This was the first time I had ever really used oil pastels. I had used them for a mini project in art 2 but this was my first full project using them. I also learned that I love using baby oil to blend the pastels. I think that if I hadn't have used the baby oil my piece wouldn't have looked as smooth as it does now. The two techniques I used were both new to me and I'm glad that I was able to experience them.
I definitely knew I wanted to do a figure instread of a portrait because I was better at drawing the bodies than I was faces. I also wanted to portray in my work that school was super stressful on the mind and body. The three figures show that with school your posture is super bad and the work load is super heavy with the huge backpack and then the work load gets less and less and the person gets happier and stands straighter as school goes away! I like that I was able to find mediums that I liked. I think my work really portrays the story I was trying to tell! Overall I think it was successful!
I definitely knew I wanted to do a figure instread of a portrait because I was better at drawing the bodies than I was faces. I also wanted to portray in my work that school was super stressful on the mind and body. The three figures show that with school your posture is super bad and the work load is super heavy with the huge backpack and then the work load gets less and less and the person gets happier and stands straighter as school goes away! I like that I was able to find mediums that I liked. I think my work really portrays the story I was trying to tell! Overall I think it was successful!