Wednesday, 1 December 2010

A Sense of Time.....

I based this piece on Jim Goldbergs work. I tried to create a narrative by putting photographs of a night out next to each other. The viewer is forced to look at the pictures in a certain way, they naturally try and fill in the gaps between photos. This piece can be likened to a storyboard used to make a film. I used quotes from the night out to further influence the viewers interpretation of the images. When looking at a single image with no text the viewer can easily make their own interpretation about an image. When images are presented in a set, with text this forces the viewer to interpret the photographs how the artist wants them to be viewed. I also duplicated some of the images and enhanced the colours to make the piece more pleasing to the eye.

Life Drawing

I did life drawing yesterday, we were only allowed to use lines no tone, we had 3 and a half hours to draw. I found this difficult because my natural style of drawing is to build up tone. I used my pencil to measure the models head and used that to scale my drawing. I then drew light construction lines to get the proportions right, then I went over the correct lines harder with my pencil. I am pleased with my drawing I think it shows an accurate representation of the model. I am looking forward to the next life drawing class, I thoroughly enjoy drawing the human form.

In contextual studies I hav been learning about Art Nouveau. I particularly like this poster advertising 'Job' rolling paper, the long flowing organic hair of the woman is typical of the Art Nouveau style.