Class 14 | Presentation + Digital

Demo

Assignment #3: Paintings Part 1: Mounting for Presentation

Materials Needed:

  • 14×17″ bristol, glue stick, ruler, t-square

Process:

  • With a ruler and exacto knife (or small, sharp scissors), carefully cut out each of your painted squares. As you cut, make sure to label the back and top. These should correspond to your original photo-collage.
  • If your  photo-collages are mangled and messy, reprint, cut and reassmble the pieces.
  • Using a 14×17″ piece of bristol, layout your broad value range painting & photo collage on the same piece of paper. Measure margins and gutter for each using your ruler and t-square. USE A HARD PENCIL – MARKS SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT AND ERASABLE.
  • Very carefully glue each square down using a thin layer of glue and with a clean piece of sketchbook paper press the square down firmly.
  • Have a damp rag available to clean off your hands as you work. Do not let glue touch your paintings- gouache is not forgiving.
  • On another piece of bristol, repeat the process above and mount your narrow value range painting & collage.
  • Turn in both finished compositions next class.

Lab 1

Assignment #3: Digital Paintings: PREP

Materials Needed:

  • thumbdrive, CD
  • Photoshop

Goal:Using photoshop, create a Narrow Value Range composition that demonstrates RHYTHM/REPETITION,  a sense of MOVEMENT, and an understanding of EMPHASIS and VISUAL HIERARCHY.

BEGIN:

  • Download the archive of hi-res photos. (DOWNLOAD)
  • Open your photo-portrait file in Photoshop.
  • Create a new file: 8.5″x11″, 300 pixels per inch, grayscale.
  • Save your file with your first initial and last name and the project title:
    For example: jsmith_value_added.psd
  • Save frequently!

PROCESS:

  • Use the Rectangle Marque tool (M):
    • set feather to 10px
    • style to Fixed Ratio 1 to 1
    • select portions of your original photo portrait and copy and paste them into the new document.
  • Use the Move tool (V) + Command/Apple key and click on the pasted objects in your collage to quickly select and rearrange your “collage” pieces. This also selects them in the Layers palette and allows you to manipulate them.
  • Use the Transform Tool (Command + T) to rotate your “collage” pieces. Add in the Shift Key to restrain the rotation to 90 degrees. Do not resize or stretch!
  • Hold down the Option Key while dragging with the Move Tool to create quick copies of a selected layer/object.
  • Vary the SCALE of your square selections in order to create a Narrow Value Range composition that demonstrates RHYTHM/REPETITION,  a sense of MOVEMENT, and an understanding of EMPHASIS and VISUAL HIERARCHY.
  • DO NOT USE OTHER FILTERS, COLOR, OR ANY OTHER TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES, besides flip, rotate, or mirror.
  • If you are familiar with Photoshop, feel free to use more advanced techniques, as long as they keep within the guidelines of the project description.

SUBMISSION:

  • Once you have completed your work, save an extra version as a JPG and email it to the professor via the Contact page.
  • Print out a b/w laser print to add to your Creative Process Book.

LABS:

Use one of the following labs to complete and print your digital composition:

  • Learning Center Lab
    Atrium Ground Floor (AG 18)
  • Student Labs
    General Building 600
  • ADGA open labs
    (check with the office in N1113 for times)
  • Additional Labs and Hours

Lab 2

  • Work in class

Homework

ALL PARTS OF ASSIGNMENT #3 ARE DUE!

Material Needed Next Class — COLOR!:

  • all gouache paints from Supply List
  • brushes and all painting supplies (don’t forget the colorwheel!)
  • ruler, t-square
  • pencils
  • 9×12″ bristol
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