Month: September 2019

Exercise – Line Weight and Cross Contour

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Instruction:

Draw 10 lines at various line weights (shades). Do the same thing with curved lines and shapes. Create a cross contour drawing of your hand, an object, and a crumpled up paper towel.

 

Purpose:

Practice pencil holding techniques and pressure application. Emphasis on shading and forced focus and practice on the shape of objects being cross contoured.

 

My Interpretation:

Cross contour is difficult but very helpful. See above.

2D Principles and Squares – First Iterations – Project Two (2110)

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Instruction:

Create 12 individual interpretations of six separate words (order, increase, bold, playful, congested, and tension) using only four perfect squares.  72 drawings total.

Purpose:

Practice related to iterations and general design practice. Investigate different ideas and potential each word has. Explore ideas and differentiation.

My Interpretation:

I paired each word with a few meanings to help create a certain feeling within my drawings:

  • order
    • breaking order, rebellion
    • following orders, staying in line, following others
    • overbearing order, oppressive, big brother
    • ordering a product, production
  • increase
    • larger and larger:
      • sizes of squares
      • rotation of squares
      • overlap of squares
      • distance of squares
      • (changing from black to white) color of squares
  • bold
    • standing out, being different, unique
    • pushing through, brave, daring, arrogant
    • foreign, strange, off
  • playful
    • games, child-like behavior
    • rolling, jumping, throwing
    • cooperation
  • congested
    • crowded, too many things
    • overflowing
  • tension
    • tension and release
    • fear, suspension, dissatisfaction
    • unknown danger

Exercise – Observational Drawing Practice

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Instruction:

Go out onto the oval, sit down, and draw.

Purpose:

Practice triangulation and other observational techniques to recreate the thing you are seeing. Focus on attention to details and how much you need to include to get the idea.

My Interpretation:

Initially drawing a tree, I got lost in the details of the branches and forgot to allow for a more realistic coverage of leaves and how the interlace and overlap branches. In the next drawing, of the trees in the distance, I focused on the bigger picture. I emphasized the shape of the trees in an ambiguous leaf-like texture, I felt it was effective. Finally, I sat down to draw the entrance of Hayes Hall, but was quickly cut short, only able to get the small stones in the lower right and the geometry of the archway.

Research – 2D Principles and Squares – Project Two (2110)

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a. Order

  1. (noun) The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.
  2. (noun) An authoritative command, direction, or instruction.
  3. (verb) To give an authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
  4. (verb) A request (something) to be made, supplied, or served.
    • themes of conformity, submission, discipline, and linearity
    • feelings of oppression, boredom, and rebellion

b. Increase

  1. (verb) To become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
  2. (noun) An instance of growing or making greater.
    • themes of improvement, acceleration, size, progress, and loss of control
    • feelings of being overbearing or overwhelmed, confidence in improvement, and development

c. Bold

  1. (adjective) (of a person, action, or idea) Showing an ability to take risks; confident and courageous.
  2. (adjective) (of a color or design) Having a strong or vivid appearance.
  3. (noun) A bold typeface or letter.
    • themes of uniqueness, strength, leadership, and importance
    • feelings of fear of being the only one, confidence in being individual, breaking conformity, and demanding attention

d. Playful

  1. (adjective) Fond of games and amusement; lighthearted.
    • themes of childhood, innocence, fun, expression, and euphoria
    • feelings of happiness, giddiness, the longing to do it again, the hypocrisy that “more people should act playful” but being playful is frowned upon professionally
      • be playful, please

e. Congested

  1. (adjective) (of a road or place) So crowded with traffic or people as to hinder freedom of movement.
  2. (adjective) (of a part of the body) Abnormally full of blood.
    • themes of sickness, plague, disease, anxiety, claustrophobia, and discomfort
    • feelings of wanting to escape, wanting to stay uninvolved, fear of being too close, the need to find a place other than this, and pathological fatigue

f. Tension

  1. (noun) The state of being stretched tight.
  2. (noun) Mental or emotional strain.
  3. (verb) Apply a force to (something) which tends to stretch it.
    • themes of strain, distraught, trauma, globophobia, breakage, and release
    • feelings of mental debilitation, the want to change the current state of being, on the edge of snapping or releasing calmly, and the fear of something going wrong