Yadelin's Blog

  FRUSTRATION:  This week I decided to change things up and first lightly sketch the outline of my practice with the pencil option on the drawing app I use. I wasn't sure how it would work out as I have previously just drawn with the pen and erased whenever I messed up. I found that this time, though, I had more liberty to make mistakes and just adjust the image and delete at the very end. It was much easier to visualize the different body parts and how they connected to one another. I found this piece especially difficult because of the position of the girl sitting and I also really struggle drawing hands. My word this week was "frustration". I have been dealing with a lot of frustration because of my relationship and this week I felt like I couldn't do anything because of it. I decided to depict this by having a girl (representing myself) sitting on the floor with her head to her knees and messy lines surrounding her. I felt that this really communicated how trapped...

 This week, I chose the emotion "relief" because towards the end of the week, I felt light as a feather and like I could finally stop and smell the roses. I worked on combining different aspects of my week into one picture and decided on having music notes acting as part of the rain in my doodle this week. I chose to again use lines as my shape and they are found in the music notes but also the lines of rain coming from the sky. Looking back at where my doodles first started, I think that my practice this week paints a picture of an emotion in a manner that is more personal to me than my first few practices. I really enjoyed making this doodle as it had me reflect on the ups and downs of this week and how ultimately, I was able to end the week with a more positive attitude than when I started. The doodle I made this week is of two friends stomping in puddles while it's raining. Pertaining to my last piece, I had a picture of a girl drowning in water. I purposefully wanted...

       This week I chose the word "overwhelmed" because I felt like I couldn't catch a break from assignments, exams, and projects. I chose to use lines as my shape and I incorporated them into a picture depicting a girl drowning in waves. I didn't try to make the lines spaced evenly as the point of the piece was being overwhelmed which I think comes with the feeling of being all over the place. For this reason, my lines are not perfect. Instead, I focused on creating a message that was accurate to my emotion this week. Althought the idea of it is simple, I think you can get a lot from the drawing. I think this piece is much different than others that I've done because it can look like many things. I liked the idea of seeing the lines as waves and the girl falling deeper into them, but to someone else it can mean someone falling in between the cracks. I think that the idea of drowning in waves and clutching for help is the first image that comes to mind when think...

  Peaceful This week, I chose to do my practice around the word "peaceful", because the majority of my week, I felt this emotion strongly. With the craziness of the semester, I often never feel this emotion and I know it was primarily because of the upcoming spring break that would provide me a week free of deadlines that I would usually have. During my practice, I tried the same technique I did a few weeks ago of choosing a reference photo and using lines and outlines to try and recreate the same scene. I tried to focus on using colors that fit the picture well and this took me a lot longer because of all the different shades from the setting sun that were in the picture. I chose about 5 main colors to color the clouds. I really enjoyed creating the sky with the clouds because the shapes were up to my discretion and I didn't feel the pressure of making lines straight or redoing anything. I chose this week to use straight lines as my shape and I think it worked out well, ...

       I am picking a new theme for the remaining weeks of this project, and it will be “emotions.” I decided to choose this theme because I have noticed that I need some time to sit down and process what I am feeling often to overcome situations or just get through my week. Making this the theme of my practice will give me time to do so but also bring me joy as I work on pieces that I am proud of. I have chosen to stick with drawing on my iPad as I want to focus on integrating colors to match the emotions I feel during the week and this is the easiest way to do this. Though I initially didn’t pick a specific medium for this project, I have decided to use my iPad because it’s given me a challenge to try and learn how to use it in an artsy way. I also want to start using basic shapes somehow in the artwork to help me think outside of the box and have more fun while working on the piece. Using this approach will challenge me to create the image I want to portray with t...

  For my practice this week, I decided to try and recreate a photo of my favorite park in my hometown. I only used the pen option on the drawing app of my iPad and focused on the overall placement of the objects in the picture. I think this week was much different than other pieces that I’ve done because I didn’t completely fill the spaces, instead I scribbled and tried to recreate the overall scene that the original picture has. It was also different because I have never tried to do a landscape, and I found it challenging to deal with the angles of the buildings and land towards the back of the piece. This week’s piece connects to my theme of clarity because this park is my favorite because of the peace it brings me every time I go. My mind becomes clearer and all the tension of the week prior melts away as I walk around the pond. I usually go with my parents and dog and this drawing also reminds me of them. My favorite part is when we go near sunset time, and we can watch the sky...