Day 57’s assignment was “Use a disposable plastic bag to create something new today.”
Now for an earlier assignment, Day 54, I made a drawing comprised entirely of dots.
I decided I wanted to mail this drawing off along with a letter I was sending to my friend Kayla. So for today’s assignment I decided to use part of a plastic bag from Target to decorate the outside of the envelope I was going to mail it all in.
I am sure the mailman will think I am insane.
Day 49’s assignment was: “Be a minimalist today. Work with only white materials. Try working white on white for a real challenge.”
I was inspired by this post on 9gag and by this video to play around with salt today:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVDRCYs9L10&feature=player_embedded
This is the first time I’ve actually attempted to make anything with salt and for a background I used a black t-shirt (mistake: the material make it difficult to move the salt around without bouncing it all over the place!)
I decided to start of simple and then possibly work my way up to a masterpiece as the Joker salt image. One day in the future….
Day 52’s assignment was: “Work upside down. Create something in such a way that you have to rotate it 180 degrees to display/see it when it is finished.”
I wasn’t sure what to make with this so I turned to the all powerful google. I found this interesting slideshow that explained how drawing upside down not only improves one’s observational skills, but also shifts brain activity from left side to right. Furthermore, it helps the artist see lines connecting to one another, not just the shape as a whole.
Although I don’t often draw things, I decided to give it a go. My first attempt was to re-create an image of a chair. The proportions were off when I turned it the right way round, so I decided to draw something a little easier.
Using the picture on Slide 11 as the basis for my drawing I got to work.
Definitely was more work to attempt to draw this upside down. The result wasn’t half bad (considering I rarely draw).