End of Term 1 Reflection

      This term was very different from what I was used to in my old school. It was fun and I learned things that are very helpful for being an artist like special art rules: ways to project your thought in your art, and ways to highlight what was most important. My way and thoughts of drawing have changed for the better during this term. Before this term whenever I drew I was not thinking of some key things like shadowing, lighting/contrast, the principles of design, and using different materials for making art better.
     This term I also realized that I could do more than just draw. Some of the successes that I have done this term would have to be the wave drawing that I made in my sketchbook and the pastel heart that I made in the beginning of the term. It was hard for me to do shadowing, as I said in one of my posts but I ended up getting used to it.
      This term I had a lot of fun and I can't wait till next term! Some advise I would give to myself is keeping my blog really organized so I won't have to look around for everything next term. Overall I thought this term turned out great!

Glass Half Full

      What I tried to represent here was traveling.  At first it is really boring traveling and being cooped up in a plane for a long time .(First drawing, negative). But once you get to your destination it is fun and relaxing! (Second drawing positive). It was a bit challenging having to make a lot of people and I kind of got paranoid about it but it ended up well.
     The rules that we had to use about shading and lighting and stuff like that was actually very helpful. Some of the feedback that I got was to shade the people that I didn't want the focus to be on and that really helped me!

Principles of Design Research

Today we looked at "Nighthawks" by

Chair With Coat

      Today's drawing I found harder than other days because it kind of combined every reflection drawing we have ever done. It was hard for me to draw the sizes of everything: the arm chair, the cushion, and the coat. 
       Some skills I used were shading, drawing the cloth, and placement. It was very hard for me to do placement. Shading has gotten easier for me but for some reason I found this reflection drawing very difficult.

Principles of Design Research

Principles of Design Research

     Today we looked at a painting called the "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper. We looked at how he wanted the viewer to look at the painting and what he wanted us to think about it.
These are some of the things he wanted us to notice:
He didn't use symmetry in the painting but he used placement/grouping. He placed the people in a lighted area to show them clearly, and what he wanted them to represent. Surrounding the bar he put darkness to show it was a lonely night. This is the contrast between light and dark. The light made leading lines on the pavement out side the bar and also he made the light creeping into the buildings on the opposite side of the bar. There was implied movement in the painting to: the bar tender bending down. The painting had some proportion, more light then dark. He mostly used all of the principles of design to show what he wanted us to think of his painting.

Fabric Drawings

      Last time when we had to draw the sticks it was a bit easier because you couldn't really mess up. This time there were more colors, shadowing, and you could mess up. You could mess up with where you put the fabrics. It was fun drawing the fabrics but a little bit difficult.