Showing a Visual Change

Piet Mondrian

Artist Statment Requirements for Dream Project

Complete a typed artist statement for your Dream Project that helps the viewer better understand your piece. A printed copy is due in class the day the project is due.

Please include the following information in your 1-2 paragraph artist statment:

• Basic overview of your dream 
• Describe why you created the imagery in your piece
• Describe how the composition, color choice, and layering relates to the content of your dream and overall visual concept of the piece

Adding Color

To Create a new shape with color:

1. Create a new layer. (Layer- New Layer)

2. Use the Lasso Tool (Polygonal or Regular) to create the shape.

3. Enclose the shape so it is selected (moving dotted lines).

4. Choose and fill color. (Edit- Fill- use drop menu and select Color and choose color from palette, press OK)

5. De-select selection (Control-D)

6. Move Layer to the bottom of layer window if you want the text to be on top of the color.

Adding Your Drawings to the Text

1. Open your drawing with photoshop.

2. Make the drawing more white and less grey.  Image- Adjustments- Exposure and increase exposure until background is white.

3. Zoom in on image using Magnifying Glass. This will make it easier to use Lasso Tool and make selections.

4. Select image you want to copy using Lasso Tool (regular Lasso= free form, Polygonal Lasso- point by point, more accuracy)

5. Using Polyonal Lasso Tool trace around the image using a series of connected points and enclose the shape so selection is made (moving dotted lines).

6. Copy image (Edit- Copy), then click on your Text document and Paste (Edit- Paste)

7. Enlarge image by transforming. Hit Control-T and enlarge image by dragging the corner. Remember to hold the shift key while enlarging to keep image proportionate and let go of the mouse before shift when you have the size you want.

8. Apply the Transformation by clicking on the Move Tool and it will ask you if you'd like to apply the transformation. Click yes if you would like to or canel to return to the size you started with.

Dream Project Rubric

Emphasized important words and phrases about your dream and thoughtfully arranged them in the composition 15

Applyed a limited palette of colors  to enhance without overwhelming the meaning & content of the piece 15

Selectively used color to create contrast and areas of emphasis 15

Utilized the opacity tool to explore different values and layers of text/image to convey the idea of memory and the unusual nature of dreams 20

Combined text and image to make a complex composition and a personal, narrative work of art 20

Used in class time effectively 15

Total = 100 points

Dream Project Example

Dream Text Requirements

Create visual differences in text by changing font (limit 2), size, color (limit 2), spacing, height and width (in character box).

Rasterize text so that it becomes an image and is transformed (distort, skew, perspective, etc, limit 3) to convey movement and rhythm in the composition.

Convey a sense of depth by overlapping text and changing the opacity.

Highlight and emphasize important words and phrases by enlarging, distorting, making bold or changing the color. Make sure these words are legible because they are most important.

Treat the text as image and devlop a dynamic composition in which you consider the negative space as well as the positive space.