2D Abstractions

Starting with an object found in nature, I pulled elements and principles of designs out of the object itself and represented them 2-dimensionally and abstractly within these sketches. My object of nature was a pine cone and I sketched it realistically from 6 different views and abstractly in water color and graphite. I feel that my abstractions improved with critiques from classmates and professors from my first set (not shown) and the second set (in photo below). I chose a pine cone as my nature object because I liked the pattern within the object and the fact that it is very geometric all around. I did not think about how hard and challenging it could be to analyze the object from many perspectives and thinking "outside the box" you might say, but with hard work and determination I was able to come up with many different ways to analyze the object without repeating the same aspects. I feel most confident when sketching realistically, so the abstractions were a little challenging for me, but I feel that I did well at pulling abstractions from my realistic views.