inspiRed ArtIst
Adam Goldberg is the founder of Trüf Creative studios in Santa Monica. Goldberg switched to a less restricting branding studio after a life of advertising agency. He uses a mixture of black and red in his series of illustrations called FAÜNA. Goldberg’s pieces create a minimalistic version of animals and insects.
I am am inspired by Goldberg because of his ability to to create such clean and simple illustrations that still look good. It makes me feel like I don’t have to be perfect at shading and blending and making things realistic for my art to be good. Also because of the simplicity, you have to take a second to guess what the animal is and see his creativity, rather than just looking at a realistic drawing. He also has a dog at his studio so that’s pretty cold.
Here is the website for his studio: https://trufcreative.com/
Intro to drawing project 1
The most helpful warmup for this unit was the pen cube examples because it taught me a lot about shading. I never realized that you could shade with pen, but I learned a lot from this warm up and how to incorporate it in my art.
Composition: the artistic arrangement of the parts of a picture Value: the relative degree lightness or darkness of a particular color |
Pencil: pros// easy to control movement, easy to add on and erase, there are different intensities of pencils
cons// hard to make it super dark, lines aren’t as sharp
Pen: pros// cleaner lines, smoother than pencil and charcoal, darker more defined look
cons// takes time for all the dots and lines, can’t blend colors, can’t erase
Charcoal: pros// easy to blend, can go really dark, different types of charcoal
cons// smudges easily (fingerprints), harder to contrast lights and darks
cons// hard to make it super dark, lines aren’t as sharp
Pen: pros// cleaner lines, smoother than pencil and charcoal, darker more defined look
cons// takes time for all the dots and lines, can’t blend colors, can’t erase
Charcoal: pros// easy to blend, can go really dark, different types of charcoal
cons// smudges easily (fingerprints), harder to contrast lights and darks
Painting Warmup
Color matching, gradient of color, shades of brown
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Skin tones
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1.) What I learned from these activities is how to paint different textures and how to blend colors to make new colors and create smooth transitions.
2.) The most helpful warmup for my new painting is the tint/shade/tone one because it taught me the different ways you can make new colors that I can incorporate into my painting.
3.) I learned the most from the textures warmup because I never knew how to make those textures.
4.) You can make brown my mixing all of the primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and then adding more of each color to create different shades.
5.) To tone down a color you add gray to the paint.
2.) The most helpful warmup for my new painting is the tint/shade/tone one because it taught me the different ways you can make new colors that I can incorporate into my painting.
3.) I learned the most from the textures warmup because I never knew how to make those textures.
4.) You can make brown my mixing all of the primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and then adding more of each color to create different shades.
5.) To tone down a color you add gray to the paint.
the idea of place
1.) The place represented in my painting is the Carter Finley Stadium at NC State University. This is where my Grandpa and my sister went to college and I hope I can go there in the future.
2.) The most challenging part of this painting was the stadium because I had to do so many layers and it was hard to make it look like a realistic crowd.
3.) The most successful part of this painting is the detail of the building and how the trees turned out.
4.) First I started out with the blue and white of the sky and then planned out where the stadium and building would go. After that I painted the trees and layered the building and stadium over top of that.
2.) The most challenging part of this painting was the stadium because I had to do so many layers and it was hard to make it look like a realistic crowd.
3.) The most successful part of this painting is the detail of the building and how the trees turned out.
4.) First I started out with the blue and white of the sky and then planned out where the stadium and building would go. After that I painted the trees and layered the building and stadium over top of that.
watercolor Perspective
1.) The most helpful activity was the children's book painting because it made me realize that you have to put the light colors first and layer on top of that.
2.) I like that with water color you can easily mix colors together 3.) It's difficult more me to add little details and do things where you cants just blend all the colors together. |
1.) I used one point perspective in my painting
2.) I took this photo while I was on a plane to Disney World 3.) The most difficult part of this project was that I had to do clouds and I didn't know how and also the paper kept curling up and peeling when I added too much water. 4.) The most helpful water color warm up was the children’s book painting because that’s when I realized that you have to do the lighter colors first and you can’t just layer everything like you can with acrylics. The most helpful perspective warmup was the forced perspective photography because it made us think of new ideas and get the picture exact so it made the illusion. |
A-J sign language Hands
in-ProGress clay
1.) For my piece I plan to paint on the label with acrylic paint
2.) It was difficult to make the can opener part at the top and I wanted to add more 3D stuff but it was hard to incorporate it into the soup can design.
3.) I think the can opener turned out well and it actually looks like a soup can so far.
4.) To start out, I rolled out a soft slab to make the cylinder shape around a pipe. Then I rolled out some more clay and cut out circles for the top and the bottom. Lastly, for the lid I cut out a circle and added the can opener to make it look like a can. At this point it was bone dry and then I fired it.
2.) It was difficult to make the can opener part at the top and I wanted to add more 3D stuff but it was hard to incorporate it into the soup can design.
3.) I think the can opener turned out well and it actually looks like a soup can so far.
4.) To start out, I rolled out a soft slab to make the cylinder shape around a pipe. Then I rolled out some more clay and cut out circles for the top and the bottom. Lastly, for the lid I cut out a circle and added the can opener to make it look like a can. At this point it was bone dry and then I fired it.
finIshed clay box
1.) Since my last update, I painted the whole can with acrylic paint.
2.) What’s successful about mine is that it has a lot of detail and actually looks like a Campbell’s soup can.
3.) I would have used a lighter silver or put the actual type of soup.
2.) What’s successful about mine is that it has a lot of detail and actually looks like a Campbell’s soup can.
3.) I would have used a lighter silver or put the actual type of soup.
Linocut printmaking
1.)My piece shows line in the background and in the way the parts of the butterfly all connect.
2.) My piece is successful because you can tell that it’s a butterfly and that it’s sitting on the vine. However if I were to do this again, I would have less details in the butterfly so it wouldn’t be as hard to carve and then I would also leave more lines in the background so it wouldn’t look as blank and random.
2.) My piece is successful because you can tell that it’s a butterfly and that it’s sitting on the vine. However if I were to do this again, I would have less details in the butterfly so it wouldn’t be as hard to carve and then I would also leave more lines in the background so it wouldn’t look as blank and random.
portraits
1.) The eye warmup has been the most helpful because that’s when we used oil pastels and I’m using oil pastels for my portrait so it gave me an idea of how to use them.
2.) I was surprised by how big the ears were supposed to be bc they were supposed to be from the hairline to the mouth.
2.) I was surprised by how big the ears were supposed to be bc they were supposed to be from the hairline to the mouth.
1.) My portrait is of my mom
2.) the medium I used was oil pastels
3.) For each part, first I put a base color and then added the different colors on top then blended it with white.
4.) I think it looks really realistic and I’m really proud of it but I wish i kept the background less messy and made it nicer.
2.) the medium I used was oil pastels
3.) For each part, first I put a base color and then added the different colors on top then blended it with white.
4.) I think it looks really realistic and I’m really proud of it but I wish i kept the background less messy and made it nicer.
mIxed media Art
1.) I had 6 layers in total. The first layer was tissue paper which I tried to make into an ombré. Then I pressed on splattered paint. Then we burned the corner of the poster board with a lighters. After that I suck on newspaper with a quote that went with my flowing theme. Then lastly I stuck on flowers and petals.
2.) My word was flowing and I portayed it by making the flowers look they it were flowing in the wind and had the “let it flow” quote in the middle of the petals. |
Art Show
Pros: It turned out really realistic, I think a lot of people went to see it, we finished it quickly
Cons: the head was turned and some people didn't understand that so it looked off, the cardboard was kind of bent Process: We cut out a big piece of cardboard and painted it all black. Then I sketched out the body and we went ahead and cut out the face so it wouldn't be in the way. Then we painted everything and printed out the original picture. |
Last project
Pros: I think the colors and everything match the original picture well and I think it's funny
Cons: the head was actually supposed to be wider, I made all the outlines black instead of the different colors because I was worried it would get messed up Process: I’ve really been into the cartoon aesthetic lately and I love Spongebob so I chose this because I thought it would be funny. So first I sketched out the drawing on the canvas and then I painted starting from the background to the foreground. Then at the end I outlined everything in black. |