Lena+Bruce

"The Epic Tree" For my second quarter benchmark. I decided to use my time effectively and attempt to draw a tree. I chose a tree, because they have so many meanings you can put behind. I think when drawing something you should draw with your mood. This tree is representing sadness. with leaves still falling off I still have some hanging on. Like the beginning of autumn. I think in a future drawing for next quarter, I think I want to draw the season but in a new perspective then just snow and the regular...maybe not even a picture. I want to draw something that will show the real me and not just what I see more how I feel.

The Final Project: In my fourth quarter project,

This quarter was pretty intense for me because Art honestly wasn’t that important to me because I had so many other classes that needed to done that was very crucial for me to finish. So I took time out of my Art period to use it for other classes. I felt like this whole year, I took advantage of the time I had in Art class to use it for other classes, and in the end, it backfired on me and made me do very poorly made art work, which resulted in grades that I wasn’t that comfortable with. When I tried start my art project, I really couldn’t find a decent idea, because I am not that creative first and I felt like art really doesn’t speak to me so how can I capture a picture or anything we call art if I am not fully mindful of art itself. I understand it is very difficult for a teacher to grade with multiple students and when one or more people don’t really do the work it makes there job a little bit harder, and I made that grading just a little bit harder. I understand that 18 hours is about a days worth of project and I could not do that because I was work overload and I felt that I would put the easy thing to the side and work on the things that I put and count as more important more than another person who looks as art as an everyday thing. I feel like the process I took in creating this picture was looking at abstract art and still focusing on my main goal, which is a tree and trying to make an abstract tree. I felt like the picture could have been more planned out and better constructed than what I did. But I am not an artistic person and I feel like I can't see more to a picture. I mean this is not a 18 hour picture but I felt like it's all that I can give as an art student and if I could do this again, I would prioritize my time and make sure I have enough time for every class and try not to single out just classes I think is important because when it comes down to it, every grade and every class counts on the report card. Thank you.