So, I just finished a design class that was sort of fun...I don't feel like I learned anything from it, but now I have some cool(ish) new artworks to put on my blog! Yay!
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| This was done in pen (Micron). I had to unite two opposite concepts (blooming and wilting) in one composition. This one was chosen to be included on the campus Art Fusion flyer, so that's exciting. |
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| This...is me. No, really. The assignment was to create an abstract self portrait using paper collage. I wasn't allowed to use color, and was restricted to using bristol board (thick paper) that I had to paint and then cut into the shapes I needed. |
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| This was probably the most frustrating piece of all. I had to create a collage landscape that expressed an emotion or feeling. I had to incorporate a linoleum print into the composition, meaning that I had to first carve those swirly lines into a 5x7 block of linoleum using a linoleum gouge, roll ink over it, and then put a piece of paper over it and send it through a printmaking machine. I made about 10 prints, and then cut them up and made a collage out of them. It was displayed at the Art Fusion, though, so that sort of made up for the disgruntling experience of linoleum carving. |
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| For this one, my teacher gave each person a photocopy of a page from the dictionary. We each had to choose an adjective from the page to illustrate, and then use one of five color schemes (monochromatic, complementary, analogous, split-complementary, or triadic). My adjective was "two-way," so I painted two people having a two-way phone conversation. |
So there you go. Like I said, I didn't really learn anything. I just confirmed that I like making tedious artwork (with the exception of printmaking).
