Cold
Who saw that coming? I didn’t see that coming, did you see that coming?
This afternoon Dan, Kyle and I went up Ben Lomond. There was snow, and it was a great way to spend a Monday arvo, completely disregarding homework and responsibility. Thanks guys!
Oh, and I forgot to say, I really like this shape crop for landscape pictures – I seem to be using it a lot lately. Do you like it?
August 11th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
YeS! I does like it! but I also really like panoramic landscape shots 2 lol they’re kinda the opposite of each other!
August 12th, 2010 at 8:21 am
It’s funny how art teacher’s try to drum into you (as a lil kid) that too much sky throws out the 3 main levels for a drawing, and then when you’re an adult it becomes “art” once again, lol.
August 12th, 2010 at 9:40 am
not having had any art teachers as a little kid, I can’t say I’ve ever been told that. BUT: Much of the research suggests that art educators are often under-skilled in artistic areas; that they do not possess the technical knowledge that empowers a great art teacher, yet many sources maintain that art lessons should involve explicit teaching of artistic skills and techniques, as well as the more metacognitive and abstract understandings of creativity and aesthetics. In order to teach these skills, arts educators must be professionally developed in these areas themselves (Art Education and Contemporary Culture, The Australia Council, and someone else that I can’t find at the moment, and why do none of these sources have publishing info?!).
This pic uses the rule of thirds (the bottom third of the photo is filled, and the line of the horizon sits just about on the line between 1/3 and 2/3… although there really should be a tad more sky. Also, the big bush that stick up above the horizon just about fills the final third horizontally). I think kids should learn the rule of thirds in about grade 3… it could be taught earlier, but it might produce an awful lot of same-ness and reduce creativity. not sure about that one. Anyways, the point is, using the rule of 1/3s is something every art teacher since grade 11 has drummed into me – that horizons in the middle of the photo are just distracting and displeasing to the eye. You use more sky or more land depending on what’s more interesting.
I guess your primary school teachers didnt think the sky was interesting. =(
August 12th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
I meant it is taught in primary school art that an image should be split into three layers of equal length, where each layer represents a different dimension, the above pic is 1/3 ground 2/3 sky (roughly), and thus bad use of imagery because of the lack of structure and of only 2 dimensions. Yet after drumming into children that structure is key to art, it’s usually discovered that some of the best art fails to follow traditional structure. But then I suppose the abstract is usually best discovered after learning technique and controlling it.