Week 10 Post

I remember on the first day of class I felt like I shouldn't have taken the class because I didn't know anything about Chicana artists and I do not consider myself an artist. However, I realized Chicana art is not traditional art and that's what's beautiful about it. Completing the sketchbook has been challenging for me because I get frustrated that my hands do not look right, or I compare them to the drawings my classmates have in their books. I really enjoyed learning how to work with watercolor pencils because first off, I didn't know they existed, but also because I have always wanted to get a watercolor tattoo. In a previous post I explained how important tattoos are for me and I've been afraid to get a watercolor tattoo because of my skin color, but after working on my portrait I've decided I want to get one. I really enjoyed the artists we learned about throughout the quarter as well as our project on our own artist because I was able to learn about more about public art which is what I'm normally drawn to. I've only had to do a blog in one other class, but it wasn't as free as this one was. It was interesting to see when some pictures my classmates would post were too large and it would through the format off. It was like all of our personalities (big or small) mesh onto one computer screen. The only thorn I would have for the class was my views on La Virgen De Guadalupe didn't coincide with what seemed like the majority of the class's views and that limited my participation in discussion which was difficult because I felt like we talked about it almost ever time our class met. However, I really enjoyed learning about different Chicana artists and becoming more confident in my own artwork.