FINAL PROJECT: Decorative Space

Students will be working on their final projects all this week.  The objective is to create an image of shallow depth, a more decorative use of space, composed of multiple formats. These formats will be occupied by simple shapes filled with patterns and textures. Here are some examples from previous semesters for reference.

ARCHITECTURAL IMPROVISATION

Bettina Schoefer Gordon

Michelle Frydenlund

Rio Dominguez

Last night the class completed work on the Architectural Improvisation project. Bettina's drawing is a tumbling and swirling composition of architectural forms separated into linear and shape based elements. The light and dark areas are balanced with textural, gray values and patterns.
Michelle's drawing exhibits a multilayered space of rectangular shapes of various sizes are characteristics. The dynamics of the composition are attributed to criss-crossing diagonals and high contrasting values.
Rio's drawing exhibits a collage-like composition of disparate and similar objects as well as mark-making effects. The composition is balanced with repeating brick patterns and leaf shapes bound together with high contrast values and textures.

ARCHITECTURAL IMPROVISATION

Phillip Vidal

On Tuesday, the class began working on their midterm project. This is a two part project. This first part was to draw at least (4) thumbnail sketches from various locations around and within the art building. Students were to observe the intersecting lines, patterns and textures of the architecture, landscape and the objects occupying those spaces. In addition, students tried to create images with varying degrees of value from mostly dark to mostly light as well as equally balanced light and dark areas.

TEXTURE

On Friday the class made mixed media texture pieces with both collage and painted areas. The subject was a still life. The images consisted of actual, simulated and invented textures. Students adhere found materials as well as fashioned materials like hand-painted patterns and simulated textures.

Linda Job

Linda's piece consists of various craft papers cut into shapes representing elements of the still life. She then painted the surface with a uniform color (blue-gray). Once that layer dried, she spread a thin layer of paint wiping away the excess allowing the residue to remain along the cracks and within the various textures.

TEXTURE: Actual, Simulated and Invented

Gianna Davy

Last Friday the class made an image consisting of actual, simulated and invented textures. The objective was to explore traditional and experimental applications of painting and collage materials. Gianna's painting above illustrates torn pieces of paper glued and painted in the upper left corner, drawing into wet paint (center, right, top), stamping with plant forms (center, right, bottom), stenciling with tape in the lower left and various applications of paint from thick to thin just to name a few.

LINEAR PERSPECTIVE: Two- point (cont.)

Carson Blodow

On Thursday the class completed their two-point linear perspective drawings. Carson's drawing above illustrates the process with a well balanced design with repeating circles and cones throughout the composition. Notice how your eye is lead around the structure changing tempo as the edges move from exterior contours to more linear elements, such as the centrally located zig-zag. In addition, there is a secondary rhythm located in the repeated use of the invented textures.

TEXTURE

Jessica Xiong-Cisneros

Today's class began with a critique of the color schemes project followed by a lecture on Texture. Students made a painting exploring the elements of actual, simulated and invented textures. The goal was to create an image that stimulates a sense of touch as well as the visual. The actual texture of Jessica's painting has high points, low points, impasto and scumbled areas. The rest of the spaces primarily address invented textures evident in the checker board pattern and the striped areas.