Creatures Of The Rainbow 2022/2023
As an artist, I have never had the ability to work with clay before this year in VAM, so when we got to make sculptures earlier this year I immediately knew I wanted to do it for my independent project. I had a few struggles this time around just because it was one of my first times and I didn’t know how long things would actually take, but once I got the hang of it it went along much smoother and easier. I wanted to create these monsters because my brother was going through a phase of watching animations called “rainbow friends” and so I wanted to create my own for him. I think that this year my art has improved so much. Especially since last year. I sculpted 6 monsters out of clay, fired them, and painted them meach a different color of the rainbow with their own distinct patterns. This project took about 27 days and it was fun through all of it. This was definitely something out og my comfort zone and I am so excited to share it with you all.
This project is called “Creatures of the rainbow” and I hope you enjoy it!
This project is called “Creatures of the rainbow” and I hope you enjoy it!
MIDNIGHT IN DISNEYLAND 2021/2022
As an artist, I have had the opportunity to do so many different styles of art and experience so many things that I wouldn’t have been able to see if I hadn’t joined the VAM academy. I think that over the course of this year I have been able to expand my artistic ability and work towards being better no matter how hard the tasks may be. I have worked very hard this year to accomplish many things out of my comfort zone and I am very proud of what I have done this school year. For my independent project I did a series of paintings called “Midnight in Disneyland”. My first painting that I finished was ‘Alice in Wonderland’, the second painting I finished was called ‘Snow White’, and my third and final painting in the series was called ‘Maleficent’. This series of paintings took me 4 weeks to acrylic paint and the final 2 weeks I used to paint the glow-in-the-dark paint onto each of the paintings. Through this process, I had a very hard time trying to get the glow in the dark paint to shine through on the acrylic paints. I had to do about 7 layers of glow paint to get it to shine through fully but when I wanted it lighter I had to do less layers. My favourite project that I have done this year is my magazine. We got to go to East Village in downtown Calgary and spend the day taking pictures. It was such a cool experience and I am so happy that I got to be a part of it. In the end, I have learned a lot and I can’t wait to keep pursuing art throughout the rest of high school.