Thursday 15 May 2014
Friday 14 February 2014
upside down picasso
#2 Journal/Reflection Contour Upsidedown
Picasso
Please discuss why drawing an image upside-down shifts our brain mode from left to
right, language to spacial respectively. Also, discuss your use of the grid, and explain
the concept of the Grid. Make sure you write about the considerations you made
while working on your composition. Don't forget to "click" on the button "submit
assignment" after you have drag and dropped the PDF document into the window (as
discussed in class) . Make sure that you have inserted an image (small) of your artwork
into the word document so I can see what you are talking about.
The left is the analytical and the more technical side of the brain, while the
right is the more creative and freely expressed. So with this in mind I believe
that making the flip on the paper, confusing the left “more logical brain”
activates the right brain to try and complete the task of drawing an image
upside down. Instead of focusing on getting every exact detail with the left
side, the right side attempts to creatively replicate the Picasso image. I also
noticed that while I was doing the drawing, I had to focus entirely on the
drawing only and nothing else. I usually listen to music while I draw but for this
assignment, I didn’t even notice any music was playing. I was completely
absorbed in trying to match the grid and where the lines were on the image. I
don’t think I got it completely but it’s the best my right brain can do. The grid
to me wasn’t very helpful; I didn’t really use any of it, except for the larger
horizontal and vertical lines. So basically I only used a four square grid to try
and copy the drawing. Although this assignment was a little more difficult for
me, I really enjoyed doing this attempt because it really made me analyze and
scrutinize what I put into a piece, and not just look at what looks good. (if that
makes sense.)
Keith Haring
Journal/reflection- Keith Haring "like" Drawing.
Please address the process of critique based on the model below...as we did in class... make sure you write about all
three and the considerations you made while working on your composition. Don't forget to "click" on the button
"submit assignment" after you have drag and dropped the PDF document into the window (as discussed in class) .
Make sure that you have inserted an image (small) of your artwork into the word document so I can see what you
are talking about.
Model for Critique:
Description- A verbal account of "what is there" on the surface of the picture plane.
Analysis- A discussion of how things are presented with an emphasis on relationships.
Interpretation- A sense of meaning, implication or effect of the artwork.
DESCRIPTION: first thing I see is the massive amount of black coloring on the piece. There are blue and
and red lines so the other images can stand out. The sheer darkness and depth of the black coloration lets
my eyes move down the drawing and then I start to see the blue and red figures. I also see the cartoon
shapes of fish, all in various sizes but all the same color and x’s on where the eyes should be.
ANALYSIS: I noticed after some observation that I put a large asymmetrical emphasis using color with
the top extremely dark and the bottom of the piece being mostly absent of color with only a minimal
amount of red and blue. There are also no fish shapes above or going through the black part of the
drawing, causing the majority of the focus to be on the middle and lower half. The blue that is left in
smalls spaces between the fish is what is believed to be the original backdrop of the drawing, not the
black that currently dominated the piece.
INTERPRETAION: (the best part of the critique!) So when I first started out on this Keith Haring
inspired art piece I had thoughts on drawing about global climate change, gay marriage, and the clash of
the old and new generation. However, once I put my pencil on the large art paper, my mind went to
thinking about oil spills and the devastation that has caused in the global marine waters. I also switched
art mediums when I was in the process of my art piece by switching from sharpie markers to black nail
polish to really catch the representation of oil pouring over the fish and almost completely blocking out
the ocean. My message was about the oil spill but it was also more of a warning that this is just the
beginning of the disaster. If we (as the human race) do not put an end to the harm we are doing to the
earth, not only will we suffer, but the animals, plants, the earth will be the one to pay the price.
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