Anamorphosis Sundae

               

1. Describe the process you went through to change your object into the correct perspective to create the drawing. This is when you were in the lab.

The first thing we did, was research some pictures of things we could draw. Then we went onto photoshop and transformed the picture. We changed the scale  and made the top a bit bigger to change the perspective. After we printed our anamorphosis drawing out, we used grid paper to transfer it into our sketchbook.  we finished by coloring the values in with colored pencil, and adding the shadows.

2. How did distorting and stretching the object allow for you to create a drawing that would look different to the viewer?

The farther away you stand from something, the smaller it gets, so if you drew a normal picture, the top would look pinched.  Making the shape of the top bigger and looking at it flat would make it look like it's real and standing up.

3. What were the most important concepts in the project to make it successful?

You have to really stretch out the picture and widen the top or else the affect wouldn't work.

Printmaking Butterfly

1.     Describe the overall composition of your artwork (balance, unity, rhythm and movement).

  

Basically, what I did was make a butterfly with a branch in the background.  I felt it was balanced really well. the butterfly took up enough space to show up and stand out, but the branches were long enough to support and show the depth of the picture. i feel that there wasn't any movement though.  unlike other pictures, i feel this print was very calm and not busy at all.

2.     How did you add texture and contrast to your print? Is this important? Why?

I used the thickness and thinness of lines to show texture, as well as used horizontal and vertical lines to show contrast. yes, it is important, because then we can see what the animal was compared to the background branches.

3.     Explain how you used positive and negative space to show your image.

my positive space was the butterfly and the branches. and my negative spaces was the empty spaces not taken up by those.  I decided to cut out then background because I wanted for the animal to stand out.

4.     Describe the craftsmanship of your print. (How good the project is technically crafted)

i feel it was done pretty well.  cutting out the small parts was a bit agonizing, but otherwise the lines were easy to cut and they turned out smooth.  I had some trouble with the inking because there was usually too much or too little.

5.     Were you able to achieve depth by showing a foreground, middle ground and back- ground? Explain.

yes i did, as mentioned, the negative space i used represented the background, and the branch was the middle ground.  the butterfly came out on top as the foreground when i cut a line in between the butterfly and the branch. 

6.     Explain your experience with Printmaking. What were the obstacles and advantages?

It was definitely not my strong point, i had never worked with prints or ink, other than the ink in pens. but it was fun.  Choosing the right animal and background to go with it really changed what the print would look like in the end, and i was at that stage for a very long time trying to choose between a dolphin and the butterfly.  The part i didn't like most was probably cutting out the tiny pieces of the linoleum.

Interactive Chalk Murals

1. Explain your experience working on a team and executing your ideas for the mural.

It was a lot more fun that I expected, but at the same time, it was really hard.  With my group by my side, we got the mural finished just in time.  It would have taken a lot longer if it was just me coloring a whole wall with chalk.  We all had great ideas on how to improve our art, and I liked the way this turned out.

2. Explain the importance of collaboration when working on a team.

If we didn't work together, we never would've gotten this done, it was great to have someone there who could help you with something when you needed it.

3.  How successful was this project? Explain how and why.

It could have been better, because I feel like the background is really empty and the tower doesn't really look like the tower, but at least you could tell and interact with it.  I think the chalking was nice though,  there is solid colors and you could tell the tower was closer to the people than the trees in then back.

4. Explain how you feel about creating artwork that others can interact with. Ex. Involving the whole school? 

I did not like the  idea at first, because i really didn't want the whole school to see my artwork,  but in the end it wasnt a disaster like i thought, and so it 's actually not that bad.

 

Print Making Sketches

1. Why is texture so important to have in your sketches?

It creates a contrast from the background and your animal.  When inking, contrast is very important because it is just one color, and your animal will blend in with the background.

2. Why is it necessary for you to have several references of each animal and each background? Explain.

So you can get more ideas of how that animal or background looks.  You can see the animal from all sides and get a good idea of how to draw the texture into the animal.

3. When you look at your sketches are you able to see which sketch is the strongest and will make the best print? How do you know this? 

I think that the butterfly will make the best print, because with the other sketches, the backgrounds are further away and I don't think that solid lines are going to show the texture.  Also, I love butterflies, and I really want to use the butterfly for the print. :DD

Values Portrait

1. Explain the process you went through to develop your drawing.

First off our class printed pictures of ourselves in black and white, and everyone got to choose at random who they were going to draw.  Next we used tracing paper to outline everyone of the different values and transfer the shapes onto our sketchbook. Then was the hard part, we had to use the original picture, and shade in all the values, then blend them together.

2. Explain how you found the different values in the portrait?

There were many different values, in the hair and the face.  I traced what I could at my desk, there were some pretty obvious ones at first, like the highlights on the nose and the white of the eyes, for the values in the hair I had to tape the picture to a window.

3.  Did you achieve a full range of the different values within your portrait?  How?

Yes, I did.  The picture had all the values inside, and I was able to shade them into the shapes.  I did this by comparing the picture to the one in my sketchbook. It was really confusing at first because it just didn't look right.  Just blotches of color, like a Picasso painting. but when I blended the colors together, they took shape and didn't look so bad.  I had to fix some of the values at the end, since they were too dark or too light.

4. Describe your craftsmanship.  Is the artwork executed and crafted neatly?

I think I did very well.  The values don't look blocky and blends together easily.  The shape of the face and the hair aren't contorted. (Very much)  The only problem is that it took a bit longer to shade in than the rest of the class.  Probably because I kept erasing half the face. I couldn't get the color to go together. Also, there were a lot of pencil smears that I had to get rid of when i was done.

5. List any obstacles you had to overcome and how you dealt with them.

Because i had never worked with values before, it was hard for me at first to get the shading right.  I felt like my portrait wasn't turning out right.  Also, the face looked disfigured when I added the values, so I had to erase the whole thing and retrace it. but otherwise, it wasn't that hard, it just took a lot of time to color.

Oil Pastel Shapes

1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece.

I really like the way the oil pastels came out. The different colors blended nicely together and gave the shapes a real, three dimension look. The dark, black and blue background also brought out the brightness of the lighter colors.

3. How successful do you feel this piece is and why?

I feel quite successful, the darker colors contrasted with the vivid greens and oranges excellently.  The shapes seemed authentic, and with the shadows, looked like it came out of the paper.

4. What worked about this project? What didn’t work?

The oil pastels mixed and created a blend that worked nicely.  One color would pull into another color as the blends would turn lighter and lighter.  The only thing I didnt like was that the black was really dark, and hard to work with.

5. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making?

I wouldnt make any changes, I like the way the it is already. :D

6. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why?

Blending the colors took time and patience, if you rushed, the colors would not blend correctly.  Also you had to be careful, or else the way the lines came together would look messy.

7. What did you learn from this piece?

To be patient, I messed up the colors more than once. XD