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Dominic
4/24/2019 0 Comments Wednesday, April 24 The past few days we have been working on our activism projects. In the beginning I decided I wanted to do something positive, and make a statement against people who judged other base on body shape. But after reevaluation of it, I decided that this was not the best course of action. It was too goody two-shoes. I still wanted to make a statement about the human so I looked up topic and chose one of three that I narrowed it down to. I choose abortion instead of anorexia, or diets. I decided to choose abortion because it is a trail that is a frail one, but nonetheless one I wish to tread. I want to learn more about how I can express human expression, emotion and meaning through art. After brainstorming about abortion I came up with four ideas: I could have a womb in my art, I could have death cradling a baby, I could have a baby walking into heaven, or I could have had a baby reaching for her mother as it was pulled away from her. I chose the concept of the first one, while incorporating cause for as to how I would have that be done. My evaluation process was that death cradling a baby, and one walking into heaven were both too subjective, and the latter involved religion. However the last of my ideas was something that I need much more practice before achieving. To draw an infant reaching and crying for their mother would be too illogical for me to do given the allotted time, especially with what I have envisioned. That is why I choose a more realistic approach that could be done in the given time.
My plan: I think I will
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4/10/2019 0 Comments Wednesday, April 10 I think not being sick has a positive impact on my life. With the past five school days I have been able to do lots more. I have been able to practice the techniques at school and enact them at home. I definitely think I have been productive by getting what needs to be done done. While I may not be done yet with the project I am definitely reaching a point at which I will be happy with the outcome. I have further developed my project in two ways since last week. I have changed a classical chair for a dramatic soap opera chair sofa hybrid, which accentuates her body in a much more desirable manner. The second update is that instead of having the edges be edges they are part of the artwork. They are the edges of her mind where reality is setting in in a not so good way. Although it will not matter to her since she is dead. I think having her mind showing and having the speck represent the crumbling has done marvels for the overall structure of the art piece. Though the art work I have also increased my proficiency at drawing the female human body. I do think that my perspective of curvature has taken on a more realistic tone, and that my proportions have also settled into the world of reality. Another thing the art piece has done for me is help me better understand how colors really impact art. Because I have only four colors , there is a better understand for me of what they symbolize. The black is crushing reality, the grey is still reality but fading into her pristine white world of innocence. The red (that I may or may not add) is the center of the painting. It is meant to draw your eyes and it is meant to be impact-full. I should be finishing it soon and all I will have left is the paperwork.
4/3/2019 0 Comments Wednesday, April 3 Due to sickness I have been absent again, but this time I was more prepared since I stated to feel bad Monday afternoon. Knowing this I took home my canvas. By being responsible I have been able to be productive and draw an detailed outline of what my story looks like. I have made some alterations however. I found drawing a human in a chair simple enough, but making it a woman and with clothes was too much. Instead I decided to make the female laying on the ground beside the table looking at you with a mask on her face. I thought about drawing her face but still have not concluded if I want to have her looking at the audience with a sad faced mask to convey a single emotion, or to have her look at the audience with a content face that lets the audience decide the emotion. But if I chose the latter then I will be drawing the human parts of the story and painting the extra. Whatever I decide though will make me happy since it will ultimately achieve my goal of a dead love story.
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