Alberto Giacometti 'Walking Man I'Doll Reflection + Research Q) 4+5+6
4. Look at this work by Giacometti and describe what you see
Alberto Giacometti 'Walking Man I'
The sculpture is of a man with very odd body measurements; however, the sculpture itself seems very natural. There is a wiry man in mid-stride with his right foot forward. His arms are just hanging there while the head is completely vertical. It is made of something like metal, copper or bronze.
5. How has Giacometti manipulated the form to create feeling in the work?
+ 6. Interpret the work.
Giacometti manipulated the ordinary human body form and created an abstract sculpture. Then man is thin and long, therefore, it looks like he had been stretched up. His long legs and lack of movement show, calmness and relaxing strides; however, the way his head is ahead of his body, makes it look like the man is in a hurry. It feels like the man is suppressing his rush to walk calmly.
Doll Reflection + Research Q) 1+2+3
1. Describe the colour scheme you have chosen
WARM/COOL/COMPLEMENTARY discuss why you chose these colours in detail
My colour scheme for the outside of my doll (e.g. clothes, hair; not the actual colour/pattern on the doll) is an accented neutral colour scheme. It involves neutral colours; black and white, and one comparatively small amount of red. My colour/pattern that is actually on my doll was meant to be a complementary colour scheme. I ‘flicked’ on the paint in this order; red & green, then blue & orange, then purple and yellow. However, I soon realised that all the colours combined because I could not control the direction of a ‘flick’. Therefore, I flicked on the colours in unsystematic order. This caused it to lose the complementary colour scheme. Research shows that this colour scheme does not have a specific name; therefore, I named it the ‘rainbow colour scheme’.
I chose to paint the doll bright and full of energy beneath the clothes. The outside is more dull and silent. This is because it expresses me very well. I am full of energy, active, competitive and talkative but in places such as school, etc, I become more quiet and ‘shy’.
Also, the clothes and the hair style was the type of clothes I like to wear. However, these turned out very dark and dull. The hair especially made me look emo. I just wanted to point out that I am not a dark, dull person and I like bright clothes too.
2. Describe how you created the work from start to finish including the techniques you used
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3. Describe what you like about your work and any difficulties you faced so far
First, I was given a long piece of wire and a sheet of paper with the outlines of the ‘bone’ of my doll. I bent the piece of wire to replicate the bone structure. Next, I tore and scrunched up pieces of newspaper and masking taped it onto the wire to represent a more human like form. The scrunched up pieces of newspaper had to be small bits, as this way, it was much easier to make the doll look more realistic. It helped to put ‘bumps’ into certain places and the thickness of the overall body. For example, at the end of the arm, where the shoulder-joint is, there is a little round ‘bump’. An example of the thickness is the thigh being thicker than the arms. When all this was complete, air was squashed out of the newspaper muscles and a final round of masking tape covered up the newspaper. However, more newspaper was put on. Paper-Mache came next. I tore up more newspaper, horizontally, and used the glue to paste strips of it on my doll as the ‘flesh’. This part was brief and easy. After a few layers of paper-mache, the gesso was put on. I had to dab the gesso on with a special, round sponge with a handle. The gesso soon hardened and I was ready for my face. A special type of clay called ‘paper clay’ was used. This type of clay was very good to work with, as I only needed small, light bits to softly touch up my facial features. A bit of clay was put on the forehead to create the socket, where the eyes go. A little pyramid nose was added and pinched to form a more realistic shape and tiny lips were also added. Even though it was a short process, I learnt a lot about handling paper clay. It took a short while for the clay to harden and it was very important to cover the face with glad wrap, if it had not been finished. The next lesson was when I came up with the ‘flicking’ paint idea. I experimented on my visual art diary and when it turned out a success, I started flicking onto my doll. This process was great fun and I was so into it that I failed to notice the paint I got on the art block tiles. About 2 more lessons later, I realised this and I had to mop it up. This was very unsuccessful. The paint was already to dry to mop off with water so I went and got the hard, scrubby, green objects. I scrubbed off the paint in triumph and proceeded onto the next step; clothes. This was a very sad process as I had to cover up my bright, flicked-on paints. To show the paint as much as possible, I dressed my doll with a tank top. However, this doll was suppose to be me and I usually wear do not wear tank tops outside without a jacket. So I made an unzipped, puffy jacket for my doll. I obtained some wire from a mysterious white bucket, full of mysterious looking wires, and starting at the wrist, I swirled it around the arms of my doll to get the ‘puffiness’ of the jacket. The wire went past the neck and onto my other arm. Then, it came back down to my neck to make my ‘bling’; the gold chain, then towards the back and into the shape of a hoodie. I paper-mached my clothes and painted it in a colour scheme I explained earlier. I made shorts and shoes for my doll. Then I got to the challenge; the face. I wanted to do a normal expression; happy, kind of excited, but not to outrageous. Just the expression I have when I skateboard on smooth grounds. The expression I have is different for the place where I skateboard. It’s normal when I do simple tricks or just skate on smooth grounds and a mixture of angry, disappointment when the ground is to rough. Then there’s my face when I skate on the ramps! My face looks extra excited. The face painted on the rock aided me on my journey to complete the doll. Some notes I remembered all throughout painting my doll’s face was: 1. Small, delicate strokes 2. Small amount of paint on my brush and 3. Do not be afraid to stuff up. This helped me too. I chose the colour base I liked: red – because this matched my hair and clothes (an accented neutral colour scheme). A dark shadow on my eye socket. Big white blob, followed by red pupil with a hint of white inside. More dark colours underneath my nose and on my top lip. By this time, my doll looked like a blood-thirsty vampire. I erased the red paint that got flicked onto my chin and showed it to Ms. Hampton. Blue was added to my pupil to cover up the white –there was too much white, and this one little dab of paint changed the entire look on my face. It looked much more realistic and I learnt a lesson, ‘even the smallest amount matters’. Tone was gradually created on my cheeks and nose by overlapping small amounts of dark and light paint softly. My face turned out amazing; however, it was bald. I quickly wanted to fix this problem. First I was lazy and tried to solve the problem with one long piece of soft, paper hand-towel. My hair turned out wonky. I decided against this and quickly ripped off the hand towel. I tore an even thinner bit of hand towel. I wetted it, twisted it, and placed on my head. My first strip of hair was what inspired me to keep going. I was sure it would look very good. Soon, my fringe and side was complete. I had the option of keep doing this way for the back of my hair. However, I decided against it because I was running out of time. I layered small bit of hand towel and pinched them to make the lines which ran down to form a great look. A few more individual strips were added to paint and highlight red. I liked how my black hair blended into my jacket. I decided to leave most black and paint in some red streaks, however, it was white to start with and I decided that black, white and red matched my colour schemed better. Creating a doll form of myself was a very enjoyable, exciting and interesting task, where I got to learn how to express myself better, in a more creative and artistic way.
WARM/COOL/COMPLEMENTARY discuss why you chose these colours in detail
My colour scheme for the outside of my doll (e.g. clothes, hair; not the actual colour/pattern on the doll) is an accented neutral colour scheme. It involves neutral colours; black and white, and one comparatively small amount of red. My colour/pattern that is actually on my doll was meant to be a complementary colour scheme. I ‘flicked’ on the paint in this order; red & green, then blue & orange, then purple and yellow. However, I soon realised that all the colours combined because I could not control the direction of a ‘flick’. Therefore, I flicked on the colours in unsystematic order. This caused it to lose the complementary colour scheme. Research shows that this colour scheme does not have a specific name; therefore, I named it the ‘rainbow colour scheme’.
I chose to paint the doll bright and full of energy beneath the clothes. The outside is more dull and silent. This is because it expresses me very well. I am full of energy, active, competitive and talkative but in places such as school, etc, I become more quiet and ‘shy’.
Also, the clothes and the hair style was the type of clothes I like to wear. However, these turned out very dark and dull. The hair especially made me look emo. I just wanted to point out that I am not a dark, dull person and I like bright clothes too.
2. Describe how you created the work from start to finish including the techniques you used
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3. Describe what you like about your work and any difficulties you faced so far
First, I was given a long piece of wire and a sheet of paper with the outlines of the ‘bone’ of my doll. I bent the piece of wire to replicate the bone structure. Next, I tore and scrunched up pieces of newspaper and masking taped it onto the wire to represent a more human like form. The scrunched up pieces of newspaper had to be small bits, as this way, it was much easier to make the doll look more realistic. It helped to put ‘bumps’ into certain places and the thickness of the overall body. For example, at the end of the arm, where the shoulder-joint is, there is a little round ‘bump’. An example of the thickness is the thigh being thicker than the arms. When all this was complete, air was squashed out of the newspaper muscles and a final round of masking tape covered up the newspaper. However, more newspaper was put on. Paper-Mache came next. I tore up more newspaper, horizontally, and used the glue to paste strips of it on my doll as the ‘flesh’. This part was brief and easy. After a few layers of paper-mache, the gesso was put on. I had to dab the gesso on with a special, round sponge with a handle. The gesso soon hardened and I was ready for my face. A special type of clay called ‘paper clay’ was used. This type of clay was very good to work with, as I only needed small, light bits to softly touch up my facial features. A bit of clay was put on the forehead to create the socket, where the eyes go. A little pyramid nose was added and pinched to form a more realistic shape and tiny lips were also added. Even though it was a short process, I learnt a lot about handling paper clay. It took a short while for the clay to harden and it was very important to cover the face with glad wrap, if it had not been finished. The next lesson was when I came up with the ‘flicking’ paint idea. I experimented on my visual art diary and when it turned out a success, I started flicking onto my doll. This process was great fun and I was so into it that I failed to notice the paint I got on the art block tiles. About 2 more lessons later, I realised this and I had to mop it up. This was very unsuccessful. The paint was already to dry to mop off with water so I went and got the hard, scrubby, green objects. I scrubbed off the paint in triumph and proceeded onto the next step; clothes. This was a very sad process as I had to cover up my bright, flicked-on paints. To show the paint as much as possible, I dressed my doll with a tank top. However, this doll was suppose to be me and I usually wear do not wear tank tops outside without a jacket. So I made an unzipped, puffy jacket for my doll. I obtained some wire from a mysterious white bucket, full of mysterious looking wires, and starting at the wrist, I swirled it around the arms of my doll to get the ‘puffiness’ of the jacket. The wire went past the neck and onto my other arm. Then, it came back down to my neck to make my ‘bling’; the gold chain, then towards the back and into the shape of a hoodie. I paper-mached my clothes and painted it in a colour scheme I explained earlier. I made shorts and shoes for my doll. Then I got to the challenge; the face. I wanted to do a normal expression; happy, kind of excited, but not to outrageous. Just the expression I have when I skateboard on smooth grounds. The expression I have is different for the place where I skateboard. It’s normal when I do simple tricks or just skate on smooth grounds and a mixture of angry, disappointment when the ground is to rough. Then there’s my face when I skate on the ramps! My face looks extra excited. The face painted on the rock aided me on my journey to complete the doll. Some notes I remembered all throughout painting my doll’s face was: 1. Small, delicate strokes 2. Small amount of paint on my brush and 3. Do not be afraid to stuff up. This helped me too. I chose the colour base I liked: red – because this matched my hair and clothes (an accented neutral colour scheme). A dark shadow on my eye socket. Big white blob, followed by red pupil with a hint of white inside. More dark colours underneath my nose and on my top lip. By this time, my doll looked like a blood-thirsty vampire. I erased the red paint that got flicked onto my chin and showed it to Ms. Hampton. Blue was added to my pupil to cover up the white –there was too much white, and this one little dab of paint changed the entire look on my face. It looked much more realistic and I learnt a lesson, ‘even the smallest amount matters’. Tone was gradually created on my cheeks and nose by overlapping small amounts of dark and light paint softly. My face turned out amazing; however, it was bald. I quickly wanted to fix this problem. First I was lazy and tried to solve the problem with one long piece of soft, paper hand-towel. My hair turned out wonky. I decided against this and quickly ripped off the hand towel. I tore an even thinner bit of hand towel. I wetted it, twisted it, and placed on my head. My first strip of hair was what inspired me to keep going. I was sure it would look very good. Soon, my fringe and side was complete. I had the option of keep doing this way for the back of my hair. However, I decided against it because I was running out of time. I layered small bit of hand towel and pinched them to make the lines which ran down to form a great look. A few more individual strips were added to paint and highlight red. I liked how my black hair blended into my jacket. I decided to leave most black and paint in some red streaks, however, it was white to start with and I decided that black, white and red matched my colour schemed better. Creating a doll form of myself was a very enjoyable, exciting and interesting task, where I got to learn how to express myself better, in a more creative and artistic way.
Negative body images
These are some negative body images. I do not get what the negative body images are so, so far, I just got some advertisments on losing weight.
Reflection - 16/3/10
Today, we continued with painting out paintings. I spent the whole art lesson trying to make my skin tone and I succeed with the help of Jessica and Ms. Hampton. Next lesson I'm planning to put tone into my skin and finish painting my head.
Definitions
Tone create depth and atmosphere in a drawing. In order to make a drawing look "realistic" you need shadow because in the real world everything has a shadow. If you draw something with only one width line and don't render shadow, your drawing is going to look flat, two dimensional, and unrealistic. Adding shadow automatically adds a small bit of perspective to the drawing because the shadow indicates that something is in front of and/or behind the object that would cause it to cast a shadow.
Line is the most basic element of the drawing. And in it's most basic definition, it's what separates one area of the drawing plane from the other. A single line will segment your piece of paper into "that area" and "this area". The more lines that are added, the more complex and numerous the separations become: light from dark, foreground from background, positive space from negative space. Line can be uniform and all one width, or to be more interesting, and to convey more information with a single line, a single line can be of varying widths.
Shape.
Shape occurs when the first line is drawn. The most basic definition of shape is the white area on the paper. Shape is the information that is presented between two or more lines, or is the thing that is enclosed by line. Shape helps define the object that is depicted as much as the collection of lines that make up the object in the drawing. Incorrect use of shape will cause the drawing to "not look like what it's supposed to be."
Visual Language
Visual learning is a very valuable way to help you'see' the world and understand you own way of being in the world. Visual understanding happens holistically, 'word' leaning is more linear.
Media is what you use to draw, paint, sculpt with eg paint is a medium. As work with different media and techniques, you learn skuills so that you can communicate visually using media.
Reflection - 12/3/10
Today, we officaially started painting out painitings. After finishing the chalk outlines, we painted sall the outside spots inside the rectangle white . Then we were suppose to make out skin colour and paint the right skin bits using tone but that's when I got stuck, I couldn't make my skin colour again! So I spent half the lesson trying to make my skin colour but i got nowhere close.....
Next art lesson, I am going to ask for help and try not to waste time like I did at this Art lesson!
Reflection 10/3/10
Today, we got various colours that we had to mix to get the tone of our skin and the colour of our school uniforms. The demonstration made me feel that this was a very easy task but when I actually tried to create my skin tone, it wasn't as easy as it seemed. We got 4 colours to use to make the skin tone; red, yellow, white and black that had a more professional name the was far too artistic for me to remember. I mixed lots of yellow to the white, added a bit or red and the whole thing turned pink. I decided to add some black which resulted in the colour of pinkish cream. more yellow and black was added, followed by three squirts of white. I noticed that my palette was starting to overflow with paint but the paint was still pinkish greyish color that was not even close to my skin tone. I gave up and decided to add all the yellow and white I have which and the outcome was the colour of my skin! (I admit, it was still a bit pinkish and greyish but it was close enough) By the time I finished my skin tone and cleaned my palette, the bell rang and the art lesson was over. I learnt that finding the right colour isn't as easy as it seems and I learnt that I like painting even though i'm not the best one around.
Shapes - Determing Bouba and Kiki
I think the one on the left is Kiki and the second one is Bouba.
Kiki sounds like a short, sharp name pronouced like; Ki!Ki!
The shape on the left is also short and sharp.
So that leaves me with Bouba and I think Bouba is the shape on the right.
Bouba is wavery and flowing like; Boooooooou~~~~~baaaaaa~~~~~
The shape on the right is also wavery and flowing.
Reflection
Today, we drew the models again but this time we started off with chalk, then we used graphite and we also used biro for out last drawing. This time, with chalk, we focused on ‘filling’ the dark-coloured uniform in. This was the end of the drawing activity and starting next lesson, we are going to get back onto painting our paintings.
Reflection
At the art lesson we had before today’s lesson, we started drawing models (students from our class volunteered for this) with graphite. Graphite is a big chunk of the things inside a pencil with out any wood around it. We had to draw loosely and quickly. We drew about 5 different poses and I thought it was a fun activity. Our hands got grey and we started putting in some details and tones.
Dancing snow gums - by Aunty Sally
This picture by Aunty Sally is called Dancing snow gums. I think the reason why this painting was called the dancing snow gums is because the trees - snow gums -are curved and twisting as if they are dancing.
Aunty sally used dot painting for the background and lots of colors used in the tree blend in well, creating tone and a realistic effect.
The mood seems happy and cheerful because the trees are dancing like it's in a party and having fun.
Down in the Dell, Foxground - By Aunty Sally
This painting by Aunty Sally looks like a point of view from the top of a hill of a farm. The barb -wire fences are obviously old and the fence posts are a bit rotten. The time of the day might be about midday since it looks bright and sunny.
The grass on the sidewalk and the bushes in the farm looks overgrown. The right most tree in the group of three trees is hollow and quite old.
Aunty Sally used some dot painting for the leaves of the trees and for the grasses on the sidewalks near the fence. She also used tones which helped to create a realistic effects.
The mood of this painting is bright and cheerful and it shows the nature in a way that we see but forget. We see the hollow tree and old fences but some people tend to forget when told to paint a picture of the nature.
Art 16/2/10
Today, we got our painted sheet of paper from last lesson and after watching aunty sally’s demonstration, I drew a rectangle around the photo of me with a piece of chalk. The rectangle on the photo was drawn on the painted paper but the rectangle was doubled. I drew the outline of myself, looking at the phot while the photo was held upside down. This was a challenge and I turned out to have a really long body.
Things I saw when Aunty Sally painted
At first, aunty sally painted a red sky with lump lines and weird shapes on a black background.
To be honest, i thought it wasnt very artistic. But as Aunty sally progressed, I saw more shapes and lines. I could tell she was a good artist because of all the explanation and the way she could paint whatever she wanted without hesitation and accuracy ecen though she didnt really try her best!
She progressed from the sky to the ground and I saw even more blobs, fuzzballs and weird shapes of painting and I thought maybe i should get new glasses.
She added more color to it and she flipped the painting over.
Then I saw it was a really accurate picture of the photograph she was holding in her other hand.
I finally realized that she painted the painting upside. The painting was very good and I couldn't believe that she drew that painting upside down!!!
It was very good and she was totally amazing!
Things i've done so far in 2010!
So far, in 2010, i've had only 1 lesson.
But during that lesson, I've learnt a few things to be able to complete the tasks in the upcoming art assignments and other fun tasks.
Some of the things we did were;
- learning about the general rules
- learning about the use of smocks
- completed the saftey tests of using the hot-glue gun and the craft knife
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