Design Principles - Task2
Design Principles -Task2:VisualAnalysis
• During the observation phase, focus on looking, thinking, and communicating your findings.
Title: The joy of summer
Year: 2022
Size: 400mm x 280mm
Observation:
This artwork is painted in a portrait format painted by “The Chris Artist”. The first thing I observed was a skeleton of an animal standing in a very dry and hot area. The scenery in the whole painting has many dead and dried up naked trees, along with a very blazing hot sun on the right side of the painting and dark clouds. It also can be seen that the whole ground is dried and cracked as well. As for visual elements, the main colours are red, orange and brown. Overall, this artwork is very simple and mostly uses colours from the warmer section. Furthermore, everything in the design is very neat and can be clearly distinguished.
Analysis:
The first thing I analysed was repetition as there were many trees and clouds found in the background of the painting. There is emphasis used to create dominance and focus on both the skeleton and the sun as the painting of the sun and surrounding of the skeleton is a brighter shade. Furthermore, the golden ratio and rule of thirds is used in this painting which creates visual balance and structure. In addition, there also is unity. There is repetition of particular elements like the colours and shapes which gives the painting a sense of oneness.
Interpretation:
This artwork was a personal response from the artist reflecting his anxiety regarding global warming and heat waves of 2022 in the UK. From exploring the page of “The Chris Artist”, I can see that he mostly works with watercolours and he mentioned that he mainly did paintings of sceneries inspired by his local area. 'Watercolour' denotes a painting medium in which colour pigments are bound in water-soluble agents. It dates from Stone Age cave painting when early Paleolithic man first painted pictures on their caves using charcoal, ochre and other natural pigments. (Watercolour Painting: Techniques, Origins, History, n.d.-b) Fig 1.1 & 1.2 and this artwork both use bold colours and are artworks regarding climate change. (119 Words)
Line: A path either represented or implied
Shape: The property of a two-dimensional form, usually defined by a line around it
Color: The light reflecting off objects, divided into hue, value and intensity
Space: Depth, real or represented, as well as the general area within a work
Form: The property of a three-dimensional object
Texture: The feeling of a surface, real or represented
- What Are the Main Focal Points and Any Other Key Features?
- What Path Do Your Eyes Take Around the Painting?
Look at the artwork and let your eyes naturally follow through the painting. This can be difficult to do
when you are trying to analyze a painting. Try to relax and don’t overthink it. The path your eyes take reveals a lot of information about how the artwork is put together. In the painting below I indicate the path my eyes take through the painting.
- How Is Everything Connected?
- Elements which are connected and flow nicely together; and|
- Powerful statements which abruptly stop this flow.
- What Is the Artist Trying to Say?
This is a very high-level analysis of the painting. Take a step back and think about what the artist is actually trying to say. What was the artist thinking when they painted it? Sometimes it might just be to communicate the beauty of the landscape the artist saw. Or it might be something deeper.
This sketch was inspired by mood board #1. I tried to show the consequences animals have to face because of climate change. It shows the change in environment as well, like the hot burning sun, rubbish in the sea and also the melting iceberg. The design principles used in this sketch are: balance as the sketch has rule of thirds and golden ratio; emphasis on the polar bear and also unity as I plan to use mostly bold colours like the first picture in task 1
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