Anamorphosis Critique!

Anamorphosis Critique

The very first thing I did was google a photo of something i wanted to draw. I chose a pink perfume bottle. I then used photoshop to transform  the scale of the photo, so the perspective looked different. After that, we drew a grid over that photoshopped photo and then also a grid in our notebook. After that we traced the same grid in our sketchbook and started drawing the photo. The value of the photo looked different becauset its not the way the photo originally looked. When we finished, we used colored pencils to make the drawing realistic, and we also drew a shadow so when we look at the drawing at a certain angle it looked like it was standing up. This whole process is anamorphosis.

Famous Landmark or Transportation Stencil Critique

I first found a photo of three landmarks, one being the Santee Cooper Bridge in South Carolina. I then saved all three photos and put them into photoshop. I changed the threshold so the photos had postive and negative space, with a visible contrast. and then printed them. South Carolina has always been like a second home to me, so i made sure to find newspaper and book pages that related to how i felt about south carolina. i collaged together lots of color, a lot of homemade food recipies, and a lot of photos of water. After I finished my newspaper collage I took a photo of my photoshopped bridge with the camera and plugged it into the projector, so i could take a poster board and trace the photo. After i traced my bridge onto the poster board i used an Xacto Knife and cut out pieces i wanted to be spraypainted over. We took the newmade stencil and took the newspaper-covered paper outside, and spraypainted patterns and colors all over it. Then we layed the stencil on top and sprayed that black so the stencil showed up. The composition of the newspaper and stencil made the whole project look amazing.

Print Makingggg(:

SELF EVALUATION

 

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

The balance between the background and the butterfly on the flower is very good. You can visibly see each part to the print and the color visibly shows up on the photo. You also can see the flowers in the background which makes the print more realistic.

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

I used a gouge tool to cut thicker and thinner lines. This was important because its one of the few ways to add texture to the linoleum, which would cause the print to end up visible. If I hadn't of added this texture, the print wouldn't look realistic.

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

In the positive space, there is the lines in the wings of the butterfly, the background, and the main outlines of the center of the flower. The negative is the flower petals, and some small details on the butterfly and flower. Having this positive and negative space causes the print to be more visible and clear.

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

The craftsmanship of my print is rather good, you can easily find the main point in the print, and the cuts are clean. I could've, however, watched the amount of ink on the linoleum when i printed it because in some places the pink covered small details.

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

Yes, in the foreground, you can see the butterfly and the flower. In the middle ground, there are the flowers, and in the background you can see the stems. Its very easy to see the different points in the print because of the way i cut the foreground, middle ground, and background.

6.     Explain your experience with Printmaking. What were the obstacles and advantages?
The obstacles were getting the gouge tool to cut curves, trying to apply a lot of ink without covering small details, and trying to print in the registration marks. It was easy though, to design the print and find the different layers in my print.

Value Portraits Questions(:

Value Portraits Art Critique

                                                                                                                                                        

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

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

To develop my drawing I first had to trace the shade spots and light spots on my person. After my paper was filled with circles of spots where her face shades were different colors, I scribbled led on the pack of the trace paper so i could easily imprint the drawing into my sketch book. After it was imprinted I shaded the circles of shade and light spots to my 9-value scale so the face had color.

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

I first put the drawing up to the window, and put trace paper on top of it. Then i looked through the trace paper and found spots where her face were lighter and darker. I traced those spots.

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

Most likely, the sun was shining on half her face, and she had a white shirt on, so i definently achieved the lightest color of my 9-value scale. It was harder for me to get darker colors, but because the sun was only on one side, it benefited me so I could go color the darker spots.

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

I attempted to make my artwork very neat. It was kind of hard because i had such dark lines to color in. Overall, for my skill level, my drawing was rather good.

5. List any obstacles you had to overcome and how you dealt with them.
I had a problem getting my shades to look correctly. When I was shaded, I often erased lines so the face would look more natural. In the end you can't tell I had a problem with the shading which is a good thing.

Italy's Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception

     In Italy, a famous holiday celebrated is the Immaculate Conception. This takes place on December 8th, and its considered the start of Italy's holiday season. If you visit Italy around this time, you'll most likely see a lot of Christmas decorations. That is why the picture above is a holy photo, because Christmas is Jesus's birthday.

The Immaculate Conception is celebrated in church. As you can tell from the photo above, many Italians meet up in their church to worship and celebrate this day. Depending on what you believe though, this holiday would have a different meaning. For example, if you are Catholic, you most likely believe that the Immaculate Conception is the day that Mary was kept free from her sin.

Value Study Drawing!

1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece.
In the beginning, my three shapes looked really good. I accidentally did all three shapes in the same color though, and they were all suppose to be different colors. When i redid them, they weren't as neat looking. Hopefully after i finish shading them, they will look a lot better.

2. if this was a group project, what was your contribution?
If this was a group project, I would've contributed on the shading. My shapes aren't always the same size so I wouldn't want to draw the outline of them, causing the circle to look like an oval and square to look too big, and so on.

3. How successful do you feel this piece is and why?
I feel like its actually rather good, but I would love to improve next time. My biggest issue was the square, because it has so many sides to shade from.  I love drawing the circle, but towards the bottom my lines no longer are in the shape of a sideways 'C' but they started becoming like a slash.

4. What worked about this project? What didn’t work?
My planes (what "line" the bottom of the shape is sitting on) are all different, which was a good thing. I didn't struggle with placing them in different spots. I did however struggle with the shading of the shapes, especially because they had to be layered on top of each other.



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

Take my time and think about what I'm doing. I listened to the directions, but like I said in question 1, I forgot about the shapes being different colors. I also started drawing on the back, then flipped the paper over to start over, and the lines from the back of the paper went through onto the front, so you could see distinct shape lines and it didn't look good.

6. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why?
Blending the colors so you can't see specific lines where I switched oil pastel colors.

7. What did you learn from this piece?

Art takes talent. Before art, I would look at a portrait drawing or a shaded drawing, and would think nothing of it. Now, I understand how much work the artist probably put into the piece, and how important lines and shading really is.