Q2: Art Benchmark

For my quarter 2 art benchmark, I created a clay 3d rose. The rose is created with solid color clay and colored with paint. I created the rose to represent “beauty in everything” since the rose has been known for that. For the rose, I used a few specific art tools to create my piece. For the first, I used clay along with my fingers for carving the clay to my liking of petals. I then used red paint for my petals and a green paint for a leaf. I made sure this piece related to my previous work by making sure the theme kept the idea of having beauty. The steps of this process did not take too long. You first want to take a good amount of clay. You then want to start breaking off pieces of your clay, molding them into petals of your liking. When you’ve gotten your petals, you want to connect them together going into the direction of a rose. When you’re satisfied with your looking of the rose, let it dry for a day or two. Your final step would include painting/coloring your rose. My work reminded me of Hukasai since he is known for making garden like pieces. When creating your piece, painting is an important technique because you want to make sure your paint does not interfere with the other petals that will be different. I am most proud of my consistency I kept throughout creating this project because the project was a challenge and did include a lot of fails. Although, I wouldn’t want anything to be changed. In conclusion, this project was a learning experience and is now a fun new hobby.