For this project, we had to choose something and carve it into a linoleum block using carving tools. After that, we had to print it onto paper by rolling ink onto it. We needed a few different variations, so I have my plain black and white one, my one on water colors, and one on blue paper using different colored inks. My favorite part of this project was printing because we could finally see what we worked hard on carving would come out as, and we could get creative with it. My least favorite part is probably how my printings didn't come out exactly how I wanted, especially the one with the colored ink how it is smudged, but I still like it. My inspiration for this project for the fish was that I like fish and at the summer I did a lot of fishing, and I have been also spending a lot of time by the Charles River or anywhere with water recently, so I love to see the fish. If I could do something different with this project it would probably be to make it more detailed because I think the detailed ones came out really cool. Nothing surprised me about this artwork but it was really fun to do and see how it came out.
For this project, we had to take a paper, make a border with tape, and create a grid, each square being 1in.x1in. We then put a grid over a printed black and white picture of ourselves, and then drew ourselves square by square using the picture using several different values while looking at the printed photo, until we completed the full picture. My favorite part of this project was slowly seeing how it came along, especially the few features that could really be matched to myself. My favorite part is my eyes. before I drew anything below it, it looked a lot more like me. My least favorite part is my mouth. I struggled with it and redrew it many times, and I never really got it how I wanted it. I struggled with the nose a bit too. If I could change something about the project I probably would have focused more on harder parts such as the mouth first because at the end it was the determining factor and it was annoying to keep doing because I was anxious to get it done and see the final product and if it looked like me. I learned how to be patient with my artwork during this project because it wasn't something you could rush, but you really wanted to see the final product too. What surprised me the most about this project was probably how much using the squares really helped. When you only focus on one part of the picture, it makes it a lot easier to draw. Usually the eyes never would have looked that much like me when you cover up everything below it, but they do because of going along drawing square by square. Overall, I enjoyed this project.
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