Totem Pole Story

In the summer last year my family took a trip to Jamaica. It was my first time ever leaving the country so I was ecstatic. I had no idea how the trip was going to of but I couldn't wait to get on the plane. When my family and I were about to land I couldn't help but to stare out the window and look at how crystal clear the water was. That sight was truly breath taking. When we landed the first thing I realized was how small the airport was. After going through security and gathering our luggage many Jamaican men approached us and offered to take our bags to the bus. What I didn't realize at the time was that they really needed money so I was happy when my Dad tipped them. On our way to the stunning Hilton Hotel I was saddened by how most of the Jamaicans were living. I discovered the money they made everyday was used to purchase bricks to add to their "houses". I felt so guilty staying in a beautiful hotel when many Jamaicans didn't even have complete houses. The ocean in Jamaica was crystal clear and really warm. We took a boat out to where the water was really deep and we were able to see coral reefs, sting rays, and sharks. We also had the opportunity to ride on a banana float. It was definitely the coolest but scariest experience of my life. The food we ate the whole week was delicious. Every morning there was a buffet of fruit and omelets and every night there was seafood, steak, jerk chicken and vegetables. My trip to Jamaica was such an eye opening experience. It will forever be the most memorable time of my teenage years and I hope to visit again someday soon.  

Fortune cookie book page

I was very disappointed with myself looking at my finished work. I felt very rushed to finish this project and feel like I could've been more creative. I had a different idea of what I was going to do and last minute I changed my mind completely. This was a really cool project and I wish I could've done a better job. My original idea was to have a path way to the "future" and have what I wanted to do in the future put into it somehow. 

Art x 3

When I found out about this project I was eager to get started...until I found out I was going to be passing my work off to someone else. When I got started, I really liked what I put on it but then I have to give it up. The next day I got someone else's work which I would be adding to and then passing it on again. The last day I finally got someone's work that I would call mine. Personally, I did not like what this person had put on their project and tried to do some covering up. In the end, I diffintely got a different vision than others. The life lesson I took away from this is people have their own taste and style and they're going to add what they like and you either deal with it or you change it to the way you like it. 

Pop Art Project

I really enjoyed this project overall. I chose to do a print of a face wash. It wasn't very interesting but in the end I really didn't mind. I enjoyed curving the print out of the stamp and making different colored ink prints. I'm not sure why I leaned toward reproducing the face wash. I liked the shape of the bottle and I thought it would look cool to do a mass-production of it. While curving the the face wash out I added some lines on the outside of the curved out bottle so it would look cool when I inked it. As it turned out the lines fortunately showed up and looked pretty cool. 

Attack of the blues

We have recently made a collection of blue items. Portia Munson's work has inspired us to start a collection of our own. Some people brought in items that were interesting to them while others brought anything they could find that was blue. Either way our collection has become something bigger. They all fit in with each other not only because of their color but because they are all random. Our items in my opinion represent the time we are living in. Everything in our collection is modern for the most part. If someone who didn't live in this time looked at our collection I think they would be interested in our use of the items. I like how many different shades of blue there is and how they come together.

Everything blue

Reflecting pool by Portia Munson 

Collecting vs. Hoarding

When I think about someone collecting items, I think of a very organized pile of whatever it is someone may collect. When I about hoarding, I think about someone piling up items constantly and usually the items are all over the place and random. To me, there is a huge difference between collecting and hoarding. Someone who collects items, usually keeps them very organized. A hoarder in my opinion is someone who gathers items together and doesnt keep it organized. They have a bad habit of piling stuff on top of each other.

This is a collection of books. All of the books are in order and very organized. 

This is hoarding of books. All of the books are not organized and you could not easily find the book you'd need.

Different utensils, different drawings!

In the bike drawing I used graphite pencils. I really enjoyed how the value scale worked with the pencils. You could really tell the dark spots of the bike from the light spots. I could also erase my mistakes! With the candy jar drawing, I used colored pencils. This drawing really pops out and looks realistic. I enjoyed using colored pencils and being able to make the glass actually look like glass. I also enjoyed coloring the candy in. I can't really say which utensil I like using more because I like them both! If I had to chose with drawing I like more It would have to be my candy jar because of all the vivid colors. I love what i have accomplished so far and I'm excited to see what comes next! Stay tuned!