Blog Post 1 - Eye Zentangle

 Artists Develop Art Making Skills
Did you learn new techniques or processes as part of the work for this project?
In this project I learned more about the color wheel and about burnishing. I learned that burnishing can change the texture and overall look of the work. I exhibited the color wheel in my zentangle by using the complementary colors towards the middle of the eye to make that part stand out. 

Did you gain skill with familiar materials?
I gained skill with a familiar material, colored pencils. I learned how to make color change form and look more complex using burnishing. Its really cool how the piece turns out in the end and how it stands out from the rest of the portions of the artwork. 

Artists Create Original Art How did you use your own unique ideas in your work? I used my own unique ideas for this project. I used rainbow eyelashes to bring out the color of the middle of the eye. I also used value with rainbow colors against a black background to bring that out in the eye. Something else I did that made this unique was the colorful changing swirl in the very middle of the eye to make it look like the middle is sinking.  Did you use a source for inspiration, then combine it with your own ideas to make it original? I didn't really have a source of inspiration for this project. I thought of this idea and the patterns by myself. Theres a lot of originality in this work.  Artists Take Risks Did you try something that you weren’t sure about as part of this project? Yes, I knew I wanted to do something different shape wise but I didnt know what to do. I thought of the eyeball as my shape but I wasnt sure how it would work out. Another thing about this project I wasnt too sure about was the rainbow eyelashes, but that ended up being a key, unique part of the piece. Did you pick a material or technique that was new or different over something that was familiar? Yes, Ive never really tried using complementary colors next to eachother to make things stand out but that also ended up being a key technique in my project. I wasnt aware of the burnishing technique either before this project so using that for this piece was also something different and unfamiliar to me.