Artist Statements
My artwork looks like there is movement in the rug. So basically I created movement using line. The subject matter is a whale in people clothes and is underwater. The title of the piece is ocean man. The media is pen and ink.
We used those sharpies to create our pieces instead of the old pen and ink tools. I emulated my piece based off of one of Joe Mruk's pieces. Specifically the one where there is a bear camping with a hat on it's head and it is cooking something over the fire. My piece expresses a social matter where whales are treated as entertainment instruments, except SeaWorld, that place is BAE. It originally was suppose to show depression in the whale, but then it turned out to be more of a exhilarated piece, but what it stands for still stands.
I don't really expect myself to be an artist in the future, but I do think that I will have better drawing skills in the future. I guess this piece has exceptional texture and line quality even though it emulates someone else's work. I learned out to straighten out my lines better and the final piece is sort of what I imagined, but what is expresses changed. This piece just tells me that it is a fact that I can only draw cartoons because every other piece I have done had something to do with being realistic, but turned out as trash. I hope in the future, which every body else is probably telling themselves, that my artwork turns out better.
Artist statement:
My art work looks like a pot like it was intentioned. The subject matter would be a coil pot I guess. I didn't really give it a title, but I guess I'll call it pot boi. I used shape to create balance. My piece doesn't really look good, but better than my previous ones.
The media of my piece is clay. We used rib bones, rolling pins, bottle caps. This time, though, we didn't really have to scratch or score anything. We added new projects for the clay area this time. We also got to use spoons, though I don't know why.
My piece was not inspired by anyone because I don't favor clay. My piece also doesn't express any issues in everyday life, but it can be used for every day life. I guess my piece makes me depressed because I don't like, if that counts. I am no good with clay. Depression is the only real emotion it shows for me.
Some of my goals as an artist would be to achieve better drawing skills and know how to add contrast to a piece. Another goal would be to know how to handle and build with clay. This time around, I guess my piece got me an achievement in goals because I also did it better this time around. I also leveled up my drawing skills a little bit. I just really need to do better with clay.
I learned how to make better coils than last year. I learned not to apply tons of water to the clay. I learned not to slip and score so much as I used to do. I realized how to balance my piece, especially the coils. Also, even though I didn't make any, I learned how to make clay into wind chimes and I learned to engrave in clay, even though that was quite simple.