Texture Reflection Questions Part 2

1. The collection of texture in my project were varied in the background while many objects in the foreground were formed out of wood and the same tools. In the background, different texture were used for each fourth of the base. Throughout the project, I used many different texture and materials to mach the textures in my rubbing.
2. I tried to base my project off of my original texture rubbings as much as I could. The textures and materials I used together fit and look good together in terms of color and textures on top of one another.
3. I have much more respect for the art-form of abstract because I found it much more difficult than I expected it to be. To have the different object go together in way that looks good, but still has an abstract feel is hard to do.
4. I pushed myself hard to find and make new textures for my collage that still reflected the orginal textures that were used. It was harder to find textures that really reflected the orginal ones but the power tools really helped when using wood to make different textures.
5. The comparison between my orginal and my collage are pretty close. I was able to make and position my new textures so they reflected the orginal well. I changed the positioning of some textures a little in the collage but not enough where you can't recognize them from the orginal
6. I feel that I had improved technically with power tools and the ability to create the textures and shapes I want. It really helped in the project to be able to work well with the power tools.
7. My final product has flaws that I wish I could have the time to fix. I feel that I could have made/found better textures to reflect the orginal than what I have now. I could have used more time to gather these pieces.
8. I was very through in reflecting upon my collage throughout the time we had. I took advice and used it to better my piece much better and made more adjustments myself as I went along my project.
9. I believe I was able to get across my concepts in my piece well. The texture clearly reflected the orginal and I though I did a good job.

Texture Pictures

Texture Reflection Questions Part 1

1. The most interesting part of Part 1 of the Texture Project was creating collages of rubbing found around campus. It was both fun and interesting because of the freedom of the task. The types of textures that you rubbed onto the paper and positioning of the rubbings where up to you and how you wanted your paper to look/feel.

2. I feel the most interesting picture I took of texture was the picture of the Turk in the quad. I was intrigrued by the feeling and look of the turf. By laying down, I was able to get a better sense of the texture through all the turf.

3. I believe that my digital collage was the most successful. I think the variations I made to the photos and the tools I used to overlap them resulted in a really good piece. I like the colors formed from overlapping and different shadings. I think I have enough going on in the image to make it interesting and intriguing but not too many photos to where you can't tell what is going on.

4. My favorite collage is my most successful one. As I described above, I am intrigued by the overlapping photos and variations made to them. I used 2 different leafs at the top of the collage. For the background, I mixed together a photo of the ground in the art room and a table in the digital lab. The colors and textures blended well together. I also used a picture of the uneven concrete ground. I faded this image more and overlapped it with other pictures in the collage to create cool colors that I think makes the collage better.

5. Techniques shown by Mr. O will definelty help in the transformation from a 2-D collage to a 3-D collage. Plaster will help a lot to form difficult textures as well as clay. I also need to remember to make the texture backwards in plaster to create the correct image when it is flipped over.

Texture Collages

10 Texture Photos

Color Unit Reflection Questions

1. How did you develop your craft with these projects? What tools, methods and materials were essential to your success with these projects? 
     
         - To start to create these paintings, acrylic paints were used for this project. Different colors were used for mixing and shading in the various paintings. Different thickness of brushes and different brush strokes were used to create both a sense of depth in the paintings and to create different feels the paintings portrayed. Also, the color wheel was looked at to understand the colors that needed to be used for the different color strategies. In the Color Mixing project, we used cameras to take the pictures of different color schemes such as complementary and monochromatic. Then we used iPad's to create colormixer images that reflex the colors in the pictures taken.


2.  How did you use your skills of observation with these projects? How have these projects taught you to observe color? 
    
         - Observation was necessary in the project to notice the shades of the picture that needed to be expressed in the painting. Different depths in the picture translated into different shades of each color in the painting. In the Color Mixing project, you needed to notice and sometimes change around the colors in pictures that were taken. When you made the colormixer image on the iPad, the colors in the picture were copied onto the colormixer image to show the colors throughout the image. 

Color Paintings