Monday 16 March 2009


Art Journal Reflective writing

Abstract painting

CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS
....curious, adaptable and self-directed positive learners.

Physical response:

· Explain the process of creating the art work. Literally how you did your art work. We were suppose to make a painting on conflict and how it affects the world today. So I made a painting that represents that the world is in trouble. So I mixed blue and white to represent freezing and red and orange to represent burning. And the blue and green mixture represents earth.

· Did you learn a skill? Yes I learnt how to mix colours


Emotional Response:
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How did you feel while you were working on this assignment?
I did not feel as confident as usual, I had a little trouble making this painting.
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Did you feel you were a problem solver at any level?
Yes, I finally had a final copy of mypainting after numerous attemtps , that was an experience that I will take, but it also taught me different ways you can express conflict
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Did you feel that it increased your observation?
Yes , since i had to mines alot of times I exxplored many ways to represent many conflicts.
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Did you further develop your ideas?
Yes , i learnt how to represent a conflict through painting in many ways.
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Were you satisfied with the final results?
Yes, I thought I improved my painting skills , but i have to be careful

Self Assessment and reflection:
· What did you learn doing this assignment?

I learn how to mix color better and how to paint conflicts that are happening around the world
· Are you able to make connections/analogy with other subjects or real life situations? The big picture connections. Yes my painting is representing the world in trouble.