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In the last assignment you were asked to find masks that create interest by using some of these elements of art: line, shape, form, color, texture, and some of these principles of design: pattern, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, and harmony. Your present assignment is to write a paragraph describing how you have used those elements of art and principles of design listed above. I will be posting a picture of your finished mask by your post.

Bryce S.- I first made a slab of clay, shaped it into a face, then i drew a cross on the brow line to center my mask's face. For the horns i shaped clay into two seperate cylinders and put them into a horned form. For my mask i used (black & red) on a zebra print faced mask for my colors. The two glazes used are intense red and jet moss. I used these two colors in a pattern to put emphasis on the golden focal points on the nose ring and eye brows of the mask. They don't look gold, but that is what I intended on them being. The curvy texture of the zebra print help balance and unify the features of my mask.The three demensional effect of the patterns on my mask really contrast the the white dots on its face. The horns, nose ring and eye brow accessories are painted gold. Painting them them this color really brings out the many textures and features of my mask.

Rachel Harris: My mask has a mermaid like form because of the shapes that i attached to the sides of the mask. The lips, eyes, and nose create flowy forms that blend into the "fin-like" shapes that potrude off of the mask. I attached a fin shape to both sides of the mask to create a balenced face. The fin structures are not only on opposite sides to give balence but are also in opposite corners to give emphasis. Emphasis is also found in the mouth area because the mouth flows off to the side and into the fin. Since all of the facial features have long and flowy shapes they create a unity in the mask. If you were to touch the facial features, you would feel a smooth texture which gives the idea of a mermaid like creature. All of the features create a unified balenced mask that resembles a creature from the sea. When i paint the mask, the colors will also resemble those from the ocean. Using blues and greens in different hues the masks features will contrast with each other. I will use the greens on features i wish to bring emphasis on because they will draw attention because of the dark hues. The light blues and aquas will be used on the fins and the mouth because these features flow together. The flowy features will be bluw because they resemble the ocean.