Scratchboard

Scratchboard is an art technique where you have a surface with white or a color underneath a layer of black paint which you scratch away with a sharp tool to create an image. Sgraffito is a technique where you apply layers of plaster in contrasting colors to a surface and scratch it away. Both of these techniques involve scratching away the top layer, and specifically scratching the highlights, leaving the shadows as the solid black.

Photoshop vs. Illustrator

The main difference between Photoshop and Illustrator is that Illustrator is based on vectors, not pixels. This means that the resolution is higher than Photoshop, and if you make an object bigger it will not grow blurry like it does in Photoshop. Photoshop is specifically for editing photos, but you can create objects to go around it. Illustrator allows you to draw vector images of high quality. Illustrator also has some different filters than Photoshop.

Fashion Photographers

Rankin is a fashion photographer named John Rankin Waddell. His style is very striking because it uses patterns and cool poses to make images that are interesting and almost abstract.

Thierry Le Goues's style uses cool shadows to show off the clothes and how vibrant they are compared with the drab but weirdly fascinating backgrounds.

Alice Hawkins uses bright colors and patterns and also uses cool shadows and reflections. Also animals are featured in most of the photographs I found.

Making Abstract Photos

Abstract Art

Abstract art is any form of art that uses lines and colors to create a unique form. Non objective art is like abstract art and basically means that there is no definite recognizable image. Non representational art is not at all realistic and is not of this world. Abstract expressionism is an art movement from the 1950s, where the goal was to be as unrealistic as possible and simply using lines and colors.

Sample Abstract Paintings:

Sample Abstract Photographs:

Recycled Sculpture

This is Pippin the Pirate. His head and body are spools of thread covered with fabric, his hat is a metal hinge or support of some kind and a feather, and his arms and legs are tiny tools and lollipop sticks. His island is made of a paint cap, masking tape, dust from sandstone, more fabric, and charms. 

Homework: Recycled Art