Slipery Slope

Chair With Coat.

HOW did you find today's still life more or less complicated to draw than the still lives over the past few weeks (white paper, sticks, fabric)? Be specific.

HOW did you use some of the skills we've developed over the past three weeks drawing more complicated still lives to draw the chair with coat today? What are these skills? 

Today's still life was both harder and easier. It was harder because you had to make sure everything was in exactly the right spot and be more carful about placement of everything. For example, with the sticks drawing you did not have to worry as much about what stick was what but with this there were only a few objects to draw. It was easier thought because it was less over whelming with less to draw and more time to focus on everything.

I used some of the skills that we have learned over the past few weeks with this drawing because I did not try to become to detailed quickly. I also knew how to shade more and get the feeling of the drawing which made this picture easier to draw.

Glass Half Full Project

At first in this project it was hard for me to figure out how to incorporate the Principles of Design. I had to make a few rough drafts before I figured out how to make the image in my head show. I used leading lines and different colors to show what I was trying to emphasize in my photo. This project helped me a lot to understand how to use the different types of Principles of Design. In the end I enjoyed this project a lot.

Found Object Sculpture Reflection.

Bun-A-Roo
This sculpture was meant to be a mix of a bunny and a kangaroo. The process for this was to find the different parts and see what came to me. After a little while this idea just poped into my head. From there I had to find more parts to complete it. The hard parts of this was finding objects that worked with my idea. I had the base but adding the extra details was vital. I discovered that making a sclpture of out random objects is harder than people would think. 

Fabric Drawings

Today you drew some fabric hanging in the middle of the room.
You were asked to think about creating the feeling of the fabric's weight and behavior in your drawing.
You were asked to build the drawing from the general to the specific.

It went pretty well. It was hard to incorporate the folds in the fabric. Recreating the fabric was hard but interesting. I wish we had more time so I could work more on shading and finishing my drawing. Todays drawing was different from the sticks drawing because there was more space to move your pencil instead of everything being on top of each other. Also we did not have to be as dark with our shading which was nice because it was easier to see what was going on. I preferred this drawing to last weeks. 

Found Images Collage, "Nature at its Finest"

People liked the different contrasts in my material. They also like that I was using different patterns to make mountains instead of just using natural colors. I found this feedback helpful because it showed me that other people could see what I was trying to make my art look like. It also made me feel like I should keep trying new things to see how it goes and what it looks like!

Extending our findings from The Pour Paintings

I thought that it was unique to take one piece of art and use it to inspire another. I think that that is a great way to become inspired that is not a usual way. The feedback from my class mates was that they thought that my art work was turning out well, but that is about it.

Pour Paintings

It felt different to give up control of the shapes that were forming. Art is supposed to be something that you make not something that is just formed and happens without the control of the artist. I was surprised to see how the different color paints mixed and how they spread out on the paper. When I returned to my pour painting at first I did not see anything. I was wondering how someone would make a painting out of a bunch of different colored lines. But then I started to see the body of a bird and once I had painted the bird, the lines started to look like a branch. After that we were out of time and had to clean up. I like where my painting is now, so I am not going to add anything to it.