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.