What Do I KNOW? Oil Pastel is a type of crayon that spreads and mixes easily. Most people use it for shading and blending colors. The painting I will recreate is called Marylin Monroe Pop Art, By Andy Warhol. It was made in 1962 by using a picture of Marylin Monroe and changing the colors. Andy Warhol made pop art popular and made many of them. What Did I LEARN? In 1921, Sakura Crayon Company created a crayon that was brighter that regular ones. It was something that was intended for kids, not for the serious artist. In 1947, artists Pablo Picasso and Henri Goetz asked Sakura Crayon Company to create an upgraded version of this bright crayon that can be used on many surfaces and would help start oil paintings. With the help of the two artists, Sakura Crayon Company released the first professional oil pastel. Oil pastel isn't great for filling in small spaces due to the wide tip and that it smears. I also learned through firsthand experience that when you have to start over, you can't freak out. Freaking out would have only taken away any hope that I would finish with a great product. Instead of regretting a mistake, I learned from it, knowing that when I restart I won't redo that mistake. After this project, I now fully understand "trial and error." | What Do I WANT to Know? Along with learning a bit more about the actual picture, I want to learn what are the best and worst ways to use oil pastels, like how to prevent the colors from smearing. I also want to learn the origins of oil pastel and where it came from. What ACTION Did I Take? I recreated Marylin Monroe Pop Art with oil pastel and made a time lapse video of me coloring it in. | HOW Will I Learn This? By doing some extra research and learning from actually recreating the picture. What QUESTIONS Do I Still Have? I wonder if I had more time, would I be able to make my result more detailed? If I used a different technique to color in my painting, would my result be better? |
I underestimated this passion time project. I was actually thinking that I should do more than one work of art. I didn't know that I would have to restart twice, and that just drawing Marylin Monroe with pencil would take a whole hour. Every time I screwed up on coloring her, I wanted to scream. Although I was utterly disappointed, I learned to stay calm and start again. Being angry wouldn't benefit me in any way. Overall, I learned more about controlling my anger and starting over than
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Mason
3/31/2016 01:10:56 pm
I think the recreation was great one of the few differences I noticed were just the different shades of color witch wasn't your fault. You did a good job on your KWHLAQ and reflection. Maybe next time you could try using different material to color with.
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Charlotte
3/31/2016 01:16:05 pm
I loved your project! Your painting was sooooo good! I don't think I could ever do that. My only suggestion is that you add some more to your reflection, maybe a few sentences! Once again I loved your painting because I love that you stuck to it and kept going with the painting, and it turned out great!
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Giuliana
3/31/2016 01:21:24 pm
I agree, Charlotte. Now that I look at it, you are right. Thank you, I'll make my reflections longer.
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Giuliana
3/31/2016 01:20:06 pm
Thanks Mason! I knew going into it that oil pastel wouldn't turn out perfect, but I did it for the challenge.
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