Thursday, February 23, 2017

Different Medium Spheres

water color

acrylic

pencil
oil pastel
ink


charcole

colored pencil

chalk

cut paper
My favorite medium would have to be cut paper because its very abstract and does not have to be blended which I sometimes have difficulty with.

My least favorite medium would be acrylic because I found this medium to be the most difficult to blend because of the fact that the color must be wet while blending and the color often gets onto the brush when you do not want it to.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Introduction to Paint

The most helpful warm up for me was color swatches below because they helped me learn to add value to one single color.

I chose to paint this because it reminds me of my amazing trip to Europe last year and the amazing ite cream truck we stopped at even though it was 20 degrees. I was the only person in my tour group not to get plain chocolate sauce :) .



Color and brown swatches
*make sure to let your paint dry completely next time


It was hard to make the color swatches acutely because if you messed up a little it took a lot of work to fix again.
The color brown is made by mixing complementary colors together.

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Drawing Unit




Value is the element of design that defines the light and dark of an artwork
Composition is how things are set up in the work of art

The most helpful warmup for me was the value scales so I could learn about light and dark that I used in all my works.

Pencil
Pros- erasable, many shades, easy to blend
Cons- smears easily, harder to get good value
Pen
Pros- can have very dark values, easy to add texture, doesn't smear
Cons- can't be erased, can't blend at all
Charcoal 
Pros- erasable in a sense, easy to blend good value
Cons- smears a lot, stains skin very easily