Jaden Massadin

Ms. Hertz

Art

May 1, 2016

Project Synopsis.(Creature)

This Project is basically a clay sculpture that was put in a really hot oven and turned the clay into a glass like substance. I can’t myself tell you what it is because even I don’t know, this isn’t really an accurate representation of what it did look like because all three of it’s eyes fell off including its wings. The colors literally consist on what paint I could get my hands on.

Reflection:

I wanna say that I grew slightly, in terms of my artistic abilities this year. I thought that the freedom we had in class was nice, but personally I would have preferred a more teachy route in art class this year, on subjects such as anatomy, shading, perspective, ect. Throughout this year I stayed in my comfort zone and didn’t really try anything new. Though this art class did interest me enough to get me to start sketching on my free time again. Overall I think I didn’t grow as much as I wanted this year in terms of my art ability, but It did open up new opportunities for me to grow in the future.

Reflection/ Synopsis(Fallout Painting)

Though I don’t have a picture, I can say that the painting was done on a small poster board, with acrylic paint, it was a picture of fallouts poster boy called “vault boy” giving a thumbs up. I never got around to painting the skin before presentations, even though I didn’t present. The under arm of the suit the painting was wearing was yellow, while the suit itself was blue discluding a yellow streak in the middle. The outline was done with a black sharpie marker. I didn’t have any specific techniques while painting the painting other than clean short strokes of my paint brush

Reflection/Synopsis (Viewtiful Joe Drawing)

Yet again I don’t have a picture for this project, but just imagine a small man doing a pose with a red helmet and jumpsuit on. This was a regular drawing, basically I just drew really lightly with pencil on a piece of paper, little to no mistakes, then went over the outline with a black sharpie, finishing off the entire thing with different color markers.

What have you learned about making Art?

Since we weren’t taught like a traditional classroom, I can’t give you any professional answer, I can however tell you what I learned through the few projects that I did make ( in and out of the classroom). I learned that making art requires patience and repetition. I originally thought that everyone comes with natural talent in art and a few days of practice should suffice to becoming an effective artist, but I learned that you don’t get good overnight, and that you really need to practice over and over until it becomes natural and you don’t have to think about certain things when you draw something.

What have you learned about yourself through the projects you have created?

This isn’t something i've learned more as it’s something I knew and are reaffirming this trait, and that something is i’m lazy. I’m looking at my work and i’m realizing it could have been a lot better if i’d managed my time more. My being lazy prevented me from finishing the painting I started for the second quarter. It also made my first project mediocre. This also affects my drawings outside of school, as I’m to lazy to want to improve, so I stay contempt with what I have.

Which project you are most proud of and why?

I am most proud of the clay project I did, It’s the first picture I provided. I believe I titled it “Creature” The reason I am most proud of this project is because I moved out of my comfort zone for this project and it turned out better than expected. The picture unfortunately is of after it got beat up and I can’t put it back together but I am most proud of this project.

Your biggest weakness or area in need of growth has been this year?

I think my biggest weakness as stated in the previous question is my lack of motivation and laziness, I think if I apply myself a bit more I could have done a lot better in this class.

"What kind of Art you want to make next" and "What kind of Art inspires you the most and why?"

I want to do an animation next, not too complex. I want to keep it simple. I’d say that a minimalist style of drawing and art inspires me the most because they take so little and make really cool pictures out of it.

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Devin Styles

“I live with my mother and my sister, I have a step-brother and a younger half brother. I mostly talk to my sister since I see her everyday and we argue a lot, I do think family is important but I’m not sure if I want a family of my own.

The biggest thing that ever happened to me was when I got appendicitis, after surgery I could barely walk or perform actions by myself. I had to have a tube inserted through my nose into my stomach, I had to get a lot of needles, it made me appreciate everyday actions.What I like most about myself is that I don’t really care what everyone thinks is cool, or whatever, I kinda just do my own thing and make decisions that will help me best later on.

My favorite subject is Biochem, only because it involves science and observations which I’m good at. I do think school is important, because life literally revolves around what you did in school, how you did and if you’ll get a well-paying job later after you’ve finished school.What I like most about school is being able to meet people from different places and of different nationalities than myself.

I do believe in a God, I don’t pray much though, nor do I follow an organized religions. This belief that there’s a God gives inspiration but not following a religion specifically feels like it makes me feel more free and less forced to do anything like attending church etc.

My ethnic background is African-American and most of my friends are of the same ethnicity.

The easiest thing about being a teenager is being able to express who you are, and what you stand for, because you can pretty much do this through anything, clothes, drawing, singing, rapping, writing.The toughest thing about being a teenager is probably having to try to balance your life between school and your own personal life, because this usually boils down to right and wrong, like I want to do my homework but at the same time I want to hang out with friends or play video games.

9/11 occurred during my lifetime, I guess it impacted my education some since we had to learn about it, otherwise it had no strong impact on my life. The attack has not made me fearful, honestly but it does trigger a lot of thoughts in my head. I don’t associate the attack with anyone around me, because that’d be offensive and they took part in none of 9/11. I haven’t changed anything in my life since the attack.

I’d say Playing soccer makes me the happiest, because I am freed from any stress that I might have especially from school. My biggest fear is definitely between heights and being stuck in the middle of the ocean. I don’t have anything that bothers me about myself.

Yes I could make an impact on the world/ life I could probably change the way every looked at things, because when everyone’s looking at something one way, I tend to bring attention to the other side of the situation.What I like most about myself is that I don’t really care what everyone thinks is cool, or whatever, I kinda just do my own thing and make decisions that will help me best later on.