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Month: May 2023

Week 11 – I did something and I should also do more (+presentation)

Published by rachelott22 on 05/31/2023

Over the long weekend, (after I posted my last post) I was really motivated to create art (even though I was busy) because I really wanted to finish my genius hour a lot. My overall goal was to make some self-portraits and try something new so I just did that!

I first made 2 self-portraits which I have mixed feelings for (however, I am having some technical issues so I will upload the second one later today):

  • I really like this one! I put a lot of hidden meanings that I think are really cool
  • Reference photo (I have 7 years of bad luck because I broke the mirror)
  • I use it as my instagram profile picture 🙂
  • I don’t like this one very much… It’s very rushed

To finish off, I’d like to work with a canvas (I got some cheap ones from dollarama). I have an idea to make a minecraft flower pixel art thing (I’ve never done it before).

I should also start working on my final presentation too, as I am presenting next week. I hope to bring in my ipad and supplies (because I think it would be cool for people to see what I am using even though it won’t be cool) and I would also like to bring my canvas when I finish the minecraft flower!

I hope to still make google slides but I would like to improvise what I will say (roughly… I will still make a script for what I would like to say during each slide).

I think this is it for today’s post, I will definitely add the other artworks when I find out what went wrong with posting them (they kept changing to other pictures!).

Week 10 – Procrastinated making this post but also I did something!!!!!

Published by rachelott22 on 05/23/2023

Hey guys!!! I know this post is during the middle of the longest weekend of life, but I was going to do some extracurricular homework, but I am procrastinating that so I will now do this to procrastinate that homework!!!

I took time to make a chart on what I do when I procrastinate!

Let’s stop procrastinating and get to the good part…

Good news! iluli replied! Here’s what she said:

I really agree with what she said, and she was really nice with answering my questions!

Surprise!!

Along with contacting iluli for some expert advice, I also realized I was following another artist under the name of: shinko_draws. I also really love their style, but mainly followed them because I saw a reel that was relatable…

Anyways, here’s the link to their instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shinko_draws/

I sent Shinko the same questions I sent iluli because I really wanted to see how the two artists would respond differently.

Shinko’s response…

I really appreciate Shinko spending the time to answer my questions – their account is more well-built than iluli’s, by that I mean that Shinko’s account is more of an artist who really has a structured system where they regulate their customers, viewers, strict rules on how to contact them, how to put up a commission, etc. Which is really great because this allows for less stealing of their works, but it also really scared me because of all the rules they had. I didn’t have a lot of hope for them to answer me, so I was really excited when they got back to me in an instant.

iluli’s account was more friendly to view and I really felt that iluli was keeping in touch with her followers so that’s why I was very confident to contact her… Also because she stated that she is 13 years old, which is really cool to contact somebody with such skill but also the same age as you.

Overall, I think I really benefited from contacting these artists online. Although they do not live in the area, I feel as though I had more freedom with asking them questions without being judged. They all responded lightning fast and had really elaborate answers… They were also super duper friendly which I love about these small online content creators!

Finishing up stuff that I have procrastinated on..

Plant

This is my marigold flower that I got from the Muttart Conservatory! I love caring for plants because they are such low maintenance that I feel like I’m doing something small everyday. In the last post, I showed you guys how I painted the plant pot. After, I modge podged it and then I repotted my marigold into it! I really like how it turned out, but I also recently bent the marigold’s stem so now it is slowly dying…

Cat?

I also got into watercolour again by painting a cat.

I like taking photos but I have no experience in taking photos and will not be getting experience in taking photos because Art 9 is full year and I can only have 1 option choice for the year so I have to live with my trashy photo taking for the rest of my life.

Yeah, I like photos and think that this is a pretty awesome form of art.

  • Do you know where this is?
  • I really like this one
  • It’s a bit too purple for me…
  • My dad somehow obtained cooking skills
  • My grandpa HAS and HAD and WILL ALWAYS HAVE cooking skills
  • Yummy
  • THIS IS A SCAM. ONLY BUY IKEA CHEESECAKE, THIS CHOCOLATE THINGY IS NOT GOOD AT ALL. TRUST ME.
Is my main goal to show you flowers or to make you hungry?

I like taking pictures but I need some help. I used my iPhone SE (3rd gen) to take all of these. I used photo mode, portrait mode, and stage light filter to take these.

I think I am going to go now… It’s currently 11:13p.m. and part of my genius hour is to get a good sleep schedule…

Week 9 – Regretting life decisions and forgetting and I also made 3 more posters of which took too much time to make

Published by rachelott22 on 05/17/2023

So… Guys, I have some issues. I lost my piano music on Thursday, my book (that I was reading) on Monday, and my quartet pieces on Tuesday… so basically I have some memory issues! Today, I will show you the three new posters that I made on canva! However, this time, I used a computer to make it, so it is of a different layout, which was really confusing.

I suffer from short-term memory loss

I really think there is something wrong, so, like the Rachel I am, I decided to research the web.

Next year, I’m definitely not doing Culture Day. Too much work for too little recognition. Also, I don’t think we’re very organized. I didn’t even know we weren’t supposed to tape it on the wall!

Pot. For my marigold.

I forgot to take pictures of it this morning, so I will for sure be back later to show you the final result.

I decided to paint a pot for my marigold plant because it will be a challenge and it will also let me try out painting on different surfaces. I think this turned out really well, despite it being far off from the original idea.

This was what I had before I modge podged it. I think it looks really cool with all the texture.

I used a really cheap paint with it, and I also followed a tip that said that if you added large amounts of cornstarch, that it would make the paint more thick. The cornstarch tip did work, and I found that I definitely used less paint than I would’ve if I didn’t use the cornstarch.

Arting

I hope that I can make more art and speedrun making art because we don’t have much time before our final presentation.

Art expert?

We already found our time management expert, which is Marten, but now we have to find an art expert. I found a young artist, who’s 13, online and I quite enjoy her art style. Her name is iluli (not sure if that’s a pseudonym or not) and here’s her instagram account: https://instagram.com/1iluli1?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I really, really hope that she will answer, so I will now dm her.

Here’s what I wrote to her! I also had some more thank you sentences after the questions, but they cut off when taking the screenshot.

I really hope that iluli will have the time to answer, I think it’s great that she’s creating such unique and creative art at our age! I will see you all later to post the flower pot pictures, and also to update if iluli responds!

Week 8 – Working on art for the China Stall at Culture Day

Published by rachelott22 on 05/10/2023

Today, I will be focusing on creating art for the China stall on Culture Day. Culture is on the 19th of May, for anyone who wants to come, and our China stall will be featuring a variety of cold and warm foods, off-brand chinese technology, and little trinkets that you can try out!

Let’s start with some digital Canva use and my troubles…

Yesterday, I spent some time (as in like 2 hours) working on 2 posters for what I’m doing on Culture day. If you’re interested, please come to the China table to see!

Here’s the link to the posters:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAFicn2Kff8/d8gXoH2BN4l2iQkJ-gojpQ/view?utm_content=DAFicn2Kff8&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=homepage_design_menu

This took me so long to figure out how to upload this, which obviously shows that I need some help regarding computer managing.

Now onto art cards!

For art cards, some friends and I are going to make as many as we can! You can win them through draws or you can buy them! To enter into the draw, you must spend at least 2 tickets at our booth. For the price, it is 2 tickets for 1 card, or 3 tickets for 2! You can choose which cards you’d like when you buy it, but if you win a card by draw, it’ll be randomized.

Here’s an example of two cards that I made today:

I have made a total of 12 cards… The cards are 4 by 6 cm and they are on top-quality watercolour paper. I also signed them because it represents that I made them.

I hope you are all interested in the China stand after this post, and have seen all of my artistic creations! I tried some digital art formatting and also creating on smaller canvases with simpler designs. Come visit us on May 19th!

Week 7 – I want to change my plan (a bit)

Published by rachelott22 on 05/04/2023

Hey everybody, I’d first like to apologize that I didn’t check in on Sunday. I was very tired and wanted to consult with Mrs. Englot before I posted again.

I have progressively gotten less excited about posting my blogs for the past few weeks, and, surprise, I’m still very busy for this month, so I don’t think I will get anywhere, which will just be me wasting my time.

Starting off, I’d like to introduce my previous genius hour project back: Art! This time, to step it up a notch, I will try to make more detailed art, because I think those really detailed drawings are so artistic and beautiful. I’d also like to try self-portraits, which sounds fun and I really love the fact that I will embrace myself in the progress. Other than that, I want to try painting on other canvases, those larger sized ones, and also flower pots. I hope that this will make me more ready and excited to do genius hour!

Along with that, I still hope to also add studying methods, just to also incorporate art into it. This way, I will be more aware of the time management that I’m doing.

However, I will still be on a time crunch because I never expected to be this busy this month.

Self portraits

I want to make some self portraits because I feel that there is more freedom for me to express my feelings. Since I know myself best, I will be able to create really meaningful stuff, and not just some surface stuff.

I have already created a really nice DIGITAL ART piece, which I really love, of myself. I really like how I demonstrated everything, the types of brushes I used and how I added a lot of symbolism. Also, it was digital art! I dropped that idea last genius hour, but hey, I might actually be able to try it out again!

Me, but drawn in procreate

This took around 3 hours to draw, which is pretty good considering that I have no idea what I’m doing in procreate most of the time.

I hope that I can continue trying to shorten the length of drawing time but also keep my art at the same kind of intensity. I really enjoy my kind of style, but would like to improve too.

Planning for Culture Day

We have culture day in a few weeks, and so now I will use my time and plan for culture day with my friends.

Yay

This is a big project to take on, but with so many members in the group, we can definitely split the work!

This is it for today, so I will see you guys next week!

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