During Christmas break, we were told to have two finished pieces by the time we came back. So, as any high schooler would, I procrastinated. But it worked out well!
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So, after a while working on my Jewish woman, I decided to work on some darker skin: an Indian-inspired woman. I think it's best from now on to describe them as "inspired", since my concentration isn't really about ethnicity - more about the exploration of skin color and techniques to show it, as well as human features.
Anyway...let's talk about this week's piece, shall we? So, finally, I have an update on a piece that was actually finished by the time this blog post is written! How exciting!! My next woman is a Jewish woman, although she doesn't really resemble a Jew at all. I am even beginning to consider to only do women soon...
I decided for this piece to continue a theme: elongation and exaggeration of features. I also like what I did with the background for my black man, so I decided that I would also like a similar aspect to remain a theme. I liked the monochromatic color scheme, with a rather muted choice as well.
During the in-progress critique last Wednesday (thanks to Lauren, mostly) I was under the not-so-shocking discovery that my pieces lacked some serious consistency.
Now, I'm not one for consistency. I like to try different things, do different styles, and try different subject matter frequently. I find inconsistency a really fun way of exploration through art. And, as you probably know, that's not really how a concentration works... So, it's the second marking period, or 2/2! Finally, the Portfolio kids are gone (although we are sort of sad to see them go) and it's time to get down to business.
My concentration statement, so far, is: Portraiture, with an exploration of line quality and movement to express mood. For my first two pieces, I did a portrait of my cat, Pittypat, and a Nautilus. Our last project of the Marking Period was to create a self portrait using line moreso than value (and to "cheat" using a form of transfer). We submitted our selfies and got them printed.
I knew, for whatever reason, that I wanted to do fingerpainting for this piece. I felt like reverting back to my childhood days but with more finese and intention. I still wanted a sense of autnomatism, but the colors direction, etc. would have intentional design purposes. Our second to last project (or, for the first Marking Period anyway) was Social Commentary. I struggled a lot initially with having an idea for this project, as I didn't really want to do something political or feminist based, and that seemed to be all of which I could think. I finally decided that I wanted to do something based on extinct and endangered species. I had this thought years ago, when stumbling upon an article about the Tasmanian Tiger, and later, in 10th grade, when I had done a research paper on the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker.
Our second project was Metamorphosis - y'know, the whole caterpillar into a butterfly ordeal. Our job, though, was to create a piece that demonstrated metamorphosis while also being creative and original. I already hated the project from LAST year, in Portfolio, where I made my least favorite piece. So, I was looking forward to really crushing this one.
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