Let's blog about Blogging.................

G'day................fellow bloggers,
It's been about a year since I've been doing this blogging thing and I must say that it has been a really liberating experience. You see usually, we as people are confined to the limits of paper and pen, however an individual with such a mind set will be left behind in an advancing world. What I like about Miss is that she encourages us to use the technological advancements surrounding us, and to apply it into our work. It is relaxing to blog because it takes your mind off other things and it is a lot less stressful than writing a simple journal on paper.

The experience is more fun whenever you go digital. For instance, let's say that I have a picture that I want to show, just take a snapshot, write up a post, then publish it. It's as simple as that, and now the whole world can see my blog!!!

Art cannot be defined by limitations and those limitations have been set by an individuals attitude on his work. But the way in which the fun of blogging have been incorporated into work, those limitation have just been broken.

For me, my blog means sharing with the world, sharing ideas and creations of my own, and even assisting others with their work. Blogging is the most effective and simplest way to do this. 

All in all it was really a great experience to do different things. Hopefully Miss will continue to encourage the blogging experience in Form 3. My Art teacher is really great and she tells you it as it is, no matter how cold it may be and that is what I like about her, always innovative and opionative.

There are many ways in which a blog can impact on you, and I do hope that I have made my Impact too.


That's all for now, fellow bloggers......................

Tying up loose Ends

G'day........fellow bloggers,
Today's class was all about tying up the loose ends. I had a long overdue collage to submit for Miss from since the first weeks of the term. Finally after a long awaited completion, I can post up the pictures.

I believe that all effective collages, should start with an effective painting. Mine was one of just a random beach:

 And this was magically formed, into a collage:

 (I am open to constructive criticism as the collage did not come out too good!)

Do you remember that portrait drawing of Beyonce that I did a few posts back.
Well the stippling aspect of it was due for today, I even submitted it even though that it was a bit incomplete.
Nevertheless, through Miss' kind generosity, it was ultimately marked, as though it was a completed piece:

 This was an intense process, it took some 4-5 days to do and I am still not Done yet!! But I promise that you will be the first to see the completed result, perhaps some time in the near future.

I honestly did not believe  that for the first time doing this, that it would come out so great, but there is always margin for error.

The only suggestion on Miss' behalf was that the neck line could have been a little lighter, to accommodate for a recognisable shadow.

I am always grateful for Miss' comments and reflections as they help me to improve my work, and gives me the motivation in the first place to do such work.

In conclusion, I would just like to add that I had a great time doing this piece, over others because it really shows what a little time and perseverance can  lead to. I was thoroughly amazed in my capability to do such of a portrait and I am really looking forward for the intense work that is to come in the next form.


That's it for now fellow blogger, I hope that you have enjoyed this series of blogs that I have put together over the academic year, and I really had a wonderful time doing it, hopefully just as wonderful as the time you spent reading it. 

I'm looking forward to more blogging in Form 3


Until Form 3 fellow bloggers!!!!!!!!!!!!!






























the only suggestion on miss' behalf

Stippling..........with INK!

G'day, fellow bloggers............
Remember that Beyonce picture that I did, well this blog is about the stippling part of it, with pen and ink!!
There wasn't much else to do for this class because it was solely about corrections and marking. So without further adieu, here's the method to stippling:

Brief overview on stippling

This technique is also known as pointillism, (but in order to save your breath, we more commonly refer to it as stippling). It is basically consists of creating tonal values (a transition from light to dark) using individual dots! Light, medium and dark values are achieved by varying the quantity of dots, the space between the dots and the pressure used to create the dots.

So it means that a whole lot of dots, come together to make an image, and that is what I have to do to my Beyonce portrait. Now as I have said, I would be using pen and ink. Ink is permanent, it does not erase, so this means that there is literally NO room for error, one wrongly placed dot and it's bye bye Beyonce.

This is scary, I am genuinely scared and to make matters worse, I have to do it under a stipulated time period!

I guess we'll see how things work out, in the next post.

Until then, fellow bloggers..............

The Art of.........Copying????!?

G'day, fellow bloggers.........
It's definitely been a while, sine I last blogged. I've been a busy little bee, you know with school and all, not to mention that I was stone cold sick for over a week. That was a bit of a setback, nevertheless, I'm back and its a whole new Art game now!. Here I'm talking about the Art of Copying!!!! that we did about in the 2nd to last week in May.


So, let's check it out! The guide to the Art of Copying:

Step #1
Draw a square grid onto your page and take a note of the number of blocks on the x and y axis of the grid.
(Just when you thought that maths was useless!)

Step #2
Draw a grid onto the picture going to be copied, however you must make sure that the number of blocks on the x and y axis of the picture match the number of squares on the sketch pad paper. This is critical to the proper formation of the image. Basically if it is not done properly, the copied image would need some serious plastic surgery!

Step #3
Assuming that you've done all of that correctly, mach each square or block on the picture with the corresponding block on the Sketch Pad paper, by counting it.

That's all, as easy as 123 (literally)!

Now Mrs. Davis asked us to apply these instruction to the real deal, we were asked to do a portrait!
Now I've done a portrait before and it didn't work out too well, a self portrait that it. But thankfully, this time we were given the privilege to go a portrait of anyone. I embraced the opportunity to do one of Beyonce Knowles. Because of the grid, I found it very effortless to do and here's what it came to be:

It looks pretty good right, but it turned out to scare the boys in my class!!!
But seriously it was pretty scary because of the eyes, so I adjusted them to form this:

 Even better!
I thought that was it but it was only the beginning! The next thing was stippling, but that will have to wait for the next post, at a later date.

It is actually fulfilling to see a piece of empty paper before you, be filled with lines, many many lines and that was how it made me feel to do this drawing, indeed it is one to remember and be proud of.

Follow to see the next couple chapters, on stippling!

One final thought;
Wouldn't it be great if teachers allowed us "practise" copying during exams? 
(Just a friendly suggestion)

Until then, fellow bloggers.............