Author: saravipond

Still Life Composition

Process Pages:

I realise my first two wildlife ideas won’t work as I don’t have photos of seeing this in the wild, although I’ve seen both with my eyes. But with a photo I will have reference material

I looked at my photos and found a selection that give me some ideas to work with. I am especially drawn to the last image, which was taken in Cumberland and is of an industrial nature:

Photo of industrial artefact located at No 6 Mine Park in Cumberland, BC

Colour Wheel

Unit 1 Assignment A

Abstract Collaged Composition & Cropped Details.

My three papers (light, medium and dark) were created with brushes, fingers and paint pot lids as the tools. I enjoyed selecting areas for the cropped details. However the way I cut them out meant I couldn’t make many strips from that piece for my collage.

I had the idea to do some weaving with the three values and started with some wide strips. Once I laid out the warp (vertical pieces) I took a photo. Then I proceed with the weft (horizontal pieces) and took more photos.

I decided that I liked the composition of the vertical pieces so reverted to that design and glued them in place. I placed them to overhang at the top for interest. My thought was that they reminded me of tree trunks.

With the remaining strips, I ripped them to be more narrow and made a loose weaving that left negative space between the the strips. I was thinking a bit of tartan when I was doing this project and how the lines are not always equally spaced.

I really enjoyed the freedom of this project and the opportunity to experiment with ideas of design and presentation.