AP Studio Art

         Most pieces my art teacher has recommended to me, ended with me more frustrated than ever before and with quite a few unfinished pieces. She was a helpful guide in learning how to stick with something even if it gets hard. What I’ve learned about doing hard work is in the end it comes out very satisfying because it took a lot of emotional courage to finish it. The White Swan, it was the first landscape/house piece I had ever done. Let me say it took a lot of emotional courage to finish this piece but I am more than happy I did. Before this piece, I could pick a reference photo, sketch, and finish a gorgeous piece in a block period. This piece had different intentions for me. It probably took four block periods by itself just to sketch. I went back and forth to this piece. I got more than frustrated with it multiple times in a class period. If it hadn’t been for Mrs. Thompson, I’d say this piece would still not be done to this day. 

           Although, if I want I could still create pleasing pieces in a day. I’ve learned I enjoy a piece more if it has my time, sweat, and tears painted within it. Quality and time is important for any project. It’s so easy today to cheat through everything. Ultimately, I feel better about projects whether that's for english, math, or history, when I take the time out of the day to learn the criteria. Instead of trolling the teacher and the subject, for good grades. I spent too much of my life hating school when I could have enjoyed it, if I just found a way to enjoy the subject. Which isn’t by cheating my way through the course. I lost a lot of opportunities because of the way I used to migrate through school. Although I don’t know George Washington’s birthday, or how to use the 46th theorem, I do know the importance of quality work. Good things don’t come easy.