Assignment 5 Crayon Scratch

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It can be clearly seen the colours of the sky were not exactly replicated. When I initially did the sky, maybe due to a lack in my crayon skills, or the oil pastels themselves,or just my choice of colours,  the sky did not look as vibrant as I hoped it would. I started adding purple, pink, green, orange, and pretty much every other sky related colour to see which combination would give the vibrancy that i was expecting, but somehow, instead of just an ugly explosion of colours, it turned into a nice dusky evening sky.

 

The main issue I had was making sure the leaves of the shrubbery do not look all the same and orderly. I did not expect randomising the leaves to be as hard as it was. Another issue was outlining the buildings in the background. I couldnt find a brush small enough, so in the end I used the Xecto knife to get the thin straight lines.whatsapp-image-2016-11-10-at-18-06-45-1

 

Assignment 3 B/W Compositions

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It was an interesting experience to bring a screen shot to life with just 3 shades of colour, black, white and a midtone. But after I was done with the pieces i realised some of the highlights are too small to cut out of paper and glue onto the piece. Instead, I attempted to add on the highlights by using a white pen. The impact that it made was so great that i started using it for the other piece as well. I have put the with and without pieces together side by side so as to compare and see easily just what the white pen has done to the pieces.

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Assignment 1 – Dots, Lines and Shapes

WhatsApp Image 2016-08-23 at 15.11.44 (2)Who knew changing the thickness of lines, the placement of an object or even a slightly darker shade of colour, can change the emotion of the the entire artpiece? Even the kind of music being listened to can affects whats on the paper.

The piece above is trying to depict a raging flood through a beautiful city. I tried using different types of lines to see which one works best. My personal favourite was the gradient but it gave a more gentle flowing water effect, not what I was going for. Instead, i chose to use triangles and rough sharp lines to show the anger and violence of the flood and the squiggly lines to show the water itself.

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The elephant might be rejected goods, but it had been great fun playing with water colours after primary school.I will definitely try to use  water colours more often now.

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