How can you interpret the theme “A Struggle…”?
Internal Struggle
Rick Bartow -Struggles with Post traumatic stress disorder -Transformations -Morphing -Representational abstraction -Relationships to his native american heritage- the struggles of the native american people
War- Struggles of a Soldier Combat Artists Steve Mumford
Tom Lea
John Singer Sargent
Otto Dix As Prisoner of War
Trench Warfare
Hand to Hand Combat
Social Struggles Photography from the Great Depression Dorothea Lange
Francisco De Goya
Deviant Art: Interpretations of the theme -Graphite and Ink
Deviant Art Painting
Deviant Art Monotype Inked plate- wiping away values -Directional marks make up the expression!
What can help you develop your ideas? Reflect on a time that you have personally struggled? What have you overcome or accomplished? Interpret a song that reflects the theme or has personal importance to you Interpret a moment in history that represents a struggle Decide if your idea is best interpreted through portraiture, still life, the figure or landscape Decide if you can set up a photograph, work from observation, or use your imagination (or combo?) Use a drawing media such as graphite, watercolor, acrylic paint to develop your work
What drawing techniques can you use? Foreshortening- EXAGERRATED perspective Spatial techniques: Placement of one object in front of another -Overlapping -Size of objects (closer=bigger) -Objects on top of paper vs. bottom of paper -Detail (closer) vs less detail -Darker vs. Lighter
Deviant art Thicker line+detail+ Darker closer to viewer
Deviant art AP Graphite