on the canvas and blocked it off to where I was thinking of splotching the leaves and the grass. Then started off with painting most of the trees. Went over them a few times with the few different browns I have. Then went on to the grass at the bottom and used a lot of lighter and true greens then a few darker ones to give it most depth. Which didn’t really work. Then I did the dark green background, went over the trees for the last time, then used a sponge for the leaves and the mossy trees.

Self Reflect

I do not like this piece because it looks like it should be realistic but it is not. There isn’t a light source there isn’t any depth. Everything looks like it’s there but then you actually look at it and realize it's a bunch of paint thrown crappily onto a canvas and I just do not like it at all. I think the only part I like is probably all the grass because it’s colourful and looks not as bad as the rest of it. The sponged leaves turned out a lot worse than I was expecting and I don’t know, this whole thing was a disappointment. But I sold it so I guess I like it for that.

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Descriptive/interpretive

I started out with a sketch that looked like the green thing in the top left corner, then I took that idea and put it on a bigger piece of paper, but it looked a lot different so i just went with it and turned it into this. There's a bunch of random stuff going on everywhere and that basically my life so this piece is me. I like it.

Analysis

I think this piece has movement because there's a bunch of stuff going on everywhere and a lot of the lines move in directions of other lines that are going in different directions so it gives it some flow. I also this there is contrast in the different textures and styles, because not everything is one thing and not everything fits together but still moves with each other.

Medium

I started out sketching most of it in pencil and the going back over it in coloured pencil but most of the little details happened while putting colour into it. But the triangles and the shapes in it were sketched and mapped out before hand.

Self Reflection

It makes no sense like most of the things I do. It doesn't have any concept or composition. I always do random things because that's always more appealing to me. But I should probably do things that are appealing to others eventually. But I didn’t really like it. I do like all the colours though.

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descriptive/interpretive 

Paragraph

For this piece I started drawing random drips on the side of the page and then it slowly turned into more and more things being attached together and once I did most of the left side of the page I thought it kinda looked like someone staring off into the distance so I made the other half look like a landscape and it looks pretty cool. Then once I started adding colour it looked even different and now it looks like some giant floating landscape in the sky.

Analysis Paragraph

I think this piece has a lot of movement because it has a lot going on and there's details in it. It also has a lot of variety in colour and I think the pink and purple background give it contrast because they're so lightly coloured while the rest is more solid and vibrant.

Medium Paragraph

For this project I started in pencil and I drew the entire thing with an hb pencil and thought I was done. But it looked too plain so I started messing around with coloured pencils and I've rarely ever actually tried doing something in coloured pencil and I like using a variety and having a lot to look at so I made each design its own colour scheme and let the piece go with itself.

Self Reflection Paragraph

I think this piece is really colourful and I liked the way it turned out. I wish it was bigger and that I put a border on it. I also wish I used pen highlights and used all of the colours a lot lighter. I also wish I made a rough draft before doing it to plan it better. But for how it is I like it.