1. My inspiration for the land and sky picture is this google picture of the beach and sunset. This inspired me because I love the beach, expecially sunsets on the beach. I used my personal twist on the picture by changing the palm trees leaves and colors of the trees.


2. I've been working with oil pastels and blending for a few weeks now. And for a group project where I had to make a lifelike apple and my practice with this skill helped me do that for my group.


3. I collaborated and got feedback from other artist on my joker piece. This helped me know what people think and gave me a lot of confidence in my work because this was my first time doing a persons face and I wasn't sure how it would turn out but I'm glad I got to best what other people thought.

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For the 2 in 1 project I did the joker with batman mask on him. My inspiration came from the movie Batman: The Dark Knight and more sepecfiically Heath Ledgers character the joker. I love his character and the emotion and twist he brings to the movie making it my favorite movie and the joker my favorite character of all time. So my personal twist on the joker was throwing the batman mask on him.


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I went out of my usual comfort zone this past project by using chalk pastels opposed to my normal oil. I wasn't sure how chalk would work compared to oil. But it's pretty similar, I learned cross hatching, blending, and complimentary colors and how they can blend and work together to make some really cool feelings and movements in the picture.


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I learned about René Margritte when we had to do a real life portrayal of a historical piece of art. I learned that he was a Belgian surrealist artist and became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images that fall under surrealism. His picture, the son of man was made in 1964 in Belgium and is classified as a surrealism piece.

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#2- Developing art making skills

​I had no idea what a zentangle was before this project we did. I also learned about values and how important they are when adding depth and movement to your piece. Another important thing I learned was the power in shapes, patterns, and colors. They all work together to move your eye across the piece and they each make you feel or think something different.

#3- Artist communicate through their work

​For our 2 in 1 project I am doing a joker/batman combination. The joker is my favorite character of all time because he’s so intriguing and brilliant all at the same time. So I had to do a piece of him sooner or later. So i suppose my picture in the making of mine can be used to portray the both good and crazy in us all.

#5- Artist collaborate

​Sadie, Bailey and I ask each other’s feedback on almost everything we do. We also share ideas, help each other when ones in a pickle, and give positive encouragement and inspiration. It’s very helpful to have them around me when arting because I always second guess myself or I get stuck on something and they help me make a decision and vice versa.