AmeriKKKa

​For this art project, I completed a multi-media piece of artwork. I am extremely proud of this piece because I put a lot of time and effort into this art piece.  My inspiration for this piece was the wrongdoings of this year's crisis. Being as though this was my theme, I decided to paint an American flag in all black in flames. The different mediums I decided to use for this piece was: acrylic paint, newspaper, pencil, and several paintbrushes. However, my attempts to complete this masterpiece was not easy at all. It took several attempts to complete the "flames" in the background. Each attempt, I did not think there was enough detail. Being as though the flames are very detailed, it took several class periods to complete. I used newspaper as the main component. I decided to use acrylic paint because I thought it would give off the "shine" and "texture" that I needed in order for this artwork to be a success. The technique I used for the flames, was a basic painting technique with a mixture of orange, yellow, and red acrylic paint. However, this artwork did teach me a lot about myself and what type of artist I am. I learned that I like to make artwork based off of things that are currently in my life; rather this is close to home or not. Yes, I do believe there are there are other artists out there who complete pieces like mines and I believe they all speak to the same audiences. Moving ahead, I aspire to create artwork that speaks and is political as well.