Text as Image: Biography/ Autobiography
Due September 11th, 2015
Objective 1: Create a multi-layered, mixed media artwork incorporating a repeated biographical/autobiographical story or poem. Focus on Repetition, Movement, & Rhythm.
Objective 2: Render a self-portrait or portrait of a loved one with correct Scale, Proportion, Texture, Contrast and Value.
Vocabulary:
Line--connection of points that defines a space; varies in width, length, gesture, direction.
Contour Line-- a line that follows the surface and/ or perimeter of an object.
Cross Contour Line-- intersecting lines that "map" the surface of an object (e.g. a globe).
Repetition--an element that occurs over and over again in a composition (can be a pattern)
Pattern--a predictable, repeated design, image or shape
Value--lightness and darkness
Contrast--differences between elements in a composition (created through size, shape, value)
Positive Space--the object(s) in an image.
Negative Space--the empty space(s) around an object and any openings within an object.
Objective 1: Create a multi-layered, mixed media artwork incorporating a repeated biographical/autobiographical story or poem. Focus on Repetition, Movement, & Rhythm.
Objective 2: Render a self-portrait or portrait of a loved one with correct Scale, Proportion, Texture, Contrast and Value.
Vocabulary:
Line--connection of points that defines a space; varies in width, length, gesture, direction.
Contour Line-- a line that follows the surface and/ or perimeter of an object.
Cross Contour Line-- intersecting lines that "map" the surface of an object (e.g. a globe).
Repetition--an element that occurs over and over again in a composition (can be a pattern)
Pattern--a predictable, repeated design, image or shape
Value--lightness and darkness
Contrast--differences between elements in a composition (created through size, shape, value)
Positive Space--the object(s) in an image.
Negative Space--the empty space(s) around an object and any openings within an object.
Process
- Write a story or poem about yourself or a loved one. Turn your page around as you write. Fill the page.
- Lay out a design with tape on top of your writing and paint 1 layer of thinned gesso over the ENTIRE page.
- Add watercolor onto this layer. Feel free to experiment with mixing and working wet vs. dry.
- Repeat step 1.
- Tape off the silhouette of the person you wrote the story about on the page no less than 6 inches by 6 inches and fill with gesso.
- Inside the silhouette you are to draw your subject with a full value range (black to white with at least 3 different shades between).
Requirements:
• The entire surface must be covered with a repeated story, poem, or mantra. .
• Use of positive/negative space
• Work must focus on the use of line,shape,value,color,composition,texture,scale,proportion,contrast,repetition,movement, & rhythm.
•Self assessment
Materials:
Paper, tape, pencil, gesso, paint, brushes, watercolor, colored & black markers
• The entire surface must be covered with a repeated story, poem, or mantra. .
• Use of positive/negative space
• Work must focus on the use of line,shape,value,color,composition,texture,scale,proportion,contrast,repetition,movement, & rhythm.
•Self assessment
Materials:
Paper, tape, pencil, gesso, paint, brushes, watercolor, colored & black markers