Art Project

Right now, as a MYP, we are having an art project. The theme of our project is "Under the Sea". We had to make models of a fishes or any organisms that live under the sea. We planned to hang these fishes in the MYP building. For this project, we are trying to use recycled materials to make our models. Things like used plastic bottles or left over cardboard box. When we got the shape we wanted, then we would use the papíer machê that we made from newspaper.

Reflection

This is my reflection on class activities. Last few weeks, as a group, we started to make a fish. For my group we chose to make a sailfish. We gathered as many bottles as we could and we put them together. We taped the bottles together when we got the shape of the body of the sailfish. Then we started to mix the papíer machê and start layering it out on the body of the fish. We had to make sure that it was smooth and not too thick. As a part of my group, I was the one who mix the papíer machê with glue. In the process of making the fish, we had some problems too. We always have to make sure that the body is balanced all the time. Also, our sailfish was ruined during it was drying outside the classroom. So we had to fix it a little bit. We started to put papíer machê on the side that we haven't done yet. I helped the others by making sure that the papíer machê is smooth and then I took the fish outside in the sun. Then while we were waiting, we made the fins from the cardboard boxes.

Reflection II

After we had done some papíer machê on the body, now we started to make the head. We put the bottles together and tape them. After that, we took turns to glue the newspaper on the bottles to make them smooth. It was done as homework for each of us. Then in art class, me and June started putting papíer machê on the head. When we were putting the papíer machê on the head, we had some problems because when we got to the lower part of the head, it is hard to put papíer machê there because the lower part of the head was too close to the table. So I went and get a big container that we have in the art class and put the head on top of the container so it is easier to work on the bottom part of the head. China and Paan were the ones who worked with the body and the fin. They use the papíer machê to stick the fin and the body together. To do that we had to make sure that we put enough papíer machê on the body and the fin. After that, we went outside to put the head and the body out in the sun for it to dry.

Reflection III

Then after the body and the head had dried, we took both of them back in and fix the place where it cracks on the body with papíer machê again. Then we went to asked for some wire to make the mouth. It was really hard to make the wire that had already been used straight again but we helped each other stretch it and then we tape it together to make a long mouth. Then we had to work after school quite often because we were falling behind a little bit. We came after school on Friday and me, June, Paan grab a big bucket to make the papíer machê smooth because we thought that we needed to use it. Mr. Patrick helped China make the tail and they put the tail and the head together with the body. Then we realized that we forgot to put the mouth through the head first before we stick the head with the body. But Mr.Patrick helped us to put it in anyway. Then after we tape the head and the tail with the body, we tore the newspaper into strips and put them in glue. Then we stick them on the area where we stuck the head with the body and the area that we stuck the tail with the body. Then we came back again the next week after that. We painted white on the body of the fish after school. In class on Thursday that week, we painted white on the other side. The problem was that China had to sit on the table and hold the fish for us so that we could paint.

Then when the white part dried, we painted blue and white on the body. When we finished painting the upper part near the tail we took it out to dry. Then when we went to check our fish, it fall off the bin so we had to get tapes and stick it around the fin again.

Reflection IV

After we fixed the ripped fin with tapes, we came in after school again to try to fix the upper fin. The fins kept cracking and cracking because when we made the fin, we tape the fin with tape but we did not use any newspaper strips to make it smooth. So now when the paint started to dry, the tape does not stick with the cardboard fin itself anymore. When we came after school, we tried to fix it, but the next day, it would crack and go back exactly the same again. So in class that week, on Thursday (November 23rd), one day before this project is due, we had to consult Mr. Pat. We told him that fin kept cracking and we couldn't fix it so he told us that we could mix the paint with TOA glue. So that was what we did. China was the one who mixed the glue and repaint the fins again. Me, June and Paan kept painting white and blue on the body. While we were doing that Mr.Pat came in and drill holes on our fish's upper fins. He drilled two holes and he put the wires in. The purpose of that is that after we finished it, we could hang it for display. For the body, we have to make the scale look like a scale so we use blue for the main part, and we put white in a little bit. So the body looks like this:

Close up look:

The whole body (not finished):

Then after June and Paan was settled with painting the body, I went to get a bottle of blue and fix the tail. Then I painted the mouth with China. I did a little bit of each because I was trying to fix the details we missed. It was quite hard to paint in the little holes that were white because the holes were too little to even put the paint brushes in but I tried my best.

Reflection V

After that lesson, we knew that we have to come in after school to finish up for sure because the project was due on the next day. Me, June, and Paan came in that Thursday evening and we kept on painting and fixing. When we first went in the art room, we were all shocked because what we saw was that all the fins cracked again, and even worse than the last time. June suggested that we need to take action so we all decided to get the newspaper and tear them. We put the newspaper strips in glue and then put the strips on the fin where it cracked. This would help make the fin smoother because newspaper would smoothen the whole fin. Everything would be on the same layer and flat. From doing that, instead of making progress, it made us fall behind even more. China came in after she finished drama club, and she was also shocked that we had to put newspaper strips all over the fin. But we still kept on going. We got the two hair dryers to dry the fins and then paint them with dark blue. Then we dry the fins and continue painting the body with light blue and white. We finished quite late that day but we painted everything and finished the whole fish except for the eyes.

The next morning, we came in early again and paint the eyes. When the eyes dried, we sprayed clear lacquer on the whole body to make it shiny and that was when we were finally finished with our sailfish (and it was on time!!)

Here is the picture of the head up close:

Here is the picture of the tail:

Here is the picture of the whole body:

And finally this is the picture of what the MYP hall looks like "Under the Sea" :

Paul Klee Art

Last year in G6, we had an art work to do. The original art work that we all got to look at was Paul Klee's works. We looked at many works of his and we had to do our own painting. The style of the art had to be the same. But for our own work, we had to paint things that we like/dislike or things that tell our personality.

This is an example of Paul Klee's art:

Flora on the Sand















And this is my art work i have done:

Greeting Card Competition

In MYP, Mr. Patrick annouced that every grades in the whole school had to make a greeting card. The greeting card needs to be a card that is suitable for any occasion. We usually have art class on Thursday, and unfortunately for us, G7 had to go on a field trip on that day so we had to do it for homework. But Mr. Pat was kind enough to swap classes with Mr. Brian on Wednesday and give us sometime to work on the plan. Mr. Pat told us that the greeting card should be creative. We should try to use different mediums. Things like paint, charcoal, color papers etc. This work is marked and counted as a work for our report cards as well. This greeting card project is a competition. The card that won and has been chosen will be published and will be on sale at the Fun Fair on December 2nd.