Week 2 first evaluate of the carasel

Kian Blewett

Week 2 first evaluation of the Carousel 

1. Evidence of me taking part: (Pictures, Diary entries, Printouts ETC) U1.1.2

Week one of the carousel, art and mono printing. 

2. Write up your experience of the following...

2a Discuss any research that you carried out in these sessions: U2.1.1, The research that we used was looking at fellow students work and using that to adapt the work that we would create and use their ideas to create our own ideas, and also to look at different ways that they have done to create their own work.



Now list Primary and Secondary sources U2.2.1

Primary:  Our primary sources were the other students work, and using that to create our own piece of work and also to use some ideas that they may have used to put into our own work. The way we did this was by walking around the studio and looking at other peoples work. 

Secondary: Secondary resources were things from the teacher, and using his knowledge to adapt our work. For example, the teacher told me to focus more on detail and look closer into the object that we were drawing.

2b Discuss any skills that you have tried: U2.1.1

I have learned new skills such as being able to use different tools like mono printing, and also using some basic tools like a felt tip pen and pencil and using them in different ways to improve work and create different effects, and I also learned a skill to be able to draw in quick time. 

2c Discuss any processes and methods you used (Photography wet process, Screen Printing, Photoshop layering etc): U1.1.1

Mono Printing 

The process we used in mono printing, was choosing a photo that we wanted to monoprint

then we used black oil paint and rolled it out in a shape similar to an A4 size. We then stuck the bigger sheet of paper the A4 sheet with the image we wanted to monoprint, and then we placed that onto the A4 size of paper and then started to trace around the image, this then led to a monoprint of the image that we had chosen. 

The method we used was to try to get a monoprint of the image that we wanted, to do this we had to use sharp pencils to get a sharp line, and then also use things like fingers to create a shaded part, for example the image that I had chosen there was a slightly shaded area on the image, the method I used to create the shadow effect was to use my finger to create a shadowing effect on the monoprint 

Art 

The process we used in art was selecting an image, and drawing in in timed conditions, to help prepare us to draw sketches in quick time.  When we selected the image we would have to draw it and first we used a pencil, secondly a pen, thirdly a felt tip pen, then finally a felt tip pen and adding water to create a nice bleeding effect. We were then allowed to use different things like highlighters and pens to create our own designs, these are the processes we used. 



What is your understanding of these?:

Processes

a process is a series of events that lead to a something that you want to create
Methods 

A method is a more precise way of creating something that you want to create. 
2d Discuss the tools that you used (Paint, Material, Software, etc): U2 3.1

Tools used in Mono printing 
-Black oil paint
-rollers
-pencils

Tools used in Art and design 
-felt tip pens
-paper
-water
How effective were they 
for both of the mono printing and art lesson both of the tools were fairly simple, and also because they were simple everyone knew how to roughly use the tools and with this, we were shown new ways to use them like using a felt time with water to create a very nice effect.also because the tools that we used were very basic every one in the lesson knew how to use the tool, which was nice because we could use what we knew and improve it with the help of the teacher, show us new ways to use the tools like a pencil to create more detail, ballpoint pent to create a sharp image, and felt tip pens to create a thin line image,

how could they be improved

Since the tools were very simple and basic there was not a lot that needed to be improved, and there was not a lot that could be improved because it did what was needed to be done.