Chuck Close and many other artists have explored creating images with self-imposed limitations. Instead of using a brush or pencil, these artists have created images using only their thumb prints. You actually can create a sense of depth and value with only this tool.
LINE!
Line is one of the seven elements of art, and there are five basic types of line.
One can make very compelling and unique pieces of art simply by using line.
Every artist uses a different quality of line.
Fingerprinting: What's it all about?
Let's talk about the history and connotation of fingerprinting. How are our works of art different from the traditional use of fingerprinting?
Value in Art
Artworks that exhibit a full range of value are generally successful. It doesn't matter what type of art you're creating or what media you're using -- it's simply the case that, generally speaking, artwork that shows both light and dark value is more aesthetically pleasing to the eye.
Quality of Line, and The Danger of a Single Story
All of these words are the same. What elements of art do you see in them, and how are do they differ from each other? What might you tell about the people who wrote these words? Start to consider what choices you might make in your own font, as well as what your choices communicate.
Talking About Identity
“What I represent in fact, what I’m trying like hell to represent every time I go into that hotel room, is myself. That’s what I’m trying to do. And I miss most of the time on that: I do not represent blacks or tall women, or women or Sonomans or Californians or Americans. Or rather I hope I do, because I am all those things. But that is not all that I am. I am all of that and more and less. People often put labels on people so they don’t have to deal with the physical fact of those people. It’s easy to say, oh, that’s a honkie, that’s a Jew, that’s a junkie, or that’s a broad, or that’s a stud, or that’s a dude. So you don’t have to think: does this person long for Christmas? Is he afraid that the Easter bunny will become polluted? … I refuse that… I simply refuse to have my life narrowed and proscribed.”
