Niamh's Portfolio

Window to the soul   My name is Niamh Keating and I am a ninth-grade student at Cheshire Academy. I have lived all around the world and I really enjoy art.    This piece is supposed to represent the view of different people. The squares are representative of windows, differently colored and sized because everyone sees things differently. I titled this piece “Window to the Soul” because there is a saying that ‘your eyes are the window to your soul’.  This piece is special to me because I've always had trouble drawing eyes, but I feel like I finally got it right this time. This is a mixed media piece of artwork. In this piece, I used watercolor, graphite pencils, and pages from a book. I decided to make the quotes from the pages in the book actually mean something instead of putting random words there. I felt like the quotes draw the audience in rather than just random words. I chose to make all the watercolor squares differently shaped and colored because everyone has...

 “Think differently” T his quote is from the book ‘Embrace your weird’ by Felicia Day. In order to be creative, you must think differently. Sometimes it’s hard to not be a sheep, to take the less popular road. Often the greatest achievements and greatest art come from branching out. I like to imagine that I think differently. My mother chose to give me a unique life. This can be a good and bad thing. For instance, I have a greater understanding of the world we live in. But, because of this, I have a harder time relating to other students. I think that because I have seen so much of the world and the people in it I can understand different views and opinions better. At least I hope so.  “Everyone is going forward” This quote is from ‘The Principles of Uncertainty'  by Maira Kalman. This shows that everyone is growing, physically and mentally. No matter if someone or something holds you back, you can still choose to move forward. This quote is a source of empowerment for pe...

  My group was Izzy, Lachlan, Toby Reflective Blog post -- Post on your blog the link to your group's video and the reflective writing (400 words): What was difficult about this project and what was easy? What was interesting, surprising, frustrating? What changed the most from the beginning to the end of the project? What were your group dynamics like? How well was your group able to improvise, share ideas, share leadership, etc.? How did your group use the principles of improv in their collaboration? What specifically did you contribute to the group? Lastly, what worked and what needed more work in your project?  In my group, we collaborated very well. We were all leaders and we all had ideas for this project. I enjoyed this project because it was a way for me to get to know people I wouldn't have necessarily talked to if I wasn't partnered with them. The difficult part about this project is connecting all of our inspiration. Nobody's inspiration is ever the same. Eve...