Stencil Project

 

     I really enjoyed doing this project.  I found that using the spray paint was very fun, and watching how a normal picture could turn into a big picture spray painted on to cardboard.  Some things that I learned are that when you cut out the stencil, you cut out what you need to spray paint.  One thing I had trouble on was spray painting over things I had already cut spray painted.  But I just spray painted back over those areas.  For this project, I had to get an expressive photo, so I decided to take a picture of my little brother.  Then we used a program on the computer where we could change the colors to simple colors.  I decided on black, blue, and white because they are boy-ish colors so I can give my stencil to my brother.  Then I projected it and traced it onto large poster paper.  Then I cut it out and put it on my cardboard.  Then I spray painted it.  I think my stencil was successful.  It looks like the original picture and all the elements that I wanted to show are there.

Contour Line Shoe Drawing

     My drawing improved with the contour lines.  I was unsure, at first, how it would turn out since I am used to picking up my pencil and moving around the paper, and not paying as much attention to detail.  It was difficult at the beginning of the unit, but I eventually got used to keeping my on the paper for the whole drawing.  I was able to add more details with the contour lines. I could see and draw the creases and little details using contour lines.  They were very helpful in this drawing.  And very important.  This is more detailed than I would have originally drawn it originally.  Drawing the shoe laces was difficult, however, with the contour lines.  But overall, I feel contour lines have improved my shoe drawing.

iPad Value Study

     Creating the values on the iPad is very different than doing it with pastels.  First off, you have an endless amount of colors so you're shape can be valued to the fullest. Another plus to using the iPads is you can layer the different shapes so if you mess up, you can easily erase what you need to without messing up the other objects.  Also, there is a blending tool in the iPad unlike with the pastels where you have to try and blend the colors with the different pastels.  But there are similarities.  Like you have to think about which colors would look good together so your values look good.  I feel I've learned a lot about values to make objects look 3-dimensional.  I think I did a good job showing the different values and the way they blend.  Technology is useful and important in the arts because it gives artists a new way to express their art and creativity.

Cartoon Skeleton

     For my cartoon skeleton, I decided to draw Boots from "Dora the Explorer".  I have drawn, accurately, a skeleton for Boots.   I included a the necessary primary bones like the ribs, spine, and skull.  I had to get creative when drawing the ribs and the skull.  Boots has a very small midsection of his body, so I drew the ribs and spine shorter than a normal, human skeleton's would look.  His head his proportionally big compared to his body, so I had to draw a skull larger than normal.  When I was drawing his arms and legs, I payed attention to where they bent so I could precisely draw the bones.  His arm bones are pretty normal, but I had to make his thigh bones really small, and basically all his leg bones are small.  When I had to do the feet, I had to guess the position and size of his feet since he's always wearing those boots.  Overall, I feel my skeleton is accurate representation of what Boot's skeleton would actually look like.