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If you have been reading my journals you may remember me mentioning my brick project for at class. Each student got to pick a brick in the class room and paint it with any image they found influential/interesting in art history. I struggled a lot with what kind of image to pick, then I began to look around the class. There was some Native American posters up and I felt very inspired, so I asked my teacher and he told me to look into Haida artwork. I was looking for an orca done in the style of Haida and came across Todd Baker's orca print , on the left. I then found this salmon image (artist unknown) and wanted to combine them. I originally had them swimming in a circle but my art teacher combined them like this, which I think turned out better.

The straight, thing lines were incredibly time consuming and difficult, but were worth it. The brick was not flat so it was a real challenge. I went in today during the Grade 8 orientation (where the school does a open house for the parents and kids to check out the school) and a bunch of people said I was really good, one lady even said I was talented! It felt really nice to get recognized, since my brick was the only Native American brick in the room. All the other bricks were incredibly detailed, more famous paintings.
Like I've said before, I feel that it is a very under appreciated art form. It is by far my favourite as well, I think the style is absolutely beautiful.

So yes, this is my finished brick!

Done with acrylic paint on a (painted beige/yellow) brick wall.

Description
If you have been reading my journals you may remember me mentioning my brick project for at class. Each student got to pick a brick in the class room and paint it with any image they found influential/interesting in art history. I struggled a lot with what kind of image to pick, then I began to look around the class. There was some Native American posters up and I felt very inspired, so I asked my teacher and he told me to look into Haida artwork. I was looking for an orca done in the style of Haida and came across Todd Baker's orca print , on the left. I then found this salmon image (artist unknown) and wanted to combine them. I originally had them swimming in a circle but my art teacher combined them like this, which I think turned out better.

The straight, thing lines were incredibly time consuming and difficult, but were worth it. The brick was not flat so it was a real challenge. I went in today during the Grade 8 orientation (where the school does a open house for the parents and kids to check out the school) and a bunch of people said I was really good, one lady even said I was talented! It felt really nice to get recognized, since my brick was the only Native American brick in the room. All the other bricks were incredibly detailed, more famous paintings.
Like I've said before, I feel that it is a very under appreciated art form. It is by far my favourite as well, I think the style is absolutely beautiful.

So yes, this is my finished brick!

Done with acrylic paint on a (painted beige/yellow) brick wall.