COLOR

Our project this week was to make a color wheel and work with hue. I made my color wheel in Illustrator and found this to be a very interesting project. It helped me to understand color better and the mixing of color.

VALUE

Self Portrait

This week’s project was to make a self portrait collage made from materials collected for week 10. This project was quite a challenge for me. I decided to make this collage with Photoshop and many times I found myself thinking that I wish I had done this the traditional way. I spent hours on this and easily could have spent more on it but time is up. You could really fine tune something like this if you have the time. Self portraits are not easy to do but this was a great experience.

ILLUSTION OF SPACE AND MOTION

Illusion of space



Exaggerated Size

http://www.stinkyjournalism.org/latest-journalism-news-updates-45.php

This image is using exaggerated size to make the man appear to be larger than the building. The building is far away in the background and the man is very close to the photographer.



One Point Perspective

http://edwardsmiddleschoolmanga.blogspot.com/

This image uses a one point perspective and the posision of the photographer creates the feeling of a very large space. You can tell that the linear perspective starts straight ahead as I have pointed out.

aerial perspective

http://www.watercolorpainting.com/perspective_implied.htm

This piece is an example of aerial perspective it uses color or value to show depth. The colors in the background are lighter and grayish. The rocks in the mid ground are no taller than the ones in the background but the coloring suggests that they are closer. There is use of size in this piece with the close up of the angel in the right bottom corner.



Illusion of Motion

Relative Stillness

http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/tag/calendar-movies/page/77/

This art piece is an example of relative stillness. The piece looks like a photograph shot at high speed while the penguins are filing through the air. With the specks of snow flying around the penguins and the fact that they are in the air implies that they are in motion. This piece also uses sizing to imply that each penguin is at a different distance away.



Cropped Figures

http://www.visumation.com/blog/?tag=illusion-of-motion

This image is an example of a cropped figure. This image uses repetition and cropping to create the feeling of movement. This image also give the feeling of relative stillness in the way it just looks like it is hanging there in the sky.





Multiple Image

http://www.diagonalthoughts.com/?p=455

This image is an example of multiple images we see one figure in many overlapping poses. This image looks like the figure is standing and moves into a lying down position or vice versa. This creates the impression of movement.  



PATTERN AND TEXTURE

Here are my 15 pattern and texture pieces I have chosen. I am now thinking that I need something with more white in it. I chose many different fabrics, white birch bark, tin foil, doily, and a filter. I was fun trying to come up with different items that had pattern or texture. 

This is my value scale created with the pattern and texture items I chose.

Shape and Valume

This weeks lesson was about shape and valume. The project due is a black and white image with the negative shape being black and possitive being white. This was a fun project and really gets you thinking about shape.

LINE

This weeks lesson was on line. For the first part of the project due we were asked to draw lines with different medium. The lines needed to repressent four different emotions. This is what I came up with for angry, calm, sad, and happy.

This is the second part of the  project due and again using different mediums we were asked to draw lines that repressented four different verbs. This is what I came up with for fast, slow, scream, and meander.

For the third part of the project we were asked to draw 1 contour, 1 blind contour, 2 gestures (1 wet and 1 dry).

For the fourth part of this project we were asked to draw four different images with the lines expressing volume.

This project was difficult for me in that the feeling of art was not flowing through me. I am the type of person that cannot draw well if the feeling isn't there.

Headshot



I have very few pictures of myself and they are mostly of me and my daughter. This picture is four years old and is a good explanation of myself.  I am a Mom which can tend to take over your identity. I am very demanding of myself and people around me. In general I have the tendency of thinking that if you don’t giving 110% in what you are doing you are not trying. I am somewhat of a perfectionist which seems to be a family trait. I like to pick and joke around as a way of getting away from my high expectations of myself.  This image shows how proud I am to be a Mom and that I would do anything to protect this child. I do not like getting my picture taken and try not to look at the camera. I am a huge fan of, “do-it-yourself,” type of things and, “working with what you have.” For example I did the electrical wiring in my house, sheet rocking, and many other things. I just go get books or go on the internet, read up on it and see if I can do it. The work with what you have thing for example, there is a loft in my daughter's room and for the railing I went outside cut down some small trees and maid the railing out of trees instead of buying them. I love to create with my hands and get great pleasure from working with wood and in the dirt. Gardening is a great release for me and helps me to relax and recharge.
In this image I think the focal point is my smile then it shifts you to what I am looking at. The image has good balance even with the top of my head going off the top left there is more weight on the bottom right to off set that. There is also rhythm in the snow behind us.

An image of the railing in my daughter's room.