Body drawing

Our last assignments of the year all focussed around the theme of how to draw a proper body. We had to use circles and ovals to complete this task, and to be honest I was quite bad at it. In the first assignment we had to draw a few small sketches (as can be seen on the included photograph), in the second assignment we had to draw an A3 sized poster. The poster is unfortunately not included since it still has to be marked. On the first assignment there is also no mark, but I hope for a sufficient.

The I am poem

The I am poem. I can immediately say this was one of the nicest assignments of my entire 'artclass'-carreer. We started of with making a poem, which I based on Judith Leister. Then we had to write this poem (or print if you were not able to write properly) on a A3-sized paper and make some illustrations alongside the poem. The good thing about this assignment actually was the writing bit, since writing quite nice is one of the very few forms of art I quite master. This resulted in a rather unusual happening: for the first time I was not really satisfied with my mark for arts, since I had hoped for a little bit higher than a 7.5.

For the ones unable to read this inspiring text from the picture:

I am Judith Leister
I am a painter and a star.
I wonder if there is anyone as good as me.
I hear people screaming my name.
I see paint.
I want to paint.
I am a painter and a star.

I pretend nothing, because I am already everything.
I feel the brush in my hands.
I touch the sky.
I worry if I can become even better.
I cry because I am so good at painting.
I am a painter and a star.

I understand how to paint.
I say I can change the world by painting.
I dream about paint.
I try to help other people paint, but they suck.
I hope to become even more famous.
I am a painter and a star.

Collage

Our third assignment in the self portrait-theme was to make a collage, so to show others who you really are and what you like. I liked the assignment and I had plenty of magazines from which I could easily find enough pictures.

The collage shows:

Messi- my favourite footballer and an idol to me. (Although I do not play football myself anymore)

Cristian Tello in the Fc Barcelona outfit- also a great player which also plays at my favourite club, just like Messi, Fc Barcelona (Barça for fans). I also have some shirts of Barça myself, so it is special to me.

Ezio Auditore, main character in Assassins Creed Brotherhood & Revelations- Ezio is the main character in 2 games of my favourite game saga: Assassins Creed. I do not game really much, but when I do it is most of the time Assassins Creed.

Ezio performing an assassination- just because it looks cool.

A Ferrari- I'm quite interested in cars, and I really like Ferrari's.

An Audi R8- A marvelous looking car.

Batman- One of the most epic heroes of all time.

A good-looking female- I thought she suited quite well in my collage.

For my collage I got a 7.5, which I was very happy about since it is a high mark for me considering art. I hope I can continue with these kind of marks!

Self portrait

This time our assignment was to, after we had practised a lot on it, make 2 beautiful self portrait of yourself. Although I might not have managed to make them really beautiful I did get a 7 for them, which is rather good for me concerning art.
When you look at the portraits you can see the colours that I have used differ a lot in both. In one I wanted to express myself in a happy mood, with bright colours like red, yellow and orange. In the other one I wanted to express myself as someone who is thinking very deeply about difficult subjects f.e. life or tests ;)
Personally I do not really have a favourite painting, although I think the colour scheme of the darker one might have the edge over the colour scheme of the brighter painting.
Hopefully I can keep improving my painting-skills. However, I think I'm not born with an overwhelming amount of talent.

Self-portrait

This is the result of our first assignment of this schoolyear, in which we had to make a self-portrait. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the hang of it and the result isn't too nice. I hope my upcoming pieces will be from better quality, also because I hope to get a better mark, for this one I got a 6.

Childish drawing (5 years old)

This drawing I made when I was 5 years old and at this time is was in the 2nd group of elementary school. It shows a witch and after looking at all of my paintings I've produced in my early childhood, I think it's also one of the best. However, after inspecting all of the paintings again, it became shockingly clear to me that I will probably never become a real artist.

Wheat field with Cypresses -Van Gogh painting

My painting

One of my favourite assignments until now is making a reproduction of a painting from the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. I tried to use some techniques Van Gogh also used, but I had been putting a bit too much paint on my painting so it crulled up, that's why my painting is hold flat by my bag and my guitar amplifier. Despite this little problem I think I did a good job, which was also rewarded with one of my highest 'painting' marks yet: an 8.