I think this was one of my favourite projects to do. I started off with the idea of using hot glue on my recycled cardboard to join the house together but realised that I had unfortunately run out and was too late to get more. I started to use tape and it was working but it just didn’t look the part and it wasn’t sticking any of my leaves or lavender on properly. And then I had a idea… candle wax, yes I was very careful and it worked out so well. It was such a calming and therapeutic way of doing this task and I enjoyed every minute of it.

I really enjoyed making this. I used paper and a hot glue gun to make this piece. I found the size I decided on to be a little hard to work with as it got a bit fiddly. If I were to do this task again I would probably make it bigger.

Here are the 10 blind faces. 30 seconds each drawn in pen with my eyes closed. I found this task very fun and freeing. I like the idea of being able to let my hand take the lead and witness my final product after time was up.

Here are photographs of a portrait I did of a classmate (Kaitlin). I personally don’t think faces is my strong point but I really did enjoy the challenge. I tried my best to involve my strength which is paint and texture. I used a palette knife to layer the paint and build it up to enhance detail. Then used a paint brush and black paint to insinuate lines and detail.

Here you will see some paintings and drawings I have done for my city scapes/ inside looking out task. I am used to using acrylics so I used that to my advantage to really bring my pieces to life. I also used charcoal in most of them which was a challenge for me as I was not used to it.

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