Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Art Vocabulary
Tone - creates form. You might know it as shading.
Line - Such as expressive, illustrative, directional, contour
Shape - such as organic, geometric, overlapping, interlocking shapes also have qualities.
Texture - actual and simulated. Think of some different textures. write down descriptive words for the textures you can think of.
Shape - such as organic, geometric, overlapping, interlocking shapes also have qualities.
Texture - actual and simulated. Think of some different textures. write down descriptive words for the textures you can think of.
Visual Language
Visual learning is a very valuable way to help you 'see' the world and understand your own way of being in the world. Visual understanding happens holistically, 'word' learning is more linear.
Drawing from observation is an evcersise of trust.... you have to trust that what you see is what you draw
Media is what you use to draw, paint, sculpt with eg paint is a medium. As work with different media and techniques, you lean skills so that you can communicate visually using media
http://www.learn-to-draw.com/drawing-basics/05-drawing-elements.htm
Drawing from observation is an evcersise of trust.... you have to trust that what you see is what you draw
Media is what you use to draw, paint, sculpt with eg paint is a medium. As work with different media and techniques, you lean skills so that you can communicate visually using media
http://www.learn-to-draw.com/drawing-basics/05-drawing-elements.htm
Art lesson 10/03/10
Today in art we painted. Firstly we had to use the colours red, oak, dark brown/black and white then mix them together to get our skin colour. It was difficult at first because we either put too much red or too much oak or too much brown/black. We couldn't do it very well at first but as we went on we got the hang of it. We had to paint it in a circle in our Visual Art Diaries. We had to use curved and circular direction, so that it fit in the circle, not straight horizontal or vertical lines. We then had to make the colour of our school uniform which is a blue black colour. Unfortunately I didn't get to finish in time so I didn't do it...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Today we had to draw people doing poses with charcoal to produce block areas. It made a really nice effect. We then used graphite and pens but when we used them I was the model. For the first picture i had to bend my neck and look down, it put a real crick in it. I then had to do another pose that involed me crossing my arms. It wasn't as bad as the first pose but some people that had a wild imagination drew fangs on the picture of me.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Aunty Sally's work
She includes a lot of blue, green, black and grey.
She includes a lot of little spots that represent texture and depth.
This painting is also by Aunty Sally. I like how she includes dots going around in a pattern for the background because it gives it a very nice effect. I also like how the girl stands out compared to the rest of the picture.