Q1 Artist Statement

My artwork shows a girl in highschool reading a textbook. The girl was an orange shirt with long brown hair. Over towards the left side of the photo show her thoughts. For this project, I use modge podge to find words and images from magazines. For example, the word “colleges”, “school” and a picture of a Blue Cross Blue Shield sign. The girl’s thoughts represent the daily thoughts that go throughout my mind. The background has black swirls that represent daily confusion and frustration. I used a pencil to begin my sketch. For this project I used sharpie marker, color pencils, and modge podge. For the more detailed parts of her face, I used an brown color pencil. For the larger parts that needed coloring, I used a brown sharpie for her hair and an orange marker for her shirt. I am most proud of using modge podge very neatly. The modge podge was used for pasting words or pictures that related to the everyday thoughts that go throughout my mind. This current art work relates to a previous work that I did during my sophomore year. I created a self portrait with creating the background out of newspaper. Throughout both projects, I used words from articles that related to the things I think of or found interesting.

For this project, I first began to sketch out a drawing of a girl reading a textbook and a thought bubble of things she would think of daily. Then I started to look through newspapers for key words and pictures that related to thing I thought of on a daily. Once finding around 5-10 things, I mixed white school glue with a small amount of water and began to paste my words and pictures. After letting it dry, I began to color and outline my drawing with sharpies and color pencils.  An artist who inspired me https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/smiling-student-open-book-thinking-21365118.jpg

A certain technique that was important to this work was the size brush that I use. I learned that using a smaller brush allowed my modge podge to lay better. A new technique that I learned is using a smaller brush and not a lot of your water for modge podge will create a smoother surface. I am most proud of the modge podge that shows my thoughts. If I could change one thing, I would add more detail in the face. In conclusion, for this project I learned to think outside of the box. Usually, when making projects I tend to finish fast because I only do the basics. For the project, I went outside my comfort zone and tried new things.