Art 3 Final Exam Blog

I take risks

Printing was and never has been a strength of mine when it comes to art but i thought i should try it. It did not come out like i thought it would but im just glad the print process worked. Using the cutters was new to me. I struggled at first making all the cuts precise but eventually they were deep enough to start putting ink on. I practiced several times trying to get the print to be completely dark woth ink but i just couldnt fully get it to work. I ended up using the red backgroud to bring out the darkness of the devil pigprint  and overall eventhough i didnt really like the drawing i did enjoy the printmaking process.

 We collaborate

This collaborative project started as just a splatter paint onto a black backgroudn but with the ideas from Claire and Hannah, their feedback drove us to add more to the  painting. We then began working on an alien which then gave us the idea of having more aliens and creating a space scene. Mr. Sands went over the importantance of shading with me and helped us a bunch on bringing our painting to life. Overally i was very impressed with my group and myself on a great final project.

Out of all my projects to redo i would definately choose my word art project. 

I think i wow'd myself with this one project because i didnt think i had the articstic ablility to make the depth so realalthough it was a grear project i do geel as if i rushed theough it and missed out on opportunities where i could have made it better. For example if i had taken more time i would've made the word go deeper into the book and actually have it look as if it were shrinking into the book. Also i would've painted it with more purpose because it doesnt look like i took my time with the paint job. But overally the project was a succes and i would gladly do another one just like it inthe  future given the chance!

May snapshot art 3

The next project which was inspired by a piece i saw that the NC Art museum was a made out of clay. The piece from the museum as you can see below..

Inspired me to make a pyramid.

Once i completed the pyramid i thought that more could be added to it to make the project stand out. I proceeded to add and eye to each side of the 4 sided pyramid and paint each side black and white, but the opposite on each side. Unforturnately i do not have a photo of the final product  but  one should be uploaded soon.

April snapshot 1

After printing project I got the idea of forced perspective and began to figure out ways to show it around campus. 

In this picture it is suppose to look like I am in the trashcan but in actual reality I am behind it.

This picture is supposed to look like i am being captured by a bucket. the distance and position of me and the bucket makes you think that.

My next project is going to be with clay and I am going to make something to do with the freemasons eye of influence. I got the idea for this project by the art work i saw at the art museum.

This was the piece that gave me the idea and motivated me to start a project on it.

Art 3 snapshot #2

I have finally finished my book project. It took a lot of time and patience but it finally paid off. I figured out that using ink as the background would really make the word SHRINK stand out and you could still see the text on the page below. The blue really blends well with the book and the yellow makes the word shine through. If you look from the top it looks like it is all leveled out but when you look from the side the word lowers into the book. 

Next project: 

As of right now i am in the research phase but i hope to find something soon and get right to work

Text Art

I used a pinterist board to collect my ideas for my project. It consisted of many pins of different ways to portray text art in a book.

http://pinterest.com/DaltonPhillips7/word-art/

Challenge #1

I created my initials out of sports team logos

Challenge #2

I created a Water tower using the letter needed to write the word.

For my final I have chosen to cut out the word shrink into a book and make it get smaller and smaller as you look into the book.

Book carving

Prompt: Explain how you developed your design for your book carving. How important was it to have a clear plan before starting? What were the challenges you faced when working on this project? Explain how you overcame them. Discuss your design and how it relates to the book you chose (if that was the case, if not just discuss design). Did you take any risks? How and why? Describe how you felt about the overall project and if you felt it was successful.

When I started thinking of what to do for my book i had no clue what to do. One of the topics had something to do with question. A question mark sounded like a great idea so drew one. To make it even better i drew multiple marks that were all different shapes and colors.  It was very important to have a clear plan so that you could stay on track and know what you were doing.  I cut threw my shapes way to many times so i had to keep pulling them out over and over again.  I took alot of risks by overlapping some of the marks. Plus the knife cut me a few times while trying to get the final page of every layer.  This was my least favorite project mainly because of how boring it was but it definatley turned out pretty good.

Mixed media

1. How did you show amusement and variety in your piece? Explain your choice of subject matter and how you created a unified piece of art.

- Well when i think of amusement, i think of circus clowns because they are always really funny. In the center of my piece i made a clown. Then to make it cone to life i cut out letters from magazines to show the clown laughing. For variety i used various colors and picturse that amused to me.

2. Describe your experience with using mixed media. What mixed media did you use for your piece?

- This project wasn't my favorite but it was definately fun. I used magazine, tissue paper, and  cloth .

3. What role did our lessons on visual journaling play in the success of your piece? Explain.

- They showed me what i can do to make the artwork better and how to make a bigger variety.

4. Discuss any challenges you experienced and how you overcame obstacles.

-The tissue paper was being difficult and not sticking down when i wanted it to.

Portrait

1. Who did you choose to do a portrait of? Why did you choose that person? 

Josh, kenan and I.  Well I chose to go in a group so i thought our faces would be best.

2. When brainstorming about this project how did you decide what would be the best materials to use to create it? Explain how your material choice impacted the look of your piece. Why was this so important. Explain.

Well we wanted to you something food luke mainly because we had food on our minds but since someone already used it we decided to used yarn with it. The yarn was a great choice because it outlined the everything and made it easy to fill in.

3. Describe the risks you took or that were involved in creating the project. What were the challenges you faced?

 Well the main risk was it we ran out and we eventually did. We had to use m and m's.

4. How did your choices impact the look and feel of the piece? Did your choice of materials have any connection with the person you chose to represent? 

The texture is amazing. We all love skittles and that connects to us they are soooooo good.
 

Sticky situations

1. Explain how you developed your ideas for "Sticky Situation"

Well, first i thought of some ideas on my own and then i brainstormed in a group. All the ideas i got were too original so i knew i had to think of something different and i came up with honey.

2. Were you able to think outside the box when you were thinking about ideas?

I think so but i dont know how random mine was.

3. You were to incorporate repetition, rhytnm or pattern. How did you accomplish this?

I drew alot of bees around the hive. They were each all different sizes.

4. Describe your choice of media (acrylic, watercolor) and your challenges and successes while using it.

I used acrylic paint and the hardest part for me was blending the colors.

5. How important were the mini lessons to the success of your final product?

Very important because without them i wouldnt know how to paint the right way.

Up close and personal

1. Upclose and Personal was our theme. How did you develop your ideas for this project and why did you choose your subject?

I chose the ladybug because when i think if up close i think of a small thing like a big.

2. How did you demonstrate Emphasis in your work?

I used complimentary colors to show the different values in both the ladybug and the leaves.

3. What medium did you decide to use and why did you choose this medium over the others? Discuss how it enhances your piece.

I chose prisma colors because they are easy to blend with each other and an overall easy medium to use. The other reason is that it is less messy than the other mediums.

We encourage risk taking in art. Risk taking can be as simple as trying a new technique or learning about a new medium to as complex as trying something totally new.

4.. Did you take any risks with this project? Explain.
I did go darker than i usually do in this piece of art. On te shadow i took a risk and made it dark with a purple and it turned out pretty good.
5. Of the 5 characteristics of great art (technique, concept, emotion, new, medium) which did you include in your art?

I used medium and technique to make my ladybug. My technique is alot different from everyone elses so mine stood out alot from everyones.

Whats the point

 1. What where some of your solutions to What’s the Point?

- bow and arrow, mountains, push pins, point of view of animals

2. Which solution did you chose and why? i chose mountains because theyall have  a really good amount of contrast in shading.

 

3. How did you show contrast in your work?  Different shades of darkness and lightness mixed together making different parts look lighter than others

 

4. What medium did you decide to use? Why did you choose this medium over the others? i chose pencil because it is much easier to work with and shows more contrast then pen in my perspective

 

5. What techniques did you use to create this work?

I used Cross hatching and stippling.

 

We encourage risk taking in art. Risk taking can be as simple as trying a new technique or learning about a new medium to as complex as trying something totally new.

 

6. Did you take any risks with this project?  I did by going darker and darker to make more contrast even tho i wanted to stay lighter at first.

7. What message are you conveying? How are you convey this message through the use of your images or use of art elements or principles?   I am trying to show what the mountains look-like when   the sun hits them from a certain angle. I showed it by making certain parts of the mountains darker than others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

clay and landscape

This is my landscape portrait of an ocen scene

This is my clay tile of a shark jumping out of water

Stencil drawing

For my stencil drawing i picked mount rushmore and changed the threshold so i could see what i wanted to cut out with my xactoknife after i sketched it out.  When i cut all the parts out i then spraypainted it in black.  My background was a collage of all sorts of creatures in the wild and used watercolor to make it look blue and green.

Game drawing

For my game drawing i started out with a monopoly board and placed pieces around it.  I took a picture of the board horizontal and then used 2 point perspective to sketch what it looked like.  i used watercolor and lightly went over all the colors that were in the picture.  Then i used colored pencils and shaded all the colors and colored all the white space in.

anamorphosis drawing

First i found an image of what i wanted to do for my anamorphosis and then transformed the scale of the image in  photoshop to where my picture was elongated.  Then i drew a grid on the picture and in my sketchbook so i could sketch the image in the appropriate spot.  I colored it in with colored pencils and added different values to my sketch.  I added a shadow in the back to show the picture was standing up and took a picture of it in a place where it looked like the sketch was 3D.

Chalk mural

Chalk Mural Critique

                                                                                                                                                        

Self evaluation (must write at least 3 sentences for each question)

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

I think our team worked well together.  We each had different ideas and we mixed them together to make a rollercoaster which was the best idea out of them all.  One person would do one thing and then one person would do another and we would shade it at the end.

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

It is very important to collaborate with your group because you get better ideas.  When you collaborate then you get better topics and your project turns out better. 

 

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

I think it was very successful because the shading looks good and the scene looks really.  It is very interactive.

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

I feel good because others can have fun with it whenever they go by and they can take pictures with it. 

Printing Sketch Critique

1. Why is texture so important to have in your sketches?It shows what is actually in the picture because you are going to need to show the different textures in the print or else some will blend and you won't be able to see the picture.

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

what you know, not what it actually is.It gives you a good look on what you need to draw because if you had no reference then you really would be drawing from

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? 

yes because one of my sketches has more texture than the other so it looks better.

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

I went through a series of layers with pencil from light to dark.  From looking at it now I did not go dark enough.  You had to make shapes where the light hit the face and after you got the shapes then you use your shading scale to shade the face.

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

I made a shape around the light spots.  Then I shaded the shapes that were really light colored first then shaded the dark spots.  The light showed the spots that were light and from that spot it darkened from the inside out.

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

I achieved different values by finding the light spots that stood out.  The spots that were bright got darker as it spreads out.  The values throughout the portrait are all different because the light hit on all different parts.

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

I think i couldve done better because i can barely see the shading in my portrait.  My shading needed to be darker to show more emphasis.  It is as neat as i could get it but it couldve been neater.

5. List any obstacles you had to overcome and how you dealt with them.
My paper kept moving and i couldn't match up the lines.  The shapes i made on the nose came out unproportional.  The ear didnt come out on the right side of her face so i had to draw it to the best of my abilities.

Value Study

1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece.
 -I though it looked pretty cool. It was kinda fun.
2. if this was a group project, what was your contribution?

3. How successful do you feel this piece is and why?
-I think its successful for me considering it is the best by far of all my art work so far in this class.  I thought the shading looked really good cuz the colors blended well.
4. What worked about this project? What didn’t work?
-I thought the cone worked out really good cuz it looked good but i didn't think the dark blue, light blue and gray went together in the sphere cuz the sphere looked really odd.
5. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making?
-I would move the shapes to different places on the paper cuz where i placed them didnt look so good.
6. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why?
-Shading the sphere and the cube was the hardest part because whenever i did it it just looked sloppy.
7. What did you learn from this piece?
-I learned that shading makes art better