Day 6: Gestalt's Principles, beginning of garment fabrication, and tone drawings.

The morning class began with an introduction to Gestalt's Principles of proximity, similarity, continuance, closure, and figure ground. Although I already had some idea of these principles from studying design, it was nice to have terms to associate them with. One idea really stuck out at me though and it's that it is really important for all these principles to work together so that an image can be manipulated to make viewers see what the designer sees and hence, to create the desired response.

We also continued to make our dress. Metal wiring and flowers are now beginning to form the bodice but we have encountered a problem, and it is that the wire swivels and will not hold the desired rigid and geometric shape. We are now attempting to weave thinner wire between the bigger wire in hopes that it creates more support and hardens the shape. 

Another life drawing class began in the afternoon where we learned about tone. We drew around four tone drawings of a lady and focused on the different shades of grey instead of focusing on drawing the perfect edges and lines. These drawings were made in charcoal and one was assigned for homework. I really enjoyed this type of drawing and liked how line was less of a concern and how the tone was more prominent. I think accurate tone is key to creating more dramatic or realistic pieces and a lot of the time perfect lines are more of a priority. I'm looking forward to working with the grayscale.