Tattoo

I have recently been asked to design a tattoo for a friend. It really is an honor, but also a pressure. Something that will forever be on her body. I've tried to design a tattoo for someone before, but they decided to go in a different direction... so here are some inspiration photos for the design. Whenever I create an artwork I always find as much imagery as possible to look onto. I tend not to copy the composition or anything, but the inspiration is there. I can use my favorite parts of each piece, like the lighting or color. This allows it to be my own, but I can see back to where my thoughts came from.

Phil Hansen

www.philinthecircle.com

Carne Griffiths

Carne Griffiths

Inspirational Quotes

The pancake one is a bit of an inside joke, anyone who religiously watches How I Met Your Mother should understand it.

The Artist

Watermark

I found a site that showed how to create a watermark style tee.
I am hoping that I can use this technique for a printmaking project. However, I am concerned, if there are raised areas I am not sure if the screen will print on top evenly. I was hoping to write words in glue, stain the paper, then on top print juxtaposed words and images. We will see how the exploration goes.

How to watermark a tee

Bonus Points

 

Elements and Principles

Although many art education teachers are now advising to stay far, far away from the elements and principles. I disagree. I know that some aspiring art teachers and artists might want away with the elements and principles because throughout school they are individually dissected for you. I do firmly believe they are of great importance. So much of art can be broken down in to simple reasons, based on elements and principles, of why a painting works.

Through Mill Street Loft Art Institute Todd Poteet asks his painting students to sit and list every element and principle they can think of. The list normally looks something like this:

Line, Form, Shape, Color- Analogous, Complimentary, Quadrad, Triad, Spilt complimentary, double split complimentary, primary, secondary, tints, shades, monochromatic, neutral, grayscale.

Unity, repetition, movement, space, rhythm, pattern, proportion.

Perspective- 2 point perspective, 3 point perspective, atmospheric perspective, linear perspective

Shadow, highlight, Contrast, variety, emphasis, depth, point, value, texture, size, gradation, harmony, dominance, balance- symmetrical, asymmetrical.

We would list all that we know, Todd would add a few we forgot, and he would go over the Golden Section. He would apply the mathematics of the golden section to paintings such as The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.

Students are able to have a Big Idea as the basis of the lesson plan, but with the elements and principles, a very well constructed composition can be planned out. With this, students are also able to discuss paintings and why they are so visually appealing.

Homemade Paint

An interesting recipe for homemade finger paints. This will definitely be something I will have to experiment with.