Bad Art/ Good Art

Bad Art

For my bad art, I tried to use colors that don’t go together well, materials that aren’t supposed to be used together, and processes that a five year old might share. I think they would be “good art” if I put more effort and time into them. Like with corn in a fever dream, even if I had used the same materials and colors, but I put more time and energy into making it look better, I think it would be more successful. I think my house painting, where I used glass paint to make a primary color house and stick figure, is actually good. It took five seconds to make but was really fun, and I think it looks really cool for what it is. I think good art either means a lot of time and energy from the artist or the enjoyment of one or more people of a piece. Even if just the artist likes the piece, it might be good art. I think the bad art unit really helped me loosen up and think about art in a different way.

“Good Art”

This was really hard to draw. It was one of my first attempts at a self-portrait without a grid, and I drew it while sitting in front of a mirror and drawing what I saw onto a massive paper. I learned a lot about perspective and linework in realism, and like with the bad art, it helped me to loosen up and just have fun drawing without worrying about the end result. I’m not proud of this piece because of the end result, but I am proud of it because of the way I tried my best and had fun sketching.

For this piece, I chose to use acrylic paint to recreate a (fake) skull with sheer purple fabric draped over it. It was really hard to do, since fabric is hard for me to paint, but it was a really fun and challenging process. I think I imroved at still life a lot, and I was able to let go of needing a grid to paint. I think the forehead and the back/side of the head in the right of the painting need little work, because they were a little rushed, but I think overall it looks enough like the photo of the skull below.