The New Reich Chancellery
1. What new skills did you learn or what did you improve on during this unit?
This unit, I learned One-point perspective, which lead me to learn a few other things. For example, in this type of drawing I learned how to shade in order to make the sketch look realistic. I also had to improve my judgement skills, because the size of the windows have to be proportionate as they get further from the vantage point.
2. How has your thinking about what original art is changed?
My thinking on original art has changed slightly, because I now believe that you don't have to create the thing you drew for your artwork to be original. For example, there are artists who paint still life, and they use different things to create a scene then paint it. Just because they paintedsomething that exists doesn't mean their artwork is unoriginal. I drew the New Reich Chancellery, the building that Hitler's office was in. Just because this building exists, doesn't mean my art is unoriginal.
3. What challenges or successes did you have during this unit? Would you change anything you did if you could go back and re-do it?
One of the biggest challenges was the small details, like the steps by the pillar. I also found it extremely difficult to balance the shading and know when to make it darker or lighter. If I could go back and change anything, I would change the way the two vents on the right side of the building are shaded. After I understood what I was doing, I found that shading in the windows got easier and I became more successful in that.
This unit, I learned One-point perspective, which lead me to learn a few other things. For example, in this type of drawing I learned how to shade in order to make the sketch look realistic. I also had to improve my judgement skills, because the size of the windows have to be proportionate as they get further from the vantage point.
2. How has your thinking about what original art is changed?
My thinking on original art has changed slightly, because I now believe that you don't have to create the thing you drew for your artwork to be original. For example, there are artists who paint still life, and they use different things to create a scene then paint it. Just because they paintedsomething that exists doesn't mean their artwork is unoriginal. I drew the New Reich Chancellery, the building that Hitler's office was in. Just because this building exists, doesn't mean my art is unoriginal.
3. What challenges or successes did you have during this unit? Would you change anything you did if you could go back and re-do it?
One of the biggest challenges was the small details, like the steps by the pillar. I also found it extremely difficult to balance the shading and know when to make it darker or lighter. If I could go back and change anything, I would change the way the two vents on the right side of the building are shaded. After I understood what I was doing, I found that shading in the windows got easier and I became more successful in that.
