Skateboard deck design

Making a skateboard design didn't sound that hard to me. However, I soon realised after starting that this wasn't  going to be a succes. I know I could and should have done better on this one and although art isn't my best subject, this is really bad. No special features combined with a simple colour scheme makes this design a failure. Nevertheless, there are also a positive point: I got a 6,3 for it, which is not insuficient. :)

Haring bike

At art class we took a closer look to the artist Keith Haring. Keith Haring was a famous painter widely known for his special dolls. Of course, we all so had to try this style ourselves with our own 'Haring Bike'. To look at my own work, I think my first bike is way better than the second one and I'm pleased with a 6.5, although I want to go for a higher mark next time.

Canterbury cathedral

Before visit:

On the 20^th of December 2011, we will go to Canterbury. There we will visit many things, including the famous Canterbury cathedral. I think the Canterbury cathedral will be a very big, almost pompous building, with a lot of decoration.
I don’t know for sure if I will really like it, because it maybe that I will think it’s a bit over the top.

History of the Canterbury cathedral

In 597 St Augustine was sent by the Pope to bring Christianity back. He went to Canterbury and he founded the first cathedral in England which is now the enormous Canterbury cathedral. Canterbury cathedral has been a very important place for pilgrimages for over 800 after the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becker in 1170.

After visit:

Canterbury cathedral was an enormous as I had expected but it was more modest than I thought it would be, and for example as I had seen in Rome in the St. Peter’s Basilica. The parts I liked most of the cathedral were the windows, which were beautifully decorated with stained glass.

This is the main entrance of the cathedral

This is a part of a stained-glass window for which Canterbury
cathedral is famous

The beautiful choir screen of Canterbury cathedral

I think the story is Thomas Becker is interesting because they actually didn’t really like him when he was alive, but when he was killed he got very popular.

Illuminated letter

For art class we got a new assignment:
make a illuminated letter, I thought it
would be hard and it was. I'm not a
fast drawer so I didn't have the time
to completely colour it in. I do like
some of the patrons of my letter,
but I think it's not that nice because
it's not finished and the background
is not very good. I got a 6.5 for my
drawing and I'm happy with that.

*the picture will follow later but I couldn't find
my drawing maybe I left it in art class

Apple drawing

We had to draw an apple for art class.
I made several drawings and I put the
drawing here of one. It is not fantastic,
but also not really bad. Maybe I could
use a little bit more perspective, but for
me it's not bad. For all my drawings
together I got a 6.5.

Sandwich

As assignment we had to make a sandwich painting. I got a 7 for my painting and was very pleased with that because I didn't finish it. I'm really bad at drawing and painting, but I think this time it was beter than normal. (otherways I didn't got a 7) so I'm happy with that. There are also some things I want to do better next time. I couldn't finish it and my sandwich looks a bit burned. An other part of the assignment was to mix colors for your sandwich and I think I did that not to bad.

Some pictures of my sandwich:

Banknote

For art class we had to make a banknote.
My mark was a 6.5 and I agreed with that.
The money symbols are nice, but for the rest
I don't have many patterns and that was the

assignment.










This is my banknote