Light Luminaire

The above are sketches I made of possible ideas of a light luminaire that I would like to create.  My thoughts behind this were to thoroughly observe and study the effect of sun light shining through the leaves and branches of various trees.  I really would like to express this idea in a manner that gets the point across and is easily known but is not quite so obvious and recognizable. 

Viewing Sketch Books

This was created by Cory Odell, I think he did well with showing the shadows of the object and the light coming through it.

This was created by Christine Lumans, she did a great job at showing the contrast between the dark and light of the wood grains.  It looks very real as if I was looking right at it.

The above three sketches are ones from my own sketch book that show different parts of my wood project, from different views of it.  I tried to focus mainly on the different grains in the wood and the various patterns and lines that it creates.  I found that aspect of my wood project to be very interesting.  I also tried to focus on how the pieces of wood are held together, one with inter locking pieces and the other way was with a rod holding them together.

Light Artist: James Turrell

*what is light? the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible; a source of illumination.

I personally define light into two categories; natural light and artificial light.  They are both quite different and produce very different affects.  

The light artist that I have selected is James Turrell. The quality of his work that is most special to me is the fact that he uses light and space so well.  It is a common occurrence in most of his pieces of work that the set up is a very dark space with a color being emphasized.  This color is creating various shapes through the use of pure light making it the primary focus in each of his photographs.

The artist I feel he compares the most to is Dan Flavin.  I think the photographs in which they take and their style of photography is very similar.  They both use a highly vibrant color and make white lighting within that color the dominant feature.  When I look at both of their work together it is hard for me to distinguish between the two of them.  The only thing they do not have in common that I noticed was that in some of Dan Flavin's photographs he uses a wide variety of colors and not just one.  This is different from James Turrell because he primarily sticks to one color in the majority of his photographs.  

The Light Inside 

Raethro Pink

Raemar

Object A&B Pictorials

Plan Oblique

I think I need to work on making my line quality consistent and make the circles look more accurate.

I did the overall layout of the objects well.

Isometric

The main problem I had with this drawing was drawing the circles correctly.  I think I did a good job with the overall line quality.

Elevation Oblique

I think I need to work on making my lines more straight and precise.  I did a good job with the circles on this one.

Selected Object: Wooden Letter Pictorials

I feel like I have good lines and they are all measured correctly.  I think I could improve on make the erased lines not visible at all.

A Place For Twigs

This is my final change to the project.  I placed the twigs in a very particular place where they gather centrally.  I also decided to confine them into a much smaller and close together place, this helps to make the main focus on the twigs.

Leaf Drawing

I drew this particular leaf while sitting at my desk in my dorm room, after finding on the walk way in front of my dorm.  I think this drawing of my leaf is the most successful because of the focus I made on shading and the emphasis of the variation in color.  It took me approximately about twenty minutes to complete this drawing.