Creative Process D + P I Navigating the Brain Storming, Choosing, and Creating Subject + Composition for your art…

 Subject Categories  Plagiarism in ART  Thumbnail Presentations  Critique

How do we go about figuring out what to draw, paint or sculpt? There are so many things to do, it can be overwhelming! Breaking your choices down into categories and analyze your options thoroughly will help you figure out what it is your supposed to be creating… For this assignment, we are starting off with 4 broad subjects. Let’s explore them…

SUBJECT CATEGORIES Landscape/City Scape Architectural Study Things Found In Nature Human Figure

Create a composition utilizing the area around you…. Theme Ideas- Surfer: Hibiscus, Surfboard, Seashells Holiday: Decorative Ornaments and Ribbons Season: Fall Leaves, Pumpkins, and Halloween Mask Food: Coffee cup, doughnut and the news paper Discuss with shoulder partner: Come up with at least two ideas of places that you would be interested in drawing and/or painting. They should be places you have been!

Closer Landscapes may end up with no prominent focal point BUT has a strong sense of repetition and use of Elements- making it feel more like design instead of fine art: Repetition of trees, flowers, rocks, water Depth should be created and exaggerated by using a few depth of field rules. 1. Size= objects are drawn bigger and placed at the bottom of the composition to come forward 2. Color= Warm colors come forward and cool colors recede 3. OVERLAPPING!!!

Distant Landscapes should have a focal point: Person, House, Tree, sun, etc. The horizon line should stay at the 1/3 or 2/3 line depending on the attention paid to either the land or sky. Bottom 1/3= Cool clouds, sun set Top 1/3= Interesting scenery

Use architect you find meaning in… TRY: your own home, Appo High, historical buildings around Middletown and Odessa TIP: Frame the composition with an arch to add depth and help emphasis the focal point.

EMPHASIZING ARCHITECT Try applying the watercolor and ink more detailed in the focal area and loosely in surrounds…

Anything that derives from nature such as plants, animals, water, rocks, etc… TRY: Zoomed in, significantly cropped down (abstracted) object from nature (leaf, flower, pinecone, etc) TRY: Interesting perspectives such as: looking up through the branches of a tree into the sky

Use the human figure/form to create a work of art but …No up close portraits TRY: View of body/part of body severely foreshortened and/or from a unique perspective TRY: Dress up, Costume, props

Is this Plagiarized? This image was entered into an Art Contest with the checkered theme….and WON! It later came out that the artist based it on another photographers work and Photoshopped the round spots into squares… Discuss with shoulder partner: Do you think this artist plagiarized? Should he still be considered the winner of the contest? What do you think the outcome was? Discuss with shoulder partner: Do you think this artist plagiarized? Should he still be considered the winner of the contest? What do you think the outcome was?

Webster’s Dictionary defines “Plagiarism” as: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own to use (another's production) without crediting the source to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.

Re-creating a visual work in the same medium. (for example: shooting a photograph that uses the same composition and subject matter as someone else’s photograph) Re-creating a visual work in a different medium (for example: making a painting that closely resembles another person’s photograph). There is no rule that says “if you change it X%, then it’s ok.”

Examples of Plagiarism

PLAGIARIZED

Here are some examples of ways artists can use others’ photos as reference: Using individual, generic parts of a photo. Ex. A tree, hills, clouds Using individual, specific parts of a photo. Ex. The Empire State Building, a Jeep. For historical research. Ex. Looking at pictures of WWII uniforms to get the design accurate. Gathering multiple photos of a subject without using a specific one. Ex. Looking at many photos of elephant to see how they are built and how their trunks move. Using multiple photos for general inspiration. Ex. Gathering photos of different kinds of machinery in order to get inspiration for your own machine design.

Multiple Photos Reference Photo of Elephant Reference Photo of Elephant Trunk Turning

So, What’s Next? IT’s time to come up with your own design!  Refer to your mind map and choose a concept.  Take any needed reference photos.  Think of how you are going to use the characteristics with your subject.  Start sketching Composition!! ???????????????

Still utilize the compositional rules you have been learning since Foundations : ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Focal Point: Place using the Rule of 3rds Break the Picture Plane: 3 out of 4 sides by zooming in Balanced Positive and Negative Space: the negative space should be as interestingly shaped as the positive spaces and should not dominate the art Utilizing the Corners: this is where your eye naturally enters the composition… frame or intersect with leading lines that lead back to the Focal Point. Creating Visual Order: Overlap, change of size, atmospheric perspective all help to further emphasis a foreground, middle ground, and back ground.

This is where you merge your final ideas on subject with composition, color scheme, artist characteristics, painting techniques. _____________________________ 2 thumbnails- exploring composition Reference Picture- your picture Artist Reference- picture example Characteristics Noted Dominate Elements + Principles Prominent Color Scheme Execution- Techniques and size

This is your chance to explain your idea to your peers. This gives you an opportunity to reflect upon the final idea, gain some feedback on any areas still unsure of, and catch any issues in advance. ____________________________________________________________________ Explain your idea : What is the overall concept? How are you full filling compositional objectives? How are you using the chosen artist characteristics? What is your color scheme? Why? What is your reference picture of? What is your dominate Element + Principle being used?