WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT:
Beginning today, try to avail yourself to visual observation as much as possible during the course of your everyday life. A shadow with a particularly strong coloration, an unusual impression in the snow, a piece of foil on the ground that catches your eye, something mundane you see constantly that appears suddenly different... Basically anything you notice. At some point in the day --each day--record your observations in your sketchbook. These notes can be either expository or visual in nature (aka words or drawings). Make a painting that recreates, recounts, or otherwise interprets one of your observations. Consider whether it is a flat or dimensional quality you are after and use the physicality of the paint to enhance this effect.
Please post one of your observations to this blog in whatever form you see fit.
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Here is one of my observations from this week as I wrote it:
ReplyDelete(cat+couch+quilt = 3 component color harmony/group)
Each of these objects that I'm looking at are variations of brown, each of which take different precedent for the eye. They are forming a monochromatic and harmonious group of browns. I wonder if there is room for a fourth object here (also brown) or would this disrupt the relationship between the three? When I allow my eye to take in a purple object also sitting in the same frame as the three brown objects, it emphasizes the their color relation. Again, I feel as if a fourth object would disrupt the color harmony here.
My observations of the week have centered around negative spaces between objects. My interest has shifted from looking at the space between two objects to looking at the unusual shape between an object and its own shadow. I focused on how a move of the light source shifts the shadows, altering the negative space between the object and its shadow. I have also tried to observe similar tones, even when they are different colors.
ReplyDelete1. Packs of snow sit directly on top of the branches of trees, allowing black contours peek out from underneath the white.
ReplyDelete2. The snow melts, dripping or falling of the dry, dead branches.
3. The shadow of the metal railing creates a zigzag pattern on the plain gray concrete stairs.
4. The light from the sunset shines through the bathroom window to create a multi-colored glow.
5. City lights sparkle and flicker from very far away.
6. Snow is blue in shadow.
7. Foam hand-soap collects in the ridges of my hands to outline the creases in a brilliant white.