Linear Perspective

Linear Perspective is a mathematical way of creating an illusion of space/distance on a flat surface

Horizontal Line - A horizontal line is drawn across the surface mostly represents where the sky meets the ground

Vanishing Point - A point where all parallel lines that go away from the viewer disappear to one point

Orthogonal Lines - Straight diagonal lines to connect points around the edges of a picture to create depth

Transversal Lines - Are perpendicular to orthogonal lines, parallel to horizontal line, form the close and far edges of a rectangle

One Point Perspective - Uses one vanish point to draw an object

Two Point Perspective - Uses two vanishing points to draw an object

You can show depth/perspective by the size of an object, and the shades, or light variation it has. Atmospherical/aerial perspective makes objects at a distance, (mountain in this case) have a tint more to what the atmosphere is (most of the time blue). Leonardo's rule is to paint the first object normal color, the next one back with a slightly blue tint, and get bluer as you go further back with more vague detail. At perspective, a circle is an ellipse which is formed within the confines of a rectangle. 

Perspective Drawing Strategy

Purpose:

To review the perspective strategies that you learned;

To make connections between what you learned and demonstrating your understanding by creating a drawing using one of the perspective strategies.

In this drawing I used one point perspective. I chose to have a road and a fence meet at the same vanishing point. I learned to always take looks at what I am doing before I draw the lines to ensure that I did not mess up any angles to make it look out of place. Lastly, I leaned that in order to use aerial perspective properly the objects/land marks the farthest back must be the horizon line, and objects in front of it must (start) be below the horizon line

Lino Prints

Purpose: 

To become familiar with basic printmaking history, processes, and artists

To make connections between the Expressionist Art Movement and artists who worked in that style, including artists from our past and present;

To respond visually to artists who work(ed) in the style of the Expressionist Art Movement, by creating a work of art in this style.

To print 2 editions of 2 different drawings/designs, demonstrating understanding of the printmaking process.

One problem that arose for me was an issue of having areas that were supposed to be positive space have a little bit of negative space because some ink had gotten into the area and printed onto the paper. The biggest Issue I had was an issue of getting enough ink on the block, and making a good enough transfer to paper. The last problem I struggled with was keeping the paper clean, but tht just took extra care to ensure it wouldn’t happen.

I am most proud of my ideas for the subject of the print, and the time I spent trying to get quality prints. I like my designs, especially the second one, because I used positive and negative space efficiently rather than lines to depict the objects. Also, I am pleased with the quality of my final prints which turned out very clean and defined.

Watercolor History

Purpose:

To become familiar with the history of watercolor;

To become familiar with various watercolor artists throughout time;

To make connections between watercolor purposes and techniques from long ago to its uses today.


On prehistoric cave paintings, temples, and tombs watercolor has been used since the beginning of painting. 
Albrecht Durer, he is from Germany, and mastered the watercolor techniques we know today. In his works he paints what he sees realistically, and does a great job capturing texture.
During the mid 1800’s watercolor was at its prime, and heavily appreciated by people. Also women looked into watercolor as a hobby partly because queen victoria took lessons and started a trend.
Partly because there are bio-friendly watercolor paints, another is that now the paintings can last longer than before. Water soluble oil paints are not coming to popularity.

alpine landscape, 1495

Frances Anne Hopkins, The Lumber Raft, 1870

She was an English artist who created works from the mid 1800’s to the early 1900’s, her family consisted of many famous artists.

Anthony Van Dyck, Landscape, 1632

He was a famous painter with success in Italy and England throughout his life.

Final Still-Life Painting

Purpose:

To communicate all of your knowledge about color and painting techniques to create a final, more complex, still-life painting (than your smaller still-life studies);

To use your knowledge about composition and placement to arrange your fruit and/or vegetable to create a strong composition.

Artists studied: Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, and Paul Cézanne

I remembered to do all the things that I learned would make my painting better which I learned from my practice paintings. First, I spent my time choosing colors and making sure I had the right shades to depict the still life object I was drawing. Also, I remembered to dull down my highlights so that they are not just a white spot, but have a slight tint of the color of the object. Lastly, I made certain to add in multiple layers to my painting so that there are no see through holes/spots, and obvious bad looking brush marks.

First, I learned to be patient when I a painting. This helped because if I rushed the painting I could have messed up a color, and the the painting would look bad. Next, I learned to use the right size brush for the object I was painting. This may seem simple, however, I found that by using the biggest brush on the background really helped for the texture I wanted. Also, it helped just get some of my layers down before adding detail. Lastly, I learned to take frequent looks at the painting from a farther distance away. Doing this allowed me to see what looked good, and what needed to be changed which I couldn’t notice up close while painting.