Self Portraits

2 from others 3 from me (Observational Sketch Book)

By: Lindsey Grace

Lindsey in her sketches when putting shadows used a lot of little lines instead of just "coloring" and "smoothing" sort of like me and Matt. But something me and her seemed to do sort of the same is it seems like we both sort of do a contour drawing first then fill in the other derails.

By: Matt Weikert

In Matts drawings he seems to use a lot of dark shading in his sketches to help you really see the object that he is drawing. In my sketches my shading is all kind of blinded where in his shading it is very defined on where each shade started and stopped.

Leo Villareal

"Leo Villareal is a pioneer in the use of LEDs and computer-driven imagery and known both for his light sculptures and architectural, site-specific works"

http://www.sjmusart.org/content/leo-villareal

"My work is focused on stripping systems down to their essence to better understand the underlying structures and rules that govern how they work"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-villareal/the-essence-of-light-thir_b_720351.html#141416

What is light?

"something that makes things visible or affords illumination"- 

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Light

What quality of light or their work is most special for the artist or most intriguing for you?

The most intriguing part of Leo's art work is how the light bursts through holes. My luminaire for class is based off of light bursting through many different holes so it is cool to see an artist who has similar idea. Another thing that is really nice about a lot of his art work is it is set up to make it have a look of motion to it. 

Website Includes Video of the Project: http://www.villareal.net/project_1.html