Planning the drawing

Now that we had finished the practice, we started planning out the assessment task drawing. For elements of our culture, I wanted to incorporate various elements that were relevant for me, and that I found interesting. As an outling for my drawing, I decided upon doing a landscape drawing, with typical Norwegian hills, because I find that the nature of Norway is something that is often emphasised when one talks about Norway. Atop the furthest hill, I plan on writing "Miðgarður", the Norse name for earth, because I like Norse mythology.
I'm also quite fond of bunad, the Norwegian traditional garment, and their embroidery. First I thought about doing the sky with one of the embroidery patterns, but decided that this would turn out a little messyy-looking, so I incorporated it onto the legs that would be wearing the shoes instead. For the sky, I decided upon a Norwegian flag. Not only do I think the Norwegian flag looks like, but it is also very representative of my culture and who I am. On the left part of the sky I wanted to draw a sun in the way the Sami people make it, because I am part Sami, so it relates to my ancestry. I also find it quite fascinating.
At the side of the drawing, I drew a tradinal Norwegion mountain cabin made by notching logs together, and with a sod roof. I think that this both fits in with my mountain landscape, is typical for the Norwegian culture, and is relevant for me as my grandparents have a cabin like this, and this is where I spend many of my easter breaks.
On one of the hillsides, I am toying with the idea of drawing a camel trek, to represent how Norway is interacting with other countries. I've also ridden a camel myself.
For the shoes, I am planning on doing a pair of converses, as these are shoes I wear a lot. i also find them relevant for the modern culture of Norway, as these shoes are quite popular amongst people my age. I want to draw them in a resting position, as if the person wearing them (me) is just resting from a hike in a mountains.

I think that this could be a really cool project :)

Here are some photos that I found inspiring:

Continuing the shoes

Today I finished up my shoe drawing. I continued working on the shading, darkening various areas, and lightening the highlights that had got a bit smudged. I decided to only do one of the shoes, since if I would have done both, I would have needed to rush.
At the end of the lesson, I thought they looked quite nice, especially the lines on the heel. I also liked how dark and rough I managed to get them, since ususally I do my drawings too light and too cautiously.

New unit!

Today we got started on a new unit, called "A walk in my shoes". We are going to make a drawing which includes shoes, preferrably worn by us in the drawing, and is to represent our culture. I think that this is going ot be an interesting unit, as  haven't really done anyhing like this, and I like symbolism. I also like making drawings, because I like the challenge of representing colour through different shades.

During the lesson, we were to draw the shoes that we were wearing that day. First we made a scale of shades, ranging from white to the darkest we could manage. It was a bit difficult getting the various sections of the scale even, but after a while I got satisfied with the result.
Then, we created a contour drawing of our shoes. Once we were happy with the shape, we started shading using the scale we created in the beginning of the lesson as reference of how dark the shading should be. Since my shoes were black, I had to use mainly the dark part of my scale, and a little of the light for highlights.

Cover Sheet - A Walk in My Shoes

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3.Jan-7.Feb- 6 weeks; Due: Thursday, 7. Feb, 2013

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A Walk in My Shoes

Unit Question: Can your culture be represented by the environment in which you live?

Area of Interaction: Environments

One's culture is represented through fashion and by the items that surround us.

What am I going to cover in this unit?

·         Drawing from observation (contour, shading.)

·         Drawing objects (drapery, shoes)

·         Drawing in perspective and depth (linear, overlap, atmospheric, hierarchical)

·         Combining observation and the symbolism

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How will I know I have been successful?

·         Design and plan artwork in sketches and studies(drawings) (Criterion B, application)

·         Draw a finished composition with one's shoes and other cultural symbols(Criterion B, application)

·         Describe the process in DW (Criterion A, knowledge)

·         Give and receive creative criticism. (Criteria C, reflection, and D, engagement.)