This time I have made my digital Still Life Painting. Where I have taken a royalty free picture and had outlined the ones I could in photoshop. The Elements in side my painting is Line, Value, Texture, Form, and occasionally space. I have used line to outline the objects. Giving it Shape and space. I have then used lines to create Value and Texture by making different shapes/scribbles and the amount of lines I have put on there to give it a feeling of shadows. The more scribbles(texture) in the same place the more it seem to be darker(value). BUT I have sadly, not finished my Still Life Painting. I had spent way too much time to straighten out my lines and ended up not completing it. I am sorry to say, but I have no excuses.
Image from my friend:
Darius Foster
I do not know where my friend had taken this picture. In this landscape image, I have changed this picture from a picture full of color into a picture of black and white with various shades of value. This picture also has form, space, and texture. I have done all of the basic beginning tutorial and then began to kick it up a notch. I added the sandstone texture to give it a paper effect and started to fiddle with my blur and other options. I don't think that the changes I have done had made much of a different overall.

This portrait photo I'm using is of the other Michael, Michael John Anderson, and it was taken at the school right outside of the D building where I, Michael, has taken the photo myself. He looks very bashful and embarrassed or either very edgy depends on how you view it. I don't know what this picture means to me. I just took this picture of this other Michael as a joke. IN this portrait picture it shows ALL of the elements of art. Line, Shape, Form, Value, Space, Texture, and Color. On the left shows Form, Value, and more texture than the line drawing side. Color in the center piece. Shape and space is on the right. The results of the critique for the all my pictures was expected. I have not completed my picture. The second was . . . eh. The third was better because I supposed I have sharpened my skills and made things a bit more refined. I'm quite pleased by this score. . . I generally have low standards.

ACO 3.1 Analyze how elements and principles of design in various forms of media are applied to communicate to a specific audience. Elements of Art: Space, Line, Color, Shape, Texture, Form, Value.
ACO 3.2 Critique how the effective integration of elements and principles of design within a variety of medium impact target audiences. Gestalt Theory: Similarity, Continuation, Closure, Proximity, Figure and ground
ACO 3.3 Apply elements and principles of design to clarify, focus, or enhance a message or concept for a target audience. Principles of Design: Scale, Proportion, Unity, Balance, Harmony, Contrast, Repetition, Variety, Emphasis)