Dot project

For this picture I portrayed the red berries by using different sized circles that are the same color as the berries. I represented the leaves by also using different colored, different sized, and differently rotated circles along the outside of the red dots. The background is a light pink because while I wanted it to look like the background in the picture, I didn't want it to be too intrusive and take attention away from the main part.

This picture is a spilt complementary of purple, red, green and yellow. In my composition, I had it transition from dark shades such as purple and dark red-ish orange to light colors like yellow. In the middle it is a mix-up of all colors representing the middle of the actually picture. For the background I chose a green because it contrasted well against the other colors and felt like it made them pop.

Pictogram

Shape collage focused on composition. 

Pictogram:

REFLECT
Look at your 2-3 rayograms and paper cut-out creations. 

What compositional styles where you drawn to? (pattern, rhythm, directional movement et cetera). How do the shapes of the objects relate to one another on the page? Choose one collage and one print as your most compelling work and explain why. 

I used balance(symmetry) and center of interest in both my collage and my print. In my pictogram(print), there was only three different objects I used, leaves, toothpicks and balls so they all relate to each other. They also related to each other because they pointed at a center object. In my collage, the border is symmetrical, and there is a center of interest in the right corner. These two works of art are the best in my opinion because they used the most amount of elements of composition composition. 

DEVELOP CRAFT
Working in the darkroom can be challenging. There are a lot of technical and mechanical components to keep in mind. Make an outline of your process in the darkroom, go through the steps of making a print. (you do not need to write in complete sentences). 

•Find objects that are interesting and are not just dull shapes

•take the object and put them under the enlarger, and choose the amount of time around 10 seconds, and the aperture around three clicks. 

•after waiting about ten seconds when the light turns off, take the paper and place it in the developer chemical for 1-2 minutes

•then put the paper in the fixer for 2-5 minutes

•you then put it in the water wash for 4 minutes

•after this you can bring it outside to see if you like it and is worth saving

•if it is, put it in the permawash for 4 minutes. 

•finally, put it in the water wash for around ten minutes. 

HABITS OF MIND
Look at the Artist Habits of Mind. Besides, Develop Craft & Reflect, which habit did you excel at with this “Shape and Composition” project (consider all facets of the project)? Which habit did you struggle with? Give a little explanation about why you chose each one.

I excelled with the envision habit of mind by envisioning what the final result would look like, and making sure I would like it if it looked like that. I had a hard time with actually expressing my visions on to the paper using objects because the objects I used sometimes did not turn out the way I wanted them to. 

CONSIDER FEEDBACK

Following our guided group discussion, reflect on the insights and observations provided by your peers.  Which comments reinforce your intentions?  Which formal evaluations caused you to stop and see your work in a new way?  

They liked the flow of my work with the leaves , so I kept using those. They said they didn't like how dull some of the other shapes were, such as the small fuzzball things, so I didn't use nearly as many of those because I could see how they were uninteresting. 

Rayogram/pictogram

I like that my pictogram has direction movement through the leaf and the balls following it. I would change it so the mesh is not there and instead have more balls because I feel like the mesh looks out of place. 

Different types of composition

Center of interest 

Symmetrical balance

Rhythm 

Directional movement

Harmony/unity

Final sculpture

I developed 

I have learned to make line more natural and flowing which is evident in the drawing of my hand which has many straight, rigid lines.

When I first started using wire, my sculpture was extremely out of proportion. The shoulders were too big compared to the hips. In addition the body was too thin. I resolved this by adding wire to these places. 

Looking at the "Habits of Mind" document on the homepage. Using that document, how have you developed your craft with this project? How have you "stretched and explored" with this project?

I developed my craft my learning how to convert a picture of a sculpture to a wire sculpture. I stretched and explored by having never made a sculpture with wire, much less converting from a picture.

sculpture improvements

The person who looked at my sculpture was Elli and she said she noticed how the legs had some thickness to show how there is weight on them. She also said the proportions were good and correct.

 Finally, she said to to make the hips wider and thicker. I want to improve on all these things and wrap the right forearm and chest with more wire. 

Gesture drawing 9/22/2014

The first drawing is drawn portrays sass with the hips pointed upwards and the arm is at the side. The bottom one had correct proportions with a lot more lines and I looks more relaxed

My favorite drawings 9/11/2014

The first drawing had many lines that circled around the entire hand and gave it a three dimension feel.  

The second drawing also used contour lines but in a different way and captured the way the oak gull was shaped.