To make sure the figure was to scale, I lined it up with my orginal 2D drawing which had the proportions already to scale. The torso still came out a little long, but it's not as noticiable when the figure is sitting down.
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My favorite part of this project was creating my own desgin, which is based on the waterbender symbol from Avatar the Last Airbender (though I realized too late that I didn't draw it backwards on the linoleum block but it still looks good). My least favorite part was trying the double ink; it was fun to see the two different colors on the finished project, but I could never line it up exactly with the first print already on the page. If I did this project again, I woud draw the desgin the right way this time. What surprised me about this process was how easy it was to carve with both the V and U tool; I thought it would've been more difficult. Inking with the brayer was easy too, though sometimes the ink wouldn't stick to certian places on the block which was weird.
For both projects of drawing a crumpled piece of paper and a candy bar wrapper, we had to use blue and yellow colored pencils. A dark blue was used to show the cool shadows of the paper or candy wrapper. The yellow was used for the warm highlights. Then I layered more realistic colors over it.
Linear perspective was discovered around 1415 by Filippo Brunelleschi and was documented in 1435 by Leon Battista Alberti. One point perspective is a method to show how things appear to get smaller as they get further away, converging on one point called a vanishing point drawn on the horizon line. It's a way to draw objects on a flat piece of paper to look three-dimensional and realistic. Once you create a horizon line and vanishing point, you can draw a two-dimensional figure, and from its corners, draw orthogonal lines connecting the figure to the vanishing point (erasing them where and if you don't need them).
It was a lot easier to mold the clay with the my hands than I first thought, though it was challenging trying to keep my finger prints from creating marks in the elastic clay. I made a pinch pot, using my thumbs to create the bowl. It was fun finding textures to press into the clay. When the clay was bone dry, greenware ready to be fired in the kiln, I smoothed out the edges so there were no sharp areas. And I was very happy to find that the aqua green glaze highlighted the designs.
After the pinch pot, I made a tray, and pressed leaves into the clay, leaving them to be burned up once fired into bisque pottery in the kiln. I really wanted the stems and veins of the leaves to stand out, so I used a black glaze to get into the grooves. I wish I put a second coat of the the mulberry since I didn't realize how thin it was going to be. But I am still happy with how the leaves came out. The third piece is a coil pot. It was fun building up the layers, but I had to let it dry a little, to become leather hard if possible, so the bottom coils would be firm when I stacked on more on top. I'm glad I made swirls as a decretive piece, and I was also very pleased to see that I was able to cover up all the white spots with the glaze. My fourth piece is a bowl that will be donated for the Empty Bowls event. I really wanted to use a blue glaze but I am still happy with how the green came out. A presentation about Bryan Konietzko, co-creator of Avatar the Last Airbender.
I was inspired to pick this artist because Avatar is my favorite show of all time. It was really fun to work in his style, but also challenging, as he is a digital artist. It was hard to mix the correct paint colors and imitate the animation style. Link to video clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHPOnWczkXc This is my Art 1 blog where I will be posting my artwork from the class. |
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