The concept of the Notan project was to enforce the fact that negative space is just as important as positive space. The negative and positive space divides light shapes and dark shapes. This project shows that without the dark shapes, the light shapes would not exist. When I approached to create this piece, I didn't have much of a plan at all. I think going at something like this in a free-style way, can create more interesting results. I had used an x-acto last year in photography so I had already learned that sometimes the knife doesn't act in the way you want it to. I would say that my piece did go successfully. I like the curves and the circles especially. If I did this project again, I would try to make the rectangle completely disappear. Cutting out more of the positive space would achieve this effect.
11/5/2015 0 Comments Intro to Water ColorFor this project, my inspiration came from the idea of the northern lights. At first, when I did the water color I chose to do the three cool colors because they are my favorite. Then, once I finished, I noticed that it looked like the colors you see in the sky during the northern lights so I decided to draw a mountain scene with a moon. During the creation of my piece, I got to learn a lot of the techniques associated with water colors. I learned what the amount of water on a brush can do to the painting and I began to learn how to control and even blend the colors. I communicated through my artwork because the outdoors are something that are important to me and I tried to show that through the scene I created. Some of the risks I took when creating my work was leaving no white spots and also painting over the water color rather than just taping a transparency on top. By painting each block I had to keep them from bleeding into each other and painting right on my water color had the risk of ruining it. Throughout the process, I collaborated with some of the people around me. I asked them about the things they liked and disliked and then experimented to try and fix problems that they noticed. I often stopped to look at my work and decided if the patterns looked right or not. About half way through the water coloring, I noticed that my designs looked random so I began to repeat some of the patterns. Also, the use of technology was helpful to me when I needed to come up with a good piece of scenery to put on top of the background.
If I could change something about my piece, I would paint outside of the lines a bit. I dislike how each design is limited to one box and it would be improved if I did the same designs, just in different shapes. 11/5/2015 0 Comments Two Hands InteractingFor this project, I came up with the idea by first thinking about daily tasks that hands perform. One of these would be zipping up a jacket or a shirt. Because I wasn't wearing any clothes with zippers on the day that I started this project, I decided to draw a zipper on a backpack. I used the same techniques that I did on my shaded hand for the value in this drawing however, I didn't use a transparency, I just drew it based off of looking at a picture that I took. My favorite part of this artwork is the folds I made in the backpack. I had never done something like that before and I think the shading made it look really cool. My least favorite part of this project was the empty space. I think I should have shaded in the background a little bit because it looks like it is the same color as the material of the backpack.
R-Mode and L-Mode (Vase Face)
The dominant characteristics of the right side of the brain are visual, non-linear, and intuitive. The dominant characteristics of the left side of the brain are language, numbers, and analytic. Artists typically prefer the R-mode because it is the more creative side of the brain and less logical. When I drew the vase face, I had a lot more trouble when Mrs. Haggerty was talking throughout the process. It came out much neater and symmetrical when the room was silent. This is because my L-mode was engaged in what she was saying when it should have been turned off. Upside-Down Man Drawing upside-down is easier because you are focusing on drawing the shapes and not specific body parts that are known to be difficult to draw. Once you get to the hands of the drawing, your mind begins to realize what it is you are drawing and the quality may not be as high. In my experience, I stayed focused on the lines and shapes throughout most of it until I got to the head. At that point I began to draw the face based on how I know a face looks. For this drawing, my line style was thick and dark. This was mainly because my pencil was sharp enough and it is not how I typically draw. Blind Contour Drawing Blind contour is very important when learning to draw because it teaches you how to make your hand draw exactly what your eyes are seeing. In my experience, it difficult to remember where I was drawing things but all the lines that were in random places looked really cool. Modified Contour Drawing The obstacles of transferring the 3D world onto a 2D piece of paper was making it look realistic. Also, balancing the viewfinder on one of your hands while drawing with the other one proved to be a challenge. The picture plane is an imaginary transparent plane that is always parallel to the artist's eyes. This is how objects are transferred from the 3D world to the 2D world. Also, drawing is defined as the copying of what you see on the picture plane. Shaded Hand The simple grid helps aid in transferring the drawing because you can gage where to put certain lines and how big to make certain shapes. This will make the drawing look more proportional. Using values and shading helps the image appear to be 3D. You shade darker where there are shadows and lighter where the light shines. This will give the drawing shape. 10/5/2015 0 Comments Pre-instruction Self Portrait
10/4/2015 0 Comments Block Paintings
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AuthorJanie Truchon | Junior | Millis High School |