Becca Hutchinson
Period 4
May 24, 2010
Senior Year Self-Assessment
This school year I started to pursue the kind of art that I was always afraid to let myself make and I have learned and grown more from it than any other year in my life. I have really put myself out in the world by putting all of my efforts into art that I am unsure will be accepted by my audience. As of now none of that matters because I have truly learned that art is solely for myself.
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Becca Hutchinson
Period 4
April 5, 2010
Self-Assessment MP3
During the third marking period I made more art than I ever have at one time. I was really into my art and I made my Current Works website, which I think is awesome. I learned a lot about my process and the shapes and colors that I am repeatedly attracted. I investigated shape and color and texture and I learned a lot about the relationship I have with my creative process and not just my final product’s aesthetic. Once I accepted myself as a person and as an artist, I became extremely prosperous and motivated to make tons of art. I also found that I like making art but I love to reflect on the product and my process after I finished it. While writing community connections and look at tons of art on the internet, I realized that I love making analytic connections between artists and their work. I learned a lot about the influence artists have on each other and how different artists bodies of work create a collection of works that investigate a common concept. Looking at other artists’ art online, I found that many other artists value the process of making art as the purpose and I felt more normal and comfortable in my own art.
This marking period I was very productive and a lot of art for my panel at the art show. I also learned a lot about art and about myself as an artist. I like to articulate and reflect on my art a little bit more than I like making art, which I think is okay because that could be a clue to what I should study in college or pursue as a career. Although I lost a lot of motivation at the end of the marking period, I never stopped making art and I feel like I definitely deserve an A this quarter. My focus for next marking period is my installation for the art show. I really want to wow myself and everybody else because I have been waiting for this since I was a little kid. I don’t want to be disappointed and the only way to prevent that is to work really hard and create something that I feel is really Me.
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Becca Hutchinson
Period 4
January 25, 2010
Self-Assessment MP2
This marking period I have been accepting myself as an artist more than ever before. I realize that I don’t like drawing that much and I have stopped trying to make art that I think I should make (like paintings and drawings of things that look realistic). I have been learning very quickly how to embrace my self and the abilities that I possess and I have been fairly successful. I do need to make more art though.
I love dying canvas! It is so awesome and satisfying and I love working with water and exploring different colors. I also love the fluidity of water and color, it’s really soothing and interesting to me. I am quickly finding that I am highly invested in color and the human response to certain hues. In college I might want to study visual arts or commercial marketing because I am interested in how humans are affected and influenced by visual things. Anyway I am finding myself everyday and I love the journey I am on with myself and the way art really helps me investigate myself and the world around me. I really love art and writing about it.
My goal for the next marking period is to make a ton of art every week and try to play with different sizes and colors (other than gray!)
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Becca Hutchinson
Period 4
November 5, 2009
Self-Assessment MP1
This marking period I struggled to maintain momentum but I feel I produce a good body of work. I noticed the style that I like and tend to produce while making art but I am still learning about my artistic process. I find myself thinking of or stumbling upon ideas that are fantastic and when I try to execute them I fail in terms of the idea but create something that completely surprises me (and that I often like AND learn from!).
I have created 10 final pieces in the past two months and I find their cohesive elements to be very enjoyable. I like my work more and more, (although some days I could say less and less) and I have really prospered by mentally noting the media I like to use and the ideas that inspire me. When Mr. Miller showed me texts about provisional painting and black paintings I was extremely inspired to make the work that I felt was awesome. A lot of times I love my work and do it solely for myself, but many other times I feel my work is very insignificant and often worry about not having a large audience. If anything my art is becoming less and less accessible but I think I am really growing as an artist. I feel I have worked hard this marking period but now I know that I need to explore more and take even more risks during the new marking period. I always have to stay on my toes and keep reading to be often stimulated and keep making strong art that I love! I won’t get hung up on my failures but learn from them and make new pieces!
I most definitely deserve an A. I know I may not work every day of the week but when I worked, I worked very hard on the pieces I made. I have such a clear vision right now and I feel that I have been executing the essence of my vision very well. I had a few failures and I still have much room to grow and learn to fully execute my ideas, but my art has definitely been achieving my proposal’s goals
