We started off with an object of our choosing, and the assignment: take pictures of the object, create a list and do a line drawing. This seemed easy enough. I am not the biggest fan of drawing, but I like to think that I am better than average bear at photography (it helps that I have thumbs and not claws). My drawing didn't turn out too poorly, and I really enjoyed giving it some color.
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The next assignment was to make a major change to our objects. My lamp had morphed so much already. The more I had thought about it, the darker the object seemed to become for me (oh, the irony). Here I am, sitting in front of a blinding light, and all I can think about is the darkness behind it. Had I been better with shadows and math, I would have loved to attempt a piece centered around the playfulness of light and dark. After a little experimentation, I found that it was much more difficulty than I wanted to deal with during the school year. Instead, I disassembled it, and came up with this guy, struggling to keep the light around him:
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But how to use the rest of it? I love LOVED what I had done, but it didn't feel complete for the assignment given. So I did it. I broke the lamp. After much thought and experimentation on how to incorporate it, I tried to depict two scenes, both about the struggle to keep the lamp and the brightness alive.
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Then - another obstacle. As I was setting my object up for display, I reread the criteria and realized I had to incorporate the words from the list, along with the drawings and photographs into my piece. GAH! I wish I could just go back to the one little guy, pulling up the light. But I trudged forward into the battleground and did my best. After many attempts, I can say, though not perfect by any means, my assignment was well done.
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