Inspiration...

When I did my oil pastel drawing I found a website that was really helpful. I found the flower like the one I did on it. http://www.penstrokestudio.newenglandsimpleliving.com/oilpastelpaintings.htm  It had a lot of great objects that would be cool to try to do myself. I really like how they blend colors, and use texture. I think I'll be doing more second semester.

First Semester Done!

With my first semester or art done, my top their favorite projects would have to be 1. Slab Pottery Project 2. The Van Meter Bulldog 3. Oil pastel Flower Drawing. I like them all for different reasons and with each one learned a new skill. With my slab project I learned how to merry edges. The Van Meter Bulldog, was probably the project that took me the longest, from getting it down to the art room to wanting for each layer of paint to dry before the next one can be applied.  The bulldog taught me to have steady hands. The oil pastel flower was the only drawing project I did this semester. It took me the shortest amount of time, but I really enjoy doing it. I like learning how to blend the colors, I think I'll do more pastels second semester. I think next semester I'll also do another salb project.

Oil Pastel, Drawing

For my last project I choose to do an oil pastel drawing. I did it of a flower. I wanted to use oil pastels after releasing I didn't have enough time to do another clay project. Although I didn't want to do an drawing at first I'm glade I did. I think it trued out really nice.

Slab Built Pottery

I did a slab project. I really love doing slab built projects, but there is a lot of work that goes into doing one. First you have to roll out clay to all the same thickness, then cut into the desired sized, mine was 7 inches by 11 inches. Next I put them on a board and slightly covered them with a plastic bag, so that it can dry out for a few days so it becomes more solid, and less flimsy when I stand then up to merry the edges together to make my form. After that's was done I put another plastic bag over it to dry out slowly so it doesn't crack. The using a needle tool I craved in the leaf. Finally it gets a bisque fired.
After the bisque I glazed it with the body in a neutral color, it reminds be of a pie crust once it goes though a glaze fire. For the leaf I glazed it base off of fall leaves. I used vivid orange, orange, red, and mulberry red. Hopefully it will look really cool once the klim get fixed and it get a glaze fire.