Week 1, Wednesday, Feb, 01. Page set up  

To start the week off as a class we participated in an icebreaker activity to get to know our classmates. After we completed the activity we looked at the course outline and expectations for studio arts 11/12.

My biggest struggle this week is not knowing many people in my classes, and trying to adjust to my new courses.

My biggest success for the week is I am confident being in this class because I have experience with art.

My goal for next week to have started a project!

Week 2, Thursday, February 9th,  Altered book project 

To start off this week off I have started my altered book project. I have created my purpose and completed my sketchbook work for this project. I  have decided to do the life below water theme for my book. I have already selected a book for this project, I chose to do a smaller book so that I can focus on making more work more detailed rather than focusing on the quantity of pages. I have taken out a quarter of my book and glued all of my pages together. all of my preparation is done and today I plan to work on cutting out my front cover and making a whole so i can add crystals to it.

My biggest struggle this week was choosing a theme. I had many different options such as nature, beauty, and fantasy.

My biggest success for this week is that have already started cutting my pages/transforming them.

My goal for next week is to be completed the front cover an possible finished a spread sheet.

 

Week 3, Thursday, February 16th, Foil art/ Altered book

This week was a very productive week as I finished cutting out the front cover of my book. I was able to complete even more than I planned too and I finished painting the outside of my book and I started to work on a spread page. we were given a lesson on how to make art foil cards using the ends of paintbrushes and rounded objects to make designs within the foil. We then were given the option to leave the foil as it was, or paint it to make it look rustic/old.

My biggest struggle this week was that I missed one day of class so I didnt get a chance to finished my spread page.

My biggest Success this week was that I have an idea of what I want to complete for each page in my altered book.

My goal for next week is to have started my started my photo montage.

Week 4, Friday, February 23rd, Altered book page

This week I am almost finished a spread page in my altered book. I am creating a photo montage of the ocean which is made using intricate/tiny pieces of paper from magazines. This week we were given a lesson of how to transfer ink onto clear tape. I found this lesson to be extremely helpful to me in a creative aspect as i will be using this technique in the process of my altered book.

My biggest struggle this week is how time consuming this photo montage is. being that the paper is so tiny I find that it is taking away a lot of time.

My biggest success for this week is that I was given a technique to use in my altered book

My goal for next week is to have completed my photo montage.

 

Week 5, Thursday, March 2nd, Altered book montage page 

This week I am finally complete my photo montage page. It took me a while to complete as I used very intricate pieces of ripped magazine paper. as I got to the end of the montage I made the pieces a bit bigger so that my process would be shortened. I also believe it adds great depth to the photo montage, it is portraying whatever is close up is easier to see than things that are far away.

My biggest struggle this week was making each side look integrated together and finding the right color match of paper.

My biggest success this week is that I have finally completed my photo montage after several weeks of working on it.

My goal for next week is to start a be finished a new page in my altered book.

Week 6, Thursday, March 30th, Altered book Blackout poem 

 

I am finally back after having Covid before spring break! This week I knew I had to be ready to work really hard to catch up to all the time I lost before spring break. I am working on my second spread page of my altered book and I am creating a blackout poem out of the words I am given in my book. I am adding an additional two words of my own to make the whole poem make more sense. This poem is about how we neglect the world/ocean and ow we as people should be more environmentally friendly, but it can be anything that people interpret it to be. I want to use some sort of texture to create depth to the page, I would also like to use all shades of blue to create the image of the ocean. within each bubble in which I have selected a word for my blackout poem  I will create a circle around it to act like an air bubble under the sea.

My biggest struggle this week was not finding the right texture to put on my page, also having missed a week of school because I was sick which set me back.

My biggest success this week was  am almost finished my second spread page.

My goal for next week is to have started my inquiry project and to be finished my third spread page in my altered book.

Week 7, Thursday, April 6th, Altered book Blackout poem/clay mug (inquiry)

This week I felt super productive. I was able to get most of the blackout poem in my altered book done, and I started my inquiry project. for my blackout poem I noticed the textured paper was hiding my text and it was kind of hard to read so i thought to add text both big, small, and medium from magazines that match up with the text in the book to emphasize what the poem says. I have the idea to create bubbles around the text to make it easer to see, and waves of sequence  to connect with the following sentences so it would be easier to read. as for my mug i really wanted to start my inquiry as I have been wanting to make a series of mugs since grade 11 but I always ran out of time.  I started making my pinch pot mug yesterday in block D. I finished my mug later this week as Vittie helped me with smoothing out my mug and helping me learn to make mug handles.

My biggest struggle this week was finding letter in the magazine that corresponds to my blackout poem.

My biggest success this week was being able to complete a mug for my inquiry project.

My goal next week is to have my blackout poem done/ to be started on another mug.