Yo Tak's Exhibit: critical analysis

Food for Thought

Yesterday this was my quote of the day on my whiteboard:

"A camera is truly a license to explore."   Jerry Uelsmann

Pingree '12 saw that, and then read me this quote from his phone (from his art history class) :

"The quality of the photographic image depends not on the camera, but on the choices made by the artist who uses it."  

When I arrived this morning Siegle '13 had added this third quote to the board:

"A photographer went to a socialite party in NY.  As he entered the front door, the host said 'I love your pictures- they're wonderful; you must have a fantastic camera.'  He said nothing until dinner was finished, then: 'That was a wonderful dinner; you must have a terrific stove.'"   Sam Haskins

What do you think?

These are my observational drawing over the summer. The right piece is drawing of my motocycle which is posted.

I tried new things during summer. I have been making models. It was harder to make them than I thought. The motorcycle is made out of the metals and the other two is make out of plastics. I had to put every pieces together with glue.

I did a media study of Monet's "Bridge over pond of water lillies" completely out of Sharpie. I though it was a new and interesting media to study. I love this painting and Monet's work. I think his use of vibrating brush strokes and impressionism is amazing. another thing i love about him is how his brush strokes depict the fluctuations of light. And also how his paintings evoke a sense of immediacy.

I did a media study of Degas "Ballerinas" using charcoal. It was so much fun to use and i like to get messy when i do art. When i saw this painting, it evoked a sense of mystery as well as tranquility.

I did an observational drawing of my dad while he was sleeping. He just underwent surgery and i was taking care of him while my mom was in New York. He fell asleep so i decided to draw him. I think it came out well.

POST 2

I did a painting of "the Scream". I used water colors. I really tried to match the colors exactly. I tried to use different strokes as well.
<--- I did an observational drawings of my friend Ashley. She was actually sleeping while i did this. We had a movie night and she passed out on the couch. I couldn't help but take the opportunity to draw her.

New Media!!!!!!

This is my new media, this material Is a kind of water color, but the differences from the normal water color is that this kind of water color is opaque, it has strong adhesion ability, which it can cover the previous layer of color well.

The above piece is an observational painting of a set of still life. The following painting is an abstract landscape painting, I changed some color to make the contrast pop out, and i also used thick brush just to illustrate to "movement" of the trees.

 It's a lot of fun to do painting like this!!! you don' t even have to worry if you are on the right track of painting the "precise" object, you just let the brush go with your heart and hand!~~:0

another drawing : )

this is a constructional-observational drawing, a combination of 7 geometrical objects. 

Constructional drawing means i have to draw every edges and angle of these objects even i can't see much of them, and illustrate less "light and dark". The purpose to do this is to get a better understanding of how these objects are shaped, and the features of them.  This piece is also 22 x 17 inches.

observational drawings~~~

this is a still life that i was drawing from

This is one of my observational drawing that i have been working on in an art studio in my town. This one is a complex combination of a group of chairs, in order to harmonize the wholeness, a round rock and a soft fabric are added.  It took me almost 4 and a half hour to finish this construction. It was really hard to find the precise shape and combination. Of course, the real piece is a lot bigger than this image looks, the real work is 22 x 17 inches

some pages on my IWB

These are some pages on my IWB, this page is my work on the autobiographical writing.

The following pages are the summary of what i have learned last year and some future goals, and there are also some photographs of my previous work.

New Media for Me :)

There are many more where these come from, but I feel like I have already over posted :O

DtL Continued

Another water color from the class I took.

DtL Continued

(1st) Ehhh still not satisfied with that bamboo
(2nd) I was a bit frustrated at this point... having difficulty with this spot, I had trouble communicating the bamboo in the background.. I guess its my punishment for not sketching it first.

(3rd) I decided to just not include the bamboo and I had better results, composition and communicating

DtL Continued

More from Drawing the Landscape

Drawing the Landscape with Amy Bartlett Wright

I took an art class through RISD, "Drawing the Landscape".. I learned how to use certain colors and textures to make objects appear closer vs far away in the distance. The class toured the Blithewold landscape and picked exciting areas such as the pong with an old stone bridge and benches, or the fountains next to the river.. However, after my tour of the garden, I walked it again trying to pick a simple 1,2,3 spot (explained later) with a good composition, because I am strict about compositions.... It may sound easy but its actually really intimidating to be asked to draw a landscape.. Amy taught us how using "3 main points", in this photo #1 is the two trees in front with the most texture, #2 is the two trees in the upper middle ish that are further 'up' the page with less texture and # 3 is the blurry forest in the background. The main thing about your three objects is that #1 needs to be warm and textured like you could step on the soil and #3 needs to be cooler colored with not alot of personality, just kind of present. #2 is somewhere in between. After Drawing it, I painted the same spot with water color to try out my colors.

It's official; art makes us happy

Innovative, contemporary, green design

http://inhabitat.com/

This work makes me believe that there is no end to possibilities. I am often simply amazed...

I "liked" this page on fb for constant visual inspiration.

The more amazing work we see on a daily basis the more likely we will be to create innovative and unexpected work of our own.

Downtime Logo Request

I was recently asked to create a logo for a professional equestrian. I literally just started it tonight, so here is an image of my brainstorming. Even though this is not part of the summer assignment, I decided to use my IWB because I have a feeling this will be a wonderful logo.. I will keep you updated on this project!

My third page talks about my artistic goals. One of them was to do a few art classes at RISD this summer. My first workshop starts this weekend with "Drawing the Landscape" ran by Amy Bartlett Wright. I am very excited because I need help with my observational drawings!

I started by talking about my goals, interests and my newfound interest in individuality. My second pages reps what I learned this year, and I continue to add to this page when new thoughts come to mind.

POST 1

I have been working on my IWB. I have just been following the criteria. It is kind of hard for i forgot my first IWB at school. The first pages are my autobiography. Then it's what i learned over the year. I talked about simple observational drawings, paintings and shading the egg. I drew some pictures as examples. I am trying to use a lot of colors in my work, to make my IWB more fun rather than....negative. In one of the pictures i drew some things that i remember doing in class as well as new things that i've done thus far.

Visual Play

Hey there everyone! I am sharing something that's fun to do when I'm not sure what to do, or I don't quite feel ready to start something brand new. I recycle old images and put them together in new ways. So this image is a combination of a hi-res photo, a snapshot lo-res photo, and some drawings I made years ago. I made 3 layers in Photoshop and came up with this composition. I'm looking forward to all your postings!

NHS's First IB Visual Art Exhibit 4/7/11

Song '11

Myers '11

Yang '11

Moran '12