Working in Grays

both paintings and the gray scale used to create them

These were created for my 2D Design class as well. They are 12" squares of bristol board painted with acrylic paint, mounted on white mat board. As you can see by the gray scale I included in the first image, there were 7 shades and tints including white and black. The images were painted in opposite shades/tints so anything white becomes black in the second image, anything number 3 becomes number 5. The design was created using a single shape repeated to "make an interesting pattern". It is kinda hard to see the original shape in the project but its there, I promise. I was challenged by keeping the grays consistent throughout because acrylic dries so darn fast. Many times I tried to remix the color so it matched my established gray scale and it took 4 or 5 tries.

Interesting Lines

The project for 2-d design was to create 3 consecutive eight inch panels out of black construction paper that demonstrate interesting lines. Also the panels were not supposed to just be one consecutive picture split into three. So, I treated the lines differently in each picture but still made them seem connected. The black lines in the left image seem to peel off into ribbons and eventually form the white lines of the rightmost image. My inspiration was 1. saran wrap tied by a twisty tie (looks like a flower...) 2. curly ribbons 3. a chandelier in our common room

here's the chandelier i looked at for the third panel