Olivia's art blog: Cross curricular final product

I changed ideas for my cross curricular. I stuck with the idea of animals, but went for a more simpler and detailed approach. Biology is my favourite subject in school, I also have a love for animals so I decided on a butterfly. I actually began doodling one day during a student senate meeting and came up with the idea some what based on pointillism. However, instead of dots I used music notes. The music notes also tied into this project because I have been playing piano ever since the age of six, and recently I have taken to teaching young kids. Obviously music is a very large part of my life so I enjoyed incorporating it into this project. Here is a look at my rough doodle and a close up:

After deciding to continue with this idea I researched simple butterfly designs that could offer some possible inspiration. The first I came across was a monarch design. The lines in the top half of the wings were actually incorporated into my design.

I chose my materials wisely. I have recently been using felt tip pens, and decided it would be a good fit for this project. I then decided to go for a black and white look with a blank white background to make the music notes pop.

In order to do this effect of fading on the notes I made them smaller and farther apart.

At first I was confused on what to do with the bottom I was actually considering leaving it as is, but in the end I thought I'd would look better filled.