Line Weights = Depth

The Goal of this sketch was to learn how to add depth by cross hatching or drawing in different line weights. The walls or objects that you want to seem farther away beome darker. I learned a new way to create depth in a sketch, while practicing one-point perspective as well.

Fruit Section

The goal of this sketch was to draw a section of two fruits. I chose a kiwi and Pink Grapfruit because they were two friuts i had never sketched before. I also thought it would be fun to draw the interesting textures and layers that each fruit has. It was fun to experiment with the grapfruit texture, and doing these helped me think in perspective and practice line weights and shading.

This weeks sketch was to simply draw two peices of furnature in one point perspective. I decided to add color to these ones, and continued to work on my shading. I liked the way these turned out. I think i'm finally getting the hang of one-point perspective drawings!

Houseplants

The goal of this weeks sketch was to draw three houseplants. Now that I have learned a bit more about shading I've tryed to incorperate it as much as I can in my sketchs to create depth and a better quality sketch. I really like the cactus one but I would still like to be much faster at sketching. These sketches still took my lots of time and I have yet to be able to draw from thought. I had to look at a picture.

The almighty WHEEL!

This was part of the color harmonie assignment. Much like the chips, the goal of this assignment was to paint our own color wheel trying our best to match it to an already existing color wheel. This too presented itself as being a little difficult, especially when it came to red-violet. That color just seems as though it doesn't actually exist. I enjoyed this assignment though because I love working with colors. I learned exactly how much of each color is in what, which will make it easier for later projects and when I work with colors in general.

Color Harmonies

This goal of this assignment was to pick out 5 pictures that represented 5 of the color harmonies. This was one of my favorite assignments because it consisted of looking through home, and design magazines for "educational purposes." (always a plus). We then had to mix and paint our own color chips to match the colors in the photos. This was surprisingly hard, I now have a new appreciation for paint mixers, and the awsome machines that mix the paint FOR you. My favorite one is the complementary because of the colors, I love the colors blue and orange. This assignment helped me recognize that every room has a purposful scheme its just a matter of finding it.

the goal of this assignment was to display our actual process and thought process when creating our Room Projects, resulting in an actual 3D model. By doing a process poster it helps me see for myself the process I went though, and the overall themes that I used by collecting all process work in one place. Process posters are helpful for that reason exactly, now that I have everything in one place it will help me explain and describe my project better, in a more whole and clear way. I was also able to explore Van Gogh and my themes even more by applying them to my the actual process poster as well.

One-Point Perspective

The goal of this sketch was to use One-Point perspective. The challenge though, was to sketch an existing building. This was a challenge because it was hard to comprehend where the vanishing points actually were in real life, and beable to transfer that on to paper. I am satisfied with the sketch, but I would have liked to have added a little more detail with brick if i had more time. This sketch was also helpful in putting together not only the building elements but adding the natrual elements as well, like trees and shrubs. Its easy to forget the image as a whole when focusing on the demensions of the building itslef. It was good practice putting nature in perspective with the structure.

Two Point Perspective

Recently we just learned how to draw from one-point and two-point perspectives. I can't even begin to describe how much learning these techiniques has helped me. drawing in perspective, free hand, has always been somthing that i struggle with. by learning vanishingpoints and using a ruler I feel as though I can finally succesfully draw in persepective and make a room recognizable. My previous corner room sketch that I posted is a good comparison of how much I've improved. I hope that with time I can loose the ruler and with practice, be able to do more perspective drawings from eye, rather than using VP's and Horizon lines.

Shading

The objective of this sketch was to crosshatch a piece of fruit. I normally have a really hard time with shading, but after practicing on geometric shapes and reading Ching I finally got the hang of the idea. I am happy with this sketch because its one of my first visually successfull shaded objects. I hope to refine my skill more though, so that its less of an obsticale in my sketching and more of a tool.

The heritage represented by this textile pattern is a mix between Scottish and Native American backgrounds. The Majority of Paige’s background lies within Scottish roots. More specifically she belongs to the Macgregor Clan, one of the many clans Scotland is known for; the clan is uniquely known for its history in being one of the more aggressive clans. Within the clans there are specific colors, sayings, and symbols unique to each one. The Macgregor is represented by the colors red and green, and its symbol includes a lion with a crown and the saying, “Rioghal Mo Dhream” meaning, “My Race is Royal.” The other heritage represented is Native American. A very small part of Paige’s background can be traced back to the Blackfoot Indians. Although it is so small it is unique and therefore represented in this textile. The Blackfoot Indians originate today in Montana and are represented by the color blue, the native bear and feathers all seen in its flag.

For the textile the main idea was to create the majority of it being of Scottish heritage, and only a little bit of the Blackfoot heritage. This was to mimic the actual heritage background, it being almost all Scottish and very little Native American. To accomplish this, the background image used was the Macgregor clan pelt, and colors. The Red and Green were then used throughout the rest of the textile as well. The Macgregor crest was also used in the bottom right hand corner, which includes the lion, crown, and saying “Rioghal Mo Dhream.” Lastly, the type in the middle of the feather circle, “Byde weill, betyde weill,” is a famous Scottish saying that Paige grew up with her dad saying often, meaning, “Everything comes to him who waits.” The feather circle is the last element, as well as the only element representing the Blackfoot Indians. It is the feather circle that appears on the Blackfoot tribal flag, and is normally black but to represent the mixture of the two cultures the circle was turned dark green to match the Macgregor clan’s color scheme.

The textile was put together to mimic another textile pattern that was found. The found textile had a large Flower with another smaller flower slightly below and skewed to the left of it. The off center, out of place, abnormal look inspired the textile because mixing a Scottish heritage with a Native American one is in itself a bit skewed. The feather circle was blown up, being the largest element because it is the only element representing the Blackfoot Heritage so it was enlarged to create a little more emphasis amongst all the Scottish elements. This circle was to represent the larger flower of the found textile, and the Macgregor crest was placed in an offbeat way to mimic the smaller flower in the found textile. The saying was put in the middle of the Feather Circle to balance the negative space and positive space of the two elements. Lastly the background was faded so that the elements on top would gain more emphasis as well.