My final Art project! I am very happy at how it turned out. A bow was somewhat murdered to make the painted bow in the making but I wanted it to be realistic like the angel I made for my mother for Mother's Day. I've asked Mrs. Rivenburg if I could display this in the orchestra room or outside of it until the end of the year. I have to wait for her response. I can't wait to share this with the class tomorrow and explain how I got here. I feel like people are going to be confused because my project was to learn how to play the Viola and I painted two of them as my final product. But I will explain and hopefully the confusion will be resolved. As a final statement I would just like to say that Music is Art and it can be expressed in various ways.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
Beginning of Final Product
I'm beginning the start to the art piece I'm creating as the final product. I'm really enjoying doing this so far! This will be completed before Monday and brought in to present to the class.
The Star Spangled Banner
For the concert, as a part of our grade, we had to pass off, The Star Spangled Banner. To show that I have been practicing the viola, instead of passing off the song on the Violin, I'm going to be passing it off through memory on the Viola. I'm going to record myself performing it and put it as a part of my presentation. I've been working on memorizing it for about a week now and I'm passing it off today, Friday, for Mrs. Rivenburg. I'm proud of myself that I was able to memorize the piece on both the Violin and the Viola and through memory. As my final product I've decided not to create a Viola piece because I find it awkward to create a piece JUST for the Violas. It might not sound right also. I originally wanted to do my project on something to do with art because I used to be a small artist when I was younger and I want to see if this inspires me to want to take an Art Major in college. So my final product will be an art piece.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Music is art
I made this photo for my mom for Mother's Day. I know my project is on learning how to play the Viola but Music is Art too. I want my final product to have some type of art in it along with the song on the Viola I'm creating. One of my ideas for my 20% project was to draw a Violin and now I'm having more ideas to incorporate the Violin and Viola in an art piece. I don't want to give it away so stay tune to what I'm creating! I think I'm going to start recording videos of me playing the Viola to show my progress on learning how to play it. And when my song is done being put together I want to have the entire Viola section in the orchestra play the song and I'll record it.