ANNE B'S SWEET HEART

A Sweet Heart

For this heart, I used candy that I found around my house to outline and fill in the heart. By using four different types of candy, this heart creates the theme of "A Sweet Heart."  I outlined the heart in twizzlers, followed by a second outline of strawberry fruit snacks. I used the peach rings as a form of repetition to make the viewer's eyes look at the entire piece of art. This repetition also creates rhythm in the heart and makes the heart more unified. Finally,  I went in with the reese's pieces to fill in the empty space and to tie the whole heart together. The colors I chose to use are an example of analogous colors because they are all next to each other on the color wheel (red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, and yellow). This color scheme is also an example of warm colors and they create the feeling of fire and warmth.   

Mary B's country heart

Farmers market

For my first heart picture I used blueberries, cherries, a decorative colander, dish towels and place them on a wooden chair outdoors.  I wanted the picture to have a "farm" feeling.  I wanted it to be bright, crisp and clean.  I placed the blueberries in the center to be the focal point of the picture and then outlined them with the cherries.  I wanted the cherries and blueberries to draw the viewer in first.  I put them in the white and blue colander to emphasize their colors.  This piece uses polychromatic coloring with darker colors overlapping the neutral colors.  The butterfly was an added bonus to the piece when he happened to land on the chair as I was about to take the picture.  It actually adds to the feeling I was going for.  The cherries and blueberries are from a local farm.

Katherine's delicious heart!!!!!

For this project, I wanted to focus on my love of summertime and the colors of summertime, so for the first piece I used summertime fruits that I had in the fridge. The project is as symmetrical or nearly symmetrical as I could make it given the fact that the media (the blueberries and cherries) kept trying to roll away. It is a polychromatic piece that is mainly based on the primary color trio (R-Y-B) with the secondary color of green to add contrast within the piece and unify the piece with its background of collard leaves. The backdrop/setting is a neutral colored brown kitchen table. It is composed of heart shapes that radiate concentrically from the focal point (the blueberries) and it has repetition of shapes (hearts and circles) and color to create rhythm. It is also a piece that uses various types of (real) textures within the piece.

Materials: 16 inch round aluminum pizza tray, collard leaves, cherries, tomatoes, kiwi fruit, mangoes, blueberries

Polychromatic Colors: Primary (Red, Yellow, Blue); Secondary (Green)

Warm colors: Red and Yellow, Cool Colors Blue and Green

Neutral color: Brown

Elements/Principles of Design: Color, texture, repetition, rhythm, value, shape, balance, and unity.

Margarita is a player!

Heart 1

This heart is composed of one deck of playing cards, poker chips, poker dice, and poker buttons. The poker chips outline the heart shape made from the overlapping of cards. A polychromatic use of colors is noted as the mixture of red, white, blue hues, black, and yellow. The intersection of the playing cards with the poker chips (which are both geometric shapes) assist with the definition of the static heart shape. Shallow depth is seen by the shadows the medium places. The distribution of visual weight with a near symmetrical balance is exemplified. The poker buttons and dice are not exactly the same color though their placement is symmetrical. Repetition in the cards and chips are prevalent. The unity in this heart-inspired artwork revolves around my love of playing poker

Nicole L is awesome!

All Work – No Play

I have titled this picture as “All Work – No Play”.  I find it humorous because I had a lot of fun creating this design… while I was at work.  All of the media I used within this design are items that I use every day at my job.  This piece is formally balanced and has a lot of repetition (the post-it notes, alternating black and blue pens, and the dry erase markers around the exterior of the heart) which creates rhythm.  In addition, the vertical lines of the alternating black and blue pens create rhythm.  I incorporated a lot of variety into the design by utilizing various items with different shapes, sizes and color.  Due to the bright polychromatic colors of the post-it notes, I would say the heart is the focal point of this piece.  Which is also a reflection of how I feel about my job… I love my job! 

Megan's Medical Heart!

Heart attachment #1:     For this heart, I used some medical supplies that had expired at my work. This piece contains geometric shapes and occupies flat space. The cotton balls and gloves represent implied texture. Formal/symmetrical balance is seen in the piece as well as a pattern created by the repetition of objects and shapes.

Terra M says Rise and Shine!

Materials: #1: Frosted Mini Wheats cereal, a bowl, spoons and milk.

                 

Line: both pieces use line, picture one has the “line” created by the spoons and also almost a circular line created within the pieces of cereal.

Color:

           #1: Mostly Neutrals, use of beige (light brown), white, black and grey and then there is the pop of deep red that draws your eye to the center. 

Shape: #1: is static, and geometricà circles and rectangles. In my media the pieces themselves encompass then entire area and so I would say they both consist of positive shapes.

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Texture: Both are real texture.

Value: #1 this medium does have both dark values and light, such as the deep red bowl and white milk, also my counter in the background is dark, the cereal as very light color on it. There is no any use of shadowing/shading however.

        

Balance: Both: near symmetrical balance, symmetry was the goal for both pieces, in piece #1 though I noticed I was unable to get high enough above my counter to get all of the cereal pieces on the top half in the picture, however I guess that creates a balance between left and right side half in a way just not top and bottom.

Rhythm/repetition: Both: Repetition is used in both pieces, #1 has the repeated cereal pieces and pattern along with the intervals of a spoon. #2 has the double que-tips, and used in pairs repeatedly to make the outline, also with the darts.

Unity: #1 I think this has unity, all the necessary things one needs to eat cereal.