Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted May 28, 2012 Contributing Member Report Posted May 28, 2012 This month's challenge is livin' in the heart of summer... and with the temps we're already having on the coast, I'm looking for any excuse I can to stay indoors!!!! Compose a piece with a minimum of 3 elements plus the background depicting a summer scene. Coloring is optional. I'd like you to focus on the layout and placement of the elements in the overall piece. I'd also like for you to work on perspective and placing the elements at different ranges in the piece, instead of everything on one plane.......in short, you'll be making a picture. For our art students, it can be classified as a landscape. Due to the probable complexity of this piece, don't try to cram it on scraps....use at least a 6" wide piece so you can space the elements out. Example: I live on the coast, so I could do a beach scene (background) with a sailboat (element 1) just before the horizon, a piece of driftwood (element 2) in the surf, and a beach umbrella in the sand (element 3). Now, this is a pretty big jump from the single element pieces, and is building from the Tiki challenge where you combined two elements. I'm not asking for photo-realism.....yet Your tool selection is up to you - no limits, and you may feel free to use photos or images as the basis for your piece. It IS a pretty large step, so use all the tools at your disposal...but please don't use the tools as a crutch.. Pay particular attention to the way the depth of tooling and cuts in the leather can portray (or betray) an element's position. Sharper lines and deeper cuts indicate nearness, while less clearly defined edges indicate distance. It's the same with the size of the elements, larger typically means closer, smaller typically indicates distance. Ready.....set.......GO! Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members WScott Posted May 29, 2012 Members Report Posted May 29, 2012 I am glad you gave a few days leeway to think about this....gonna be fun!!
Members Sylvia Posted May 29, 2012 Members Report Posted May 29, 2012 So let me get this straight... we are to DRAW, Compose or otherwise make our own pattern... that is a landscape that says "in the heart of the summer" to us then attempt to carve it using what ever tools we wish? A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted May 29, 2012 Author Contributing Member Report Posted May 29, 2012 Yeppers!! Your composition, your choice of tools. I know, I know, after the previous challenges it's kinda like setting the whole cake down in front of a kid.....they don't know where to start. It doesn't have to be exactly in the HEART of summer.....I suppose if you went off in the direction of the superior mesenteric artery you would be close enough. Since it IS summer time, a summer based theme seems appropriate......and it's a great excuse to stay out of the heat! Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members chancey77 Posted May 30, 2012 Members Report Posted May 30, 2012 Since it IS summer time, a summer based theme seems appropriate......and it's a great excuse to stay out of the heat! I feel or ya...I am living in a ruff 55 degrees f ...hahahaha One of the reasons I love it here...always outside air conditioning:) After growing up in Florida I love the cold! Anyway... This Challenge sounds VERY HOT! LOLOLOL
Members DoubleC Posted June 1, 2012 Members Report Posted June 1, 2012 Uh, ok.....I might even think of what I want to do by the 29th :-) Seriously Mike this will be fun. Cheryl http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleCCowgirl
Members Sylvia Posted June 1, 2012 Members Report Posted June 1, 2012 Ok... I sketched a fishing scene with a little boy....sure wish I was better with perspective. A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Members DoubleC Posted June 2, 2012 Members Report Posted June 2, 2012 OK, now you're like a 100% further along than I am. Great scene Sylvia. http://www.etsy.com/shop/DoubleCCowgirl
Members Sylvia Posted June 2, 2012 Members Report Posted June 2, 2012 Thanks Cheryl. I think I am just going to antique it. I don't feel like fiddling with loads of colors. A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
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