I thought that my project had great composition. There was a good balance between lights and darks in the print. The colors I used complemented each other and made the picture visually appealing. I used the hair onthe wombot as a way to create texture. I created a balance of darks and lights and also selectively put colors in different places to add contrast. The contrast and texture help make the picture look more visually appealing and more life-like, which is always important when creating a print of something such as a wombat. I created positive and negative space by cutting out certain parts of the lino cut, and leaving others to create dark/light positive/negative space. I thought it was crafted with skill, considering the difficulty of drawing the different textures and parts of the wombat. Yes I was able to achieve depth, but I think the fore-ground was something I should of spent more time on. The obstacles of printmaking were getting around certain lines and certain areas that were small and needed to be cut. The advantages were gaining more depth and texture in a final art project, and also making the picture look more life-like.

Texture was very important when drawing these animals because it brings life to the picture and makes it look better and more appealing to the eye. Somebody doesn't have much to look at when it is just a plain old animal, but get interested when they texture. You need several references and backgrounds of the animal you are drawing because it provides you with different ways that they look and provides the different habitats that they live in so you can decide how you want to make them look and where you want them to 'reside'  in your picture, based on the different pictures you collect. Yes, I knew the wombat would make the best print and look the best because it had the most texture of the three animals I chose. I feel like it would be good to do an animal with good texture when making a print.

Chalk Murals

In this project, we had to work in groups to create chalk murals. Without my group I wouldn't have been able to create this final product. We each had certain parts and aspects of our caterpillar that we worked on, and this collaboration made the work go faster and the caterpillar look better. Everyone in the group contributed to the ideas from the start. Everyone had their own idea about what they wanted to do for the project, so we had to agree on one chalk mural to draw. Working as a team also brought some difficulties because we would argue about what we wanted to atribute into the work. We would dispute about who would do what and how they should do it. Working with your friends also distracts you some because you feel like it is not just a time to create art, but a time to socialize as well. I thought that our final product looked great. We ended up making the caterpillar and the backround as 3-D and lifelike as possible. We used many color blends and schemes to make it look like a real life caterpillar. In my opinion, our final caterpillar was one of the coolest ideas and one of the best final products. Interacting with artwork can show the whole school how cool art really is. It can demonstrate that it can be more than just drawing, and that if you work at it you can create amazing art.