Dymond+Logan


 * Inspiration Please!!!**

This marking period it was quite a different one for me. It took me a very long time to find the creative juices in me to flow. I have the habit of finding one topic to focus on but within seconds I am not satisfied with my work, and I ball up the paper and began to start a new inspiration all over again. Yes I did, it repeatedly throughout the third marking period of art class. I don’t know what it was that restrained me back from doing so. It happens to artist sometimes, but when the feeling comes we shall know.

The purpose of be doing various forms of art was to see where the true inspiration comes from. For each drawing or writing I did reflected me through the moment in time from me reading the “DaVinci Code”, “Being Happy”, “Writing Poems”, “Drawing tulips with the ”love of my life” name on it and a picture of struggle and stress “Blue Monday”. They have all something to correlate with my everyday life, and how I view the world.

When I finally found my inspiration, it was a painting of a girl with her hand down. This really held my attention., and I knew this is something I would solely agree on. I felt some type of connection to this painting, and that is how I feel about art. One of its main components is inspiration. The painting had great inspiration to it. For I have felt these type of emotions before. I have had them “blue Mondays” where everything seemed to be so dim and cold. Like the whole world has crushed on you, and you cant find a way out. That’s what this picture helps represent. The struggle and long search of finding your peace of mind and happiness. For the painting I did not use paint instead I used charcoal because I believe it will add more of a drastic impact on the audience and catch their attention. I traced it as well because I believe my art skills are not that advanced to make something as rich and meaningful as this.

I was not able to finish this picture due to the fact my mind had paralyzed on me, and caused the hesitation of a finished project. For the last quarter I will continue to do paintings similar to “blue Monday” because they express my feelings. That’s how I see art as an outside export of me to draw, write, or any visual representation. I will continue to use charcoal and drastic colors because it helps “set the mood.” I hope the world gets a clearer understanding of me and how I express myself.

**"Blue Monday"**

**The True Definition Of A Model!!!** For this marking period I decided to do something that would describe me over the whole year. It would be a personal image to reflect me as an individual and a person who is indeed quite intellectual. When doing this picture I had to think hard about how I was going to be able to actually put my visions down on paper. I decided to do a portrait of a model. Some days I see myself as a model, and life is my runway and some days I dont and that is when the insecurities that many girls have begin to sneak up on them. I believe my sole purpose for drawing this painting is to let girls know they are not alone. They do not have to be shaped like a model to feel beautiful. Models in general are difficult people to discuss because when i think of models i think of negative information being implanted into young girls mind. They think if they are tall, skinny, and lean that they will be accepted into society and everybody will like them. However, in real life it doesn't. So with this inspiration i go to do this project and my artist statement i can be able to express that towards them.The media just exploits all the good things about models, the make up, the fashion sense, the flashy life, but not the bad things that could come with it. They don’t show how it affects everyday girls like you and I. I believe that when the young girls see models they want to be like that and they become self conscious about their size and their weight. Which all then leads back to the stereotypes of how a young girl should be. It should not be no stereotypes every women and girl was created differently and wonderfully. When designing the portrait I used mixed media. I used an old cardigan to make the shirt of the model. I did that because I want to make the image more realistic and add that type of spice to the image. I then used paint for her hair, lips, and skin color. I wanted to make these three things a defined attraction to the viewer because to me these things stand out the most. Her jet-black hair, her deep chocolate skin, and the sexy yet sophisticated red lipstick. I used a crayon on her face because I wanted the actual structure of her face to be able to be seen as well. I then was kind of unsure to do with the background. So I decided to take my intellectual spin on things and write little quotes that will tell a story, the story of every day girls that suffer with insecurities sometimes. I hope through my artwork, i was able to expres myself. The first two quarters was hard for me to do so but towards the end I found some inspiration and I stuck with it. I have seen a change in my artistic abilities. I think art has helped me vent and also help with the problems of others. I couldn't seem to find the sketch picture before I painted her =(
 * [[image:Photo-0001.jpg width="334" height="252"]]



**