JuwairiyahB

Hi, my name is Juwairiyah Brown. I am a freshman and I am thinking of majoring in neuroscience or the humanities. In the past, my exposure to studio art has been pretty limited so I'm excited for this class! In my middle school, we did cool projects during art class like carving out designs to make stamps and miniature paintings of famous artists. I also love to travel to different places; most recently, I went to Quebec City last summer and loved it. When it comes to art, I'm fascinated with the use of geometry in mosaics and architecture, like the Blue mosque in Turkey. I am excited to meet everyone and learn some new art techniques.


 * Gestalt's Principles**:

Similarity in the white tiles that make up the square in the middle.

Similarity in color and shape of the bricks.

Proximity: shorter bottles are grouped together and longer bottles are on the other side.

Proximity: ponytail holders of similar colors are grouped together

Figure and Ground: The golden design is set against the darker brown of the box, creating a nice figure/ground contrast.

Figure and Ground: In this picture, different wall sections are meeting. Looking at different sections make a different figure/ground contrast each time, based on where you are looking.

Continuation: The two window screens are split by panel but our eyes follow the path that the vine makes. In our mind, we complete the break in the design.

Continuation: In this table's tile, our eyes follow the curves of the vine/leaf design.

Closure: In this tablecloth, the design is actually created using negative space (the holes in the fabric). It's up to our minds to interpret those missing pieces as a design.

Closure: This logo also uses negative space to create the image of the animal's hat and striped tail.

3/6/17 HW Lines Pics
We see line density here: absence of lines in black space makes it feel less intense. Also, line weight emphasizes certain parts of the design.

Line weight: thinner metal lines look more fragile than the thick rod

Line direction: going in both horizontal and vertical direction

Line direction in window pane: vertical and diagonal lines

Line direction: diagonal stem and horizontal leaves

Line density: The shades are more wrinkled at the bottom, making it look weightier

Line weight: The curved line on the left is thicker and has a darker value than the curved line at the right.

Line density: the rail bars that are more closely bunched together (in the photo's perspective) make it look like there are more of them than the more sparsely distributed rail bars.

Line direction: the books on the shelves are oriented in different vertical, diagonal, and horizontal lines

Line density: the thinner (horizontal) lines are spaced close together while the thicker (vertical) lines have more space between them. The smaller lines are more dense.

March 7, 2017 Contour and Gesture Drawings
Gesture Drawings:



Contour Drawings:



=Juwairiyah's National Gallery of Art Pictures=

The above art work exemplifies the complementary color scheme. The artist put blue and orange against each other.

The above work of art is an example of continuation (like the black arrow extending behind the triangle) and also uses figure-ground by overlapping lighter and darker shapes on top of each other.

By Calder, Alexander--Untitled--1976 (I had to look it up online, there was no card) Calder uses the 3-D principle of lines to guide the viewer's eye along his piece. It is also an example of an in-the-round 3-D art and uses similarity of shape and color.