Print Making

this past unit we worked on print making. this was my most successful print. because it had the most bold colours, and less empty white spaces.
     the part i found hardest about this assingment was getting the ink on the print just right if it was too dry it wouldn't transfer properly and if it is too wet the lines would bleed out.
     I think something I that I did well was the carving. I was surprised at myself that i didn't mess it up. i think that it was a pretty reateive design having a kiwi bird staring at a kiwi fruit curiously. there was originally a question mar over the top of the kiwi fruit, but I had t cut it out because it was backwards on the print.

if i could change one thone thing about this assignment it would be that i would have made sure that the question mar was the right way, because it made the composition much better

Chinese brush painting

The first unit we did in the traditional arts part of CyberARTS was Chinese brush painting. It was very different from what I am used to because there are very many strict rules and procedures to the painting style. First the way you hold the brush is different, to properly hold the brush you have to make a peace sign then hold your thumb behind, and you have to hold the brush up vertical. And when doing lines you have one chance, because if you mess up it is against the “rules” to touch it up and fix it. And when making flowers there is a certain way you have to draw them, and a certain order you have to draw the pedals in. Since the rice paper is so absorbent it is really hard to get the amount of water so it doesn’t bleed or make your brush strokes rough.

            This is my best painting. It is of a branch of a cherry blossom. The flowers are really hard to do because they are so small and fine,