Some advice I would give to future AP students would be to start working on the four summer peices early. It may seem like you have all the time in the world, but you don't. Even work on more peices than just the four, because you can use them throughout the year. Also, it would be a good idea to at least start thinking about what you would like to base your concentration on.
Probably my favorite peice that I made this year would be the one of the elephants that I made for my concentration. Probably because it is painted on the biggest canvas (so it took longer) and the colors are bright and make me happy.
As an artist, I learned that I draw with my paint. I like to push the paint with my paint brush to form lines and it looks a lot like a drawing sometimes. I also learned that I am a big perfectionist and need to work on not being so picky and just paint. Another thing I learned is that I lean towards painting landscape. Before this year, landscape seemed boring to me, cause it kind of is, but all my concentration peices were pretty much landscape and I am still proud of them.
This year, I really enjoyed the Jesse Reno workshop because it was a good experience. We got to see what an artist's career looks like and what thier lifestyle looks like. This was good because a lot of times when I think of art as a career, I can only imagine art schools and don't really know what it is like to be an artist after school.
I also enjoyed CCC regional skills day because it was fun to see what other school work is like, plus the competition part of it was fun. It was a good break from working on our concentrations to and I almost wish it was longer.
Another thing we did I thought was good was the trip to down town because we got to see artist's work and in a way, the work they showed was a concentration too, so it was a good example for what we should strive for.
I think it was good that we got to make our own journals this year so we know how to make them in the future and it makes them a lot more personal.
In ten years, it's hard to imagine myself. I will look older and I will hopefully have a house or at least renting a p
lace, probably in Oregon. I would like to be doing art as a career or a side job, which ever works out. I really would like to travel to Europe/ Greece and Italy at some point and it would be nice if I could do that with in ten years because it seems like it would be kinda lame if I waited til I retire because I'll be old by then. Another place that I've wanted to go even since I was little was Africa and I might as well do charity work or help out there in some way.
Here are some quotes:
When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?" ~Howard Ikemoto
Art is Man's nature. Nature is god's art. ~James Bailey
Probably my favorite peice that I made this year would be the one of the elephants that I made for my concentration. Probably because it is painted on the biggest canvas (so it took longer) and the colors are bright and make me happy.
As an artist, I learned that I draw with my paint. I like to push the paint with my paint brush to form lines and it looks a lot like a drawing sometimes. I also learned that I am a big perfectionist and need to work on not being so picky and just paint. Another thing I learned is that I lean towards painting landscape. Before this year, landscape seemed boring to me, cause it kind of is, but all my concentration peices were pretty much landscape and I am still proud of them.
This year, I really enjoyed the Jesse Reno workshop because it was a good experience. We got to see what an artist's career looks like and what thier lifestyle looks like. This was good because a lot of times when I think of art as a career, I can only imagine art schools and don't really know what it is like to be an artist after school.I also enjoyed CCC regional skills day because it was fun to see what other school work is like, plus the competition part of it was fun. It was a good break from working on our concentrations to and I almost wish it was longer.
Another thing we did I thought was good was the trip to down town because we got to see artist's work and in a way, the work they showed was a concentration too, so it was a good example for what we should strive for.
I think it was good that we got to make our own journals this year so we know how to make them in the future and it makes them a lot more personal.
In ten years, it's hard to imagine myself. I will look older and I will hopefully have a house or at least renting a p
lace, probably in Oregon. I would like to be doing art as a career or a side job, which ever works out. I really would like to travel to Europe/ Greece and Italy at some point and it would be nice if I could do that with in ten years because it seems like it would be kinda lame if I waited til I retire because I'll be old by then. Another place that I've wanted to go even since I was little was Africa and I might as well do charity work or help out there in some way.Here are some quotes:
When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?" ~Howard Ikemoto
Art is Man's nature. Nature is god's art. ~James Bailey
