SHAPE SHIFTER

kayla

Luke

For this project students were to combine two objects morphing them into one.
Kayla has created a very endearing image of sisterhood. The circle of women very elegantly flows into the braid symbolizing the intimacy, power and strength of their bond. In addition, her use of color to highlight and accent the dark lines adds depth and individuality to the women and their hair.
Luke has created a very nightmarish image by transforming a slimy snail into an equally grotesque face. His attention to light, form and texture is skillfully realized. In addition, the design element of the wiggly border is very complementary to the slimy trail left behind by the snail.

COMBINED VIEWPOINTS

David

Lyric

William

For this project students combined multiple drawings on tracing paper to create a new form.
David's drawing is a very dynamic composition with rhythmic shapes and linear elements. Illustrated in a 1950's sci-fi style, the central form is a Dada-esque absurd mechanism. The movement of this form is complemented by fluid, looping scribbles which in turn are complemented by the contours of the flowery silhouette of the white shape.
Lyric has created an alien world where machines have developed fleshy exteriors turning into living organisms like the beings that created them. The space is dense and layered balanced similar yet reinvented forms throughout.
William has illustrated a narrative of clumsy, infantile mechanical beings plodding over uneven terrain. Although each face consists of the exact same features and placement, their expressions are unique to each one when combined with the gesture of their bodies.

SEQUENTIAL IMAGE

Andrea

Erin

Olivia

Last week the class worked on the "Sequential Image Project." Yesterday we critiqued this work.
Andrea's drawings are reminiscent of small Mexican comic books of pre-Columbian codices. An interesting aspect of the image is how both foreground and background evolve together. As the soldiers falls the flames are like a curtain closing across the stage of the battlefield.
Erin's drawing illustrates the development of an owl. The cartoonish fetal owl floats in darkness where the newborn is comfortably nestled inside its nest and the owl of the last image appears to look back at the viewer as curiously as we do it.
Olivia's simple drawings of hands seem to ritualistically gesture at the sun as the bees anticipate the gathering of pollen and the flower winds its way up the arm eventually blossoming.

Georgia

Kayla

Luke

Lyric

Yesterday the class completed work on the "List" drawings. Georgia has created a very well designed composition with strong attention to the design principles of similarity and repetition. By changing  scale she has crammed in the objects from the list and more. In addition, the colors are rich and perfectly suited to the festive, undersea imagery.
Kayla, too, has wisely chosen her colors. The slightly faded complementary colors of yellow and violet are reminiscent of an old map adding to the adventurous theme. The real strength of her composition is the meandering serpent-like body of the dragon.
Another strong composition with great attention to the distal ques throughout the space is Luke's drawing. The bold, graphic style is very complementary to the dark and fantastic narrative. The image is rich with mark-making addressing light, form and texture.
Lyric has created a puzzle-like composition where each object appears to lock into place leaving very little empty space. Again it is her attention to the principles of design as well as scale change, overlap and actual as well as implied diagonals that makes her composition so balanced and strong. In addition, the modest drawing style of line and soft tonalities is very complementary to the lotus-like gesture of the figure.

THE LIST

Last week students worked on the "List" project. I've extended the deadline to Wednesday, March 29. Students will have all of Monday, Mar. 27 and most of the 29th to complete their projects. We will have a critique at the end of class that Wednesday.

PORTFOLIO DUE and EYE LEVEL AND BASELINES

Portfolios are due Monday, March 13. The list is posted in the tabs above.
This week the class is working on the Eye Level and Baselines project. Pics to follow.

COLOR: watercolor and ink

Georgia

Andrea

Alyssa

Luke

Jake

Yesterday the class completed work on their watercolor and ink drawings. Georgia has very skillfully created a deep sense of space using a primary triad color scheme. She has effectively employed the distal cues as well as the design principle of similarity. As the objects move back in space they diminish in size and rise on the picture plane.  In addition, she has created rhythms by strategically locating and repeating the colors throughout the composition.
Andrea has employed a color scheme of earth tones. She has effectively used overlap and direction of the objects that move the "eye" through the space. In addition, she has complemented the large yellow area with soft, violet shadows and negative areas.
Alyssa has created a very well designed composition with the absence of cast shadows and employing repetition in colors. The dark bottle in the bottom right corner directs the "eye" towards the other dark objects moving back into the composition. She has also created secondary rhythms with the blue-gray objects and the yellow objects.
Luke too has very skillfully employed the distal cues. He has created a brilliant and rich composition of pure primary and secondary colors. The layered and controlled values suggest light and form while maintaining visual interesting brush strokes.
Jake has employed open value areas of color. By superimposing the line drawing over the loose colors he has simultaneously created a space with two-dimensions as well as three.