Electric Flower” artist statement :

 During this project I knew I wanted my work to be bright, to tell a story without including words.

I purposely had many things going on with my creation because I didn't want the viewer to just focus on one thing but everything at once. Doing this project, I achieved how to add line,texture and drawing into one picture. My current work relates to past work more in a better way because I improved, I stayed more focused on having a neat project and making sure my work was meeting the expectations. I simply was just going to have the colorful flower picture but I wanted to go outside the box and add a dramatic background including texture with the bold dots I created. I also did not want my work to be dull so I used multiple colored markers to incorporate my theme of the " Electric Flower”. This project does not affect the world I live in but It does reflect who I am as a person..  Bright, variety of, out of order but put together at the same time. Its unique in its own way. Lastly a new technique I learned to do is to create my own frame for  a picture by just using  a ruler, scissors and some tape. This project has helped me express myself through colors, lines, texture and drawings.

   For this project, I decided to re-create the linoleum outline. I had the outer of my picture all white and then traced for the rest to be covered with black ink. I used stars and the moon because to me they are very peaceful and have a bigger meaning to me than just a moon and stars. Although this project was fun doing I can say it was hard. I had trial and error a few times until I was satisfied with what my results were.

     From beginning to end, this project has really made an impact on me and the way I view art. The most complicated part was actually carving out my picture, I had gotten a cut from the way I was doing it the first time but I got some help from a peer and got right back on track. Transferring the ink and getting it how I wanted it was quit easy and fun although It took a couple tries.  What I greatly enjoyed was rolling the ink onto my canvas, it was fun and a unique way to show the art that I had made. If there is something that I would change about the project it would be the way I used my time, your work really reflects on effort and I feel like you can see that with my project. If I could go back I would use my time more easily and get advice from more advanced people to make sure my project has a chance at meeting expectations.

    Creating this project, I knew my choices and variety of creativity had not limits. Although, I was inspired by the original color wheel, I liked the plane feel of it so my colors could stick out. To give my project my  name I wanted to add some originality to it by adding a solid black background and white splattered paint.. This gave my project an edgy feel.  While working, my routine/technique was to do the primary colors first then work on secondary colors because I knew since I had such a small space for painting I was bound to mess up.

Free speech is giving a peaceful way of speaking your mind and being able to say what you want without being disrespectful also what is not protected is when you freely speak but with violence and disrespect