1. I chose to use pencil to draw my two in one because I thought that it would best suit the piece. They ways that I needed to shade, highlight, and add detail all worked with pencils the most.
2. I decided to add together a pineapple and a fish because I had never seen anything similar and when planning my ideas, I didn't even think about this combination until I noticed how easily you could turn a pineapple into a fish. 3. I first had to draw thumbnail sketches of all of my favorite combinations, my top three was a butterfly hot air balloon, a elephant butterfly and a pineapple fish. Upon looking around the room i saw that plenty of people were already doing an elephant butterfly and I just thought a pineapple fish was a fun idea so I stuck with it. I then began sketching out my piece in my sketch book, and once done I got to work on my main piece. I started with a silhouette of a pineapple, then I added the leaves, then the fish head, and finally the scales. After this the really hard part started. The shading and highlighting. I had to do each individual scale/spike and I took me a while to find a technique that I liked but once I found it I stuck with it. I went from really dark, to medium, back to dark and then to light again. The stem/fins were also really hard because I had a picture reference for the main stem but I had to freehand all the tiny fins, and pineapples have to many twisty turny leaves that it just gets really hard. Finally I got to the kelp in the back ground. I wasn't sure where exactly a pineapple fish might live but I assumed it would be with lots of other plants. I tried to make each piece of kelp unique by changing up the shades, but in retrospect I wish I had done the top part of the plant lighter and the bottom darker because then it would have looked like the sun was shining from up above.
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From this activity I learned how to make different colors using different amounts of the primary's. yellow, blue, and red. It's important to know how to make all these colors because when painting, it will help you to be able to make that perfect shade of whatever color you need. To make brown, you mix different amounts of the primary's together to make different "shades" of brown.
My mentor is Anna W. Her favorite medium to work in is mixed medium.
Blog Link: annaw-apex-2018.weebly.com I think I will greatly benefit from having a more experienced artist as my mentor. If I need help with a piece I am working on, I can simply ask them what they think I should add. I also think looking at their art will inspire me because they too started out where I am, a very inexperienced artist, and yet somehow they got a lot better over time. Value- The lightness or darkness of a color Composition- The placement or organization of visual elements
Pros or Charcoal- Charcoal is super easy to blend because it is really loose. The ability to easily layer allows you to add shadows and highlights. Another pro of charcoal is that if you make a mistake, you can simply wipe it away with a paper towel. Cons on Charcoal- Using charcoal does not at all help to add details in my opinion beause it is so dense. Charcoal is really, really messy and you are bound to smear it and get it all over your workspace and your hands. If you are like me and like to stay clean, charcoal is not for you... Pros of Pen- When using pen, because of the amount of detail you can do the drawings often turn out looking very photorealistic. You can easily put in extremely tiny details that you would be able to put in using pencil or charcoal. You can also easily add shadow by simply making the pen thicker in certain spots and you can add highlight by making the pen thinner. Cons of Pen- If you are looking to make a quick sketch, pen it not the tool to do it with, especially if you are doing stippling. It is extremely time consuming. The spheres were definitely the most helpful, the helped me with my blending and layering techniques. While some of the different things we used to draw the spheres with were a little bit harder to blend, especially the colored pencils, but the techniques were very helpful in making my drawings better. Lisa Ericson is an who creates lifelike paintings of animals, with a twist. Website: http://www.lisaericson.com/ Most of her paintings blend together animals and plants to create stunning pieces of art that are one-hundred percent worth taking a peak at. Most of her art is done in Portland, Oregon and sells her artwork for anywhere from $40 to $115. As of right now, most of her art is sold out. What draws me to these fantastic pieces of artwork is most certainly the creativity and imagination that protrudes from every detail. The vivid colors and the hyper-realism of the paintings makes you want to pull out a paintbrush and start to try and paint a painting like hers. Every corner of the page, from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest butterfly will inspire you. Most of the time her art has a meaning. The painting of the turtles were done to raise awareness about how much turtles benefit us and that they need to be saved.
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