All of my stuff in a nutshell

Artist Statement

            When I was first told of our final assignment to incorporate the golden ratio, a microcosm, and a macrocosm, in gray scale, my mind reeled the many possibilities. My mind raced through the sun kissed African savannah, dove into a rich Hawaiian coral reef, pranced through a peaceful garden, and then I finally rested upon a more urban approach. I was researching images that represented the golden ratio when I came upon a picture of a fist. My mind instantly saw a picture of a man getting punched in a dark alley of a city. So I began to sketch. My first approach was to go for a more comic book feel. I wanted a cop car involved with crime scene tape with the lights reflecting off the water on the street and brick walls, and I wanted to show the fight as well as the forensic investigation of fingerprints and blood spatter. All of these ideas hit me at once and I was so overwhelmed. So as I started to paint my grey scale images, all of these ideas just didn’t fit successfully into the final version. So I simplified my ideas to just the man being punched in an alley. Now, the golden ratio is represented in the fist, the microcosm is represented in an up-close look at a human face, and the alley way represents the macrocosm. I feel like my final project is very successful. I feel like I used the grey scale to accurately create a light source as well as depth, dimension, and texture. I am very proud of my final project as it coveys a mysterious execution of the criteria.

Last drawing assignment, drawing myself in an ornament

Progress

Right before I start painting

Mambo Numba Fiveee (aka HW#5) (:

-Find a surrealistic painting from the previous guide, and describe the following about it-

"Arrival Of The Flower Ship"

Vladimir Kush

How is scale and Proportion integrated into a surrealistic piece of art? Describe the effect

    -Scale and Proportion are both used in this piece of art in the aspect that the flowers giant in proportion to the people and to the boat. An average person is 5 - 6ft tall. These flowers would have to be at least a hundred feet tall. The mere scale of the theses flowers gives this picture a dream-like effect.

Discuss proportion and the notion of ideal geometry in a composition. Give and example.

    -Proportions in art created when the size of an object is judged against another to find its accurate measurement. An example of this would be in figure drawing. When drawing the human figure, it is best drawn idealistically when the height of a human is made of 7 head lengths; or the wing span of the figure. 

    -Ideal geometry are forms that are created with mathematical ratios. Ideal geometry, or also named, the Golden Mean, was created by ancient Greeks. Here is an example by Thomas Peploe Wood's of the Golden mean in his painting. Width is to length, as length is to width, as length is to length plus width.

What is the Golden Rectangle and provide an example in a piece of art.

               The Mona Lisa By Leonardo DiVinci

The Golden rectangle was used by Leonardo to create the Mona Lisa, he used the proportions of her nose to create the measurements of the rest of the picture.

Discuss your current final project and what will be your inspiration.

    -In my final project i was inspired by the golden ration in a humans hand. I loved how the measurements of each joint is a mathematical measurement of one another. So i will be using this concept in a comic book-like illustration. I will use the fist to punch a man's face (which is also a part of the golden ratio), and using this concept I want to illustrate a back alley fight/crime scene investigation. 

I'm sooooo excited for the end result!

cute quotes from winnie the pooh

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”-Pooh

“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.” -Pooh

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” -Pooh

“We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.

Even longer,' Pooh answered.” “If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear."

DERPP

Revised & Final Version

And heres them all put together

The pictures I used for my surealism project

another cool artist

Labyrinth, by artist Motoi Yamamoto, is a huge and detailed installation made with salt.

Abstract sainted objects

At first I was very iffy about this project. But now I'm in love with them. They're all so beautiful and unique

Skeletons

HW for drawing (:

Textures

They came out sooooo much better than I expected

Work processes

Trail #1

I think it looks ok, I'm not not to sure how I feel about it yet. Hopefully it'll grow on me

new found treasures

By Anthony Jean 2012, acrylic on canvas

I just happened upon these and i think they are beautiful.

Also from a nude model

Drawing from a nude model

In charcoal and I loveeee it

HW#4 Part 2

This photographs are taken by Hiroshi Wantanabe in 2012

 These photos are the perfect examples for this week's vocabulary we are exploring. The different values contrasts creates emphasized focal points that brings the viewers eye right to their faces. There is a clear value scale that demonstrates our value scale and achromatic grey. And the shades of grey around the focal point create an emphasis with value. The lack of texture in their faces contrast with the actual texture in their hair and clothing. And finally there is balance in these pictures due to the fact that the viewer's eye is rapidly moving through out the picture because of the value provided. These are beautiful pictures to provide as examples for this week's homework assignment.

HW#4

Chapter 9
1)Describe 3 ways to define pattern in art or theory?
-An artistic or decorative design
-A series of events that are predictable based on previous events
-Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works

2)How can a grid help to define a pattern?
-a grid provides precise restriction lines that helps the contrasting textural patterns conflict to create a functional pattern

3)Compare and contrast pattern and texture?
- a pattern is a decorative creation repeated
- a texture is a creation made to imply an actual texture

Patterns can be intricately placed to create an implied textured, but does not have to be a texture.
Textures are made to replicate other textures.

4)How can texture be used to create visual interest?
Texture often is made from an abundance of lines which can cause visual tension. This often creates the audience to be interested due to the complexity.

5)What is the difference between actual texture and implied texture?
Texture is something one can touch and feel. It is physically capable to be held.
Implied texture is a design that provides an illusion that an actual texture exists.

6) How do you define a collage?

A collage is made from a variety of pictures or objects to tell a story or to create a new picture.

7)What is Tromp l'oile?

Tromp L'oile is a french technique that many artists use. It means to fool the eye. When something is tromp l'oile is means that it looks real or life-like, where it can "fool the eye"

Chapter 10:
1)Define value and value scale.
Value: value is different shadows and darkness that contrast with each other to provide an illusion of depth.
Value scale: Every shade in between white and black.

2) What is achromatic grey?
Different shades of grey mixed together using different amounts of black and white.

3)What is value contrast?
When white and black are directly next to each other in a composition.

4) How do you create balance in a composition using value?

A balanced composition can be created with value using a consistent light source.

5)How do you create emphasis with value?

To create emphasis with value there must be a focal point made with pure black or white contrasting against its' back ground. Photograph by Sri Prabha

6)What is chiaroscuro? What period in art history was it used?

Chiaroscuro is a method for applying value to a two-dimensional piece of artwork to create the illusion of a three-dimensional solid form used in the 1470s by Leonardo Di Vinci during the renaissance.

7)What is aerial or atmospheric perspective?

This is when a composition is made by looking down upon its subject. This example is done by Jim Leggit

Drawing homework recreation

Symmetry

 For my concept I chose to do symmetry for one of my concept boards.

I chose to provide examples of abstract art, photography, and surrealism.

Texture

I chose to demonstrate texture as my element for one of my concept boards,

I picked all of these pictures because they all have very obvious and unique textures to them.

I chose a theme of sweets to effectively demonstrate texture.

Keep on keepin

It's a love hate relationship

Making slow progress

My fingers hurttttt