YOUR MASTERPIECES OF ART

Click on the picture above to access the Lino.it canvas.

The video bellow will teach you how to use this cooperative and collaborative tool called lino.it

COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS

Complementary colours are pairs of colours which, when combined, cancel each other out. This means that when combined, they produce a grey-scale colour like black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those particular two colours.
In the traditional model, a complementary colour pair is made up of a primary colour (magenta, cyan and yellow) and a secondary colour (green, violet or orange). For example, yellow is a primary colour, and painters can make violet by mixing of red and blue; so when yellow and violet paint are mixed, all three primary colours are present. Since paints work by absorbing light, having all three primaries together results in a black or grey color. 

Divide each rectangle into different parts using a ruler or set squares, draw these lines with the 0,2 fine liner, then fill each area using a pair of complementary colours:

PRIMARY.......................................................SECONDARY

CYAN..........................................ORANGE (yellow+magenta)

MAGENTA...........................................GREEN (yellow+cyan)

YELLOW...........................................PURPLE(magenta+cyan)

Try to use different textures, techniques and shades of the same colour. If you want to use felt tip pens as well as colour pencils, you´ll be able to get more vibrant colours.

STIPPLING (Neo-Impresionism & Pointillism)

Stippling is the creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of value or shading by using small dots. Such a pattern may occur in nature and these effects are frequently emulated by artists.

Artists like Seurat and Signac took advantage of this phenomenon

and tried to get purer colours by mixing them optically.

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Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism. (Wikipedia)

GEORGE SEURAT (1859-1891)

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat

Just in case you want to know more about Georges Seurat here you have a short video.

And here you have a videotutorial on how to work using this technique (spanish subtitles).

We´re going to use this technique to colour these beautiful mandalas.

ANAMORPHOSIS AND THE GRID METHOD

Do you know anything about anamorphosis?

An anamorphosis is a deformed image that appears in its true shape when viewed in some "unconventional" way.
We can find many examples on our daily life, the most common use of the anamorphic design is by far in road markings.  
We have to see those marks from our vehicles in such a low point of view that they are going to be percieved distorted and shorter than they actually are.





Julian Beaver is a well known street artist. He has made pavement drawings all over the world for many years.
Anamorphic illusions drawn in a special distortion in order to create an illusion of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular point of view.

Here you have an easy project.

COLORED PENCILS TUTORIAL (SHADING)

Using the grid technique for drawing

Op Art Hand

http://iwastesomuchtime.com/on/?i=64919

PERSISTENCE OF VISION

Persistence of vision is the commonly used term to describe the optical illusion whereby multiple discrete images blend into a single image in the human mind and believed to be the explanation for motion perception in cinema and animated films. (WIKIPEDIA)

Persistence of vision is still the accepted term for this phenomenon in the realm of cinema history and theory. 

A frame rate of less than 16 frames per second (frame/s) caused the mind to see flashing images. Audiences still interpret motion at rates as low as ten frames per second or slower (as in a flipbook), 

Modern  film runs at 24 frames a second.

We are going to work on Flipbooks in order to get motion out of still images.

Let´s try one using this site.

Once we have done a digital one, we´ll start working on paper.

GOOGLE DOODLES: LOTTE REINIGER

Lotte Reininger

Lotte Reininger created visually stunning and fantastical films using black cardboard, scissors, and boundless imagination. Pre-dating Walt Disney by nearly a decade, Reiniger pioneered a style of animation that relied on thousands of photos of paper cut-out silhouettes arranged to tell a story. It was a painstaking process that involved moving paper characters ever so slightly and snapping a photo of each movement. She created many films over the years, including The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the oldest surviving feature length animation.

Nearly a century later, Reiniger continues to inspire animators and artists. On what would have been her 117th birthday, we celebrate Reiniger’s limitless creativity and pioneering spirit. 

Nowadays silhouettes are still used by many artists such as this hungarian shadow theatre group called Attraction. They create pictures with shadows of their bodies.

TECHNICAL DRAWING VS ARTISTIC DRAWING

Radial Symmetry, GeoGebra and Google Drive

Click on the image beside and try to make a similar one yourself. Remember that you can change colour, width and the number of axis as well.

If you wish, it´s better to download the GeoGebra applet and work offline.

This applet works with dynamic random colours. In the video below you can find out how to use it.

POLYGONS

Polygons 100830211438-phpapp01 from rfarinas

OPERATIONS WITH SEGMENTS AND ANGLES

A PLANE can be defined by:

Please, follow the steps below. And here you have the notes. Exercise 1. Line bisector of a segment

Thales´Theorem (measuring the Pyramid)

If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct points the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.

According to some historical sources the Greek mathematician Thales applied the intercept theorem to determine the height of the Cheops' pyramid. 

Thales measured the length of the pyramid's base and the height of his pole (a long stick). Then at the same time of the day he measured the length of the pyramid's shadow and the length of the pole's shadow.

Exercise 2. Dividing a segment into a set number of equal parts 

Exercise 3. Angle bisector 

4.Dividing an angle into 3 equal parts

Segment copying construction Copying an angle

LETTERING

Lettering helps to communicate information on drawings. All lettering should be done freehand without the aid of instruments. It must be neat, clear and easy to read. There are many different approaches to lettering, but the one shown below is standard for school use.

The letters and numbers are formed between light construction lines called guidelines, which are drawn 4 or 5 mm apart. Capital letters are usually used, but lower-case letters may be used. Note the following:

• The letters A C D E G H K M O Q R W fill a square space.
• The letters O and Q are based on a circle.
• The remainder (except I) fill about two-thirds of a square.
• Space between words should be equal to the with of one letter, and the distance between letters and numbers must be uniform. Keep the letters in each word close together.

SECOND TERM PROJECTS

This term is quite short. We´ve only got two weeks left.
Make sure you bring me all of the Projects (Arts and Technical Graphics) on the picture below before the deadline (during the first week of  March).

USING THE SET SQUARES: TRIANGLES AND PARALLELS

RHYTHM AND GEOMETRY

Once you´ve finished try to add a little bit of colour to your Project.
In the example below you can find a pattern. In this case Eva only used pairs of complementary colours.

Newfound species: The exhibition

We have been working on drawing texture, shape and form (elements of Art), and on vocabulary related to animals as well.
All of your new animals look so different from the others, but all of them are beatiful. Some are cute and lovely whilst others are scary, intimidating or weird.

Your animals do exist in your imagination and now that you have depicted them, they are also alive for  the rest of us.

Congratulations everyone!!!

Newfound species from ESTER ALONSO

Drawing with the compass

A compass is a technical drawing instrument that can be used for inscribing circles or arcs. They can also be used as tools to measure distances, in particular on maps. 

Compasses are usually made of metal or plastic, and consist of two parts connected by a hinge which can be adjusted to allow the changing of the radius of the circle drawn. Typically one part has a spike at its end, and the other part a pencil, or sometimes a pen.

PARTS OF A COMPASS

Handle

Users can grip it between their pointer finger and thumb.

Legs

There are two types of legs in a compass: the straight or the steady leg and the adjustable one. Each has a separate purpose; the steady leg serves as the basis or support for the needle point, while the adjustable leg can be altered in order to draw different sizes of circles.

Hinge

The screw on your hinge holds the two legs in its position; the hinge can be adjusted depending on desired stiffness. The tighter the screw the better the compass’ performance.

Needle point

The needle point is located on the steady leg, and serves as the center point of circles that are drawn.

Pencil lead

The pencil lead draws the circle on a particular paper or material.

Adjusting nut

This holds the pencil lead or pen in place.

It is not easy to work with a compass accurately but I´m sure that you´ll try your best.

Remember that practice makes perfect

This  handout is going  to help you with the dimensions.´

You´ll have to work with colour but selecting a pattern such as working with cool and warm colours or trying to find another type of harmony (monochrome, analogous colours...)