Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Research: Rodriguez Calero

I really like how she uses different layers, especially the printed stencilled layers over the top of her image. I also like the colours that she uses and how they have a vintage feel to them.

The story so far...

Raphaël Vicenzi is a Belgian illustrator living in Brussels, Belgium with his wife and child.

http://mydeadpony.com/index.html

I really enjoy looking at his work. I also like the use of washed out paint that he uses and how he uses a maximum of 3 colours for each of his works. The way he uses the text, incorporating it into the shape of the girls is also interesting and different.

Evaluation of 'A drawing a Day' Book

What is working:

the constant theme of symbols from the bible
the colour palette being limited to only a few colours- reds, greens, black, blue.
the colour palette being a majority of dark hues.
the cut outs in some of the pages look very interesting
collaging with photocopied and found images

What is not working:

there are two pages where i used bright coloured pen and i felt that it didn't work well with the other pages so i reworked it by adding some black and white paint and some fine pen drawings to make it connect with the other pages.

Themes: References from the bible. Symbols such as angel wings, hands, the tree of life and people.

Who else is doing similar work:

Rodriguez Calero

Frida Kahlo

My Dead Pony

Daniel Egneus

What are you making it out of?

coloured paper
pen & pencil
black, white, and silver paint
felt tip pens
magazine pages/ found images
clear plastic sheet

Self Evaluation:

If i had come to class more i wouldn't have stressed out with doing last minute work to hand in. I found that i worked well in class and managed to do more work than when i was at home. Attendance was something that i struggled with that i need to definitely work on for next semester.

I also learnt that i love collage work and creating images that have lots of layers of found images, fine drawings and paint like the work that Rodrigues Calero does. I also learnt that i like washed out colours and doing contemporary and abstract styled art.

Saturday, 25 June 2016

Symbolism

Tree of Life

Angel Wings

Cross

Dove

Research: Chapel Art

16th-Century Gothic Chapel Turned Into Starry Night Sky

At a charity event held in the University of Cambridge, Paris-based digital projection artist Miguel Chevalier turned the university’s 16th-century King’s College Chapel into a stunning backdrop for his hypnotizing light show. As each speaker at the ‘Dear World… Yours, Cambridge’ event spoke about their topic, the chapel was filled with projections that artfully illustrated their points.

The projections, specially designed for the famous chapel’s interior, at times either emphasized or hid the building’s extraordinary architecture. The chapel is one of the best examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the world, so its ornate decorations were worth seeing even before they served as a backdrop for Chevalier’s projections.