Sunday, December 06, 2015

Student Critiques of their Work: Art 2


Diamond  by Angel, Art 2
Hey my name is Angel, and this piece of artwork is of my dog and her name is Diamond. I created this piece of artwork with color pencil for a project for my art class. Overall, I liked how the dog turned out and how you can see the variation of color and value in her coat. I used blue, brown, and black color pencils to create the color of the dog. I personally feel that I could have made the background better by making the shades of brown similar. I don’t like how my background turned out because you can notice the different shades of brown that there are. If I had the chance to do this project again, I would test the colors on a separate sheet of paper to see if that’s the color I needed. Just to let the person know who is reading this that this was my first project using only color pencil. Feel free to give me feedback. :) 

Automatic Painting by Destiny, Art 2
 My Abstract Painting is made with pastel colors. I started with 3 sections using pink, blue and gray in one, turquoise and yellow with white in one, and all those colors in the middle. I then started to mix all the colors together to make a smooth surface of blended colors. After looking at it for a while, I decided to make it thick with texture so I put thick blobs of paint on and let it dry. Then, I put more thick blobs and spread it in little lines. Afterward, I used all the colors all over the canvas to make it look more unified.  


Automatic Painting by Seham, Art 2

I created my abstract art with paint. Also, in the beginning, I wasn’t sure what to do, even though with automatic painting you are not supposed to think about what you are doing, you just do it. I tried to use many colors that went together. One of the things I felt less successful on was that I used too much of the repetition of the same pattern, which I tried to change towards the end. Also, to make it look better, I drew lines to keep the project neat and to add some visual interest creating a variety of brushstrokes. In the beginning, I did not think I did that good of a job, but in the end it looked really good to me. In the corner I tried to draw something everyone knows, which is an emoji. I did not think I did well on that because you can see the texture of the white paint behind it, and I tried to fix it, but I could not. To make it look prettier to me, I added paint splatters and also I found a hard brush and made different patterns with them. Overall I think I did a very good job.

One Point Perspective Project by Cindy, Art 2
I made this  drawing with charcoal and graphite, and it was created on September 4th, 2015 at GHS. This linear perspective project depicts the Graham High School fine arts building. It was taken from a distance to show a one point perspective view of the hallway.

The focal point of the drawing is the middle of the double doors. Everything in the drawing goes to the double doors, like the curtains, walls, and lights. The shading/blending technique was used throughout the whole drawing. There are darker values in different areas of the drawing, like in the curtains. The curtains have a darker value while the ceiling is a little bit lighter. The element of line is also present in the drawing. All of the walls and the ceiling have lines coming from them and they all meet at the focal point.

I think the drawing is successful. It is successful because it appears to be neat and the blending is good. The drawing is neat enough to see that it is a hallway. Overall I think it is a great drawing of the GHS fine arts building because I was able to draw it and all the walls and objects go to the focal point.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

I believe that the dog was very nice and she blended the colors and color pencil well. She also did a great job with the feet of the dog that looks hard to do.

Anonymous said...

I like the picture of the dog diamond. It is cool how you where able to shade and blend in all the colors together. I also like how the background was done because it makes the dog stand out.

Anonymous said...

the dog looks nice, even though the artist thought she ddint do it very well i liked it, i liked how you could see the diffrent colors and tell the diffrence of the ground and the dog and other details

Anonymous said...

I like all these artworks. I really think they were creative. I like the colors of Sehem and Destiny's. I also like the detail of the dog and the hallway.

Anonymous said...

I really like the artwork of the fine arts building with its graphite. The colors were blended good and you can really tell it's one point perspective. It's also very neat drawn and you can tell what is what on it.

Anonymous said...

I really like the dog drawing by Angel. I think she did a good job with her coloring and the way she used her colors also the way she blended the background.

Anonymous said...

I really like all the atwork ,they are really creative .But the one that I
like the most is the one that they used the music notes and they draw a tree with birds and I like because was creative I like how they used music in the drawing .

Anonymous said...

i enjoy looking at this artwork. They included different shades also it shows they put their effort in it.
-Marilena

Anonymous said...

I like all the artworks. Their all creative and stand out well. The colors were used well. They all did a good job on you their artwork it came out really good.

Anonymous said...

I think Angel's background makes the dog stand out.

Anonymous said...

i really liked the artwork of the fine arts building with its graphite . I can really tell its 1 point perspective and the colors were blended. It is also neat and u can tell what is on it.

Anonymous said...

One point perspective project by cindy
The drawing made me seem as if I was there, I think it's a good drawing.

----Alex Aquin

Anonymous said...

I really liked the artwork of the building. The colors were blended perfect and it was drawn perfectly.