![]() This week for Genius Hour was very different for me. Since we had to go to school on a Wednesday, we did Genius Hour during class. It was nice because I was allowed to work on my project in class along with everyone else. I did not get much finished because I forgot most of my supplies. I also did not have a good enough plan of what I wanted to draw and a layout of how I was going to draw it. I was on my computer more than I was drawing in my sketchbook. I wasted to much time finding what I was going to draw than actually drawing. If this was a real school year, I would need to figure all that out ahead of time. I went shopping this week in Greensboro and bought more art supplies. Since I have been through a couple of weeks, I knew what I needed to buy. I also bought a sketchbook because I never had one before and I thought it would be a cool addition to my Genius Hour project. I hope to draw in it often, even if it is not for Genius Hour. I bought some more paint brushes and canvases. I have not been working on my horse painting even though I should be. I hope I will work on it more next week. I will also post all of the pictures next week and I want the horse painting to be over with. ![]() I started drawing in my new sketchbook during class this week. I think it was a mistake because I did not have a good enough plan on how I was going to do my cover page. I started by drawing a old-timey font in the front cover because it looked cool. I planed on drawing a wolf on one side and a dragon on the other, but the fonts took up way to much space. I cannot go back over to fix it because I did it in pen, so I need to come up with a back-up plan either this week or the next. I hope my sketchbook will become something I enjoy drawing in.
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This week I painted some rocks and painted more of my horse. I think I will finish the horse by next week. It is taking up a lot of room and it requires a bunch of paint because it is so big. My sister and I got bored this week so we decided to paint rocks. I decided I would do it because it would be good for my genius hour project. We went to our creek and found some round small rocks. We only found 3 because most of them were rough. We used waterproof-paint so when we put them in the yard, the paint would not smear. We decided that the rocks we going to say something inspirational on them. I used yellow, hot pink, white, and bright orange paint. We also wanted to paint them to make people feel good about themselves. Rock painting is a really big deal to some people because they make a living off of it. I watched a couple of professional rock painters to understand their technique and to understand why they chose to paint rocks for a living. The video taught me that you need to paint the basic color first and add your details last. My sister´s rock was painted black and mine was painted white and yellow. Then I chose an inspirational quote to put on my rock. I chose to shine on and my sister chose to be happy. The rocks are made to put in hidden places all around town, parks, schools, and basically anywhere else. They are meant to be encouraging and make people feel better. I have done one of these before in art class last year. The one I did last year was pretty bad and I messed up a lot. My sister and I both needed to start over so we did our best to get the first coat of paint off. My sister said she was done and did not paint anymore on her rock because she said she liked her rock without paint. I painted my second one and it turned out awful because I did not have any paint pens. I think I will only post mine because my sister is not finished.
![]() This week for Genius Hour, I decided to paint a horse. This painting has three parts so it will take me much longer to complete than my previous genius hour projects. I plan on giving it to my sister for her birthday because she loves horses. I went on YouTube and searched for one that would work for me. I also watched a quick tutorial on how to make paintings easier and less time-consuming. I decided on a horse painting by Allison Prior that is for beginners and only requires three colors. I have not been able to go to the store and buy more art supplies. So, I went to a thrift store last week and bought a huge piece of paper for fifty cents! I think it is thick enough to paint on without it tearing. I gathered the materials and watched the video a couple of times because it looked very challenging. I gathered a number two pencil, five paintbrushes, three bottles of paint and some newspaper to keep the paint from ruining the table. Since the paper was so big, I had to clear off the kitchen table to be able to draw the outline the horse. The tutorial on painting tips told me that outlining it first makes the painting much easier. Below is a picture of my horse outline and a link to the YouTube tutorial by Allison Prior. I had to draw out my outline while the lady on the tutorial had a smaller piece of paper so she could print off the outline and trace it. The picture horse picture posted above is what the final product should look like.This painting is more complex than the other pieces I have tried to do before. And since it is a gift, I don´t want it to be bad. I plan on painting this weekend to clear my mind. This week I went to a discount art store in Greensboro. I bought a 12 by 12 canvas and two new paint brushes for this weeks painting. I also had to go to Walmart to buy some paint. The whole trip cost me about 30.00 dollars which isn´t to bad. The painting I decided on was three daises in a jar. This is the first time I have tried to paint on canvas except finger painting I did for my mom in elementary school. I followed a YouTube tutorial for beginners that was only 10 minutes long. I thought that it would only take me about half and hour considering my inexperience. It took me about 3 hours! I kept making mistakes because I need a smaller brush. I also couldn´t find my yellow paint so had to mix blue and green paint. The most time consuming part was getting the correct shape of the daises. Overall I enjoyed painting it and I will definitely be painting more in the future. This is the link to the YouTube tutorial. Below is my painting. I showed my painting my family and I gave it to my mother. She said from now on I need to paint her stuff. My sisters fiance said he wants to set up an Etsy shop and sell my paintings. He already owns a painting business but, it is for painting walls and stuff like that. He made me a deal that if he buys all the supplies I need, posts them for me that he will get 50%. I think it is a great deal because art supplies are expensive and it would be nice to have some extra money.
The only problem with it is that I don´t think anyone will want to buy them. |
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