Thursday, May 22, 2014

Eyeball Photographs

For the final painting in Art Fundamentals, my students wanted to paint their eyeballs.  Freshman Anna told us about macro lenses that can clip onto iPhones!  The kit actually comes with 3 lenses: macro, wide-angle, and fish-eye.  Anna has spearheaded this project.  She took everyone's eyeball photograph and organized the photo shoot.  

iPhone lens kit
Below are the photographs of the students' eyes using the iPhone macro lens.  

Dylan
Pat
RJ
Brett
Nat
Hannah
Erin
Mackie
Mariah
Conner
Alex
Nico
Anna
Vicky
Cole
Eamon
Ryan
Ms. DeWan
Student paintings in progress



Finished Apple Paintings

Students have finished their Apple Paintings!  Click on the link to learn more about this project.

Alex

Anna

Erin

Mackie

Nat

Pat

Ms. DeWan



Monday, May 5, 2014

Apple Drawing and Painting




We will draw the apple in front of you.  We want the apple to look 3D (like it has form) instead of 2D (a shape).  After drawing the apple, we will paint it.







Cross contour lines
1.  Bite into the apple.  Why?  Because drawing a perfectly round apple is boring!

2.  Draw the outline of the apple.


3.  Sketch the cross contour lines (vertical and horizontal).  

4.  Draw in the shadows.  Follow the direction of the cross contour lines - if your cross contour lines are curved, your shadow lines should be curved too.

Draw in the shadows


5.  Look carefully at where the light reflects off the table and apple.  It may surprise you!

6.  Don’t forget to draw the shadow!

7.  Take 3 pictures of the apple.  If you tap on the screen, the camera will focus on a different part of the frame: Shadow on the table, the darkest part on the apple, the lightest part on the apple.
Focused on the lightest part of the apple

Focused on the darkest part of the apple

Focused on the shadow





Friday, May 2, 2014

Under the Microscope Evaluation

Download your finished painting from below.

Grade yourself on a scale from 1-10:
     1. Technique | Is your composition carefully painted?  Are there crisp lines? Did you put forth effort?
     2. Evidence of form | Did you blend paint in a way to illustrate form?
     3. Contrast | Is there contrast between light and dark or texture?
     4. Balance | Is there balance between light and dark, and your chosen complementary colors?
iPhone ear buds

Engagement ring

Rainbow Skink Paw

Tomato Plant Leaf

Scorpion Sensory Comb

Snowflake

Flower Anther

Bike Chain

Scorpion Teeth Dorsals

Bee Salivary Lips

Scorpion Fulcrum

Butterfly Wing

Key