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For my ‘Pinwheel for Peace’, I changed things up from last time. Last time I didn’t really know what to do so I threw a theme together, but for this one I focused on my peace, peace for us as a community, peace as a nation, and something I feel should be blessed and have peace upon it. It was extremely simple this time, probably because I put good thought into it as well as my devotion. In any project there seems to be problems that come up, thankfully this time there were few, if any. If I had to name a problem it would have to be coming up with ideas for pictures to my four different themes. Thankfully that was the only issue and it was quickly resolved with intelligent thinking and a bit of help. I feel as an art project it turned out well, if I could make any changes I would most likely colour it a different way, but since I didn’t join this class until recently I couldn’t. But yes, overall it was a successful project that I think doesn’t need much change or extra work.

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For my artist piece I chose //NightHawks by Edward Hopper.// What really attracted me to this piece was that Hopper did a great job of working dark to light ratios as well as give a true sense of loneliness with the people in the diner, the raw emotion really did it for me. The most successful work I feel was the Value study. I think it was most successful because to me it looks the best as well as the most time consuming, so I feel good about it. Some of the struggles I had was with the clay. Clay has always been difficult for me to work with and this wasn't any different, so I found myself just working at a rather average piece, not anything special. As an artist I feel doing all these projects helped push me further and allow me to see different aspects of different works, especially in artists related to Hopper. These projects helped me understand the different aspects of art and let them become more prevalent in all my views of art. The world has always had war, and with war comes injury and sacrifice. This is something we do not wish upon people; it’s a common occurrence. But when these wounded men and women come home, there is something that happens that never should… It seems people forget the courageous acts they have done, what they’ve gone through not only physically, but mentally, all the things that keep them up at night, that prevent them from living like the rest of us. These heroes do not get the attention they need, and because of that, lives break down, family break down, everything breaks down, sometimes to the point of these people taking there own lives. This is why I chose the Wounded Warrior Project as my topic for my mask, because sometimes after war, life has a darker side, a side you don’t see. This wonderful charity is there for them, with physical, or mental help. To get these men and women back on their feet, and to give them there lives back…. There wasn’t that many issues I had while make this piece. The only notable one would be when I was working with the helmet. At first I wanted to just spray paint a camouflage design onto it, but due to lack of resources (Spray paint) I decided to mod podge fabric to it. Which in the end I feel it gives the piece a more texture like feel. I feel the piece was a success over all. I feel it got to the point and expressed what I wanted it to, and I hope that other people can see it too.