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Since the last blog post, this project has changed greatly. The piece was finished and then fired in the kiln. I found the task of fixing the broken wall to be mostly successful. If I were to do the project again, I would keep the air bubbles out of the walls of the containers.
This piece shows the theme of line because of specific areas of the paper being affected by ink, like a stamp. My piece is successful because of how smooth it was in the printing process. I would change the shape of it, and add more detailed lines onto the piece.
The watercolor techniques page was the most helpful warm-up activity for watercolor. I liked how it was easy to manipulate different colors onto a page by using water. It was difficult to try to get the right color and mixing .
Wash/Flat wash: Watercolor technique which helps cover up a large area with paint. Flat wash is when you paint a flat color with little variation.
Drybrush: When a paintbrush is dry but still holds paint. Glazing: Overlaying transparent washes. Graded Wash: Wash that smoothly changes in value from dark to light. Hue: Color or shade. Intensity: Refers to the brightness of a color. Lifting Paint: Paint that removes after applying. Masking Fluid: A fluid used to block out areas of a water color when you paint. Pallette: Board or slap which an artist lays and mixes colors. Scrubbing: drybrush technique used to lift paint from or add color to a surface. Color Temperature: the level or warmth contained within a color. Tint: Tone produced by mixing a color with gray. Shade: Level of darkness within a painting by adding a specific amount of black paint. Transparent: made visible by light shining through. Value: lightness or darkness, tone of colors. Wet-on-dry: Wet paint applied on dry paint. Wet-on-wet: Wet paint on a wet surface. Wax Resist: Waxy substance to prevent slips, engobes, or glazes. Salt Technique: A technique used to gather watercolor pigments. Watercolor Paint: Painting method with the paints being made out of pigments suspended in a water-based solution. Blotting: A spot or a stain on the paper. Watercolor paper: Special drawing paper with suitable surface texture to accept watercolors. With this piece, I plan to hold a couple of small objects in it. I plan to finish this by adding in a door-like slab that can work as a latch. I found planning the door to be very difficult, because the slab of clay to insert into a door slot would be too small to enter in. I find the walls and size of the vessel to be successful so far. To make this, first, I measured and planned the template to make the six slabs out of. Next, I rolled up the clay, and got to use the template on top of the clay to cut it out. After that, I scratched the areas of the clay to put the walls together and applied some slip to keep them stable.The most helpful warm up was the sign language, because it helped me improve on drawing hands in different positions. Value - the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular color Composition - the placement or arrangement of visual elements in a work Pros and Cons of each tool: Pen: +1 solid color -Cannot be erased, and hard to shade in an area Pencil: +Easy to shade in an area -Can break easily Charcoal: +Easy to manipulate and put to good use -Very messy, and breaks easily if not handled well The place that's represented in my stop is the same place I go to and wait for the bus every day. The most challenging thing about this picture was making the trees, and picking the right color for them. I feel the most successful thing about the piece was the point of view, and the tree shadows. First, I picked a color for the background, then decided to paint the road and sidewalk on top of it. Then, I added the trees in the background and on the left, along with the shadows.
Morgana Wallace was born in an artistic family in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She grew up being captivated by book illustrations, and thought they were as important as the narrative. She later moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where she studied the Victoria College of Art. Her art is made up of layers of cut paper, with details of watercolor and gauche added. Her art inspires me because of how she uses only paper to make such fascinating pieces of art, along with some extra detail.Her website: morgana-m-wallace.tumblr.com
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