Printmaking

 

1.     Describe the overall composition of your artwork (balance, unity, rhythm and movement).It was pretty balanced and contrasted nicely. The feathers on the bird went upward and curved a little.

  

2.     How did you add texture and contrast to your print? Is this important? Why? I added texture and contrast b cutting out certain parts. It is important because it makes it flow better and make it more distinctive.

3.     Explain how you used positive and negative space to show your image. I used postive and negative space by leaving some parts open and it could contrast better.

4.     Describe the craftsmanship of your print. (How good the project is technically crafted) I think it is crafted well. I worked hard on the design and cut it well.

5.     Were you able to achieve depth by showing a foreground, middle ground and back- ground? Explain. Yes, because the foreground was the bird, the middle ground was the tree/leaves, and the background was the rest of the open space.

6.     Explain your experience with Printmaking. What were the obstacles and advantages? It was fun experimenting with printmaking. The obstacles were making it too low cut and making sure it didn't smudge. Some advantages were that I made good texture and the body looked good.

1. Why is texture so important to have in your sketches? It shows the skin and the way it looks in more definition.

2. Why is it neccessary for you to have several references of each animal and each background? Explain. It is necessary so that you can refer to the pictures to help you draw instead of just doing it from your mind. It can help you be more detailed.

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, it will be the one with the best contrast and not too sophisticated but still a little bit sophisticated.

1. Explain your experience working on a team and executing your ideas for the mural. We all contributed to making a bunch of ideas and picking which one to use. We worked well together and had fun. We determined who would do each job.

2. Explain the importance of collaboration when working on a team. It is very important to be able to work together and be able to execute an idea and all have different jobs.It is important to be friends so that we can focus on art. If we don't work together and give each other ideas, it won't be as good.

3.  How successful was this project? Explain how and why. I think that this project was pretty successful. We made our idea come to life off of the paper and it looked pretty good. We used a variety of colors and it added a good contrast.

4. Explain how you feel about creating artwork that others can interact with. Ex. Invoving the whole school? I think it was fun and it led to some pretty creative ones around the school. It was fun making it and seeing what other people could come up with. It was fun to see just walking around the school and gave you something to look at.