Famous Landmark Stencil.



1. Explain how you changed your photo in the lab to create a stencil.

 

In the lab we changed the adjustments of color in photoshop to make the entire image black and white so we could get a better idea on how the stencil would look. 

 

2. When creating the collage background explain your choices of colors, materials (magazine paper, books pages, etc), and placement. How does it relate to your topic? If no relation discuss general idea.

 

For the background, I used old books that were slightly yellowed which I thought added a neat aged look to the collage. The red watercolor swirls were just completely random, this project was originally going to be a gift for my sister and her room is decorated with red swirls so I thought it would look nice.

3. Discuss the way positive and negative space was used to create your stencil.

 

Positive and negative space played a big role in this project. The negative space was the area that I cut out in the stencil to be filled in when I spray-painted. The positive space was the area that was left as the background

 

4. When using the xacto knife, explain the safety procedures, how to use the knife and any challenges you had to overcome while cutting.

 

When using the xacto knife, it was very critical to follow safety instructions, the main one being to never cut towards yourself, instead to cut away from you. The knife was a bit of a challenge to use for cutting out the very fine, small pieces, so I had to leave a few of those out.

5. How was your experience with the spray paint? Discuss how color choice is important, placement of stencil, and any other concepts you noticed while creating this.

My experience with the spray paint was an easy one, it was pretty straightforward what to do once you got your stencil attached to your background. My choice of color was black because of the swirls in the background because the stencil needed to stand out against those. I didn't really think to much about where to place the stencil, the middle was the only place where it wouldn't be dominated by the swirls, but still look neat.

Game Drawing.

Overall, this piece was a joy to finish, and a lot of fun. I feel that it really taught the idea of perspective in a creative and interesting way. If I had to name a difficult property of this, it would be the water colors. At times, it was hard to do a really light wash over the game drawing without it mostly being water and almost tearing through the paper. I feel that bringing back the blending with the colored pencils was a fun thing and enjoyed doing it, though I didn't really get why we had to do a watercolor wash over the pieces before we drew over them. If we were to do this project again, I would have preferred to just put watercolors over the areas where we weren't going to go over with colored pencil. It would have been easier in areas with highlights and shadows. I feel like this piece was a success, because I learned how important perspective can be when drawing something, and how it adds depth and perspective to everything.