Print Making

 

1.     Describe the overall composition of your artwork (balance, unity, rhythm and movement). I feel like the art had some movement but it could have been more balanced. I should have applied more paint because it has some spots that showed through the paint. Also I should have craved out more spots to show more textures of the giraffe.

  

2.     How did you add texture and contrast to your print? Is this important? Why? Yes, adding texture is really important because then it shows the features of  the giraffe has so it looks more life like. I tried to add more texture be craving thick and skinnier lines in the picture.

3.     Explain how you used positive and negative space to show your image. I decided to keep the spots the giraffe had because thats one of the important feauture a giraffe has. Then I decided to cut out the rest of the space of the giraffe. For the background I decided to just carve out the lines of the mountain and keep the rest of the space to balance out with the giraffe.

4.     Describe the craftsmanship of your print. (How good the project is technically crafted) I feel like the craftmanship was good. I should have applied more paint and drew more textures to show more balance with the giraffe and the mountain.

5.     Were you able to achieve depth by showing a foreground, middle ground and back- ground? Explain. Yes, I think that the background kind of helped the animal stand out so then people can see that the giraffe is standing in front of the mountain and it's not mixed in together.

6.     Explain your experience with Printmaking. What were the obstacles and advantages? I feel like The lines was an obstacle because you had decide which would look more realstic and stand out more. You couldn't put too much or it will blend in with the background.

Print Sketch

 

 

1. Why is texture so important to have in your sketches?

It's important to have your sketches because then you can decide what to choose from. If you have options you can choose something diffrent that you might think you like doing.

 

2. Why is it neccessary for you to have several references of each animal and each background? Explain.

If you have refrences then you can be inspired by something like what feature the animal might have or what a background can have. Then you can have something visual you can look at and draw instead of imaging it and trying to draw it out. When you have something visual that you are trying to draw it will come out more accuratly then trying to imagine it.

3. When you look at your sketches are you able to see which sketch is the strongest and will make the best print? How do you know this? 

Yes, because when you finsh drawing the sketches you can imagine how the animal looks and how much texture it can have. When you want a stong picture then you have to make sure you can see the animal and it's textures without it blending in with their background.

 

 

 

 

Chalk Mural

1. Explain your experience working on a team and executing your ideas for the mural.

I think that it was fun and intresting to work with other people because we all have diffrent ideas and we just combine it to something we can all agree on.

2. Explain the importance of collaboration when working on a team.

It is very important because you have to make sure who is doing what. If people get confused and color it difrently or put it on the wrong side, it wouldn't work out the way it should have. So when you talk to your teammates it means that you won't get confused on doing some stuff and they can also help you out.

3.  How successful was this project? Explain how and why.

I felt like this project was very succesful because we communicated very well with each other and everybody on the team had an amount to complete. I think that it turned out very neatly and nice.

4. Explain how you feel about creating artwork that others can interact with. Ex. Invoving the whole school? 

I feel like it would be nice to have something done together with others, so others can get involved and do some part of the work. Also every individual can have their own ideas and be inspired by other people ideas. Then when we start doing the work each person would contribute a little part so in the ending everyone would feel really good about their artwork because they have an artwork that they can be pround of.