In class and at home, I have been working on a digital art sketch. As you may have noticed, the one on the left is from when I first drew and fine lined it, and the one on the right is at the end after all the coloring and shading. Not to mention a few added details. When I was making this picture, I used pixlr to do my editing. I made sure once I finished coloring in the picture, I erased the white pixels. As you can see, I used the element of value. The element of value is basically the strength of some certain colors. For example, shade. Shade made my picture more realistic and of course, more cool! 

In our school, we did Roy Litchtenstein onomatopoeia art. If you don't know what it is, I'll explain. Onomatopoeia is a sound made by something. It could be a "Ding dong" from a doorbell or a "SCREECH" from a race car that is drifting. As you can see, that's what I did! Oh and one more thing, onomatopoeia art mainly uses red, blue, yellow, black or sometimes white. Now that you know what onomatopoeia art is, lets talk about my picture! Obviously, I used blue, red, yellow, black and white to make my picture stand out. I put designs on the car and a big title that screeched "SCREECH!" I made a few mistakes, but this is my first time I have ever created onomatopoeia art, and its been a long time since I've drawn a race car so I am proud of myself! 

In our class, we made mosaic tiles for a Mother's Day project! Not only was making the mosaic tiles fun, but it also made us more knowledgeable about them. We learned how to break the tiles, how to be safe with them, and finally the whole process of designing, adding thin set, and applying all the grout. This knowledge may help me in the future if I plan on doing another mosaic tile project. One element of design I used was the element of patterns. If you look, you will see that I used a pattern of green and white. Another thing I used was the element of color. I used different colored tiles for different things in my mosaic tile. The last thing I used was the element of shapes. If you look beside each corner, you will see that there are 4 different symbols. A moon, star, sun, and a heart. Why did I do this? Well, don't forget that this is a Mother's day project! The moon and the sun indicate that she is my guiding light, the star represents that she is my idol, and the heart shows that I love her.