Final Group Project: Form

   Photo of Inspiration

    Halfway Photo

   Final Photo

Checker Game Instructions:

http://boardgames.about.com/cs/checkersdraughts/ht/play_checkers.htm

We made this game because it's simple to play, challenging, and best of all fun. We ALSO made this game because we want Liam to be able to have fun while he's recovering. Hopefully this will cheer him up. My contribution was helping to glue down the squares and making and printing out the instructions. I also helped to cut out a few squares. This checkers game uses pattern and repetition. We used both variety by interchanging the colors from yellow to black. Unity is represented in the squares because they are all the same size. Horizontal balance was used through the squares going horizontally across the game board, and we used a normal ratio and scale for proportion. There was no dominance, everything was equal because all the squares were the same size. My eyes move around the game because the different colors used, each square led to another square in each row. Lastly, we made our game simple simply because we designed it the same as a normal checkerboard which is flat. Originally we had planned on putting the squares on paper springs so they would be bouncy, but that idea didn't work out as planned. 

Extra Credit: Final Project Art Critique

Nia Muang recreated this art piece and the artwork she got her inspiration from is unknown. The birds stand out to me the most when I first look at it because they are very large. The tree branches move my eye around from place to place because of the color variety of stripes painted on them. Feelings of peace are represented in the artwork, and the meaning of unity is also represented because of the birds sitting together. I would name this peice Birds in Unity. Color was used to add stripes to the tree branches which otherwise would've remained brown. Color was also used on the bird and the large flower resting beneath them. The colors on the tree branches resemble the colors of the dresses people from her tribe wear. I think Nia chose to recreate this artwork because it reminds her of where she came from and all the memories that she made there. It also shows that she is proud of her tribe and of who she is. I think the overall creation is really good. I like how she made it large because it really stands out and the painting was done very well.

Final Project Artist Statement

   Six Project Sketches

   Photo of artwork from your culture that inspired your final project 

   By David Ndambuki, "The Maasai"

   Half-way photo

    Finished project photo

Artist Statement 

My background consists of Irish, Native American, and African American. I made this project by using acrylic paint to create the Irish flag. I simply took a pencil and sketched out a human figure that was in an African piece of art. I also decided to incorporate the four symbols from the Irish culture and draw them on the clothing of the African figure. The significance of the shamrock is linked to St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint; the claddagh symbolizes friendship, love, and loyalty; the Criple (or Triple) Knot represents the Trinity; the Celtic spiral stands for continuous growth and unity and oneness of spirit.  The space between the spirals stand for the space between life, death and rebirth.  When he arrived in Ireland in 431, Patrick used the shamrock to teach Pagans about the Holy Trinity. I used color pencils to color the sun, person, and Irish symbols. I drew a sun symbol from the Native American culture. Lastly, for texture I used tissue paper, rolled and twisted it, and then glued it down onto the scarf of the person. This process was really simple. 

I made this artwork because it shows where and who I came from. This symbolizes the people who fought for equal rights and what each of my ancestors believed. Actual texture was used in this artwork through the tissue paper, and tint was used to make each side of the flag lighter so that it resembled the real colors of the Irish flag. The secondary color palette was used to create the colors, green and orange, of the flag as well. I think the element form was used by harmony through pattern in the Irish symbols, especially in the second symbol from the top. It also has a more radial symmetrical balance. The element shape was used to create a two dimensional piece of art. The perspective of space was not really used in this, but if anything it would be the sun because it is smaller and higher up, even though we know that the sun is very large. The element line was used to create dashes in the sun above the person. 

My overall thoughts on this artwork is that it came out how I expected it to. At first I had some trial and error with how I was going to do the background, but it turned out pretty good. I feel that this piece was successful, although it could've been better because of minor mistakes. Other than that, I created what I was planning to and it gets the point across.

 

Favorite Daily Object Sketches

1.Post five pictures of your favorite daily object sketches. 

2. Give me at least three sentences of why you liked or disliked the daily object sketches.

I liked these five daily sketches because they were the most fun to draw. Some of them looked realistic and some of them were just cute or fit the season/holiday. I really like the end result of each of them.

Favorite Art Journals

1.Post two pictures of your favorite art journal entries.

2. Give me at least three sentences of why you liked or disliked the weekly art journals

I like the "How You Dream" art journal because of how the dream catcher came out, and I thought the E.T. made it funny too. I was happy with the end result of it and didn't want to change anything (which rarely happens), so I was happy about that. I like the "Color" art journal because the dripping color. The ombré gives it depth. 

Daily Object Sketch: Day 28 (12.9.14)

Six Project Sketches: Final Project