For this quarter, we took 200 pictures, made sculptures, copied a piece of art by a famous artist, drew a bike, and drew from observation. From all the work that I went through with the other classes, I couldn't quite focus on this one, so I didn't always put my all into every assignment. This was definitely my worse quarter, but I was able to get most of the assignments done. In all the stress of my other classes, I was unable to do a picture from outside.
These are the unedited pictures from the 200 pictures I took:
In the 4th quarter we had a list of things to do in a certain amount of time. -Take 200 photos, then edit 3 of them. -Draw a bike three times;line negative and shading. -Copy a famous piece of art. -Create a sculpture In this quarter i got off to a rough start i did not feel like doing anything. That made me get caught behind. The day i decided to do everything had me over whelmed. I started to work on everything then I realized that time was running out. This was not one of my best quarters. My favorite project was the sculpture and the photo editing. I had fun doing everything else as well but the most appealing to me was those two.
For this quarter we had to do things. We had to - Take 200 photos and edit the ones you wants you want - Post some that you think you were cool - Make a sculpture - Copy a piece by a famous artist - Draw a bike 3 times - Draw an observation from outside Just like last quarter and the ones before, I listened to music to concentrate on doing my work. Unlike the last, I decided to do something that I wasn't used to. I put my pictures up earlier. Usually wait until everything is done and then do. Seeing as that didn't go so well the last time, I tried something different. I decided to changed mostly because of that and because my sister and thrown away my original sculptures. I had made a dress with a bag and roses. Thinking that i had already taken pictures she threw them away. Instead of deciding of using that as an excuse for not doing my work. I choose make one about something else. So I made one of the T.A.R.D.I.S. It stands for Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space. It is from a BBC show called Doctor Who used by a man and his current companion to travel through time and space. For the 200 photos, I took my camera with me everywhere. I took pictures of anything and everything, sometimes even hiding a little ironman figure into the scenery. Sadly none of those were good enough to show. But some that were were of my gecko, Speedy, an etching i found at Penn's Landing and one of Center City. My outside photo was of a moving train. I was actually surprised that it came out so clear. The edited photo is of my nephew at Penn's Landing. I edited it so that Keanu Reeves was in it. The painting from my famous artist is from Bob Kessel. It is his version of Tokyo Girl Utamaro. . (Pictures are not in order)
Original Photo
juan
Edited picture
Juan and keanu
Pictures i thought looked cool
Bench2.0
HNI_0037
PHOT0136
Outside Photo
moving train
Hand Drawn Photo
T.A.R.D.I.S from the BBC show Doctor Who and it stands for Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space. It was hard to get a light to stick to the top; it kept falling off. Original
- Make a sculpture -Take 200 photos and edit the ones you wants you want, put the pics we think are the best - Copy a piece by a famous artist (Alexander Calder) - Draw a bike 3 times - Draw an observation from outside
This quarter unlike any other was small so I really had to try and find my imagination so I would make everything but still be content with my end result. The first thing was the bird house which too a really long time. It was all worth is because I was and am happy with what it looks like now. The paint was the hardest part, it took about three hours to paint. I did learn that I like oil paint one copper. It looks nice and I actually use real oil along with the paint, it helps it smooth out and the brush move better. The only problem is it takes about one week or a little more to dry. The pictures I did i only chose three to edit and and extra two to up load. For some reason I didn't really like any of the pictures I took. When I was using photoshop I was in a way playing with the idea of making the next picture different as if the idea came from another person to make it that way. But to still have it clear that is the same picture. The rose happens to be my favorite because I love a good black and white picture. It's something about it that keeps me content. It's sort of like the second picture it looks simple but it's not. I tried to play around with the texture of the picture and bring out the clouds and at the same time keep some of the focus on the rainbow. The third picture is of my little cousin at her birthday party. she was sitting quite so I thought it would make for a perfect picture. Right after I took it I had the idea of making it look like she kind of sitting in the mist of smoke or something. Thinking of some sort of fairy tale look. I finally choose to keep it with the while and smudging out the background some to blind in. The picture under it with the straw throughout the Capri Sun was something one of my older cousins did. In a rush because she was very thirsty, after she attempted to put the straw in the drink she was confused as to why she was unable to drink anything. In that moment I could not stop laughing and thought it would be perfect to capture. The last picture I took was of my little sister playing pee-a-boo with me and I thought it was so cute. When ever I play games with my little sister she makes the cutest little farces and I always want to take a picture. This time she kept coving her face when she saw me try to take it, but i actually like this picture better than the one I was trying to take. The artist work I choose to copy was Alexander Calder I liked his art because it was something I was not use to trying to do. I like the simplicity of the art. The only problem I had was looking at the colors. I see some of my colors way off or slightly off. When I first looked a the snake on the right it was dark blue but now that I compare it to Alexander's piece it looks more green. But I still am happy with the way I did it. Even though the art might have seemed smile when I first started drawing and coloring it, it became harder to do as I got closer to finishing. The bikes were hard for me, it was the first time I ever tried to draw a bike. I've never thought about it before. I liked the different types of ways we had to draw it, it was in a sense looking at it from a different perspective. Only drawing lines, only drawing negative space and and drawing everything but the bike. All the picture look different as they should. Even thought in all three picture I was drawing the bike it was way different aspects and shapes that needed to be drawn to complete the picture. The last thing that I needed to draw was an observation form outside. I pick this observation because when I first saw it I tried to imagine it on paper. It was hard for me to do it but I just tried my best to remember what Ms. Hull always says, draw what you see, not what you think you see. Therefor I have my master piece.
The first picture is a stencil from a stencil website that I then printed out and cut out the black of the picture. I gathered my materials which were 50% bleach/ 50% water solution, an old black shirt, cardboard (I could've used paper as the stencil but cardboard would ensure that the bleach didn't soak through) I placed the stencil on the shirt and sprayed the bleach around it a little bit at a time. I repeated this process once more on a polo shirt instead (thicker fabric). I actually enjoyed the crispness of the first try.
Next 3 : 200 pictures 3-4 edits
before & after
These are my favorite because they are simple there isn't much going on and the way I edited the pictures were only slight color, contrast, or saturation alterations.
Next 5 : 200 pictures - non-edit just think look cool
Next 2 : Copying an Artist I like my representation of Murakami's original. It was fun creating it and shows something about me, impatient and messy. (: Missing - Bicycles
For this assignment, I had been absent due to a stay away science fair when we had begun working on it. Reviewing and studying others pieces I do believe I have gotten the concept of the assignment and the way one must view an object in not only different perspectives but also its different spaces. I cannot say that I've first hand great experience with these techniques but considering myself an artist I want to set this as one of the goals for myself, at least to try.
Next 1 : Outside
I chose to keep my outside piece very simple and almost sketch-like but I paid attention to "sloppy" detail without thinking to much into it I added shades where my eyes told me I seen shades. I really wanted to stray away from a piece that would like semi-realistic or artistic to tacky by adding unnecessary bricks, which in my mind would appear more like squares. When relating to an outside piece the way you portray that artwork is also a representation of the way your mind as an artist processes the environment around you. For example, usually in fast pace environments the artist will show that fast pace with the quickness in strokes or how much space is being used on the canvas. Blank negative space, in this case, was the best choice in my opinion for this specific work. I was sitting in a simple calm park and with not much clouding my thoughts or view I didn't believe that there should be much clouding or lingering around the main focus, the tree.
Goals: Try different spaces/perspectives with negative/positive Try different styles of simple and complex drawing/painting Do more painting projects ( I never realized that I had potential in this field until this year :') Do more arts and crafts ( This was also fun and creative ) Learn from others but still finding my perfected personal techniques Not be afraid of A. Failure B. Mistakes C. Something not being perfect & to really keep in mind "Art pieces are living..."- Hull : so I can't REALLY control what happens sometimes (: