3D Printing
For our first project of 2022 we did 3D printing. First we worked on a website called “tinkercad” and made little designs. I made a little egg with glasses. Next we came up with a basic idea to recreate in your own way. I picked a key holder for my key ring because when I put my keys in my bag sometimes they create holes in my bag. This project was challenging but not very hard. With the 3D the texture of it is very weird but it was cool to see how it was built and how people use things in real life and how many things u can recreate. I think the hardest part was probably the shape of the lid when trying to get it to fit. Other than that I enjoyed this project and learned how to 3D print which is very cool.
Final project
For our last project of 2021 we had to choose a final project. You are allowed to pick anything you’d like so I picked watercolor because I enjoyed it and wanted to get better. I knew I wanted to do something with plants so I came up with the idea of a window with plants. I think I included all the colors in my color scheme. My spacing could have been a bit different when it came to the plants. I did face a lot of obstacles through this but I learned how to over come the problems. I really enjoyed this project and I believe I did a pretty good job on it.
Plaster Sculptures
For our next project we did abstract plaster sculptures. I picked a brain because they’re very important and are used for many different things. Starting we had to mix the plaster then let it dry. The next day we started on our projects and carving this was a little harder then expected but i made due with it. During the process mine did take longer then most peoples because I had to put every single hole in there and it started to mold a little bit. Other than it molding I had no other problems with this peace. It was very hard but a very cool thing to do and i definitely learned from this in many ways
PORTRAITS
For this project we did portraits. For my person I picked Billie Eilish because I personally like listening to her music and she inspires me to be a better person. Although portraits aren’t my favorite thing to do I did enjoy this and I learned a lot about proportions and accuracy. I did mess up on the hair a little bit but I am still proud of my work and think I did pretty good. When critiquing i found a bit of things wrong with it so I went back and fixed them so it looked more accurate.
Watercolor painting
For our second project of the year we did landscape watercolor. When we first found out trees came into my mind. For this project i learned lots of different ways to make texture and make it look realistic and blend colors together. All together it was a fun assignment and i learned a lot from it. I attempted making two cherry blossom trees with a hill and a blue sky. I came into a few problems when painting but i learned and worked around the problems to my final result. Overall, this is one of my favorite projects i’ve done throughout my high school years and i enjoyed it very much.
sketch book
For out first project of the year we did Japanese Stab binding sketchbooks. We first started out by making our end pages and picking out our fabric. I did struggle with the fabric because I found ones I liked but they weren’t wide and long enough to be a cover. Next we picked which binding we wanted and I picked the heart binding and practiced on a piece of cardboard first. I did mess up on the cardboard one but that helped me when doing my final binding on my sketchbook. When drilling the holes we did mess up the fabric but I figured a way to make it work. Then I put the wholes the wrong way so we ended up making 4 extra holes and I figured out how to make it work and still look good. Overall this project was very fun I enjoyed it a lot and completing it made me very happy.