Makayla's+Element+Study 

Makayla Studley Mrs. Ruggles Art 1 24 March 2013 Roberto Bernardi The reason I choose the painting or picture I did was because of the way Roberto expressed his feelings through the different colors and looking textures. I absolutely //loved// the way everything looked so realistic. At first I had to take a second look to make sure it wasn’t an actual photograph. It really called out to me. When I first choose the candy theme as my picture, I was torn between a realistic looking art piece of a girl, or the candy jars. The thing that was holding me back from picking all of the candy was that there was so much detail throughout the picture. There were glass jars with glares on them, reflections on the other jars, beams of light, tons of detailed candy canes and lollipops, it was difficult. I ended up choosing the candy, and some of the struggles I faced were that all of the detail in the image was too much for my inexperienced hands to draw and or trace. I ended up having to simplify parts of it. Another struggle I faced was that my space and shape bled and ran like crazy. I had blues and greens running and mixing together and it really looked awful at first. With some help I added a few more layers and put paper towel around the spots I didn’t want it to run into. It worked! I was pretty happy with the way my projects turned out. Although, I know there was a lot of stuff I could have fixed to make it better, Art isn’t my best subject. I really liked how after my projects were all done, I was able to have people come up and tell me that it looked really good, and that they could tell what they were looking at. My favorite part was probably the clay part. I liked being able to have my hands on my actual art piece. I really enjoy the texture of working with the clay. If something was wrong or not how I liked, I could remold it and start back over. I didn’t have to try to white it out or erase it. It made my life easier.
 * ART.VA.III.HS.1 || **// I can discuss a work of work of art based on its elements and principles of design. //** ||