To challenge myself I decided to take my first draft which is drawn in bird’s eye view and to draw it again in another draft in worms eye view. To start this I set up my vanishing points and my horizon line at the bottom of my paper instead of the top. I then started with the city gird I had on the first draft I set this up then I started the first center building. I found worm’s eye harder at first it took a little bit to figure out how to put in more than one building. However after I had figure this out the work went faster than it had in bird’s eye view and I decided that I like worms eye view the best. I finished this draft fairly quickly and still had some time until I had to start my final apart from these two prominent drafts I did other smaller cities and single buildings on other papers so I decided I was sick of drawing cities so I decided to draw a castle. I would still be able to show my skills in the three point perspective and I would still be completing the assignment.
I started drafting and playing with three point perspective the day we got the assignment. I started with bird’s eye thinking it to be easiest and drew one building form this I then drew another building behind the first building. I drew several other buildings behind the first one. I then positioned a building to sit above my horizon line this was quite easy to figure out however because I just had to leave out the top then I started putting a building in front of the original drawing to do this easily I laid out a street grid on my paper which I then blocked off into city blocks from here I just had to draw lines up and connect them it made setting up my city easier than I expected I then started adding to my drawing little things such as windows, glass panels, signs, overhangs, and other things these were to make the drawing appear more realistic. I made one building built entirely out of glass panels to do this I used the technique of making the side of the building a box then drawing an x in this to find the center point I did this over and over until I acquired my horizontal lines for the windows.
We started our third project which is learning to use perspective. I started working with two point perspective which is when you have two vanishing points off the paper on either side on your horizon line. This is helpful for drawing corners or edges of structure in three point perspective. I then learned how to use three point perspective. This is almost the same as two point perspective however u use a third point at the top of your paper hence the name three point perspective. Three point perspective enables the artist to capture the image (normally of a group of buildings because this is easiest) form either a worms eye perspective or a bird’s eye view. This is achieved by shifting the horizon line up or down to either the top or bottom of the artist page. The point of this assignment is to introduce us to different perspectives not just the commonly used one point perspective. It will also help us to see structures from a different point of view the final for this project will be a city scape of our own creation because we cannot go out and lay on the ground or go sky diving to get these views. This city must show an understanding of how to use the perspective and parrallelish lines.
My teacher assigned us to make a project for people who have donated some money to our school district. Everyone in my class has to make an original piece of artwork. For this I decided to make a painting using acrylic which is my favorite kind of paint. I went and took a picture of my violin I then did a sketch. After this I filled in the background with purple then I painted the violin. To blend the color I used my fingers which then enabled me to get a more wood like texture.
For my final for the Repetition project I am going to be doing the same thing that I was doing in my second rough draft. I started with my largest circle then spread across the page forming a blob with many contours which are shown by the size and proximity of the circles. The point of the project was to create movement and space through the repetition of a simple shape. My final shows that through the size difference in the circles. This creates the look of a mountain range viewed from the eye of a bird. The smaller circles which create the darker areas form the valleys and the lager circles in the lighter areas form the peaks. This creates a sense of the drawing moving forward and backward in space and it creates a flowing movement as the circles decrease in size gradually. The size, proximity, and darkness the circles create in the piece all contribute to creating movement in the piece.
So, after trying to recreate my sweater sleeve with repeated circles I decided to try something else. I started by putting some medium sized circles on a page in a blob shape. From there I started from the upper edge and started making smaller and smaller circles ad I moved away from my center blob. Then I started from the opposite side of my original center blob and this time instead of making the circles smaller I make them larger until I had come to a point which was the largest circle. I continued this patter making larger and smaller circles, connecting them together, and moving them across my page. I then had areas that were very dark and made up of the tiniest circles which then gave way to lighter areas made up of larger circles it started to remind me of a mountain rage with the dark and small circles forming the valleys and the bigger circles forming the peaks.
My first draft only lasted a few minutes however, it showed me exactly what I want to do in my next draft I decided to use the elbow of my sweater as the material I would copy using circles. So I started with basic outline of the sleeve then started filling it in as you can see from the picture below I did not get very far filling it to be honest I did one row then knew that I did not want to do a set object for my final. I found it put such a restraint on how I could develop the design of the circles. In my next draft I want to try to just fill an entire page like the first example we were shown on the first day. I believe that when I do not limit myself to a shape when creating a pattern I will be able to create more movement which is another reason I quit my first draft so quickly. As I started on it I suddenly and swiftly realized that I would not be able to create the depth movement and space required to accomplish the goal of this project.
Our second project was to create a design through use of repletion of a single simple shape such as a circle, square, triangle, etc. and through this usage create movement, depth and space. We were shown multiple examples which included an entire paper filled with circles which were of varying sizes which created depth and movement, a checker board with varying space between the squares which made the design seem like it was spreading apart. I was really struck by the use of circles in the first example and I decided I wanted to work with those for my design. I wanted to use circles because I thought they created the most difference in depth other simple shapes would be used to create expanding space but circles could be used, by differential of size, to create a depth similar to a mountain range with peaks and valleys. For this reason I automatically chose the circle to be my simple shape to work with. To create this piece I am thinking I am thinking of taking an object which includes a lot of peaks and valleys to portray through the use of the simple circle, creating the valleys through the use of smaller circles.
So I have finally finished my final for this assignment. I ended up making one pyramid shape out of the design of my previous rough draft I placed this off center toward the top of my paper then tilted it about fifteen to twenty degrees clockwise. From there I drew my four quadrant graph with both axis measuring twelve inches in length, then I marked out one fourth inch spaces along these. From there I chose one quadrants to start in and connected my points, the farthest to the closest the second farthest to the second closest and do on and so forth. When I had done this for all four quadrants I then erased my quarter inch marks. After this I had to make the drawing come to life with movement so I decided to use the darkness and thickness of the lines to achieve this I thickened the lines the closer to the origin they got then made them darker due to the same principle (distance from the origin). This achieved the motion I was seeking because due to the thickness and darkness of the line they stood out or fell into the background. This gives the illusion that the point of the pyramid is coming out of the paper towards you.
So, I have a completely different idea for my line project. I really liked the shape of the “mirror” in my last draft so I thought of making a bunch of connecting ones on my paper. So I started this by drawing a x and y axis and marking these at ¼ inch intervals after this I take a ruler and draw a line between the point on the y axis that is farthest from the origin and the point on the x axis that is closest to the origin. I keep doing this moving one point down and one point right each time. After a bit of time the lines start to form a curve between the axis I start connecting many of these together then look at my paper. My design still falls flat from a distance. So one thing I know I can do to fix this is to make the lines I want closer darker and the lines I want far away lighter. So I darken the points or the area next to the origin then make the lines progressively lighter the farther from the origin they are. However, even when I hold this away the piece falls flat because there are too many things going on. So what if I make only one?
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