My element is Magnesium. Things that my element is used for is medicine. The way that I came up with the idea for my print was that since I knew it is used in medicine I decided to make a medicine container and little pills aside of it. The steps that I took with the idea of my print was that in one sketch I made a medicine container and another was magnesium crystals, then I put them together. I think that I did pretty well in which the way I organized the way I wanted it. The way I would make it differently if I did it again is that I will maybe find another way I could’ve drawn the items in which contains magnesium.

The element I was assigned was Rhodium. Some of the things that my element is used for are jewelry,  it is used to make electrical contact and used as an alloyed. I came up with the idea for my print because my element is used for jewelry so I decided to make a person wearing jewelry. I took the idea of  putting the atomic number on the shoulders on my drawn person. My thoughts about this project is that it is very fun but you have to be very careful while doing this project. If I did this project again I would make sure that I carve deeper when I make my plate.  

Helen Kilmartin

I did fire because when my element (vanadium) is crushed up it is flammable, not in its normal state though. I didn't do red as my print color because i thought that would be too normal, so i chose colors that popped out and looked different on fire. I chose that font because just like fire, that font is curvy but has a sharp end. I chose this one out of the other pictures because it looked like it would turn out neat, and indeed it did. 

A. Negative space is drawing what there isn't. for instance, if drawing a pen in negative space, then you draw the space around the pen, not the pen itself.
B. I found negatives in the cut-out by cutting out the shapes in one paper, then pasting the opposite color on the opposite colored paper. In the drawing, I found that drawing the outline of the stool, then shading the areas outside of the lines worked well.
C. It helps an artist to look at negative space drawing because it helps them notice things that they didn't notice before. 

A) I think negative space helps artists identify the back ground from the foreground, and think of them as separate things instead of one picture.
B) 1. In the cutouts, the negative spaces color changed. 2. In the stool drawing i made the foreground positive and the background negative.
C) It helps because you can think of the drawing as two layers.
D) Yes, since it gives the artist a better understanding of foreground and background.

A. Negative space is when you draw the space around a object instead of the object itself.
B. 1)I found negative space in my cut out by cutting out the spaces around the spaces that made up my picture. 2) I found negative space in my stool drawing by drawing the space around the stools from my view.
C. A artist needs to see negative space because, it shows them how things work together.
D. Yes, because it help you with perspective and spacing.