The Fading Pharaoh

This piece, which represents a change from my original idea, demonstrates my new goal to show Egypt's shift from an ancient land of pyramids and mummies to a modern nation strving toward democracy. In this piece, the image of the pharaoh is in black and white to achieve more value, provide contrast with the bold marker, and to portray how the old ideas of religion are fading away and giving rise to Christianity and Islam. The figures incorporate contour lines with many gestures poses to portray the "confusion" mentioned on the cartouche and ankh symbols. Instead of portraying an outright belligerent scene between the two relgious groups, I chose the random motion of the figures to give a sense of the tension between the two groups.

Investigation Imagination by April

This piece was significant in my investigation because it changed my topic specifically to the continuation of life through death rather than an nontraditional view of objects and cultures.  It is also significant because it is very symbolic rather than a realistic representation of my theme.  In this piece the 7 blue paths represent the different paths people take in their life and how they always lead to death (the ending point of all  the paths), but when they get there the path can turn in any direction.  This is symbolic of my belief that life does not end with death.  This is also shown literally in words "I do not believe in death."

Illuminate

The reasaon why I chose this particular piece was because this is the start of my new investigation topic, illumination. I like this piece the best because of the media I used. Scatch board is the media I feel most comfortable using because of the ability to get the fine detail that I need. New medias I have begun to incorperate are ink and marbling. This is the first time I'm using marbling and it worked very well for this piece. It took me a while to get the correct placement of it without it taking away from the word and not flowing with the over all look. I think the more I experiment with new medias like this I will find the one I want to use for the rest of my investegation.

Lung for Protection by Molly

             Originally, this piece was designed for my previous investigation on Illness and Disease as anorexia. While working on this piece, I coimpared it to my other pieces and realized that it was much stronger, which caused me to change my investigation to anatomy. I feel more confident in this investigation, especially becuase I'm intrigued by the human body and wish to major in the medical field. I enjoy working in paint and watercolor, and I feel that those will be strong medias in this investigation. This piece is significant because it sparked a new invetigation topic in my Junior and Senior year in IB. I titled this piece "Lung for Protection" because the ribs, as painted in this piece, protect the lungs in the human body. In a way, the title is a play on words. This piece has sparked my imagination and expanded many of my artistic ideas for future investigation pieces.

Global Warming

This was my third investigation and also my favorite. I tried a new type of media experiment with acyrillic paint. I created a type of vortex around the earth with red, orange, and a golden yellow. This was supposed to represent heat overwhelming the earth, showing global warming. I also used the tubed acyrillic for the first time on this piece. I think it turned out pretty nice.

Cameras

This was the piece I created for the "Multiple Views" assignment. I chose this piece because it sparked my idea and chosen style for my investigation. I realized that drawing contour lines and outlines of subjects are what I'm best at, and, because of my advocacy for good workmanship, the pieces look very clean and have crisp lines. The overlapping of subjects makes for a very strong composition. After completing this piece, I concluded that I would continue modeling my upcoming investigation pieces after this piece.

-Kendal 

Hurricane: Maggie's Artwork

As for my investigation, I believe this is my best artwork. With this particular investigation piece, I discovered the direction I want to take. Because of the piece, I now know I want to focus on texture and how it incorporates with movement throughout my piece as a whole. Because of the texture on this specific piece, the focus is on the cyclical movement rather that color, therefore, accomplishing the goal of my independent investigation.