29/3/12

This lesson we finished our "still life" drawings of the pare, bucket e.t.c We did a lot of shading on it and we exhagurated with it too. In my oppinion it wasn't the best lesson we've had in art, but it was'nt that bad. I look ofrward to the next lesson, wonder what we're going to do then?

22/3/2012

This lesson we were outside in the sun and drew. We drew our shoes d\from a sitting angle/position, I finished the one shoe and started the second, the first one was a bit of a failure but the secaond one I think is turning out okay. I liked this lesson a lot and I hope we are going to work in the sun next Thusrday :D

15/3/2012

Today we started a new unit, it is called "a step in your shoes" or something like that... It is about drawing various things. We drew a banana, a bottle, an orange and a bucket with a pear on top of it. The way we had to draw it was that we had to draw the orange first everything compare to that orange, eg. the bucket was about 2.5 times the oranges hight, therefore, in the drawing, we had to draw the bucket 2.5 times larger than the orange. We were assigned a homework to bring a pair of shoes that we'd have to draw in the next lesson. I look forward to that.

Unit blog assignment

What is perspective? 

Perspective is a type of drawing and an illusion. It is the illusion of depth in a picture/painting. Perspective does not physicaly exist in the real world, only in paintings. There are different types of perspective, there is 1-point perspective where all the lines that in the real world which would be horizontal follow one point. 2-point perspective is where all the lines that would be horizontal follow two points on the edge of the paper, each line depending on where it is. 3-point perspective is when all the lines that would be horizontal in the real world follow two points on the side of the paper and the lines that would be vertical follow one line on the top of the paper. The points, called vanishing points do not have to be on the paper, they could be outside the paper. Perspective drawings are good for making illusionary depth in drawings.

Analysing a perspective painting: The last supper

Vanishing point: The vanishing point is the point where all the red lines meet. All the lines that would be horizontal, follow the vanishing point.

Parallel lines: Parallel lines are lines that are exactly the same distance from eachother and will never cross if they would keep going forever. Some of the orange lines on the picture are parallel to eachother.

Horizonline: The horizon line is the horizontal line where the vanishing point is. On the picture it is drawn in green.

Horizon: The horizon is where land meets the sky, on this picture the horizon is the yellow line overlapping the horizonline.

Black square: When you are drawing a room in perspective, the square decides how long the room would be. The smaller the square, the longer the room. The vanishing point is inside the square.

8/3/2012 and unit/assesment reflection

What we did in the lesson:

This lesson we did a bit of reflection/evaluation on room in 1-point perspective and the city in 2-point
perspective. Here is the feed back for the room in 1-point perspective:

Evaluation/reflection from my class mates:

- A little bit innacurate with the vertical line on the door. I agree with this statement but it is a little exaggerating.
- There could have been colors on the wall, it was too grey. I agree with this too. It was intended and the reason I did it was because there were black smudges on the paper, so I used a grey/black color to cover it up.
- There could have been more details. I kind of agree with this. This statement was a bit "picky" but I could have added a few details.
- Floating chest looks wierd. I agree with this, it was not intended to make the chest floating. I was a bit innacurate with this.
- I liked the painting (smiley painting) and the simplisity of it . I did it simple because sometimes simple is best, and I thought it was nice with a smiley painting in the bacground.
- Creative coloring on the furniture. I agree and did this because I wanted some flashy colors to cover for the boring, grey colors on the wall and because I thought the colors matched and were in the same "group".

My own reflection/evaluation:

I my self am quite satisfied with my 1-point perspective room drawing. There could have been more colors on the wall and a few more details. Not more than that...

2-point perspective city drawing reflection/evaluation:

Evaluation/reflection from my classmates:

-Very nice and realistic shading on the buildings/ground but the clouds and sun could have matched the grounds shading better. I agree with the clouds and sun needing to match the ground's shading. I focused a lot on shading the ground so it would look realistic.

- Mountains are too close to the city and there is nothing between the mountains and the city (eg. grass). I agree with this but I think they're just looking for faults were there are'nt any.

- Clouds could be more spread out and larger. I agree with this too but again, they're just looking for faults were there are'nt...

- Mountains, buildings and clouds gives the city a bit of variety. I did this because I did'nt just want the buildings, I wanted to give it a bit of varity.

- Over all a very nice city. I myslef am very satisfied with this city.

My own reflection/evaluation:

I am very satisfied with this drawing. It is probably the best drawing I've so far made in Art. The reason I think there were'nt so many comments on my drawing is beacause some people could'nt find so mutch negative about my drawing, except the small details. I liked my shading on the buildings and the sky. Mr. Roman taught me that when you color the sky darker on the top of the painting and lighter where the sky ends at the bottom gives it a realistic touch. I think the clouds should have been bigger, fewer and more spread around.

This has been an exciting and fun unit.

1/3/2012

This art lesson was fun, I coloured in the buildings on my two-point perspective and finished it. I look forward to the next lesson :D