Artist-Brittney Lee

I don't know if anyone knows of this artist, but I really love her work. All her work displays good compositions and control of balance, proportion, economy and emphasize, and movement. Here is a link to her blog if anyone is curious! http://britsketch.blogspot.com/ I bought some prints from her at a convention once and they are very nice!

She does a lot of paper cutout work that are beautifully detailed!





She also does digital art.

Leaves Differences

25 differences in leaves that came from the same tree:

1- one leaf is light green
2- some are wider and darker
3- one is long and looks healthy
4- one leaf is light brown one side
5- another one is dark brown on both sides
6- some leafs are faded green but look brown because of dirt
7- some leafs are wrinkled
8- some leafs are wider
9- one leaf is half brown half green
10- some leafs are dryer than others
11- some leafs are bigger than others
12- all leafs come from the same tree
13- some have just fallen while others have been on the ground for long
14- one leaf is red orange
15- another leaf is deep green
16- the most wrinkled leaf is the dirtiest
17- the cleanest leaf is the most green
18- all leafs have different edges
19- some edges look like chainsaw teeth
20- some edges are smooth
21- one leaf curves like a spiral
22- another leaf curls like an ice cone
23- another leaf curls like a wave
24- none of the leafs are flat
25- all leafs have what looks like veins

That is all!

Cereal Differences

Hi!
Here's my object log homework/exercise!

1. the shapes are roughly oval but each cereal has its unique shape
2. the darker cereal have small cinnamon specs on them
3. some are laid flat: others are turned up/sideways
4. different thickness
5. pores/holes in some
6. different shadows to each
7. there are darker cereal
8. the lighter ones are thinner
9. they are nickel size and dime size
10. some are broken/not rounded tips
11. start to look like lemons
12. bumps on some
13. different surface area
14. some look more appetizing than others
15. look smaller from a standing up point of view
16. some of the cereal are a lot smaller than some
17. there are some round cereal
18. yellow in color
19. the round ones are brown (more cinnamon?)
20. there is one cereal that looks like its mutated

Hello nice to be part of USC Roski

Hi to all my fellow students and artist!

My name is Siddhartha, i am new to the Roski school. I previously attended USC to study film. I am back and very excited about Fine Arts. i hope this will be a great learning experience. My field of focus will be photography. I can't wait to start my projects at USC. Photography assignments are on their way and it promises to be a great ride.

I wish all of you great time and creative energy!

Siddhartha

it eats, shoots, and LEAVES

For my observation I collected 13 different species of leaves and noted some of their differences.

1.They are all different colors

2.They all come from different trees

3.They all have different shapes

4.The fresh0cut leaves are the only green ones

5.One of the leaves is long and slender

6.One of the leaves is shaped like an ellipse

7. One of the green leaves has a brown hole through it.

8. There is one leaf that is green, yellow, and red

9. There is one leaf that is slender and maroon

10. When the maroon leaf is flipped over, a black tip at its end is revealed

11. One of the leaves has dirt.

12. The smallest leaf is a green leaf

13. The veins on the green leaf are dark green

14. The veins on the smaller green leaf are yellow

15. The maroon leaf's vein color is crimson

16. The maroon leaf has a white spot

17. The yellow leaf has green spots

18. The yellow leaf has a brownish center

19. The largest leaf has a hole almost to its edge

20. One maroon leaf has yellow spots

21. The maroon leaf has more dirt than any of the other leaves

22. The maroon leaf has no holes

23. The maroon leaf is not the smallest but it is also not the biggest

24. One of the yellow leaves has a maroon0like color

25. The yellow leaf is the least-crunchy dried leaf

Popcorn Differences

For my observation I chose 20 kernels of popped Popcorn and noted the variety that comes from each kernel in the same bag.

Noted Differences:

1. fully yellow vs. white

2. spotted with yellow

3. some have yellow just on the tips

4. yellow ones smell more like butter

5. yellow ones are greasier

6. some are squishier/softer than others

7. some have more kernel residue

8. some are larger

9. some are more like crumbs

10. some taste saltier than others

11. some are in little condensed shapes

12. others are bigger and more spread out

13. some are fat and rounded

14. others are longer and skinnier

15. one looks like it has tread marks

16. one is barely popped, looks deformed

17. another is not popped at all, just a kernel

18. some have more protrusions than others

19. some have flakey kernel pieces sticking out

20. some have bigger craters than others

21. some have more kernel shards than others

22. some are more jagged and angular than other rounded ones

23. some are crunchier when you eat them

24. some are little, others are big

25. some look like they are made up of pieces glued together while others are clearly one piece

For my observation I decided to do leaves. I ended up collecting 21 leaves of the same variety, however, they're all really quite different.

1. Some are spotted.

2. Some have highly visible veins.

3. Some are more glossy than others.

4. Some are broken.

5. Some are covered in dirt.

-David Layton