Proportion and Exaggeration/Distortion Questions

Q1. How do exaggeration and distortion affect proportion?

A1. Exaggeration/distortion affects proportion by changing the size or shape of a part or the entire image to show emotions.

Q2. What distorting effects can an artist use?

A2. Artists can lengthen, enlarge, bend, warp, twist, or deform parts of an image to create distorting effects.

Q3. Why do artists use distortion?

A3. Artists use distortion to show emotion in an image like enlarging a body and keeping a smaller head to create the illusion of strength.

Q4. How can artists create monumental qualities without using a large scale?

A4. Artists can create monumental qualities through exaggerated proportions and spacing rather than through large scales.

Mirror Name Project

For this project what I had to do was create my name in cursive on one half of a piece of paper, mirror it to the other side (free hand) and disguise it into a picture. This is my result.

Value/Texture Magazine Face Project

For this project, I had to find a black and white face that took up the entire page. We then had to cut the page in half directly across the face. I glued one half of the face to a large piece of paper and the other half was used as reference to shade and remake the other half of the face. It took me a while to get started but when i did it was very encouraging to see what i'd done. Anyways, here's my final result:

Line Question Answers

1.  How does the author define "line"????
2.  What is required to make line? (This must be pretty important if it is so closely linked to line!!)
3.  What is "dimension"???
4.  List many ways that artists create line.
5.  Define an "outline" and an "implied" line.

Answers:

1. The author defined "line" as an "element of art that is the path of a moving point through space".
2. To make a line, you need a tool (pencil/paper, stick/clay) and dimension.
3. Dimension is "the amount of space an object takes up in one direction".
4. Ways that artists can creates lines are: Drawing with a pencil and paper, or scratched into wet clay using a stick.
5. Outline: A line that shows or creates the outer edges of a shape.
    Implied Line: A series of points that the viewer's eyes automatically connect.









































































































































ed Line: A series of points that the viewer's eyes automatically connect.

Feb.10th/2014

A line is a piece to a puzzle that will never be completed fully and is made with some sort of connection to the people and the world around them.

                                                          Sam Ramey