2.2 Internal - Art

Kaupapa

My kaupapa was originally based on cityscape/buildings. However, I realised that my portfolio may look boring if there are only pictures of buildings. Therefore, I decided that I would incorporate buildings/structures into my main theme of "isolation" instead.

Portfolio Panel 1 - #1

This is what my panel 1 looked like during early last month. I originally planned to make the colours go from cool tones to warm tones, however as can be seen from what my board looked like, I changed it to go from black & white and I wanted it to slowly gain colour. On the left side of the board, I wanted it to flow from a zoomed out angle of an object to a zoomed in angle, to sort of symbolise the emptiness of the location. When finished, I wanted panel 1 to be filled with photos of abandoned places to start off the idea of "isolation/isolated". Then the very last picture would've been 2 phones next to each other with one phone showing a person "reaching out" to nobody on one phone, while the other phone is turned off to transition into the next board where people in the photos will slowly come in. 

Portfolio Panel 1 - #2 

This is what my panel 1 looked like during late last month. The colour scheme is still black & white. I didn't continue with using some of the pictures from #1 as I believe that they weren't photographed well enough. I also added new photos that relate to each other to create a series. The series on the right side is supposed to show the flow from a zoomed in angle to a zoomed out angle to symbolise the loneliness of the location. I photographed objects by themselves to subtly symbolise loneliness. I photographed the reflection of the lamp using a phone screen as the sides of the screen act as framing, therefore the focal point would be the lamp. I used a phone instead of a mirror because I wanted it to be modern. To me, a phone symbolises loneliness because when I envision isolation in modern times, I see a person in the corner of a room filled with people using their phone or a person that chooses to go on their phone instead of communicating with others. For the photo showing the towel, I photographed it in that angle showing the door to symbolise the isolation of one thing - opening the door and immediately seeing only one towel. I haven't finished my panel 1 during this time, but I was thinking of adding another series to complete it. 

Portfolio Panel 1 - #3

This is what my panel 1 looks like now. As can be seen, the black & white colour still remains. I chose to keep this colour scheme as I feel that it will give my panel the "dramatic" effect. The panel is filled with multiple pictures that relate to each other. For example, the first 3 pictures are related as they all show a lamp, the bottom 3 pictures are related as they all show an arch etc. As I mentioned previously, I wanted it to flow from a zoomed out angle of an object to a zoomed in angle to symbolise the emptiness of the location - this can be seen in the 3 photos of the railing on the right side of the panel and the bottom 3 photos. On #1 of this panel, I mentioned that this panel would be filled with abandoned places. However, I decided to fill it up with pictures that showed one object around the home to symbolise loneliness. Lastly, I mentioned that the very last picture would be 2 phones next to each other with one phone showing a person "reaching out" to nobody on one phone, while the other phone is turned off to transition into the next board where people in the photos will slowly come in. I changed this as this could be too "out there". I didn't want to showcase being alone obviously but wanted to do it subtly. The 3 bottom photos will transition smoothly to the next board as the first few photos on the next board will also be zoomed in and out. 

Plan for Final Layout of Panel 1 - #4

Artist Model - William Eggleston, Martin Parr & Ans Westra

Most of my building/structural photos are inspired by William Eggleston. William Eggleston uses daily life/daily structures in his photographs to show the beauty in daily life. I love the idea of this idea and wanted to also incorporate it with my main theme of "isolation". To connect these, these structural photographs show how beautiful daily life is but also shows how beautiful it is despite being "isolated" - there's only one object in each photo. Martin Parr works with colour photography. 

Due to this, I was inspired to add colour to my portfolio (will be seen on panel 2) as it symbolises how adding a touch of colour will make what seems to be a normal day/scenery beautiful. Ans Westra works with lifestyle photography. Lifestyle photography is a portrait photography that captures real life situations. My photographs on panel 1 aren't portraits, however, Ans Westra has influenced these photographs because of the idea of capturing real life moments. I used objects to show someone's lifestyle "behind the scenes". These artists' are my model because all 3 of them use daily life in their photographs and show how beautiful this can be. My kaupapa was inspired by them because I wanted to showcase an isolated person's lifestyle and finding beauty in it. 

Inspiration Photos

Final Layout for Panel 1 - #5

Portfolio Panel 2 - #1

This is my current layout plan for panel 2. This panel would be filled with surrealism edits using photos I photographed beforehand. Panel 2 will still mostly be black & white, except for some photos that I plan to put colour in. I will also keep the idea of putting pictures in that relate to each other and the idea of going from a zoomed out angle to a zoomed in angle. To connect panel 2 and panel 1, I am thinking of making my last 3 pictures the pictures of the lamp again. However, this time colour will be added to the very last photo of the lamp - show colour of the light to symbolise "hope". To connect the surrealism edits and adding colour, my surrealism edits will be related to "hope" and some of these edits will show colour. 

Contact Sheets

2.2 Photography Criteria

Portfolio Board Panel 2 - #1

How many series of works are you planning?

- Right now I plan to do 4 ( all blue boxes and pink boxes) series of works. On the blue boxes, I plan to do photography of a person through the trees, shadows, buildings, and or mirror reflection. While on the pink boxes I plan to do an over the shoulder shot of a person. 

What can you tell me about how they extend upon your kaupapa?

- My kaupapa is 'isolation/being alone'. These extend upon isolation/being alone as these photographs will symbolise this person as "looking" over what they desire their life to be while feeling like they can't obtain it.

How?

- Taking photographs of a person through the trees, shadows, buildings etc. will show how the person is looking at their ideal world but they feel disconnected from it. While an over the shoulder shot of a person will show how the person desires the life they see in front of them but them being too hopeless to obtain it, therefore they are only able to watch others live the life they desire. 

What are your next steps?

- My next steps would be to go to the city and take pictures of a person as I stated above. I would also need to think about what kind of photos I should put in the other boxes or if I should stick to my original idea of how the last few boxes will indicate the person slowly finding hope to obtain their desire. 

 

Portoflio Board Panel 1 - #1

This is what board 1 currently looks like. I originally planned to make the colours go from cool tones to warm tones, however as can be seen on my board, I wanted it to go from being black & white to slowly gaining colour. On the left side of the board, I wanted it to flow from a zoomed out pov of an object to a zoomed in, to sort of symbolise the emptiness of the location. When finished, board 1 would mostly be filled with photos of abandoned places to start off the idea of "isolation/isolated'. Then the very last picture would be 2 phones next to each other with one phone showing a person "reaching out" to nobody on one phone, while the other phone is turned off to transition into the next board where people in the photos will slowly come in. 

Contact Sheet

 

Photoshoot:

My kaupapa is based on cityscape/buildings. Therefore, my focus for my next photoshoot is taking pictures of buildings in the public and using angles that will make them look more welcoming and warm. I am planning to take pictures of buildings like malls, local shops, local buildings, or cityscapes. 

Art: Mood Board, Themes & Brainstorm

 Mood board & Brainstorm:

- Up above is a picture of my mood board. My board is based on cityscape/building etc.

-Up above is my brainstorm. It's my brainstorm of what story/stories I want my photos to tell. 

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Subject Matter & Kaupapa

(CI) Can you identify these themes or ideas?

- They both show Maori patterns. The bird on the left is positioned making it look it’s dead, whilst the one on the right looks like it falling, almost as if it was shot from the sky.

(CI) Are the themes of each artist different? Why?

- I believe that artists have similar themes to each other. I believe this because their portraits main focus is the person, whilst also having flowers on the background. The only difference I can see is the colour scheme. While one side is darker and is into darker colours, the other side is brighter and of course has brighter colours. 

(CI) Which work expresses the theme of calm conquest over death?

- I believe that the image on the left gives off a calmer vibe. This is because the colours used seem brighter and vibrant, also if we compared it to the image on the right, it also looks less chaotic. 

Which work expresses a painful, suffering death?

- I think that the image on the right expresses a more painful vibe. This is because the colours used are less brighter and there is also a skull on the ground. This image also looks more chaotic than the other one, therefore giving off a messy vibe. 

How does the style, colour, and form express each theme? 

- The colours used on the left image are more vibrant and bright, which gives a style of calmness. While the image on the right is the opposite and looks dull and the people in the image also look more in pain, making the image look chaotic/painful.

Creating our Magazine

What have you been doing?

In art, we have been learning how to make our own magazine using the techniques we have learned. Some of the techniques we have used on our the magazine page above is leading lines, focal points and so on.

Does your design reflect your thumbnail sketches so far?

Yes, I think the design above has reflected the thumbnail sketch that we all chose. This is because it includes the leading line and the focal points we wanted.

Does your design reflect the feeling of your topic?

I think it does reflect the feeling we were trying to show but I think there is room for improvements. By this, I mean changing the picture on the right to something else, because I think that since we're the introduction team we should portray more stuff about the school than just what we have, so maybe changing 1 of the pictures to something else would be better.

Do you know where your leading lines are?

Yes, I think our leading lines are clear to see. Our leading line/lines is the light blue line that goes across the 2 pages, and the border of pictures that are overlapped.

Do you know what your focal point is?

Our main focal point is the title as it is the biggest text there, our next focal point are the 3 pictures on the left page as it catches the attention more than the 1 picture on the right page.

Have you played with layering your visuals?

As you can see, we have layered the 3 pictures because this makes it look neater and it consumes more space than it would separately.

Have you figured screenshotting your progress?

Yes, we have but it required help from the teacher because our team wasn't really familiar with using the Macbooks.

Is there a 'thing' you want to know how to do, but don't? Have you googled it or asked?

Our team had trouble with learning how to change the background colour, but after asking for help for the teacher, we learned that we need to make a rectangle that covers the whole page and use that to change the background colour.

How does this help your learning?

This helps my learning because it shows what we have learned like, leading lines, focal points, and fonts, and it also shows that we can create our own magazines.


Though we have not finished explaining what the magazine is going to be about, I still think we did a good job of putting leading lines and focal points on our magazine.

Orphism - Lino Cut

L.O: To understand who Sonia Terk Delaunay is and colour theory through lino printing. Also, to learn about leading lines and focal points.

Techniques That We Have Been Using: 

-Researching what Orphism art and Sonia Terk Delanuay's work
-Researching information about Sonia Terk Delaunay and putting it on our blog
-Creating thumbnail sketches of our own ideas. With colours and notes about each idea
-Transferring our ideas on lino cut plates - two layer plates from one design

My Lino Cut Design:

The lino cut plate on the left side is my background and I will print it first. 

The lines on the plates are my leading lines that lead to my focal point which is the two semi-circles on the right lino cut plate.

The two semi-circles will be the second layer of my lino print and it will stand out most because it ill be bolder and there will be leading lines leading to it.

Before I chose this design I had two other designs, but they didn't work because they had too many shapes which hides the focal point.

Even though I choose that design I still think it has room for improvement. I think I should draw less shapes and stick to 1-3 shapes.

Sonja Terk Delaunay

Sonja Terk Delaunay

Rythme, 1938, oil on canvas

Prismes électriques, 1914, oil on canvas

Orphism: Orphism focused on pure abstraction and bright colours.

Facts: 

-She was a Ukranian-born French artist
-She used to study at Académie de La Palette

This is my attempt to one of Sonja Delaunay's artwork

This is my attempt at Orphism art.

Guess What I Did In Art

Peer Critique:

My classmate wrote helpful comments on the back of my artwork, which are:

-I like your work because the bird is big and that tells me that the bird is your focal point

-Where are the leading lines?

My answer: The leading lines are the bottom of the triangle and the pictures that look like prison bars in the background.

-I think you should make your leading lines clearer

Reflection:

Next time I would make my leading lines clearer and pick a better background colour. I would also take more time thinking about how I should lay out my pictures.

Shading

Learning Intention:

Learn how to use different techniques to make our ideas come alive.

We watched a video that taught us how to use the background and how to shade correctly to make the object seem like it's actually there. 

He used proportions and tones and used different angles to see where the light hits to know where he should shade in light or dark. 

Have you improved with shading?

After watching the video yesterday and following the tips I would say that I have improved. 

Do you understand that using a structure can help you draw better?

I would say I understood a part of it but I haven't fully understood yet. I always draw without using any structures to build my drawing, I sorta of just draw it. 

Using a structure is using lines to divide the different parts of the object you will be drawing so that you know where they will be drawn. 

What are you going to work on going forward in pencil drawing in and out of class?

I will draw different shapes or objects that I see around and will look at the different angles to see where to shade in dark or light.

I will also start using lines to divide the parts I will need to draw so that they are in the right place. 

Art Presentation

Reflection:

What have I learned about:

I have learnt how to print properly and the different techniques of painting.  I also learned how to cut properly so that I wouldn't cut my fingers again.

I didn't add as many details to my print and painting because I know painting and cutting them would be difficult if I were to add tiny details.

My presentation:

Art Checkpoint