Q2 Final Project Submission

My artwork is a crown. This was apart of the mixed media project. I created a crown to explain royalty and the feeling of being  a queen. A queen feels the sense of love, worship and amazement. Looking at my crown you notice the glitter showing the idea of happiness. Also the sturdiness reminding you of the strength from the people around the queen making sure she’s safe and happy. I used cardboard, glue, glitter, pastel, construction paper, jewels, and puffballs to create my crown. I wanted to portray the idea of someone's confidence and readiness to conquer anything by wearing my crown no matter if it’s appealing or not you can still wear it and be confident. Having confidence that you’re still great in a bad position no matter what you look like on the outside.

My work connects to my culture because me being African American and I believe that they are African queens who resemble royalty through my crown.   knowing that there are African queens my crown resembles the royalty and connection to the culture it self. It also connects to my live and experiences because everyday you go on you should always feel a sense of royalty like you’re a queen or king and are great. Also as though you should be respected just as well as anyone else. The way I used my tools is the glitter throughout the crown to show a cheering mood. I used the pastel to spell out neej on the front knowing that the crown is specifically mine. I put jewels around the tip of the crown showing the wealth of a queen. Lastly, I used the construction paper and the cardboard to create the crown and it’s sturdiness.

This compares to my previous work because I have confidence in everything I make and this shows the confidence I am not the best artist but I try and believe in my work. An artist I connect to is Johannes Vermeer because looking at his artwork you notice a pinch of blue in every painting and blue is a color showing royalty. A certain technique that helped me was making sure I used my materials together and try everything. I’m most proud of the purpose of my crown. I would change the look of my crown make it a solid color. Throughout this project I learned that you should work at a certain paste and maintain the same ideal look all the way through.