FINAL BLOG POST

1. What did you gain from the experience of having a gallery show?   I learned how to set up myself and my art for a gallery show, and how to sell artwork. 
2. What advice can you give next year’s AP Art classes to ensure they are successful in creating a portfolio? For your concentration find something you are passionate about and go crazy with the photos, it is more fun if you enjoy or are interested in your subject matter. Also, when Mrs. Malak assigns photos, just take the photos. It makes life way easier in the long run.
3. What were the positive aspects of the class for you this year? I learned so much, I liked working with photoshop and learning how to take really good photos.
4. What could be done differently next year? Spending less lecture time explaining the packets, and only talking about the most important points then making the students read the rest.
5. What did you learn about yourself as an artist this year? I learned that I have a very organic artistic style and I enjoy abstractions. 
6. How do you think you will apply what you’ve learned this year to your future life? Photography is now my new hobby and I will apply what I have learned to it. I also think I will use it while pursuing engineering, because it is important to have product that are aesthetically pleasing to appeal to consumers.

Thank-you Mrs. Malak!!

FINAL BODYvsNATURE:

Body vs. Nature

I am going to replace this photo with the one of the hands.

Body vs. Nature

These are my Body vs. Nature Final Concentration Images:

I have a couple more than 12 images and I could use help picking them.

Two-lips

Body vs. Nature

        I edited one of my older photos, so there was a boarder around the images. I also spent a long time trying to overlay photos, however I have used most of my body images that match the nature photos

that I have. So, I need to take more photos. Over spring break I will take a lot more abstract body and nature photos. I want to get a body photo to merge with water and some more vibrant colored ones. This week I merged a photo of lips, cheeks, and eyelashes with flowers.

New and Improved

My new photo

Here are the two photos I merged 

together to form my new photo.

Body vs. Nature

 Last weekend I went on a hike and took more nature photos, then this week I was able to merge a couple of them with abstract body photos from last week. My first photo is of the indentation of the at the base of the neck merged with a small hole in the ground. My second photo is looking down on legs paired with a sprouting tulip plant. I have been experimenting more with photoshop and it capabilities. I was able to enhance the colors and in my second photo I dissolved the edges of the plant photo so it melded better.

Here is the photo that I merged with the neck.

This photo took forever to put together because the leg photo was really dark while the plant one was very light and at fist they did not work together at all.

Here are some samples of my nature photos I took:

I haven't used any flowers yet in my
concentration and would like to.
















These valley photos I want to merge with
my photo of the back.

Next week I will continue creating more diptychs and overlaid photos, I need five more to have a completed concentration. This weekend I may take some more body abstraction photos and a photo of tree roots.