Quality Producer and Complex Thinker

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          AP Art as a whole has taught me how to be a quality producer. I have also learned how to better adapt and persevere when difficulty arises with my projects, as well as understand the principles of cause and effect. An experience that exemplifies these qualities is the process of creating my senior year AP 3-D Art portfolio. 

For my senior year portfolio, I decided to create an eight foot tall paper mache tree. The idea didn’t sound too difficult to me at first, but I was quickly proven otherwise. I ended up having to use a lot of new techniques to ensure that the tree ended up how I wanted it to, for example: weighing it so it wasn't too top heavy, making it fully disconnectable so it could still fit through doors, layering lots of paper so it looked realistic but wasn’t too heavy to carry, and making branches that were light enough to be functional but still able to support their own weight. 

          After I finally had a plan on how to go about building the tree, I was excited to start. However, I only got a little bit done before I was hit with art block. For a few weeks, I lost all motivation to work on the tree. Even though I was aware that I needed to have it done in time for the STEAM Expo, I did not want to work on it anymore. After a few classes of sitting and not making any progress, I mustered up the motivation to continue. It wasn’t fun at first, but I eventually began making more progress. I was able to get the tree finished in time to be displayed. I knew that how I performed in class would have a huge effect on how my display would turn out, and I am glad that I was able to push through and get everything done in time.

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