Bus Art (ideas)

For the bus art assignment I have looked up some possible ideas with regards as to what type of style I would like to use. Whilst looking I saw two styles of artwork on buses both have a similar style with regards to brighter shapes on a blank white backdrop. i like this style as it brings out and compliments the brighter colours used even brighter shades of grey and black stick out against the white.

Ideas for Theme Project

For my theme project i will be doing my paintings based on the theme of isolation. The first painting I will attempt to do will be the all is lost painting of a cargo container adrift in the Indian ocean with storm clouds coming into view. For my next Painting I would like to do a Lone Stallion or maybe a stag with a bright non textured background such as in these paintings (with regards to a bright low texture background).

this will have a big change from the previous painting which contains a single inanimate object. I also like the variety which this style of painting would bring to the project keeping variety whilst also keeping to the theme of isolation. A stallion or stag would also be a much easier animal to paint as my mother has experience drawing and

  My last art piece will touch on surrealism with a house being on a lone island with bridges being burnt around it.

Planning

I am planning on having a week period for preparation on each painting this practice week will be followed up by a working week in which I will actually be painting the draft and then the final painting it is highly likely this schedule will change to conditions but I am hoping to keep pretty tightly to it.  

Surrealism Art Period

Beginnings and Influential Members

The Surrealism art period started around 1924 with the publication of Le Manifest du Surrealism by Andre Breton.In the book Andre Breton describes "psychic automatism" which is a means of self expression through writing or art. Psychic automatism is when artists delve into subconscious thought which helps artists break the barriers of logical thought also freeing their works of other taboos and inspiring ones imagination. Paintings which came from this time period often use normal objects in abnormal ways changing the viewers perspective on said objects. The surrealism art period also had many influential and eccentric artists such as Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso, And Man Ray. The surrealism era ended around 1950.

Common Themes

A common theme throughout almost all Surrealism paintings is abstract visuals to explain subconscious ideas and thoughts.

Another theme is to use very simple visuals  and objects but “stripping ordinary objects

Surrealism was often considered destructive of normal barriers in art.

The Paintings I observed

Son of Man

}Son of Man was painted by Rene Magritte who was a major figure in the surrealism art movement. When Magritte made paintings he focused more on the thoughts and emotions the painting would evoke rather than overall appeal of the painting Son of Man is no exception this painting appears to be a self portrait of Magritte with an apple in front of his face. The reason for why Magritte added the apple is to make the viewer think of what is behind the apple invoking a natural curiosity towards what we cannot see.  

Landscape with Butterflies

Landscape with butterflies is done by Salvador Dali and shows off his style of paintings with many oranges and bright reds. This painting has a major sense of juxtaposition between the colours of the “red wall” and the butterflies and sky, as well as the geometric lines of the landscape and the organic lines used to create the butterflies. The meaning of this particular painting seems is deeply connected with Dali’s connection between God and the double helix of DNA which were often found in his paintings showing a drab landscape depicting God in average life.

The Human Condition

The Human Condition is another thought provoking painting done by Rene Magritte. This painting is meant to create the illusion of reality in a painting which is often used by Rene to trick the viewers brain. Rene does this by making the viewer imagine the painting in the picture is of the outside however there is no proof the picture depicts the outside as it doesn’t really exist (the outside portion covered by the painting).

Effects of Surrealism on the World

Surrealism had some affects on society and the economy but because of bigger events which took place during this time period (such as the great depression and WWII) it is harder to see these effects. Surrealism had a big influence on other forms of art however, art forms such as film and fashion took heavy influence from the surrealism era having created dream like movies and fashion with nods to artworks such as "The Persistence of Time" and "Lobster Telephone".  

Thoughts On The Walk a Mile Film Project

The racism and discrimination towards Native peoples is an extremely relevant issue as I have personally seen acts of racism towards people of all different races to the extent were some acts of racism  have become an almost excepted thing which is saddening to think about.
Walk-A-Mile Film Project Trailer from Thunderstone Pictures on Vimeo.
By Michelle Derosier
 It is amazing to see the people in this film who admit to suffering from racism and even to being controlled by the government "We'll (the government) make decisions on you'r house, We'll make decisions on what kinds of food you have access to, we'll make decisions" and are standing up to it with non-violent protests showing they have rights.

 All the talking of the racism towards people simply because they look different without considering who that person is reminded me of a TED talk I saw to do with stereotyping which I believe is very relevant to the racism towards many indigenous people in Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg

First Sketch

The first part of the sketch I started working on was the separation between the sky and the ocean and work my way through there. After finishing the horizon along with the container I moved on to the clouds and as plainly seen clouds are currently not my forte. Some mistakes I made while sketching that I realize now are I should have split my paper into thirds for the ratio of sky and sea and I also should have drawn the ocean currents before the clouds reflections.

Starting on Surrealism

while listening to Imagine Dragons I was intrigued by the groups album cover and their music video for their song "Shots". In the begging of the video the art for the music video is accredited to Tim Cantor an American surrealistic artist. I have always been interested by surrealism in art and especially after looking at some more of Cantor's paintings would be interested in learning more about this art style.    

Juxtaposition Sketch Idea

For my juxtaposition sketch I will be drawing a feather falling in front of a brick wall with a barred window. My idea for this sketch is the contrast between the organic lines of the feather and the inorganic lines of the brick wall. I also want to show a tone juxtaposition between freedom (the feather) and the brick wall (imprisonment).
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