Working on textures!

Hi.

 Klee

 Klimt

Mondrian

Currently we're studying color and value in Design. We're working on concept boards and these are three of the images I'm using. I really love Klee's use of colors and how the yellow counterbalances the blue. I also love Klimt's piece for many reasons ( he's one of my favorite artists. ) I think the dark subtle tones in his work are visually stimulating yet calming at the same time. Mondrian's use of vivid reds and purples though, are almost annoying. I like the piece, but I feel like it's a little difficult to look at, at the same time.

There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits.

- Gustav Klimt

Still working on my panel. I added a lot more to the wave and I think it helps balance the lines I don't like. The pointillism on the right though is taking forever.

Making progress on my panel! I'd have more done but I had the flu for about a week. I'm still really unhappy with the lines on the wave... I just feel like they look terrible. But the upside is that I think the drips came out really well.

Comparing two pieces from the Met

Frans Hals

Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83-1666 Haarlem

Portrait of a Man, possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout

Oil on Canvas

Painted around 1636-38

Rembrandt

Dutch, Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam

Hendrickje Stoffels

Oil on Canvas

Painted at different intervals in the years 1655-60

Both of these pieces are Dutch in origin, and come from around the same time period, give or take 20 years. However, they both are extremely different in nature. The lighting, lines, and feeling emanating from both of these pantings differ extremely.

In the painting of Hendrickje Stoffels, you are looking at her, but she is not looking back. There is great use of psychic line and implied line here. The contour of her face and shoulders is very gentle and almost sweet. 

The painting by Frans Hals, however, is almost abrupt in nature compared to Rembrandt's. There is use of line as texture and pattern in his garments. This piece also is composed almost entirely of explicit lines. He is staring at you in an almost jovial fashion, which makes you feel a little bit happy, but a little uncomfortable as well.

Homework #3 pt.2

Yue MinJun, The Massacre at Chios

This piece has many interesting elements. It uses asymmetrical balance. The shapes are also interesting, being very distorted, rather than natural. The colors are very plain, but it still makes you curious. The piece is a massive self portrait of Yue MinJun laughing. The title makes it a little macabre, even, that he is laughing.

Eleanor Antin: Inventing Histories

Homework #3

Chapter 5/8

1. Describe the difference between balance and imbalanced work? Imbalanced work is often consciously done on purpose, and raises feelings of uneasiness and discomfort. Balanced work, however, often occurs subconsciously and feels much more unified.

2. What is horizontal and vertical placement? Horizontal balance generally refers to the right and left sides of an image. Vertical balance refers to the way an image is split from top to bottom.

3. What is symmetrical balance, and give an art historical example? Symmetrical balance occurs, shapes are repeated in the same positions on a vertical axis. Example: Hiroshi Sugimoto. U.A. Play House. 1978 

4. How can asymmetrical balance be achieved with value/color/ shape and texture? With asymmetrical balance, balance is gained through use of dissimilar objects which have equal visual weight.

5. What is radial balance? Radial balance is when all the elements of a piece radiate from a central point.

6. Give a good example of a piece of artwork? Josiah McElheny. An End to Modernity. 

7. What is a shape and how does it differ from volume and mass? A shape is an area perceived by either an enclosing line or color/value changes. It has nothing to do with the size or weight.

8. What is the difference between naturalism and distortion in art and design? Naturalism contains reasonable proportion o shapes and attention to features, and we believe the image. Distortion is made through stretched and altered shapes, we don't believe the image but it is recognizable.

Define abstraction: How is your fire and water panel abstract? What concepts are informing your work on this project? Abstraction implies simplifying natural shapes to their basic character. My fire and water panel is abstract because the images are taken from nature and photographs, but simplified.

Chapter 8

1. Non-objective – There is no subject matter, and the shapes make no reference.

2. Curvilinear – Rounded and curved forms imply flowing shapes.

3. Rectilinear – The image is composed of straight lines.

4. Positive and negative shapes – Positive shapes are distinguished from the background, negative shapes are defined within the ground that is defined by surrounding figures and boundaries.

Chapter 10

1. List three ways to depict illusion of depth – Size, overlapping, and vertical location are all devices used to show illusion of depth.

What is one point perspective? It is a system of spatial illusion in 2D art based on the gathering of parallel lines to a vanishing point.

2. Two point perspective? It is a scene that is viewed from an angle containing no objects that are parallel to the picture plane.

3. What is an isometric projection? It is the spatial illusion that happens when lines that are receding on the diagonal remain parallel instead of gathering at a vanishing point.

4. What is equivocal space? Equivocal space is an ambiguous space in which it is difficult to distinguish the foreground from the background. Example: Julie Mehretu, Black Ground 

Working on my fire and water panel. I'm a little worried that it's not going to be good enough, because the lines on the far side are really shaky. I need to darken them up as well. However, I'm really happy with the way the drips are coming out. I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to incorporate everything I want into it though.

Finished secondary mock-up.

Secondary mock-up for my fire and water panel. I wanted to decide which size pens I'd use for each section.

Mock-up for my fire and water panel. I'm focusing on water. My three words for this are peace, unsettled, and panic.

One of my mounted optical designs. I'm worried that it's a little too plain.

homework 2 pt. 2

Alphonse Mucha's Zodiac

This piece expresses many types of lines. There are obvious expressed lines, but psychic and lost and found lines are visible throughout. Vertical lines also suggest movement.

Lost and found lines are visible throughout this piece in places such as the hair. Psychic lines are visible in the clothing and skin. I chose this piece because Alphonse Mucha's work has been a constant inspiration to me throughout my life. His work is intensely intricate, yet plain at the same time. He is able to execute the art nouveau style flawlessly.

homework 2

What is a focal point and list three ways to achieve it?

A focal point is a device that helps artists create a desire to look closer and be more attentive to a piece of artwork. It can be achieved by using contrast, isolation (setting a part of the work by itself,) and placement.

List at least three types of rhythm and explain how it can help unify a piece of art.

Alternating rhythm- the same elements reappear in an order to produce a sequence which the viewer can expect

Progressive rhythm- this rhythm requires repetition but it is of a shape that changes in a regular way

Polyrhythmic structure- an overlay of several rhythmic patterns which create balance

Kinesthetic rhythm- A process in the viewer's mind in which they may consciously or unconsciously feels or recreates an action they see.

A line- A point that has no height or width and moves

Contour- Defines the edges of an object and shape

Gesture- When using gesture, the outline of the shapes is less important, and showing the movement is more important.

Implied line- Achieved by creating several points so the viewer's eye connects them subconsciously

Explicit line- Perspective lines are shown and tell the story of how certain plains were created.

Lost and found line- The line is hinted at and our minds fill in the rest of it.

Line as direction- Horizontal lines imply quiet and repose and vertical lines suggests more activity. However, diagonal lines suggest motion the most.

Psychic line- There's no line, but it is assumed that there is

Line as texture and pattern- Using lines places next to each other and varying their number and closeness, the artist can create a realistic quality.

Optical line project for Foundation design. I think this is the best one I've done.

Photobomb time!

Working on a line project.
I'm not really happy with mine.

Line designs for foundation design

I'm feeling very confident in the work I have completed thus far. I felt a little confused and awkward at first, because I didn't have the supply kit. Now that I do I feel much more comfortable.

Scenic, panoramic view of the computer room.

This is kind of awkward.

Setting up a new Gmail.

Going over how to make our blogs.

Messy from cutting out lines.