Reflecting at the end of the course.

I came into this classroom at the beginning of the year, ready. I did not know what to expect besides an amazing space to work and experiment in. I did not know you, or some of my classmates, but here we are, months later, at the end. It SUCKS. This class was my favorite by far. All of the projects we did were interesting to me in some way, if not always challenging, I took my own approach on them and spun them around so I could take more out of it. I am always very eager to learn about things I care about, art being one of these things. I started off thinking that I sucked at drawing because I always thought of drawing as still life's which aren't my favorite, but you let us expand on drawing many other things, still life and pure original thought. I would say that a few of the highlights of my time in this classroom have been, my four hour project, my self portrait, and my light drawing. These projects were right down my alley so to speak. I hate having something plain to do, even in other classes I always somehow make it my own, personal you may say. I always put all my effort into trying new ideas and ways to process information given, such as when doing the block prints. Speaking of which, that might have been the lower point of this class. While my print came out alright, it was not exactly my favorite project to do. I will always remember doing the pour paintings because of the things we found to highlight within the poured images, I will ALWAYS remember that day in drop everything and draw when you took away and added things to the still life and we were all miserable! But it has stuck in my mind for sure. I will remember this class as being an open laid back environment where I could always be who I wanted to be and do what I wanted to do, and have many opportunities. This class ending is something foreign to me as last year classes ran all three terms. There really isn't any other way to put it besides being weird. Not coming up here everyday and enjoying this class to the fullest is going to be odd, and something I will miss dearly. This class ends with me having grown very much into my own artist niche. I know now what types of art I like to make, which I do not, and which I will do and enjoy and try my best on even if it is not what I care to do. I have learned the skills I will need to continue my art education throughout the rest of my life. I know that for the next three years of highschool, you will see a lot of me because art is something I love and will always love to do. I will always be interested in creating stories through drawings and hope to do so more and more as I grow older and grow as an artist. I can tell that with the skills I have been taught and adapted to this year in this class I will remember for the rest of my life. With hands on learning, I do best because it sticks into my brain. I know when I am a senior I will be doing some art project and I will remember sitting with Alex Fissler saying something crazy and doing something you assigned to us with gusto. So now we say goodbye well not really but it is weird and I will miss this class very much! Thank you for a great year :D