Heart Breaking

The concept of my artwork was to have a full, bright, happy hear and a broken heart. The process went well for me and it was pretty easy. I brainstormed my idea before I drew it, and everything turned out the way we wanted it to. A struggle I encountered was the fact that it may have been too plain. I am not sure if I should have added more to it, but it looked filled up enough. I don't think there was anything else I thought would look good that I needed to add. I discovered that using the principles of design was really helpful. I tried to use as many aspects of it that I could. I think the most useful feedback I got was from Natalie and Sophie. They told me that in the drawing with the happy heart, I should add something on the edge of the paper, just too emphasize the heart even more. I think all my work was pretty successful. What I thought was most successful, though, was in the broken heart, the places where it was broken was in bold.

Principles of Design Research

The artist used the Principles of Design to support the story or the message of the work in several different ways. It had placement contrast, how the doll was really light and the back round was dark. The buildings on the right showed repetition. The logs on the left showed repetition: leading lines. The smoke coming up from near the American flag showed implied movement. The clouds showed implied movement, as well. There was also proportion in it. The dark back round took up more space than the doll. In the picture, the doll was larger than the buildings and everything else.