Change of Seasons

 For my glass half full project I drew the seasons winter and fall. The positive piece of the project is the fall part. It is a tree with colorful leaves on it with leaves started to fall off due to the wind. The background is a light blue so it does not take away the attention from the tree, which is also known as emphasis. I used symmetry throughout the drawing. Repetition was also used in my drawing. I repeated the shape of the leaves coming off the tree. The leaves falling off the tree used implied movement. For the negative part, I created a tree with no leaves on it and bare. Winter comes after fall and makes the trees look ugly. The trees become bare and it shows how bitter the season winter is. I used repeating lines by making the branches on the tree in the same shape. I also used a gray background so it would make an emphasis on the tree, but also have it show how bitter the winter is.

Principles of Design Research

The work of art I looked at and researched was Nighthawks by Edward Hopper. It was a painting that took place in New York City in an empty bar. The artist used The Principles of Design to support the story or message of the work. Edward Hopper uses balance in his artwork. Specifically, he used asymmetry to show the lonely streets of new york compared to the bar that had only four people in it. Another thing Edward Hopper uses is emphasis, particularly placement. He put brighter lights in the bar rather than on the streets. In the bar, there was implied movement with the bar tender.  He was bending down to get a cup or something in the bar. Edward Hopper also used proportion in his artwork. He made the bar a lot larger than the people to prove that the bar was lonely will few people in it.