Grand Canyon Painting

I did not have to do much organizing for my painting because I brought in my own photo that I took myself when I was visiting the Grand Canyon 3 years ago. The actually picture is at the bottom of this post as you can see. Atmospheric perspective is the creation of an illusion of depth. To create an illusion of depth I made the background and the middle ground lighter than the foreground. Also I added less detail in the background so that it looks farther away. To create a light source I added value so that some areas are darker than others. And some areas are lighter than others. My color scheme was complementary which is using the hues blue and orange; made from the mixing of red and yellow. I used many types of brush strokes to create this piece of art. Some of them include normal size brushes to make the background and middle ground as well as a credit card to make the ridges. Something when painting the foreground and middle ground I used a fan brush which helped created the mountainous/ jagged look to my painting. To make the clouds I used a sponge to make the clouds wispy and spotchy. Additionally to make the shrubs in the middle I used a tooth brush and splattered it on the painting. I used value by making the parts of the mountain that did not have light hitting it darker and the the parts that had lots of light hitting it lighter in color and brighter. This is how I created my acrylic landscape painting.

Tiger Stamp

Many steps small and large were required to create my Tiger stamp. First I went onto the computer and found a picture of a tiger and printed it out in color. Next I sketched it in my sketch book and then drew it on a small piece of paper. Then I colored the back of the paper with a pencil so that it was covered with a layer of lead. Then I taped the paper to a piece of easy cut and used a pen to outline(trace) the drawling of my tiger. Once I could clearly see the outline of my tiger on the easy cut I used a carving tool (with multiple head pieces to chose from) to cut into my easy cut. Once that was completed I was free to make any prints I wanted to. To make the actually prints on paper I had to gather a few materials: briar, paint, paper, and a edge stopper. To create the prints you see on this post I squirted a little bit of orange paint on my edge stopper and then rolled the briar on the edge stopper to make a smooth layer of paint on the briar. Next I rolled the briar onto my carved easy cut until there was a smooth layer of paint on the easy cut. Then I picked up the easy cut with paint on it and pressed it onto my piece of paper, and made sure that it was lined up with the paper. Finally underneath the print you write which number the print is on the left(ex: 3/4). In the middle you write the title of the print(ex: Tiger). And finally on the right you write the artist name(ex: Andrew Boland). These were the steps I took to create my prints.

Escher Perspective

To create this piece of art I first had to determine my three vanishing points as well as my horizon line. I put two of my vanishing points off the visible paper onto additional paper in order to make my structure wider. The other point, I put at the bottom in the clouds. Since I had already planned out my design I could go straight to drawling my structure. All of the lines had to connect to one of the three vanishing points, so that took a while as you can see all of the lines going horizontally and vertically to the two side vanishing points. Then I erased excess and unneeded lines and drew my serpent coiling around the castle in the sky. Then I added decoration to the castle and shaded parts(like the top around the prison windows). Finally I added the two serpent arm pillars on the top sides of the castle. This is how I created my Escher three point perspective drawling.

Candy Pastel

I planned my composition by gathering all of my objects: M&M's wrapper, M&M's, blue bowl. As well as positioning my objects on the page. A thumbnail sketch is when you plan/position your objects, so you know what and where to draw your objects. Another way to word it is small, quick sketches that record ideas and information for a final work of art. The viewfinder helped me to decide on my composition by showing me what can fit in a small area and what looks good together, so I can put everything together very easily. I made made items appear 3-deminsional by adding a light source, value change, and cast shadows. I created a light source by tint (white) on one side of the art work and shade (black) on the opposite side. This is the planing that went into my Candy Pastel.