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Silver Arts Award Unit 1 Part B: review your arts challenge

Did you achieve your arts challenge?

My aim in this Arts Challenge is to learn how to do portraits and different faces in different mediums, and to learn how to do proper facial proportions when drawing. I think I have achieved this, and I am happy with most of the pieces of artwork I produced. I wanted to try out pastels, but my artwork ended up not getting finished on time. My art teacher helped me with doing the facial proportions, and using different techniques with the different mediums.

What went well? Why?

Ever since I begun the arts challenge, I have been drawing a lot more than I usually did, so I have improved on a lot of my skills. These skills include drawing technique, using the software for digital art, and getting the facial proportions right in all the mediums I practiced in.

What was more challenging? Why?

For me, I always had trouble with creating similar or symmetrical features on portraits, and I still find it very difficult to help change that on my portraits. Also, I find chalk pastel really difficult to work in, since I cannot change what I have done easily, and it is very time consuming.

What would you do differently another time?

If I did the challenge another time, I would rather have picked one particular medium to work in to help my familiarity with certain art techniques, since doing a new medium every time makes the quality of my work not as good, since I am not as familiar with how to do it.

What arts skills would you like to develop next?

I would like to learn how to do graphic design on programs such as photoshop, and do many designs digitally.

Reviews of my arts challenge:

Kerry H: These are awesome Lily. I really love how you have shown your progress and talked us through your processes. You have really captured emotion and expression in your portraits.

Nicola T: Some great work here Lily, well done, very impressed

Sue N: Talented artist, keep following your vision Lily. Sue

Gina N: Loving seeing Lily’s artwork! They are all amazing! 💜 I particularly love the pencil sketches and the watercolour paintings... the image of the girl drawn from imagination is beautiful! Very well done Lily 👌

Liz C: I love the girl on the beret picture. What an amazing imagination you have...it looks like you have been sat drawing someone unsuspecting on a beautiful autumnal day. What a gift x

Ann J: I love seeing your works of art Lily. You have a really beautiful gift. I remember your art work at Primary school it was amazing and still is xx

Kathryn M: Wow such creativity 👍😊 and so unique xx

Janet L: Brilliento Lily..fabulous drawings well done you x

Angie D B: You are very talented Lily, love the pictures x

Jean and Peter G:
Water colour practice 1: We think this picture is good with good balance and colour, we also feel that the picture shows the subject’s personality.
Water colour practice 2: The face looks good but…on balance we liked picture 1 the best.
Digital portrait: We thought the colour and balance of colour were very good. The picture's proportions are very good. We like how the picture has been built up from beginning to end.
Clay model: Lily has done very well with this first attempt at clay modelling. In particular we thought that the hair was superb.
Acrylic practice: Lily felt that the outline was too dark but we don't think it spoils the picture at all. We liked the picture very much.
Pencil drawings: We think that Lily has a real talent for pencil drawings.

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