Art Techniques

Art Techniques

Why are we learning these techniques? Why are we doing this?
I think we are learning these techniques to help us make a series of artwork. It helps us learn different ways of making textures and colors for different artwork pieces.

The scrap technique

Splatter and blend technique

Texture and monoprint technique

Glazed and blend technique

Art Research Drawing

Research Drawing

Why do we look at street art, why do we stop when we see it, what is our reaction?

I think we look at street art because it takes really hard work and it always looks amazing. It captures our eyes and tells a story. I think we stop so that we can see every detail.

Art Magazine Design

Magazine Design

Today in art we have been working on our magazine page design. We have used our thumbnail sketches we drew to make a layout of how our work is going to look. My group's theme is where you are from. We used the word Haukainga meaning home as our title. We came up with two magazine design (not finished) the first picture is what colours and how we want it to layout and the second picture is the original magazine page we created (also not finished) that we were going to use but we want to try something new.

Does your design reflect your thumbnail sketches?
Yes because we have used very similar layouts to what we had drawn. We changed it around a little only so it would suit our theme more.

Does your design reflect the feeling of your topic?
Yes, I think our original design does because it shows lots of different place with the flags we used. We live in NZ and to my group that is home but not everyone lives in NZ so we wanted to make where everyone comes from.

Do you know where your leading lines are?
Not yet because we haven't finished but we are planning on putting our leading lines in soon.

Do you know where your focal point is?
Yes, for now, it is the title because we like the meaning of it and we want it to stand out, but we could change our minds when it's finished.

Sonja Delaunay Artwork

Sonja Delaunay

Sonja was originally born in Ukraine in 1885 but was known as a French artist. Her husband Robert Delaunay was a famous artist as well. When she was 5 she moved in with her uncle and they raised her after that.

Totem, ca. (1970)


Avec Moi Meme (1970)



LITHOGRAPH (1971)



Orphism:
It was an offshoot of cubism that was more focused on brighter colours and pure abstraction.
Orphism is also known as Orphic Cubism which is a short-lived art movement. It was originally made by French painters Robert Delaunay, Sonja Delaunay and Fernand Leger.

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5.4.19
This week in art we have been studying and drawing some Sonja Delaunay artwork and created our own. We drew our own drawings on some paper and then split them into two drawings and redrew them on some lino. We started to cut them out as well.

Original drawing

First drawing on lino

Second drawing on lino

Learning Outcome:
To have an understanding of Sonja Delaunay, Orphism, colour theory through linocut printmaking. Having an understanding of leading lines and focal points.

Our Learning Process:
To research Sonja's artwork and to create some thumbnail sketches. We researched facts about Sonja Delaunay. We created some inspired artwork by her and coloured them in to make them pop. We then started to add them to our lino.

What would I change?
I would flip the drawing I drew on the lino because at the moment when I print it will face to opposite way to what I have drawn it in colour.

Art (Micheal Mew Inspired)

Art (Micheal Mew Inspired)

In art, we have been learning about Micheal Mew and the art we made. We then made our own art inspired by him. We cut out some magazine pictures and then placed them on our paper and moved them around until we were happy with our results. We had to add leading lines into the art piece as well. We also drew a bird that represented our school. Mohua, Riroriro, Tieke, Korimako, and Pipiwharauroa. 

This is my end result:

Finished result

Finished result

Riroriro

My leading lines are the yellow lines at the top and the highlight colour that goes through my darkest colour at the bottom left. My other leading line is the brunch that leads to my focal point which is the bird.
I decided that I wanted to paint the red and blue colour instead of adding a photo in, so I painted with the colours red and blue and made them intertwine instead of blend because I liked that better.
The bird I draw was the Riroriro. This bird means active with energetic singing. I decided on this bird because I thought it was cute and different, I had never seen a bird like that before. This bird is also known as the Grey Warbler.
I am pretty happy with my results and would do it again.

Shading

In art 2019 we started off the year with some shading. We watched this video that helped us to learn the correct shading and how to make it look more realistic.

• Have you improved your shading? Yes, I think I have because after watching the video it taught me how to add shadows in properly and that to build up your layers of darker colours instead of just adding them straight away.
• Do you understand that using a structure can help you draw better? Yes because it helps us get the proportions right and so we know where we need to add details. It helps us know where we are going to draw.
• What are you going to work on going forward in pencil drawings in and out of class? I think I want to work on different techniques of shading to try and improve my realism.