What is fun theory to me? Fun theory is when you make an unpleasant task (like homework) enjoyable (like making homework a competition)! What would I do to make something boring more fun? I have used fun theory for losing weight. I had a competition with my friend to see who could lose the most weight in a month's time. It was way more fun than doing it on my own! Here is a really good video on fun theory:
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Limitations is something that we all experience at one time or another. Sometimes, though, you can take advantage of your problems and instead of thinking of your day-to-day issues as positive or negative, or even failure, you can think of it as "I am going to take this as a challenge." Today in the Studio, we watched a TED talk video about how an artist with limitations and was unable to keep on doing his 'artist style' art, but took advantage of it and worked with the best he had. Here it is: I loved how his doctor told him to "embrace the shake" and he ended up turning it into a whole series of big projects, especially "Goodbye, Art". This video has inspired me to not think of things in a black and white perspective, but as another opportunity that I didn't realize I would have had, like he did. I really believe that if his doctor didn't tell him to "embrace the shake", then he wouldn't have come as far as he has come today, and maybe would still be in his dark space from when he left art. A new projectThis week in the studio we were painting pumpkins! I was really excited, and immediately went to search what I should do. I wanted to do something that would pop and stand out, something that would make someone say "WOW" when they first laid their eyes on it. After some research, I wanted to either make Harley Quinn, Mario, or an elephant. I decided to make Mario, because he was most known (and I wanted mine to stand out), and he was (and still) is my favorite video game character. I improve on artsy techniques!We were painting our pumpkins with acrylic paint, and I gained better skill in this area. The hardest part of painting the pumpkin was painting the bases, surprisingly. It was difficult because I had a lot of surface to cover, and I had to use the same color or I would have to make a bigger 'batch' of paint of the same color and start all over. This took about 3 days, and we only had 5 days to finish! I also needed to figure out how I was going to have the pumpkin stand up correctly. I couldn't take the stem off or it would rot, so I decided to put it on a little stand (Like I did on my ceramic). But then I had an awesome idea! How about I have Mario sitting on one of the cubes in the game? It was perfect! I got right on it and I covered my box with newspaper. Then I spray painted it. And finally, I painted the box. But I still had to work on doing the nose, arms, feet, hat, and gloves. I was originally going to paper mache all of it, but by now I didn't have the time. Ms. Schumann suggested I use aluminum foil and it work PERFECTLY. It didn't take long to 'mash' the foil into solid shapes, paint it, and then attach them to his body. Phew!It took a lots of layers, twists and turns, and switching things up that didn't go as planned, but I am happy I got to improve on my painting skills and 3-D art making skills, and it was lots fun (as always)! Between this project and our ceramics boot camp, I discovered I was talented in sculpture making (at least so far)! In the near future, I want to start doing more with 3-D art and do even better!
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Sasha SterlingI am a student in my sophomore year at Vernon Malone College and Career Academy. In my freetime, I enjoy talking to my friends, writing, reading, and doing art. I am the oldest sibling in my family and have two younger sisters. In the future, I would like to get my doctorate in pharmacology and open my own company for researching the human body and the brain. Archives
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