LINOLEUM, PAINT AND BAYERS, OH MY

What is sleep?
Apparently it's good for me or something.
Pfffffft. Idiots. Who needs sleep 8D
I'm on my tea high. Hush, children.

HOKAY. SO. WE DID PRINTS IN ART CLASS.
And it was fun because I got to cut stuff. Dunno why Mr. Sands thought it wise to give me pointy things, but  it happened. No small animals or children were harmed in the making of this print. Only a jaguarundi's dignity.

So. As always. Here's a self-evaluation. Thing. Also a pretty picture. Let's roll.

I cannot smile for a camera help. I can't tell if it was intentional or I was really trying to smile.

SELF EVALUATION (in which I begin sounding dull)

 

1.     Describe the overall composition of your artwork (balance, unity, rhythm and movement).

  In short? No. In long? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

2.     How did you add texture and contrast to your print? Is this important? Why?

    So to make the prints, we had to carve into the linoleum block. The parts carved out would not show up if we put paint on them, allowing us to create texture/contrast by leaving parts un-carved. A way to add contrast was choosing colors. Like black paint in gold paper. It is indeed important, Mr Sands. It's not like you were talking about it in class or anything. Cough. ANYWAY. 'tis imporant because. Uh. It would be hard to tell what the image was without the texture (not to mention it would look so incredibly dull) or contast. However,  too much contrast (blue/oragneg, red/green) would make it look. Uh. Not. Good. And cause eyepains.

3.     Explain how you used positive and negative space to show your image.

   So I commented about how nice the day was, but then commented about how it would rain and be freezing cold within a few hours. Okay. Bad joke. I can't think, I'm trying to deal with the sugar overload in my tea ;_;. So. Positive and negative space. The whole thing relies on the positive and negative and how it is used. The positives and negatives are used to (oh my god terrible repetition help me) show the texture and assist in the contrast. Which I expained in prior question.

4.     Describe the craftsmanship of your print. (How good the project is technically crafted) 

  I guess it's pretty good? It's not bad and it's still pretty obviously a jaguarundi. Which looks like a mix between an otter and a cat, by the way. So. Adorable. Anyway. The positive and negative spaces are key in making the texture, which came out pretty well. You can tell what's leaves and what's wood and what's fur and stuff. And my contrast wan't atocious. So yis.

5.     Were you able to achieve depth by showing a foreground, middle ground and back- ground? Explain.

   Sure. I'll answer. Maybe.

Later.

*procrastinates*

6.     Explain your experience with Printmaking. What were the obstacles and advantages?

    Uh. it was fun? I got to cut things. Obtacles included not accidentally cutting myself. Advanteges included awesome jaguarundi print. Although now it looks like it has eyebrows...

Case in point.

Coming up next: Andrew Scott's beautiful villainous face on a stencil.

PRINT SKETCH PROJECT CRAP

Okay, I've gotten lazy so. I'll just quickly answer this crap

 

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

So that it looks more impressive when you actually do the print thing.

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

Having several references for a background and an animal gives a better picture in my mind for the composition of the background/animal.

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? 

By doing that , I get to see what is the best texture and how the background works with the animal.

Gawd, 'm tired.

CHALK MURALS

Alternate title: Rebekah Cannot Wear Slacks in Art Class
Not that I can wear my slacks anymore, took a swan dive to save my phone and ripped said slacks. And my phone didn't even survive. RIP Charlie Dialsworth :C
HEY GUESS WHAT. MORE SELF EVALUATION. THANKS MR. SANDS. THANKS.

So what we had to do is make a mural out of chalk (not entirely accurate. A lot of it was pastels, too) which people could look like they were interacting with. So my group decided to do roasing marshmallows over a camp fire. Someone else is his other class did the TARDIS. I should have done the TARDIS. Screams.

SO. LAME. but I like the trees. (Fictional character day at school too)

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

NO. Uh. It was pretty fun? I guess. Only CJ (on your right on the picture) really contributed; the other group members... not really much help. So. We had a hard time coming up with ideas. Eventually, after a bit of arguing, and reaching into our minds for whatever, we finally all agreed on the camp fire. So. We all came up with sketches, then colored sketches. Our picture changed a LOT since our sketch. Originally, there was going to be grass and no snow, so it iiked like summer or sometthing, with non-coniferous trees. Obviously the idea didn't keep (what with the lack of colors required at our disposal) so we had to change it.

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

Collaboration makes it a lot easier. With pretty much just CJ and I working, that was a good chunk of the work split between two people. But. We still finished early-ish so that was nice. But it was still a bit more stressful with 3/5 of our group not really participating.

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

Uh. It was successful. We got the mural done, and it's pretty interactable. We still finished with time to spare, and it doesn't look too crappy, with counts as a success to me. And we didn't die of frostbite, either. So. There's that :D

4. Explain how you feel about creating artwork that others can interact with. Ex. Invoving the whole school?
Uh. Same as anything else really. I doubt anyone's honestly going to interact with ours. Considering everyone else's is aweosmer, and unless you put INTERACTIVE CHALK MURAL over it on capital letters on fire with someone announcing it on a megaphone nearby, no one will really notice it's interactable.

Look at my bootiful face u gaiz