Looking back on this past year on art, it really flew by. This was only my second year of taking art at Millis High School and it was easily one of the best decisions I made. Before I talk about my artwork and how far I have come with my work, I want to touch on some of the other things this class brought me. First off, I made so many great friends and shared great experiences with my friends. This made the class so much better and I was able to go to them for help and feedback on my work. I also got to see other people progress so much and see all their amazing accomplishments. Lastly it was a class that I could come to and just relax. I didn’t stress and I could just enjoy the class and really work on myself. I definitely think I understand the artistic behaviors and I progressed with all of them as I used and applied them with my work. Some were harder than others, but all of them were helpful and definitely contributed a lot to my success with all my work. I was definitely able to demonstrate all of these because I must certainly would not have accomplished everything I did without them. My favorite unit/part was free drawing. This was definitely my happiest and most successful thing of the year. I was really able to express myself and improve my drawing with having the freedom to do anything. I believe I developed the most from this unit because I have always loved drawing the most. I think I also struggled with it a lot because I would get very frustrated at some points. THis taught me to not give up and that sometimes all I need is to take a break and come back to it later. I’m so happy this class gave me the opportunity to explore and further my drawing. Personally, I loved this class. I don’t think there is a part of the class I would change because it gave me a lot of freedom but also structure to work hard. When I sometimes felt like I needed a break I was able to take one. The critiques were also very helpful and I knew I could count on my teacher and classmates to give me good feedback. If there was one thing I would change it would be to do critiques more often but maybe in smaller groups because I would rarely get feedback. I would definitely keep the freedom of the class because it made me feel more relaxed and not rushed to get anything done. THis was good for me because I was able to take my time and not worry about mistakes as much. I would say I am most proud of my drawing of my horse. Although it didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted it to, I put a lot of time and effort into it and it has a lot of meaning to me. I love my horse and I’m really happy I was able to focus so much on his detail and end up with something I am proud of and then keep forever. Overall I really loved this class and think taking art was one of the best decisions I made in high school.
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Ms. H
5/15/2019 06:03:21 am
Thank you for this reflection/feedback. Other classmates agree with you about more structure to the critiques and I will definitely incorporate that next year. It's been a pleasure having you in class and I wish you all the best next year!
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