Pattern and Texture

The piece below is a grayscale representation of 15 different patterns and textures from around the house and yard.  I believe, after having completed this, that the assignment only needed 11, but I didn't feel the need to re-do the assignment as I believe it illustrates the same principles. 

Shape/Volume

This week we were asked to create three negative space works.  For my still life elements, I chose a big potted plant and a wooden sitting chair.  I took them at different zooms and cropped them all at different angles.  The original photo's are below them.  Keep in mind, they were cropped and angled. 
Piece 1:

 

 

Piece 2:

 

Piece 3:

 

Line

Here are my line designs.  The first are lines expressing the emotion presented.  The second piece are verbs being expressed by lines.  The last two are dry and wet media types of a mug. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance v2

Below is the second variation, and the correct one I might add, of my balance assignment.  The first version is the positive space, the second is the negative space version.  Please note that my forks didn't stay down after glue and cause a little shadow. 

 

 

Rhythm

Top of the Falls, by Eric Green

cropped image

For this week's assignment regarding rhythm, we were asked to pick a sense (ie: sound, taste, touch, etc) then an image that represents said sense.  I chose sound, and picked an image I took atop Niagara Falls.  The  water falling over the ledge is a key element in presenting that  loud noise that anyone who has visited the Falls can attest to.  

Next, I cropped the image down just to focus on the water going over the ledge that creates the sensation of sound.  There is also a lot of movement and rhythm within this part of the photo. 

 

I then chose 4 different words that respresented the sense of sound.  The four words that I chose were Loud, Gentle, Splatter, and Rushing.  I then manipulated the cropped image to illustrate these words.  Below are the manipulated pieces in the order listed above. 



Loud





Gentle
 

Splatter and Rushing                                                                                 

 

 

After this, I created several other versions that I will post later.  I also drew up the following rhythmic piece using alternating rhythmand then added noise and various other filters to help it more resemble the sense of sound.