The visual diary serves a few purposes for the artist. It can provide new subject matter for artworks that describe where you've been, while at the same time forcing you to slow down during your everyday rituals to see the often overlooked beauty that exists around you. Everything has a potential to become a part of your work. This is my next project that I will be working on in art for the next month or so. In this artwork I'll take about five things from my visual diary and put them together in a composition draw in charcoal. The drawing I will create will become a type of portrait describing how I see the world, where I go, and what I've noticed along the way. The way the imaged is composed will be judged on the following concepts. focal point- element in a drawing that pulls in the viewer's eye, that is the center of attention or the main subject. rule of thirds- divide a canvas in thirds both horizontally and vertically, and place the focus of the painting either one third across or one third up or down the picture, or where the lines intersect. variety of scale- a difference or contrast of the objects in a work of art and the empty space surrounding shapes or solid forms in a work of art. overlapping- the process of putting an object on top of another blocking view of the object in a work of art. And also arranging elements to lead the eye which means to arrange the objects in a certain way that's intriguing and draws attention and makes people want to explore the work of art. This project should take a while and make a little bit of a mess. The true power of a successful picture lies in the combination of a strong subject matter and a strong composition. What you leave out can be just as important as what you leave in. "The artist's job is to be a witness to their time in history."-Robert Rauschenberg.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Visual Diary
The visual diary serves a few purposes for the artist. It can provide new subject matter for artworks that describe where you've been, while at the same time forcing you to slow down during your everyday rituals to see the often overlooked beauty that exists around you. Everything has a potential to become a part of your work. This is my next project that I will be working on in art for the next month or so. In this artwork I'll take about five things from my visual diary and put them together in a composition draw in charcoal. The drawing I will create will become a type of portrait describing how I see the world, where I go, and what I've noticed along the way. The way the imaged is composed will be judged on the following concepts. focal point- element in a drawing that pulls in the viewer's eye, that is the center of attention or the main subject. rule of thirds- divide a canvas in thirds both horizontally and vertically, and place the focus of the painting either one third across or one third up or down the picture, or where the lines intersect. variety of scale- a difference or contrast of the objects in a work of art and the empty space surrounding shapes or solid forms in a work of art. overlapping- the process of putting an object on top of another blocking view of the object in a work of art. And also arranging elements to lead the eye which means to arrange the objects in a certain way that's intriguing and draws attention and makes people want to explore the work of art. This project should take a while and make a little bit of a mess. The true power of a successful picture lies in the combination of a strong subject matter and a strong composition. What you leave out can be just as important as what you leave in. "The artist's job is to be a witness to their time in history."-Robert Rauschenberg.
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