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Bitmoji Classroom
I enjoyed this project because it really allowed me to envision my future classroom. I had fun planning out what I would have and share with viewers. My focus for this project was to share some of my favorite mediums such as printmaking, collage, and painting. I, especially, had to share some printmaking work of mine and a fellow friend's poster she made using a quote by artist Fabian Debora. I also wanted to share some personal photos of my pets because they are often seen in my artwork. In the future, I hope to fill my classroom with visuals and sources for my students to fill their hearts and souls with the wonders of art.
Lesson Plan - Printmaking through Nature
Gallery Exhibition
This gallery exhibition features works of Mexican artist Eugenia Martinez. The focus of this exhibition is to view portraits as representation of identity and how mixing color, rhythm, and texture elevates the message behind a portrait.
For Martinez, she uses her hands to bring awareness of matters that are important to her and to her country. By using textures and texts, she brings forward critical issues that are often ignored and still enforced due to what cultures believe is tradition and beliefs. Her artworks are focused on issues that consist of racism, classism, and gender. These works reflect on the social structures of inequality that have been around since the beginning of Mexico and are still current today.
She first begins her process by selecting old photographs that she has purchased at flea market trips then reprints them on a large canvas and frames them in wooden boxes to start her writing process. When creating, she uses the same materials over and over but differentiates her works with texture. She uses materials like enamel paint to write texts and quotes on plexiglass. For texture, she uses single-colored thread, modeling compound, or her popular broken shards of porcelain. These broken shards of porcelain are important and critical to her works due to the feminine and fragile connotation they have. These shards break the clean sweet, delicate image that females are deemed to have by society’s ideas of what a woman/girl should be.
I chose this artist because I find the technique and message behind her work powerful. As a Mexican-American artist and woman, these works call for inspiration in the identity, traditions, and beliefs I was brought up with. I find this subject to be important to all people of all backgrounds that have been affected since childhood and can find some type of comfort and release when addressing this topic.
For Martinez, she uses her hands to bring awareness of matters that are important to her and to her country. By using textures and texts, she brings forward critical issues that are often ignored and still enforced due to what cultures believe is tradition and beliefs. Her artworks are focused on issues that consist of racism, classism, and gender. These works reflect on the social structures of inequality that have been around since the beginning of Mexico and are still current today.
She first begins her process by selecting old photographs that she has purchased at flea market trips then reprints them on a large canvas and frames them in wooden boxes to start her writing process. When creating, she uses the same materials over and over but differentiates her works with texture. She uses materials like enamel paint to write texts and quotes on plexiglass. For texture, she uses single-colored thread, modeling compound, or her popular broken shards of porcelain. These broken shards of porcelain are important and critical to her works due to the feminine and fragile connotation they have. These shards break the clean sweet, delicate image that females are deemed to have by society’s ideas of what a woman/girl should be.
I chose this artist because I find the technique and message behind her work powerful. As a Mexican-American artist and woman, these works call for inspiration in the identity, traditions, and beliefs I was brought up with. I find this subject to be important to all people of all backgrounds that have been affected since childhood and can find some type of comfort and release when addressing this topic.
App Review
The app known as Procreate is a popular illustration app that many digital artists use to create digital artworks. This app is geared for drawing and painting artists to create these types of works digitally. The app comes with a variety of tools such as brushes, pens, and pencils, all to create your digital work to look realistic. These tools can be used using an Apple pen. I found out about this app from other follow artists I follow on Instagram. I bought the app about a year ago for $9.99 and to this day, I’m still learning the basics however, I do use this app a lot during my mid-way process when starting projects. By this I mean, I can start a painting in gouache and get stuck on deciding what colors I think would best fit the painting. I simply upload a photo of my painting and then fill in spaces using the tools to figure out if I like a certain color palette I had in mind or decide to go on a different route. I also sometimes use this app for photoshopping ideas when thinking of designs. I, myself, am not confident in photoshop especially because I don't have much experience with the tech but using Procreate to plan out projects has helped immensely when I’m on the go and don’t have a sketchbook. I can simply pull out my tablet or phone and work on a quick idea design. As a traditional artist, this app was easy to use even though I, myself, had a hard time trying to make my art look the way I wanted to. It took a while to get the hang of making digital work but overall, I was pretty happy with my results. At first, I tried doing life drawing sketches and did not like how the experience was going until I started small like making still lifes and began by learning how to use layers.
I would definitely use this in my classroom especially since most schools use Apple products. I see this app having lots of potential, especially with students that are interested in graphic art and anime. My little sister in particular is a middle schooler and has a better sense of using Procreate than me. I see how much she enjoys this app more than keeping up with her physical sketchbooks.
I would definitely use this in my classroom especially since most schools use Apple products. I see this app having lots of potential, especially with students that are interested in graphic art and anime. My little sister in particular is a middle schooler and has a better sense of using Procreate than me. I see how much she enjoys this app more than keeping up with her physical sketchbooks.
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