Olivia * AP art

Materials: watercolor pencil, book page, sharpie Process: found reference photo, sketched figure and snake out. Using the watercolor pencils, I colored the figure and snake.  Idea: I wanted to convey the message of wanting to know someone more even pining from afar. The sentence “how I envy those who knew you” means that, while loving from afar, you can’t get to know the person you want. Or, alternatively, as you get to know someone, there are always people who have known them longer. Given this, the person pining might be envious of that, wanting to know someone as well as that. 

  Materials: Cardstock, oil pastels, book page Process: I sketched out the figure I wanted using a myself as a reference on the book page then enlarged it. Then, using an xacto knife, I cut away the inside of the figure and the words that are not boxed. Using oil pastels, I created many lines, curled and not, to create a geometric design similar to fire on black construction paper. I glued the enlarged page onto the black paper.  Idea: The image I wanted to convey was that this was a “beginning” stage of the pining story. The sentence “sparks flew all over” means that butterfly/heart skipping that comes with starting to like someone. Usually associated with that is fire, hence the geometrical look. I wanted to use the inside of the figure to symbolize that the “sparks” are felt inside. What the figure is holding is her finger for a butterfly to land on (also to symbolize the “butterflies in stomach” idea). 

  Materials: watercolor pencil, sharpie, cardstock Process: I drew a sketch of the hands and basic outline of the water flow, then colored in with water color pencil, adding water to create a smoother texture, using pressure to make certain areas darker or lighter. After it dried, I went back over a few areas to give it more depth in the water and flowers. Then I outlined the lines made in pencil with sharpie to make the figure stand out and more defined.  Idea: The sentence "he was in every moment" symbolizes the point at which one has become friends with someone they like and when going through recent memories, they see them in every moment, whether that be because something reminded them of that someone, or they saw something they would like, or they created memories with them. Poppies symbolize remembrance and memories as does the flow of water.