My Art Journey

So I think that I took a more literal approach to my journey through art.  Each picture represents a time period in my art journey. 

 

 

 

It is pretty big so I did an up close shot of each section.

 

 

This is a "painting" that I made out of berries and flowers from my yard.  When I was younger me and my neighbor were fascinated with making our own paint by smashing up flowers and strange berries.  I would come home with different colored hands every day.  This sybolizes my carefree introduction to creation.

 

 

I painted an ink drawing of a school bus to show my pre-junior high years.  I was learning more about art and loved to paint and create. 

 

 

This is a drawing that I recreated of a oil pastel drawing I did in intro to art in junior high.  My teacher spent the whole class period routinely stopping by my desk to tell me that I was doing my color progression backwards on the hills.  They should get darker the farther back they got.  I was trying to fix my drawing and had layer upon layer of oil pastel on my paper.  I loved my drawing.  My teacher however hated it.  She approached my and took her fingernail to my drawing and scratched off half of my work.  Then began to rework it.  I was devestated and decided that art just wasn't my thing.  This moment has been ingrained into my memory.  I can still remember exactly what it looked like and how inadequate I felt.

 

 

 

This blank page is to represent the time period after that intro to art class.  I stopped creating my artwork and tried to find a different path to follow.

                  That is untill I met Mrs.Hyatt at Rock Bridge High School in my basic art class.

 

This is a painting that I created in Mrs.Hyatt's AP art class.  I started taking art again in highschool, very hesitantly, with Mrs. Hyatt.  I promptly feel back in love with art.  Mrs. Hyatt taught me that I could excell and to believe in myself.  She has inspired me to pursue art ed so that I might help other students find themselves through art like I did.

 

 

This is to show my struggle sophmore year here at MU.  I felt like I had to pick between pursuing my own art and art education. 

 

 

I decided that I could do both. 

So here I am!