The Compositional Strategy

Background Simplified 

I think that this is one of the best photos that I took. It took me a very long time to figure out how to make the background not as clear as the bracelets. Having the background blurred makes the bracelets stand out. It also shows that the background isn't important to the picture. 

Oaxacan Animal Bowl

Purpose:

To gain a basic understanding of folk art and Oaxacan artistic culture and to create a ceramic bowl inspired by this culture’s style

To become acquainted with basic ceramic vocabulary

Art Culture Studied:

The Oaxacan Culture from Mexico

Three things that I learned while making this bowl was first how to make neat cuts out of clay. This helped my learning because now moving forward in art, if I decide to take something with clay, I will know how to make a neat cut instead of just ripping the clay. I also learned about the Oaxacan culture. The last thing that I learned is how to paint on clay without making it have a lot of lines in it. 

Photographers & Composition

Oaxaca Folk Art, History

Geography & Climate: The Oaxaca's are located in Mexico. In Mexico there is a lot of different types of wilderness, such as volcanos, fresh water springs, deserts and many more. There are eight mountain ranges that split up Mexico into eight different planes called the altiplanos. The state of Oaxaca is the fifth largest in Mexico. It has a very diverse landscape.

Turtles: There are many species of turtles in Oaxaca. Turtles normally lay their eggs on the beach which is where they were born as well. They lay 200 eggs at a time. They put the eggs into a hole and then afterwards the cover it. The olive-ridley turtle is the most un-endangered. Killing turtles was officially banned from Mexico in 1990, but illegal hunting of turtles still happens.

Animals:

Designs: 

Still Life Drawing

Purpose:

To create a still-life drawing that demonstrates understanding of angles & ellipses in perspective, along with using a variety of mark-making techniques to describe form and value;

To demonstrate quality craftsmanship and good composition skills in a drawing.

Henry Moore, John Whalley, & Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh. I think that it did work well for me. I like how it made it look smooth. I think that the crosshatching would look more rough and messy. 

I learned first how to draw cylinders and cubes that look proportional. I also learned about shading and how to make shading make objects more realistic. The last thing I learned was how to draw shadows. They add reality to the drawing. 

Master Drawing Exercises

Purpose:

• To create a drawing that imitates the artists composition, mark-making, and style;
• To make connections between this exercise and the final still-life drawing, by using some of the techniques and marks that the master artists used.

5 Fabulous Faces