How does your piece show the theme "line"?The diamonds are very angular, and you can clearly see the lines that make them up. The background doesn't really show lines, as the piece would have been too busy with lines in the background. Basically, the theme is seen through the geometric design of the diamond. What about your piece was successful and what might you change?I think that the diamonds themselves were successful. I like how they turned out for the most part. It wa my first time making a linocut so it's kind of rough and I made some visible mistakes. I would change how uneven my cuts are and possibly change the background so you can see more transition from tightly spaced to spreaded out.
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What do you plan to do with your piece?I plan to add melted glass into the top on the piece, so that it looks like a frog and a pond. I also want to paint the piece. I'm planning on painting the Lilly pad and frog shades of green and the sides of the piece being brown. What things have you found difficult so far?.I think the most difficult part of the project so far has been actually putting the sides together. It's hard to make them straight, and one side of my piece is slightly bigger then the other one What did you find successful so far?So far, the most successful thing was my scoring and slipping. I'm very surprised that some pieces of my piece are still attached, mostly the frog and the lillypad. This proves that they were attached well and correctly. Explain your process up to this pointI started by cutting out my slab of clay and flattening it so that it's useful. Then, I used the exact o knife to cut out my walls, bottom and top. I added them together by scoring and slipping each touching part. Then, I made my frog and it's lillypad and attached it the same way. Once I was done with that, I tried to add some texture to the piece's sides and top. It was then fired in the kiln and I'm waiting to paint it.
1. What medium did you choose and why?
I chose to use color pencils because it's something I've used before and I was told you could get very vibrant colors out of them. 2. What did you add together to be your 2-in-1? I added an octopus with a candelabra. As you can see, it's much easier to notice the octopus aspect of it. 3. Express your process from start to finish. I traced out the picture in pencil, then I colored in the coral candles that the octopus is holding. Then, I worked my way down the picture, doing the top arms and suction cups before simply coloring in the rest of the octopus. Once I had colored everything in, I tried to blend it together, which worked in some cases and not in others. Which medium was your favorite?
Either the pencil or the charcoal. Pencils are easy to add value with and while charcoal is messy, it's easy to use (in my opinion). What was your least favorite medium? I didn't enjoy the pen. It always takes so long to do and mistakes are permanent. Until next post! ~Em |
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