Owl Print

1.     Describe the overall composition of your artwork (balance, unity, rhythm and movement).

            

- I think that the balance between the positive and nagative space was a key element in this print, allowing the eye to switch between the lightness of the wings, and darkness in the tail feathers and body. The rhythm is pretty steady, nothing that stands out in an ugly way, just pretty average.

 

 

2.     How did you add texture and contrast to your print? Is this important? Why?

            

-I added texture&contrast to the print in a few different ways. First of all being that the wings have many different patterns which directs the eye to the owl. Then the contrast between the dark of the background and the white of the owl's wings and tree bark is distinctive and helps the spectator see the different texture in the owl.

 

 

3.     Explain how you used positive and negative space to show your image.

 

-I used the positive space in the owl's wings to help direct the person to the owl first, and the negative space in the background to kind of just be neautral and not attract to much attention. The positive space in the tree bark also adds the right amount of attention to the background, while not overwhelming.

 

 

4.     Describe the craftsmanship of your print. (How good the project is technically crafted)

 

-I feel that the overall print was crafted pretty nicely. It does have a defined contrast between positive and negative space, and a pretty successful use of texture. I do think the lines could have been neatened up and more of a background could have been added, but in the end the crafmanship was pretty average.

 

 

5.     Were you able to achieve depth by showing a foreground, middle ground and back- ground? Explain.

 

-I'm not really sure I did the best job with showing depth, because of the lack of objects in the background my print. I could have added some trees far back in the background to add some depth, but other than that I think the focus was on the owl and too many background objects could have cluttered the overall print.

 

 

6.     Explain your experience with Printmaking. What were the obstacles and advantages?

-The main problem would have to be the transferring of the ink to the paper. The first time I did it, it looked quite sloppy, and the lines weren't as sharp as I had thought they were, so I had to keep going back and carving diferent lines to help neaten it out. I also had to leave out some of the smaller designs because I couldn't really get the fine lines I wanted with the carving tool, which was a drawback.