My Room 10/28

My room is the biggest room in the house.

 Its the furthest away from everyone else in the house.

 I have a couch in my room so when people go over they can sleep there. 

 Its also close to the kitchen (:

Warm-up 10/24

I cope with stress by resting and listening to music alone.

elements of art/principles of design

Line :

  Lines are marks made by a pointed tool: brush, pencil, pen, etc. Lines can vary in width, direction, curvature, length, or color.

                               Shape : 

Shapes are formed wherever the ends of a continuous line meet. Geometric shapes such as circles, triangles or squares have perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals.

       Color :

 Color wheels show the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary (intermediate) colors. They also show the relationships between complementary colors across from each other, such as blue and orange; and analogous (similar or related) colors next to each other such as yellow, green, and blue. Black and white may be thought of as colors but, in fact, they are not. White light is the presence of all color; black is the absence of reflected light and therefore the absence of color.

                                                       Value :

Value, or tone, refers to dark and light; the value scale refers to black and white with all gradations of gray in between.  Value contrasts help us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art.

           Form :  

Form describes objects that are three-dimensional, having length, width, and height.

               Texture :  

Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly--the list is endless.  Texture refers to the surface quality, both simulated and actual, of artwork.

                                       

                                                      Space :

Space refers to distances or areas around, between, or within components of a piece. Space can be positive (white or light) or  negative (black or dark), open or closed,shallow or deep, and two-dimensional or three-dimensional. 

LEARNING ART : THE PRINCIPLES OF DESING

 Balance :

Balance is the comfortable or pleasing arrangement of things in art.  There are three different types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial. The human figure is symmetrically balanced; the same on the left and right side. The tree is asymmetrically balanced; its branches are not distributed equally on each side, but their total weight is balanced left and right. The sun is an example of radial balance; all its rays are equal in length from the center.

Contrast : 

Contrast is created by using elements that conflict with one another. Often, contrast is created using complementary colors or extremely light and dark values. Contrast creates interest in a piece and often draws the eye to certain areas. It is used to make a painting look interesting.

Emphasis : 

Emphasis in the focal area of an artwork gives it importance.  An artist may stress some elements of the design over others. The eye of the viewer will focus on the area of emphasis or center of interest first, then take in the rest of the composition.

Movement : 

 Movement in an artwork means the artist is taking viewers on a trip through the work by means of lines, edges, shapes, and colors often leading to the focal area.  Movement is a visual flow through the composition. It can be the suggestion of motion in a design as you move from object to object by way of placement and position.  Directional movement can be created with a value pattern. It is with the placement of dark and light areas that you can move your attention through the format.

Pattern : 

Patterns are made in art when the same shapes or elements are repeated again and again.  Pattern uses the elements of art in planned or random repetitions to enhance surfaces of paintings or sculptures.

Rhythm ; 

Rhythm is the repetition of shapes, lines, and forms.  Rhythm is a movement in which some elements recurs regularly.  Like a dance, it will have a flow of objects that will seem to be like the beat of music.

 Unity :

Unity means that all elements in an artwork are in harmony.  Unity brings together a composition with similar units.  For example, if your composition was using wavy lines and organic shapes you would stay with those types of lines and not put in even one geometric shape.

This is a picture that i like , and think it has the elements of art in it.

 this picture has lines , colors, shapes etc thats why
i think its a perfect picture for Elements of Art.

Quick Write 10-22-2013

5 Favorite Smells:

1. The smell of food being made.

2. Perfume.

3. Candy.

4. Candles.

5. Fruit.

Your Ideal Halloween

My ideal halloween will be to dress like a Hamburger and my dog will be a hotdog.

Mural Project Preview

1. I would do a mural about people at Akins learning, dancing, drawing and doing stuff they like to do when their in school. 

2. It would be worth the effort because this mural will represent all the activities

students do around Akins.

3. Some advantages are that some phone cameras are already updated to take pictures like the photography cameras but not all phones have that.

4. The advantages are that the pictures will come out better then phone cameras. Theres no disadvantages on using a SLR camera.

5. We should use SLR cameras cause they would look better then phone cameras. 

Africa

Nick Brandt

He uses a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses.

 He wanted to take these pictures because it was while directing "Earth Song", a music video for Jackson in Tanzania, in 1995 that Brandt fell in love with the animals and land of East Africa. Over the next few years, frustrated that he could not capture on film his feelings about and love for animals, he realized there was a way to achieve this through photography, in a way that he felt no-one had really done before. He is interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being.

I like this picture because i like how it looks and everything.

Academic Shoot Reflection

1. It was hard finding some of the rules. I couldn't find some but i ended up figuring it out.

2. I concentrated more on making sure the photos came out good and didn't come out blurry.

3. I would make sure the rules are more clearly stated on the photo.

4. I would go to the same places i went to because the places i went showed most of the rules.

5. The easiest rule to achieve will be lines.

6. It will be harder to find framing and rule of thirds.

7. Im still kinda confused about what framing means but i could figure it out if i go back and learn what framing means again.

Academics Shoot

Lines

Simplicity

Rule Of Thirds

Balance

Avoiding Mergers

Framing

What i follow

What i follow ? 

On twitter i follow my friends, i follow celebrates, i follow people who follow me. I follow Mathew Lopez.

Academics Photo Shoot Preview

Best Story; This is showing a group of guys holding hands and i think their praying.

 Best Action/Emotion; This photo shows motion with the experiment of theirs.

Fills the frame with the most interesting stuff; It shows young kids giving food to elders.

I picked this photo because it shows a guy holding a 

piece of ice that is on fire.

This picture represents simplicity because it just concentrates 

on the guy and nothing else.

Warm up October 7, 2013

This six weeks i want to take more pictures and concentrate on pictures more. 

Red, Metal, Happy

Red

Metal

Happy

Warm up Oct. 3

The picture shows the rule of thirds because everyone is praying and the girl is taking a picture of herself or something else. She's the only one standing up and the rest are on the floor praying. I like this picture because like she pops out, out of all the people there. 

Photo composition elements

this picture follows the rule of thirds because this person is in the side of the picture.

This follows the rule of repetition, as you can see the lockers repeat in this picture.

this follows simplicty because the main focus are the flags and thats all it shows.

This follows leading lines by having lines!

This shows balance by the shape that the doors have.

 This follows contrast by the color of the walls that go from light to dark.