Thursday, May 26, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Arts Summative Written Reflection
a) Planning the process I was going to take in order to create my final summative was crucial. Because my painting had more people than anybody else’s’ in the class, I didn’t have anybody to side with or discuss with. But, by first tracing the photo, doing a maquette sketch, and sketching onto the wood, I was able to plan out where my figures would be and what colors I would use to paint them.
b) I incorporated the style of hip-hop into my painting to get across the main idea of the painting. I used different styles, such as calligraphy and tattoo, in my painting to add to it. I have been studying calligraphy for over 2 years now, but found that my work on the painting was a bit rushed and didn’t turn out as good as my work usually does. I study the work of Banksy a lot, and I like how he puts across striking ideas and messages through his work, and I tried to incorporate my own little idea into my painting.
c) I had the trouble of not being able to fit the original four characters that I wanted to be in my painting. After thinking about it, I decided that I would only use the three of them, and include some text to fill in any extra space. I also had the challenge of figuring out what I wanted to change from the picture to my painting, but still keeping it relatively close. I changed the color Wiz Khalifa’s jeans, and I changed the color of O.J’s shit because it gave a more sinister look to the picture when they were all wearing dark clothing. The dark clothes also show off the jewelry they are wearing, which is a main part of the idea I am trying to get across through the painting.
d) I used the acrylic paints in order to make different colors of all kinds. It was difficult to create some colors, but I learned a lot from it. I used thin brushes, medium brushes, fine brushes, and many more. I got a feel for each one, and also got to know how water affects the transparency of acrylic paint on wood. I used the sand paper to sand down the wood before I painted, and I definitely noticed a difference on how the paint strokes felt on the wood.
e) I really didn’t use very many things to come up with the ideas for this painting. I used one website:
http://www.banksy.co.uk
and I used a photocover of an XXL magazine as my actually reference photo.
f) My first drawings helped me a lot throughout my painting. I first traced the actual photo so I could get a feel for the layout of everything, and how to draw difficult body parts and positions. After I had done this, I drew out a maquette style drawing so I could figure out how to place the height of each character to show the depth of how close or far they are from the viewer. Although the maquette drawing may seem very simple, it was the most helpful tool throughout the process.
I would just like to also explain a little bit about the painting and why I did certain things to it. This painting is called "Fame". It is meant to show people that fame is something that only seems important until you've actually obtained it. The faces of the three famous rappers in my painting were left blank because in reality, their faces have become a brand. The face the have, that they have been given since they came into this world, means something completely different now, and the sooner you can block out their face and see what they really own, you can see what fame and material things mean to certain people. Most people out there would love to be famous. So, in this painting i left the faces blank and wrote "your face here" so that the viewer can try and imagine themselves in that lifestyle. My hope is that the viewer will have a definitive answer on whether or not they believe they'd still be "themselves" in that state. Therefore, as it says on the right of the painting - "play the fame game", and see for yourself.
b) I incorporated the style of hip-hop into my painting to get across the main idea of the painting. I used different styles, such as calligraphy and tattoo, in my painting to add to it. I have been studying calligraphy for over 2 years now, but found that my work on the painting was a bit rushed and didn’t turn out as good as my work usually does. I study the work of Banksy a lot, and I like how he puts across striking ideas and messages through his work, and I tried to incorporate my own little idea into my painting.
c) I had the trouble of not being able to fit the original four characters that I wanted to be in my painting. After thinking about it, I decided that I would only use the three of them, and include some text to fill in any extra space. I also had the challenge of figuring out what I wanted to change from the picture to my painting, but still keeping it relatively close. I changed the color Wiz Khalifa’s jeans, and I changed the color of O.J’s shit because it gave a more sinister look to the picture when they were all wearing dark clothing. The dark clothes also show off the jewelry they are wearing, which is a main part of the idea I am trying to get across through the painting.
d) I used the acrylic paints in order to make different colors of all kinds. It was difficult to create some colors, but I learned a lot from it. I used thin brushes, medium brushes, fine brushes, and many more. I got a feel for each one, and also got to know how water affects the transparency of acrylic paint on wood. I used the sand paper to sand down the wood before I painted, and I definitely noticed a difference on how the paint strokes felt on the wood.
e) I really didn’t use very many things to come up with the ideas for this painting. I used one website:
http://www.banksy.co.uk
and I used a photocover of an XXL magazine as my actually reference photo.
f) My first drawings helped me a lot throughout my painting. I first traced the actual photo so I could get a feel for the layout of everything, and how to draw difficult body parts and positions. After I had done this, I drew out a maquette style drawing so I could figure out how to place the height of each character to show the depth of how close or far they are from the viewer. Although the maquette drawing may seem very simple, it was the most helpful tool throughout the process.
I would just like to also explain a little bit about the painting and why I did certain things to it. This painting is called "Fame". It is meant to show people that fame is something that only seems important until you've actually obtained it. The faces of the three famous rappers in my painting were left blank because in reality, their faces have become a brand. The face the have, that they have been given since they came into this world, means something completely different now, and the sooner you can block out their face and see what they really own, you can see what fame and material things mean to certain people. Most people out there would love to be famous. So, in this painting i left the faces blank and wrote "your face here" so that the viewer can try and imagine themselves in that lifestyle. My hope is that the viewer will have a definitive answer on whether or not they believe they'd still be "themselves" in that state. Therefore, as it says on the right of the painting - "play the fame game", and see for yourself.
Art Summative Diary
April 30th
Today I have finally chosen my photo. I will be doing a photo that was used on the cover of XXL magazine that features some of the richest and widely known hip hop artists in the world. In my particular photo, I will be working on four rappers: Nipsey Hussle, OJ, Wiz Khalifa, and Gunplay. I chosen this because I really liked the composition of the photo and because I have an idea of how I can twist the painting to get a message across. I did a tracing today over a light table and hopefully it will help me out later.
May 1st
Today I have drawn a maquette style drawing that will help me out when I am spacing the characters onto my wooden board. I really don’t like these kinds of drawings because I cant spend a ton of time on them, but I did learn about how for to space each one of them. I’m not sure whether I will be able to fit all four characters in or not?
May 3rd
Today I began to draw my characters onto the wooden board. So far it’s been difficult, but because of my previous drawings, it might be a little easier once I rally get it going. Not much really happened today, but I’m excited to see what the final piece will look like when it’s completed. I honestly have no clue how this will turn out. But I’m definitely going to be learning lots in the process.
May 5th
Today I finished drawing the characters onto the wooden plank. It has taken a while, but I think I have everything set up just right. After I finished drawing, I started working on the script writing in the top left corner that will read out “Fame” in calligraphy. Today was kind of boring because I really wanted to get painting on this, but I guess you gotta plan before you go big. The tracing I did really helped me out when I was drawing body parts I was a little unfamiliar with drawing.
May 9th
Today I started using the acrylic paint on my wooden plank. I began to paint Wiz Khalifa first, because he has a very simple shirt. I wanted it to be simple because I haven’t painted with acrylic in so long; I just wanted to recall techniques and such. I first put down a straight grey shade down onto his shirt. After that, I got a darker shade of grey and added the wrinkles and folds in his shirt on his chest and his elbow. I then painted his famous Pittsburgh chain. I made gold using yellow and brown, and then I painted his chain with a fine brush. I painted white highlights on the chain to make it pop and shine, and it turned out really nicely. I then painted the white t shirt that’s hanging below his sweater, and this was very simple. I had to add a little shade of grey in with the white to give it a folding look, and it worked. I want to incorporate the color blue into all of the characters somehow, and I had to think how I was going to do it with Wiz. I then decided to make the logo on his shirt a light shade of blue, and used a fine brush to get down to the little details.
May 11th
Today was a shorter class, and I really didn’t feel too creative today. Because it is a modified day today, the class today was only an hour long. With the added time it takes to set up paints and the easel, I didn’t feel like I had much time to paint today. Today I put down a solid black on Andre’s shirt so that next class I can work on putting the details into his shirt. I also did a lot of drawing today so that I can plan out where everything will go. I had to draw OJ’s hand today, and I worked on his body structure and shirt. It was challenging because I wasn’t really in a good mood, but I listened to some music and it got me back into the swing of things.
May 13
Today was a very productive day, and I think that I should be able to make the deadline without having to come in for any extra time. Today I had to paint Andre’s shirt and make it look realistic. Last class I put down a simple black down over his entire shirt. Today, after using different shades of black and grey I was able to display the lighting on the wrinkles on his dress shirt well. I started by painting wrinkles at the armpits and worked down both arms and then went to the chest. I had to include white shiny buttons on his shirt, and I gave him his chain. All three of the characters in this painting will have large, expensive, diamond chains. I gave Andre a silver chain with a shining cross hanging off of it. The chain was just painted grey, and then I added highlights of white to give it a shining affect. Underneath his black shirt, I gave him a blue t-shirt because the color blue will be incorporated into each character’s clothing. I put down some blue paint onto OJ’s shirt, and I’m going to start adding details to his shirt next class. My goal is to do each character, one per a class, so that I will be done by the deadline.
May 17th
Today was the finishing day of the painting. I had to complete O.J.’s shirt and necklace, the skin of all three of them, the writing, and the gloves on both characters. There was a lot to do today, but I got through it with a little bit of time after school to work on it. I had to change the color of OJ’s shirt because I thought that the black shirt would give him a more sinister look, which I was going for. Completing the “Brick Squad” bird on his chain was very difficult because it’s very detailed. I had to use a very fine brush and work slowly. Adding water to the paint made my brush strokes smoother and it added to the color. I covered their faces with two layers of white paint and then I wrote the words “your face here” on top of all three. I think that my planning over all was pretty well done because I didn’t have to use much extra time. I only went to one extra time session and it shows me that I used my time well during class then. When I finished the painting, I took a step back and took a look at it, and I really think it turned out well. Overall, I’m happy with it and I learned a lot in the process of making this painting. I learned about using water and acrylic, how to paint wrinkles in clothing, how to display lighting, and much more.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
My Event Poster
This event poster that I have created is for the "NuMoney '09" Rap Concert taking place in Toronto. The event is sponsored by MTV and Team Offense. The person in the photo is Toronto rap artist, CokeKeys 'Cartel of BCB and Reps Up Entertainment. He has recently released his two mixtapes, "Metro Housing Flow" and "Metro Housing Flow 2", off of Reps Up Entertainment.
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