In class we started learning about a artist who would draw pictures like this, so we had to think of our own idea and draw it. When I started to think of a plan for this project, I knew that I wanted to do something with day and night because I love the difference in them. I did the building in two-point perspective and I wanted it in the middle that way I could have day on one side and night on the other side. The artist used to do checkers in many of this artworks, so I did mine that way too. First I made a sketch and then when it was how I wanted it, I went over it to make it better. To add different values, I made sure to shade the night side and leave the day side white, as if its bright out. From this project, I learned a lot about the famous artist and about point perspective drawings.
Alleigh Lewis Art Blog
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Ceramic Bowl
My ceramic bowl was how it was because I wanted something that would be usable but at the same time have a cool design. Its a medium sized bowl and could be used for eating out of but also storing things in. During the construction of designing this bowl, I really wanted to make the shape of it the main feature. I cut a shape out of paper and then put it on the block of clay to cut out. After cutting out the clay, I did a hump bowl. A hump bowl means that I layed it on the outside of the bowl to create the shape. We also had to do a radial design in this, meaning a design that starts in the middle and comes out. While doing this project, I learned many things about different types of clay and how to shape clay too. I learned how to use red clay as a color to add decoration. If I could redo the project, I would make sure to smooth out the clay more so that no cracks would show up. I would also do more layers of red clay so that it would show up more and not be so blotchy.
Shoe Drawing
The purpose of the show drawing was to show how one object was in the distance and how one was closer to someone. I decided that I was going to draw my shoes on a table so I had to figure out how I wanted them to be set. I tried a bunch of different ways and liked having one flipped over and having the heels overlapping. While shading, I noticed that some parts of the shoes were so much darker than other spots, so I had to add different darkness and lightness, which made value in the picture. The table was made to look like it was going into the distance, so I had it run off the page making it look dimensional. From doing this drawing, I learned how to shade by putting different pressure on the pencil and by using different strokes.
Acrylic Landscape Painting
Pastel Still Life
When I started to plan this project, I looked at everything that I would need to do. I planned my compostition by first figuring out how i wanted to place my boxes of candy. I realized that I liked the look of all of them stacked up and having my favorite candy on top. To figure out the placement, I used a thumbnail sketch, which is a smaller and more zoomed in picture of the objects that helps you focus on the main features. When you look through the veiwfinder, you see what you would be drawing and it helps you decide how you want your objects to be set up. To make the boxes look three dimensional, I used shading with both light and dark. I created a light source by using cast shadows and also making one side of the still life darker and having the other side be lighter.
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