Cardboard Animal Unit Questions

1) The past is worth preserving because of a few reasons, one of them being it can be useful. If we recycle a variety of materials then not only will it help the environment but it will save us from having to find more supply of those materials. Another reason is that it is good to preserve things from our past because it can come in handy one day in the future.

2) As an artist, I can improve the environment by using recyclable materials such as cardboard and paper. There are so many materials out there that can make so many great pieces of art. This project in particular is great for the environment because were not wasting any valuable resources.

3) An artist has a right to use whatever material he/she wants. The artist does not have to use recyclable materials but a responsible one would. It would be outstanding if there are a lot of very responsible artists because it would help our environment greatly. That is why I enjoyed this project because not only did it give me the opportunity to make such original work, but it helped the environment.

Cardboard Animal Critical Analysis

The first thing I did was cut out the side of the animal's head. I made a dog so that wasn't a big difficulty. After I had two of those, I cut slits into them, which would enable me to make it 3D by inserting round pieces into the slits. There were two main difficulties that appeared in my process. One of them was making the ears. I dog's ears does not have pointy ears in an upward direction so I was not able to involve the ears in one of the round pieces. What I did was cut a horizontal slit on both sides of the head. Then I put a rectangle through them, which is where the ears themselves would go. So then I cut out ear-shaped pieces, put slits in them, and slid them on the rectangle. It turned out great. Another difficulty that I came across was that I forgot to include an extra square piece at the end of the sides of the head. Without the extra square at the end, I would not be able to put a back on it. So I had to cut out seperate squares and glue them on. The process was very confusing but the final outcome of this project was great.

I used form when cutting out the sides of the head and the pieces that went in the slits. I used line and space to cut the slits in the pieces and the sides of the head. There was also space inbetween each piece that were placed in the slits. This all created my unique piece of art.

Cardboard Animal Final

Cardboard Animal Process

Cardboard Animal Sketches

Matisse Horse Painting Critical Analysis

1) The dominant complementary colour scheme started off being the purple and yellow on the horse. But the orange and the blue in the background was more dominant so the orange and blue ended up being the dominant complementary colour scheme. I chose these colours because I really like them and I thought orange and blue in the back would look good with purple and yellow in the front. It turned out to be very cool and I like it a lot.

2) The only pattern that I used was the purple and yellow in the horse. The main body and the front and back leg were purple. The mane, tail and the two middle legs were yellow. I did this to add some variety rather than emphasis or a focal point.

3) The painting started off as a real portrait of a horse. I then transferred it to the nutex sheet. Once it was on the nutex, I distorted it into Matisse's type of style. Once that was done, I created a fitting background on a seperate nutex sheet and started painting. A difficulty that came by me was making the colour brown for the mountain the horse is standing on. It took a while for me to get the right colour. Once I got it, I transferred the Matisse horse to pieces of nutex, that I painted different colours, and cut the horse pieces out. Then I glued the pieces on and got a product. I thought it looked too plain so I added blue stars to improve it. I made the stars blue because it would be complementary with the orange.

Final Matisse Horse Painting