For this project we had to create a piece of original work that incorporates 3 mediums or more. I decided to create a piece of artwork that was a physical representation of my heart. I decided to use marker, oil pastels, soft pastels, charcoal, string, staples, cardboard, and newspaper. I used the marker to outline the heart. I used oil pastels to make the artifact look like and actually heart. I used 4 different shades of pink and tan. I used soft pastels to blend before I used the charcoal because oil pastels and charcoal doesn’t mix well together but soft pastels and charcoal does and soft pastels have a similar color to oil pastels. I then took the side that the charcoal was on and put one line of string through the paper and stapled it down to make it look like stitches. I then took some cardboard and glued little pieces of newspaper to it. I put the heart and glued it onto the cardboard so that the newspaper was a background to the heart.

I decided to make a heart for this project because I had a great idea of how the make the heart look unique. Instead of making a regular heart, I made the heart one side healthy and the other side not. The bad side had charcoal to make it seem like the heart was dead and rotten. It also had string and staples to make it look like someone attempted to fix it but it didn’t work out. I did this because, I have got my heart broken so many times and everytime I try to start over or get over it it doesn’t help. You can’t fix a rotten heart by putting stitches in it right ?  I made the newspaper background because I wanted it to represent how my heart is publicly displayed. I make it known through my actions that I have had my heart broken in the past and I don’t want it to happen again.  

I drew a picture of my inner grandmother. I drew this because I was really close with my grandma when I was younger. They called me her and her twin sister (my great aunt) triplets because we all looked exactly alike. They even put her name (Verlene) as my middle name because they knew she was going to love me dearly when I was born. I remember going over her house when I was younger and she would feed me my favorite food, mashed potatoes and chicken and give me red wine and me, her and my grandpa would sit and watch scary movies together.  Unfortunately she died in 2007 of a heart disease.

In the picture I included an old lady face with no wrinkles. I included no wrinkles because she didn’t have any wrinkles, she died when she was 50 which is very young. I included her with big lips with green lipstick because green represents life, growth and harmony and I felt like this was apart of her personality. I feel as though she will live on forever in me, she is apart of me forever. She was always happy and positive no matter what. She always saw the good in situations and the good in people. I made her with dimples because both her and I have really deep dimples, it is one of our best assets. Last but not least I created her with a lot of curly hair. My grandma had a buzz cut but she always wore curly wigs to church every sunday. I didn’t want to make her with a short cut because I always felt like that didn’t match her personality. She is fun and spontaneous. Because of me, My grandma with live forever.

The tools I used to create my work of art was colored pencils. I used colored pencils because it had all the colors that I wanted to incorporate into my artwork. When I colored my picture I made sure all the colors were vividly shown, I colored the lips and dark as possible so that it can pop out. I also learned while making the curls that the harder you press on the pencil the more defined the curls will be.

I am most proud that I was able to not just draw this picture, but bring it to life and tell a story through it. I would say though that if I had to change one thing, I probably would have tried harder to make her eyes even and make it look like she has a body at the bottom.  To finish this off I just want to say that drawing this picture have brought back so many memories and I learned to always cherish your loved ones while you still have them with you because tomorrow isn’t promised for anyone.

I chose to do a pocketbook. This is important to me because without it, I wouldn't have anything to hold my things in and I would probably lose most of my personal items. I wanted to have a light in the bag because I go out a lot, and when I am out and it is dark and I need something from out of my bag I really can’t see. So I wanted to include so light so that I can save some time and find what I need.

Sianni Wood

When I am online I am myself. I post what I want and I do not impersonate someone else. People would think of me as a person who loves to be around family and friends. On all of my social media sites I do not have any pictures of me by myself. Before I post online I think about my mom because she follows me. So I have to ask myself is this appropriate. The Pros of sharing online is that you are able to find out things faster. The Cons of sharing online is that it is not private. When we post something sometimes we don’t look over it and ask ourselves who will see this. We also don’t realize that when we post something that it is there forever. We don’t know that once we hit post it is immediately available to everyone around the world. This can affect our reputation. If we post something inappropriate it can cause us to get fired from our job or never get a job. I think that potential employers should not give out background checks. They should know how to separate their private life from their professional life. Free speech is the act of saying what you want. Some stuff like invasion of privacy, discrimination/racism, ruining someone’s reputation with false information is not protected by the law. But, you can state your opinion in a proper manner. An internet troll is someone who bullies people online and get joy from doing it. The goals of internet trolls is to get attention. We can stop trolling by just ignoring them. The pros of posting anonymously is that people don’t know who you are and they can’t hold anything against you. The cons of posting anonymously is that you can still get targeted and get bullied.

Tips:

• Be respectful of yourselves and others when posting online.

• Always ask yourself , “Who will see this” before posting

• Do not bully anyone. If you don’t have anything to say then don’t say it at all.

Sianni Wood

When I am online I am myself. I post what I want and I do not impersonate someone else. People would think of me as a person who loves to be around family and friends. On all of my social media sites I do not have any pictures of me by myself. Before I post online I think about my mom because she follows me. So I have to ask myself is this appropriate. The Pros of sharing online is that you are able to find out things faster. The Cons of sharing online is that it is not private. When we post something sometimes we don’t look over it and ask ourselves who will see this. We also don’t realize that when we post something that it is there forever. We don’t know that once we hit post it is immediately available to everyone around the world. This can affect our reputation. If we post something inappropriate it can cause us to get fired from our job or never get a job. I think that potential employers should not give out background checks. They should know how to separate their private life from their professional life. Free speech is the act of saying what you want. Some stuff like invasion of privacy, discrimination/racism, ruining someone’s reputation with false information is not protected by the law. But, you can state your opinion in a proper manner. An internet troll is someone who bullies people online and get joy from doing it. The goals of internet trolls is to get attention. We can stop trolling by just ignoring them. The pros of posting anonymously is that people don’t know who you are and they can’t hold anything against you. The cons of posting anonymously is that you can still get targeted and get bullied.

Tips:

• Be respectful of yourselves and others when posting online.

• Always ask yourself , “Who will see this” before posting

• Do not bully anyone. If you don’t have anything to say then don’t say it at all.