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Shade, 12x18” each (4)

Posted by Ellen To in Advanced Art - Hull on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 11:37 am

This is my shading piece for this quarter. My materials for this piece was a dulled pencil, dampened cloth, my fingers, a ruler, and a sheet of paper. When I work with shading, I am reminded that it is very important to get the lighting correctly. I begin the piece by having a dim shade, a back drop, in each square. I know a piece is done when I can step back and see where the light is coming from. When my work is going well, I am filled with a sense of relief because I always want to give it my all.

When people see my work, I'd like them to know where the light is coming from and the type of work it is. When I work with my fingers, I am reminded that the strokes of my fingers have a big impact of where everything is going. The most difficult part of the whole drawing was getting the right about of darkness for each shade. Also the squares I had were very small and that made it hard to even out. The easiest part was making the mess because I could erase anything I didn't want.

Sasha's Q3 Art Blog

Posted by Sasha Sapp in Advanced Art - Hull on Monday, April 9, 2012 at 9:17 am

Here I have:
Texture
Small Self-Portrait

Large Self Portrait

Side Copied image

Shading

Two-Point Perspective

Water: Part of the Texture assignment, the first part was water. For this, as well as every other assignment, my chosen medium was .05 mm mechanical pencil, and 4B, 2B, and HB shading pencils. I started by really looking at the water. I looked at it from the angle of "what colors are here, and what defines the space and shadows?". What I realized what that there were only 3 colors to bring out, and they were black, grey, and a white/grey nuance.I also looked at the shape of the waves and saw that they were more like lines rocking back and forth. So, I decided to start with lines; making variations in the direction that they rocked. Then the hardest part was diced which part was lighter and which part was darker. (I used a mid-tone to help give the allusion of the darks and lights as well.) I enjoyed this very much. I feel as though I was able to bring out the illusion of waster by really making my lights, light and my darks, dark.

Hair: Hair, the second installment of the texture assignment was definitely the easiest to me. I drew from life using the rubber eraser, .05mm mech pencil, and 4B, 2B, and HB shading pencils, I drew from life using my face. I started with a mid-tone, and then by the drawing the shape of my face and afterwards, the outlines of my hair's shape. What I did was look for the light of my hair, and the shadows from or on my hair darkened. I erased the lighter areas of my hair, especially at the top, and I also followed a trail down strands of some of my hair. I feel like it was successful.

Scales: Scales was a bit more of a challenge, but I realized that it too was just shapes and shading. Using my same tools as before, I used an image form the web and started an outline of the snakes shape, and it was a pretty simple shape. I shaded the entire thing to get a nice mid-tone going as well. I then looked at the of each scale itself. Realizing that they were hexagons. I tediously drew the shape of the hexagons, while keeping in mid perspective. From there, I did a bit of shading and coloring around each scale and I also found a particular part of the snake that had a bright lighting, so I lightened that area.

Small Self-Portrait: This piece that was done earlier on the in year, but one of my favorites. Drawn from life, I used the same tools as before and started with a nice mid-tone and the outline of my face. I tend to start with my nose. I feel like If I can capture the shape of my cheekbones and nose, the picture can turn out great. I then moved to my eyebrow area and forehead and eyes. I can say that capturing the correct lighting in my eyes was difficult at first, but I think I got it down. I didn't focus too much on my hair, but I did get the shape down, as well as the shadows that it generated along my neck. Another thing that I returned to was the getting the light along my cheekbones, nose and eyes. In particular, the nose had the brightest lighting along it, so I lightened up around there for more definition. In general, I realized that lights and darks bring the more dimension to pictures, so I tired to really bring them out.

Large Self-Portrait: For this piece, which I could say that I worked a bit hard in the beginning, was also drawn from life. Looking at myself, I started with a large and dark mid-tone, and from there, I started with the bridge of my nose and them my cheekbones and eyes. I can says that hard part was capturing the lights and shadows around my jaw line and lips, and a better job could have been done. I then proceeded to hair, which I really didn't give much attention too. I also found that the source of light was behind my head, so I had to really lighten up the sides, and really darken some areas around my jaw. I realized that I changed this drawing around a lot and I'm still to pleased with the final product, but eh, I tried.

Personal Work: For the personal work, using my same material as before, I wanted to work more on practicing observation and and shading. Using an image that I found on the web, I basically looked at it and tried to the drawing the lines, lights and darks just as they were. It was a bit easier, because the lights and darks themselves were more dramatic, so I was able to really bring them out. Highlighting the hair was especially good practice for me, because I was able to image the angle the light was shone across the face. My favorite part would be the collarbone area, because I felt like I really captured the soft, yet stern neck and its shadow. Also the darkest shadow on the inside of the coat I felt was a great contrast from my mid-tone and really brought out a greater illusion.

Shading 1: This practice was the most simple of the drawings. Starting very dark on the edges, I smudged the pencil across evenly until I go tot the middle of the paper. Using my rubber eraser, I ran a straight line down the center to give the illusion of sunlight cracking through a pair of doors.

2. A bit harder, I stared with a plain circle, and began the shading around the circle first. I started at the top and shaded heavily, switching between 4B and HB at times and then I smudged down. I then began to shade heavily along the bottom edge of the circle. Using a paper towel, I smudged upwards in a rocking motion to give it more of a round, spherical appearance. The final touch was at the top, where the brightest part was erased to give it light- note that it was eased in a curvy way, to emphasize the shape of the sphere.

3. Even more challenging, but it was one of my favorites. I started with the same outline as the 1, but when in came to shading the circle the idea was to present concavity. The smaller circle was drawn inside of the larger circle, and the most important part was the dark shading more at the top. That gave that part of the sphere depth, like it had a dent in it.

4. This is my favorite as it was more challenging then all. The idea was to shade the circle such that it had the illusion thats it was being view in a top view, and thats its shape was more pointy. The hardest part was the cent. I saw that the dark spot in the center was suppose to be a heavy shadow generated from the tip of the object, so I started there. From there, it was all about capturing the shape of the shadows, and giving them a cone like shape- as if they were wrapped around the object.

Two-Point Perspective:

E- This letter was draw from observing the key elements- the fact that the shape followed two vanishing points. Keeping that in mind, the lines was the easy part. I was easily able to give depth to the picture by keeping my horizon line present as well.

Room- Just as simply as I did the letter E, drawing the room was just as simple. Using my mech pencil and a ruler, I just used lines and perspective to make the room.

Texture, 8.5x11”each (3)

Posted by Ellen To in Advanced Art - Hull on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 3:58 pm

Below are the texture pieces that I have drawn. I focused on the texture of scales, water, and hair.

Scales:
This was my favorite piece to draw because I found a beautiful snake to draw and shade. I love the coil of the body and how the body and head of the snake fit together. When focusing on scales, I've realized that it takes a lot of time and patience. This piece took me three days to complete.
My favorite tool was my finger so I could shade in the scales and make them look connected to the body. My favorite material to use was a dull pencil so I could get the right amount of shading and thickness in between the scales. The best thing about my piece was the body of the snake. The hardest thing to do was draw the scales and have them evenly portioned out. I know when a piece has turned out really well when I can step back and take a sigh of relief.
When looking at my piece, I see that there weren't really any specific patterns. The scales were just mix matched and connected together. The scales were all a rounded edge shape. In the picture, the lighting is what the snake is looking at. One thing that I would do differently is draw the scales evenly. When I work scales, I am reminded that they have to be consistent. I begin a piece by drawing the body. When people see my work, I'd like them to see the snake and the time I put into the piece.

Water:
The next piece I drew was my water piece. My favorite tool was again, my fingers because I felt that shading was an important factor when drawing the water. This is because of where my light reflected and how it would look in real life. The best thing about my drawing was the reflection off the water. The worst thing was probably my swan because it didn't look realistic.
In all I felt that I piece turned out better than I thought because I have never drew water in detailed and didn't know what my outcome would be. When drawing, I factor in the light and the flow of the water., I felt like tose two things would be most important when drawing water realistically. One thing I would do differently is draw the water differently.
When I work with water, I am reminded that it is challenging to draw. I begin a piece by drawing my swan and the setting. I know a piece is done when I can see the reflections in the water. When my work is going well, I am filled with a sense of relief. When people see my work, I'd like them to see the amount of time and effort I put into the piece.

Hair:
I didn't really grasp the concept of drawing hair so I spent half of the first class we had googling hair and then I realized that there were four things to focus on: the flow of the hair, the head, lighting, and the shading.
My favorite tool to use while drawing this piece was my thin pointed pencil to represent each strand of hair. I think I did a good job with the shading and the face of the girl. I feel as if I could've blended in her hair better. When it comes to the texture part of the drawing, I feel as if I did her hair justice! My favorite things to shade with was with a dampened clothe and my finger.

When I work with hair, I am reminded that it is looked at by strand by strand. I begin a piece by drawing the head of the person. I know a piece is done when I can step back and see where the light is coming from and each strand of hair. When my work is going well, I am filled with a sense of relief. When people see my work, I'd like them to see the strands and shading of hair I drew.

Color Wheel, 18x18” - Watercolor

Posted by Ellen To in Advanced Art - Hull on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 3:34 pm

This is the water color wheel that we did. For this art project, I used a cup for water, paint brush, permanent marker, and a ruler. I got everything set up. Then I drew a circle by free hand. I divided the circle into twelve sections so each section could represent the sections on a color wheel. For this project, I only used the colors red, yellow, and blue to make the different colors shown below. I only used red, blue, and yellow because they are the primary colors of the color wheel and that means that they can be combined to make the different colors shown below.

My favorite tool was the tray I used to mix all of my colors on because I could wash the tray off if the colors weren't right. I could mess up on the tray before I brought the color onto the paper. The best thing about the color wheel is that it shows people what the different primary colors can combine and make. Some patterns that people can spot are the colors and how some of them are darker versions of the other ones. They have a pastel look to them. My favorite color is the teal-blue because it reminds me of the sky on a nice day.

When I work with water colors, I am reminded that they mix effortlessly with each other. I begin a piece drawing a big circle. I know a piece is done when all of the colors above are represented. When my work is going well, I am filled with a sense of relief...knowing that I did something right. When people see my work, I'd like them to see a completed water wheel.

Self Portrait, 24x36” Lrg - Charcoal or Pencil

Posted by Ellen To in Advanced Art - Hull on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 3:16 pm

This art drawing was very similar to my previous one because it is a self portrait. The different qualities that this drawing has is the material that I chose to use. For this drawing, I used charcoal on the bottom and then I finished everything off by making fine lines with my color pencils and added a few dark touches to the drawing. I drew all of this on a large piece of paper.

When I work with both charcoal and pencil, I am reminded that I can both shade and color in. I begin a piece by making a back drop and drawing my head, neck, and shoulders. I know a piece is done when I can step back and see where the light is coming from, the shading, and how the final product works. When my work is going well, I am filled with a sense of relief. When people see my work, I'd like them to know that it is a self portrait.

The hardest parts were to color over the thick areas of the charcoal because it would either scratch off or fade in with each other. The easiest parts were drawing in pencil and shading with charcoal.

Self Portrait, 8x11” Small - Pencil

Posted by Ellen To in Advanced Art - Hull on Monday, April 2, 2012 at 2:18 pm

Here is a portrait of my self. This was the first art project we did as a class. We had the option of seeing ourself in a mirror or in photo booth. This was a challenging drawing because what I wanted to draw didn't turn out correctly and I missed up on the pupil part on my eyes. Another challenging part was getting my ear to slant perfectly and evenly with my face. The easiest and time consuming part of this self portrait drawing was my hair, I understood where my par was and where my hair curled in, it was just the matter or drawing and shading in my hair correctly. I thought about where the light was coming from and what I could shade lightly or heavily. Another easy piece I drew was my head and the portion size. This is because our student teacher, Emma, couldn't stress enough about how our head was separate in three portions: one for the forehead, one for the eyes, ears, eye brows, and the bridge of the nose, and the bottom portion is for the chin, mouth, and nose. Some areas of improve in is where my vneck shirt comes in and the full shading of the whole picture.

My favorite tool to use was the eraser because I messed up a number of times and took away some hair. This tool allowed me to take away the unneeded and added space for some new pieces I could add to my self portrait. When I work with charcoal, I am reminded that art can be seen in different views. I begin a piece by drawing my outline of the head for the whole sheet of paper. I know a piece is done when I can step back and look at my art and feel proud of it. When my work is going well, I am filled with a sense of happiness because I want to go home and show my parents so they can be proud of me. When people see my work, I'd like them to have to take a second look and say I did a great job. I am not currently working on anything. Although I would love to take some of my drawings and painting back into the art studio and add some finishing touches on my art work so they are perfect when I hang them up.

Photography

Posted by Dalena Bui in Advanced Art - Hull on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 10:31 am

For this quarter I decided to choose to do my own project involving photography. I always had a interest in photography and I never tried to purse it. But this quarter while I was researching on independent art projects to do and I stumbled upon a page on abstract pictures. It had everyday objects but in different angles and shadows. The project looked really cool to do and interesting. I wanted to see if I could recreate my own abstract art and edit them to see what it would be like.

It was hard at first because I am just a rookie taking pictures and I am not good at photoshop so this project was going to be challenging to me but I was up for the challenge. This project challenged me in the best possible way and I really want to try more things with photography.

This is my process...
For the first part of my project I wanted to start in school. I wanted to see if I could take everyday things and make it portray a different image or emotion by editing it. I went around the school taking pictures of stairs, gates, lockers and other random things posted around the school. My goal was to see it I could make them totally different from what I originally saw them

Below is my pictures from around the school

Next...
For another part of my project I chose to find different pictures on the internet that was already abstract or different. My challenge was to tak art that was weird and crazy and portray a feeling already and change it into something that was almost unrecognizable to the orignal work. Working in it was hard because it was difficult to erase an emotion of a picture and portray a new one. I used different shadows and lights to give it a new refreshed feeling. The work below the school picture shows my work.

Jamie Murphy- Copy a Master

Posted by Jamie Murphy in Advanced Art - Hull on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:44 am

This copy a master art project was to copy a professional famous artist work. So I decided to look for some Andy Warhol paintings. I really love his art work, especially his pop art designs. I then took his famous tomato soup can painting and found his colorful more abstract version of it. While copying this painting I used the paints found in Ms.Hull's art room. To get these soft creamy colors I mixed the solid colors with white. Then for the bottom half of the dark purple color I used washable markers as well as for the black fill in the word "soup". I also used marker for the top of the can. I loved this assignment, it was very fun since I used two different mediums to get my outcome of the Andy Warhol painting.

Jamie Murphy- Internet Sculpture

Posted by Jamie Murphy in Advanced Art - Hull on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:36 am

The internet sculpture assignment was to find a sculpture from the internet that we found interesting enough to create on our own. So I decided to make my own duct tape wallet. I used tie dye "duck" tape as my medium in creating this sculpture. It was very difficult in the beginning but as I continued with the assignment it became easier. This sculpture was very fun to recreate, as it was also an ideal one. I had always wanted to make a duct tape wallet and through this assignment I was able to. This was a step by step recreation. I used a website that helped show me what to do by having pictures with side notes on how to follow through with each step.

Second Quarter Art Projects

Posted by Martha Robles in Advanced Art - Hull on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:24 am

Large Clear Object - During the first quarter of art we were asked t draw a clear object, the second quarter we were asked to do the same thing however this time the object had to be drawn to a even bigger scale. When I heard this I expected everything to go smoother then it did. I thought it would be easy since I had already completed a similar project. I didn't think much about the size. When it came down to it I found this to be a bit harder to work on. Mostly because of the size we had to draw it. I found it harder to keep everything proportional. I also struggled with being patient. Im not a patient person to begin with and the fact that some part were easier to draw in a big scale other weren't. In the end I am content with the final product and I believe it looks nice.

Internet Sculpture - For this project I had a lot of ideas but ended up dismissing them all cause a lot of people were doing them already. I ended up going for something a bit les traditional and something the every day person could use. I chose to make coffee cup placers. These are helpful when having coffee in the office to prevent from any of it getting on your desk or even your papers which would be horrible. I opted to used Cd's for this because its something that is easy to find in the house that is no longer being used. I also choose to shower it with white glitter to give it more of a sophisticated look since glitter is really in. The glitter would also prevent the coffee mugs or cups to slip due to the roughness it gives the CD.

Ceiling Art - When I noticed other tiles being painted on to create a personality for the room I was excited to paint a tile myself. I knew I wanted something to reflect the freedom we had in the room and the different aspects of art. To me art is about creating a vision and reaching for the best it can be. Being able to be creative allows me to dream and fly. Which is what the tile says. When it came to thinking about something else to go with it. I opted to draw 3 dream catchers. Each one stands for learn create lead. The biggest one is the one in the middle which stands for create. I decided to make this the biggest one since it is the one standing for creation, and of course we all know the art studio allows us to create all things possible.

Photoshop - Going in to doing this I found myself really excited about using photoshop. Even though I didn't know much about how to use it I was very excited to learn how to be able to use in future projects or just for fun. I came across a variety of things I wanted to do. However I drifted away from them and chose to instead try different things outs until I was content with it. I went through a bunch of effects and layers to come up with most of them. I had a lot of fun doing all of them. Even though for some I dont even remember what I did. I had fun learning how to use photoshop. It allowed me learn a new skill. As well as open my mind to learn more.

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