Elisea's Water Tank Reflection

Elisea x. Rivera                                                                                               

                        The assignment was to draw a picture using either words or symbols. The picture has to resemble or represent the sustainable water issue we have. The task that was given was to first research + brainstorm (team blog). Then we typography (use type creatively to tell a story. Next we drew a thumbnail and final artwork. Last we painted using paintbrushes. We used paint, paper, pencil, water, and paintbrushes. My artwork has a blue woman on the lower middle right. The woman has multiple colors of blue in her hair flowing towards the right corner twirling into waves. Around Her is a bright sky blue, and on the left there are large bubbles getting smaller as it gets further away from the blue girl. In The Bubble it states “forever alone” in bold letters. The Background is all shades of purples, green, and the color black. These colors show the chemical waste in the water. There are imagines of objects on the left hand corner. The blue girl represents the small amount of “fresh water” we have. The background shows the large amount of pollution we have.                        

                        The awareness my artwork messaging is that we have this small amount of fresh water but this large amount of polluted water with all these chemicals being left there. It has a creature in it that represents that the polluted water does not only affect us it affects other things as well. With all these chemicals being poured, dumped, or tossed into the rivers, oceans, and lakes it increases the percentage of pollution and decrease the amount of fresh water.

                        My Artwork help increase awareness of sustainable water issues by showing this small amount of fresh water and this large amount of dirty water killing other things. It shows that nothing is being done, and the water is affecting other things other than human. Its shows in the words “forever alone” that the fresh water (girl) feels that she will be alone as the only fresh clean water that is not contaminated with filth and chemicals.

                        The greatest challenge in making this artwork was painting it. For Some one who is great at drawing I can’t say the same for painting. I found this quite difficult. Overcame this challenge by taking my time and not rushing through it. Three valuable lessons I learned from this is 1) Not to litter or dirty my or other environment. 2) To Recycle and Reduce More. 3) To Conserve Water.