Worst print Best print In order to create a linotype, we first had to sketch out our idea on paper and then go over it in sharpie and white out to mark which parts of the print we wanted to be black and which parts we wanted to be white. Then, we scribbled on the back of that paper in pencil, covering all the area that has part of our sharpie/white out sketch on the other side. Next, placing the rubber pallet that we were to transfer the print onto underneath that paper, with the pencil side touching it, we traced over the sketch so as to transfer the design onto the pallet. After that, we had to then again trace the pattern on the rubber in sharpie. Then we could begin carving away the part of the image that we wanted to be white in our print. When that was all ready, we rolled out ink onto the rubber pallet and pressed a piece of paper onto the now-wet-with-ink pallet. When we lifted the paper, our linotype was complete.
The theme of this piece was "line". I incorporated this into my piece with the lines in the girl's hair and the somewhat line-y background sky and ground. The most successful part of my piece was probably the stones on the tower. I wasn't sure how they were going to turn out when I was carving them away, but they turned out looking more like stone than I was expecting. If I could do it over, I might change the black mountains. They didn't print very well on any of my prints. Maybe it was just too much solid ink or something. I also wasn't quite sure how to make the mountains look mountainous, so I just carved some wobbly lines into them. They might have looked better if I had consulted Ms. Sudkamp or an image of mountains.
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The idea of this installation came from one of my peers. We had to think of things that would take up some space and art-ify our school. She (my classmate) thought of the idea of spelling out the word "love" with paper stars. Our class voted on an installation to create and hers got the majority of the votes. It turns out making origami stars is really difficult so we decided to alter the original idea and use origami paper hearts instead. In order to add color to the piece, we outlined the hearts with different color marker. The spatial projection of the paper hearts was what I think was the most successful in this installation. They are placed in such a way that it looks as if somebody splattered paint on the wall; sort of accidental but still artsy and meaningful. If we could do this installation over, I would probably suggest that we add more color to it. When I walk past it in the hall, it is kind of unnoticeable and just blends in to the cinder blocks behind it. It would really pop more if we had maybe spray-painted all the hearts a rainbow of colors and placed them accordingly on the wall. The place that I chose to paint is of a sunset and a church in Idaho Falls, Idaho. This place is important to me because my family took a big trip to Yellowstone a few years ago and we stopped here before we got into the super touristy area. The weather was soo nice and it was really beautiful there. It just made me really happy to be there. I used watercolors as my medium because I had already used acrylic on my still life and also I thought that it would be better for blending a sunset with wispy clouds. I think the silhouette of the trees and church were the most successful part of this piece. I was able to make the edges nice and sharp and the tree edges had just the slightest bit of sunset colors shining through them. If I could change something, it would be the blending of the sky. I didn't have much time to finish the piece, so I quickly slapped some color into the sky and didn't pay much attention to the fading from blue to orange. My still life included my running shoes, a clock, a pencil and a bottle of white out. The shoes represent me because I'm on the cross country team and the track & field team so I am usually running everyday after school and on sometimes on the weekends. Running also helped to meet new people and it is the reason that I have most of the friends that I have now. The clock represents how time is the soul controller of my life. Everything is on a schedule and I probably check the time at least 50 times a day. The pencil represents my need to write things down and be able to erase them. I can't just remember things, I have to write them down. Also, there are so many different values you can make with just a single pencil, I love the variety and how smooth the lead goes onto the paper. My last item, the white out, represents how indecisive I am. I may decide on one thing but then 10 minutes later I will probably have changed my mind at least 5 times. White out is good for creating a blank slate and starting over. The medium I picked was acrylic paint because there are so many little details that I'm not sure I would have been able to get with water colors. Some experienced artists could probably get the finer details in water color, but since I'm a beginner, I am not confident in my painting ability yet. I think that the clock and white out turned out the most successful in my piece. They both had fine details that I liked painted and I also think that the colors turned out pretty nice. If I could have a do-over, I would change the background colors. They didn't really compliment the piece and from my perspective they just ruined the whole thing. |
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