stepping stone

I didn't do the third light switch yet but I decided to try doing a stepping stone in the mean time. I did a crescent part of the moon in white and clear smashed stained glass and I used really deep blues and purples and blacks for the night sky. I also left a blank circle in the middle because I wanted to put some lyrics I like in it. I put the lyrics 'is there still magic in the midnight sun or did you leave it back to '61 in the cadence of a young mans eyes' and I had wanted to put the rest of it that said 'out where the dreams all hide' I got this song quote from the song dustland fairytale by the killers. 

mosaic

I didn't like how the element movaic was turning out so I popped all the materials off the light switches and started over. I am doing different materials now. like for one I have shattered glass

for another I did stained glass

and for one I used tile 

I'm thinking for the final light switch ill use shells. I'm planning on bringing some in tomorrow to try it out.  

my mosaic

my idea for my mosaic is to do a series of four light switch covers and make then look like the four elements; water, fire , air , and earth. I am trying to brainstorm some possible ideas for what materials I could use for each light switch cover , I will do a blog post regarding each one of the elements and the ideas I have already come up with for the materials , if anyone has any suggestions for possible materials feel free to comment them below. :) 

dot day

there's this international day called 'dot day' our art class is participating in dot day and we are creating a mural that demonstrates dots and our creative abilities. each one of the people in our art class has there own little square to decorate and do our own circle design in. there are many great ideas in our class. I choose to do the round colorful part of the eyeball , I am hoping to come up with another idea and try something else tomorrow , if anyone has anymore ideas of what I could do with a circle please feel free to comment:) but for now here's my eyeball 

mosaic

we are soon going to be working with mosaics in class , a mosaic is a picture or some type of pattern made by arranging small colorful pieces of a hard material together to create a greater image. mosaics have been created and use for thousands of years. the purpose of mosaics varies on the religious beliefs of whom ever created the mosaic or what period of time they came from. some mosaics were created for interior decoration , some were also just created because the creator wanted to make a work of art , and finally some were made to display some sort of cultural or spiritual significance. 

http://www.pinterest.com/hannadahl17/mosaic/

scrapbook

in art class we were asked to create our idea of a scrapbook. my idea of a scrapbook is to express yourself. I think that in the ideal art scrapbook there should be an eye catching cover page 

there should also be something showing colors because I think colors are an ideal part of art, to demonstrate the colors in my art scrapbook I used nail polish colors because I also think that nails art is a part of art and a way to express yourself that isn't so extravagant

I put a page with a few pictures of me and my friends on one of the pages because I think it's essential to have a little bit of yourself in the ideal art sketch book

my next four pages I used to demonstrate four different materials that can be used in art 

I choose watercolor , acrylic , pastels , and pencil because they are my favourite art tools so far. 

and last but not least a back cover that compliments the front cover 

this is my idea for an ideal art scrapbook , if anyone has and ideas they think could improve my book please feel free to comment below 

 

first assignment

for our first assignment we were told to use some of the elements of art in a poster , my group used a few of the elements to express ourselves in our poster 

we used many elements of color along with various lines and shapes. we included sparkles to create some texture and we also used shaped to display value.