Picturing Places Final Blog`

From the first class of this project, I had a vision of an abandoned city or town. When paired with Nick, we collaborated to make a deserted barn while having a city skyline in the distance. It was important to us to have the barn be the central focus of the piece. In order to accomplish this, we took the picture at a vantage point where the barn would be central and the biggest piece of the project. We also used light behind the barn to create light that shined through parts of the barn and create shadows. While this was the first time I work to construct something as big as the barn I felt that my artistic voice was evident in the piece. I was very happy the way I built the barn and how is appears in the final photo. Although I didn't draw or paint like I have done in the past, building the barn taught me about various angles and points of connection that will help me in the future as I pursue my artistic voice in the mediums I feel most comfortable using. At the start of the project I was following Nick's lead when it came to the construction of the barn. He had a clear view on what the barn should look like so I was happy to help him. However, he was sick one day when we needed to finish the barn. We needed to finish the barn in order to move onto the background and skyline because we would base our measurements off the barn. I managed to finish the barn using various shingles and wood pieces that Mr. O had brought in for us. It turned out way better than I expected it to and we stayed on schedule in order to finish our project on time. Overall, I wouldn't change much of the materials that we used. However, I would have liked to use the fog machine to see what different dimension it would have added. It looked very cool in other people's work so I am disappointed that we didn't take advantage of that. Combining a sculpture and painting was going to be hard but I think we were able to do that successfully. The use of lighting really helped in regards to the color of the brown ground and blue sky. In conclusion, I was really happy with the way the picture I took turned out.