Ralen+Robinson

 -Summer Flowers Explored-

 = Quarter 3 Benchmark = "Mini Projects within one"





== = Quarter 4 Benchmark = = = ==



=Quarter 1 Benchmark =  In making art for my art benchmark was really fun unlike where in clas the teacher gives you an assignment and an outline this was all free hands on. I like having the freedom to do what you want and channel you're imagination and make it come to life. The freedom part was awesome it was just where to begin was what I thought was challenging. I had several ideas that seemed really good in theory but, when put to the test failed. Its challenging to look at a piece of blank canvas and have art work like Van Gogh appear. The first few weeks i came up with numerous sketches of different ways to approach an idea but then lost the drive to finish it. I went through my photos and then photography which became a key component to my artwork. I saw a photo that cauight my eye of beautiful oange flowers and the sunlight just shining on them so then I wanted to transform that into paint. In doing work in a period of time I didn't want to feel rushed so I really didn't pay that much to time and let the art speak to me. I wanted the flowers to speak to me and then have someone who just gazes at the picture and canvas and see a deeper meaning. Although the benchmark was due today I couldn't finish it because i didn't want to rush the process i was making. 18 hours seem a lot and it really is but its hard to make a master piece or at least in your own mind speak in a period of time I feel its done when you can look at it and just have the work speak for its self. -Artist Statement - In going through the different motions of my artwork I felt I enjoyed mixing the paints in making the flower color and having the brush strokes show through the canvas. I liked mixing the different colors because its unique and no one will have that exact color. I fel the "Summer Flowers explored" is a scrence picture of flowers that express a moment in the summer where flowers bloom at there peak and have sun light shown on them,. I wanted to compare digital and the classic painting of the same way but just interrupted in a different viewpoint. I feel my photography passion pushed me in the right path in order to have two components make up two twin pictures but in different styles.

=Quarter 2 Benchmark Continuation.... = -Artist Statement-

In the beginning of the Quarter one I worked with a reproducing photo I captured with photography and decided to develop it into a painting. I did not finish the painting because it was time consuming and I wanted it to be just right. the painting and photo displays a gracefulness of flower bloomed during sumer time. In having the end product done I feel capturing the photo first helped and guide me along the way to paint it. In "Sumer flowers Explored" a soft orange is displayed and given the feeling of a warmth.

=Quarter 3 Benchmark = -Artist Statement-

In the beginning of the 3rd quarter I was blank on what to do with my project and the trial and tribulations of putting 30 hours of my artwork to reflect the time was very difficult. I came up with numerous big projects that i'll complete and then discarded them due to lack of faith in the artwork. I finally came up of just doing mini projects within one project to allow myself a better idea and more variety in doing art. Th first mini project I dealt with was wax and canvas and I was instrested in the whole idea of burning wax and it was really kool the way the wax could be molded and moved to fit your desired design. I used candles and brought some different size canvas from utrcht and painted the canvas black so all the cnavas would be one solid color and would match the cnavas and wax designs. I did two candle wax matching paintings to allow some between the two. I found the wax to be difficult because after number wax buns and smashed wax droplets I finally completed it. The second mini project was still with candle wax but instead with a solid color I used a mixture of different postal colors and made some so the texture could be different with a combination with wax. I like messing with the paint texture on the cnavas giving the paint being able to stick on one another and giving the canvas multiple layers. In having the wax on the different layered cnavas gave the texture extremely interesting. Finally I made a time consuming mask it was really fun I used some type of laster and gel with a doll. I used the mask and tried to make a tribal feel to it. After several mask latter I finally made a completer one I screwed up like a few mask because I just learned to to do it but, then the last mask did a great job. The painting was then incomplete with me so I tried to use rings with it and then added a wooded stick to finish it off. In conclusion after several mini projects latter and 30 hour trials and tribulations my artwork was complete and instead massive piece of artwork I broke into some variety allowing my inner artist to come alive and get my feet wet into several new artworks. = ** Quarter 4 Benchmark ** = -Artist Statement-

In the finial and last art benchmark I decided to do a variation of art the would cover a variety of different formations.In going with the season flora's were in so then I decided to do my last benchmark on flowers coming in the june weather. I took pictures this quarter and captured a variety of pictures that allowed for the blooms to be seen. In the last benchmark I was uninspired so then flowers always make you happy. The problem I came up with was that the flowers i took was nothing special so then it took me a while for a flower to speak to me. So afyer esytablishing what i would be doing I went in search and came up empty until scrolling the world for photos. The photo above display a scenery thats not all the same for example I have an urban scenery which allows for the background to think more.