This is one of several baby heads. This one is my favorite. I was inspired by the Pinterest board 'Vessels' (https://www.pinterest.com/artofapex/vessels/). I picked clay, because the Mrs. Sudkamp (You? Idk...) had just found those baby head molds, and I thought they were hilarious. My piece is similar because it's creative and I saw a bunch of cool teapots on the board. It's my own because I don't think anyone's ever made a baby head teapot, mostly because it's a little creepy. I thought I was successful in morphing the baby and the elephant. I was maybe not as successful at making the lid fit. Other than that, I love my piece, and the other ones I made. Zentangle: I thought this was more fun than it was relaxing, mostly because I was so excited about making it. Does "Zen" match this style? Nope, not at all. I used bright colors and poppy patterns. I'm not that great at patterns per say, but I like fonts, so I did a bunch of font work. I had started with a different picture, and lost inspiration, so I drew a bunch of lines and went from there. Eye: It may not be the best eye I've ever drawn, but I liked using ink for the first time. I thought it was a little challenging, but I got through it by trying to keep my own style in my piece. As you can see, I 'inked' an eye, and wrote the word 'eye' in Chinese. Inspired InK: I found a drawing of Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) in ink, using a type of hatching as a technique. I decided to draw his other half, John Watson (Martin Freeman) to make a matching set. I used colors and crosshatching to create a range of values. My process, as always, was to just start drawing, and then I asked a ton of questions, hoping to create a worthwhile piece. Clay "Fish": Alright, so it's not a fish. I had a hard time making eyes and the mouth part, but Mrs. Sudkamp helped with the eyes, so that was better. Unfortunately, as you can see, the snout is forever messed up. I don't completely love fish ceramics, so I decided to make a wolf-type thing. My process in general involves thinking about something I want to do, and then I do it. Which is exactly what I did. So, yeah. Ink Monster:
It's kind of hard to control specifically where ink goes when you drop it on paper. My struggle was that 1. I couldn't control the diddly darn ink, and 2. When the ink went somewhere, I didn't have a clue what to make. I finally just put a drop on the paper, blew up, and added a body. My process was basically nonexistant, but I love how it turned out. It's so cute! I struggled with this picture for two reasons. One, I wasn't working with anyone, so I held my phone in one hand and the pencil in the other. Two, the phone's focus was weird, so the pencil is blurry.
Since I didn't have a partner/group, it was hard coming up with a solid idea that only used one person. I morphed Cinderella, the pumpkin and the glass slipper. I'd call it a Three in One instead of a Two in One. I chose to morph these things because I've been a fairytale lover since I was little.
I think I was successful when using the colored pencil, specifically on the pumpkin. In the future, I don't think I'll use chalk pastel, because of the mess, plus, it reacted to hairspray and the sealer spray strangely. This eye is literally made out of the word "people".
I had a hard time deciding what I was going to do for this project. I really didn't even have a vague idea until Wednesday afternoon. My process involved sitting down, sketching out a rough shape, and then adding the little details. I came up with the idea while I was babysitting, then I sketched a rough copy on a different piece of paper. after that, I just made sure the little details, such as the eyelashes, were all what I wanted them to be.
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