Gouache illustration |
Whats over there?27.94cm x 35.56cm
Gouache and paint pen on paper October 2020 The focus of This piece is to represent the Second stage of Erick Ericksonn's stages of development which is Autonomy and doubt and how moving around on our own boosts future confidence. This piece also takes inspiration from Hirohiko Araki and Ellsworth kelly's piece Blue Green Red. |
Planning
Inspiration
Inspiration for this Series in General were the artworks of Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) an American artist. He worked in France and studied art there, wanting to seperate himself from the mostly realistic work he did while studying Ellsworth Kelly started to create artwork based off of abract shapes he saw in the everyday. These shapes were mostly organic shapes we see every day such as leaves and seen mostly in his work the dark and simplistic shapes that shadows casted. I used the general shape approach of using these shapes when working on this piece. I wish to use his choice of color along with his a part of his composition.
My second artistic inspiration is an japanese Illustrator by the name of Hirohiko Araki I have used him as a inspiration before because of the exellent work he does as well as his skill as an illustrator. Specifficaly I used his illustration for the 2020 Paraolympics titled "The Sky above the Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa" and the Promotional illustration for "HIROHIKO ARAKI JOJO EXHIBITION: RIPPLES OF ADVENTURE" by Hiohiko Araki (2018). The aspects I took from his piece for the Paralympics was the figures movement and gesture as well as Mt. Fuji which is another aspect the two inspiration pieces share in common. I hope to use these aspects and the syper masculine style used to depict his subjects. |
Another inspiration for My recent art pieces is the 8 stages of psychological development and as stated in the ehibition text the stage focused on by this piece is that of Autonomy vs Doubt. During my reaserach into this particular stage of development I found a particular example being used about how to positively renforce Autonomy in a young child by letting them explore in a controlled enviornment. This is done to boost confidence in their will and decision making. This was key in my descion for the symbolism of a shoe in the piece, the coloring scheme of red for enviornment of the subject was to portray both contol and love (since this is was the positive approach for developing these feelings.), green was used as the tone of the subject due to the growth of said subject. So by the end of the process I want to use Ellsworth's color scheme and composition along with Araki's style and elements in this piece
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Planning Sketches
The first 3 process sketches were to nail down the composition of the piece. I took notes deciding what symbolism I wanted to use to go overhead the subject and landscape. This process was also used to help refine the specific pose/ movement of the subject. Again this process was very helpful in deciding how to proceed with this piece, and it also helped with the placemet of color.
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In this and the next sketch I was split between two essential comositions and I took the time on this specific sketch to practice this pespective since I'm still developing my skills drawing figures. I didn't like this particular sketch because of the underlying calmness I wanted to add to the piece and I wanted to make it easier to inject the message of the 8 stages. Although this wasn't the right sketch I still appreciate the practice I gained.
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Experimentation
So far I haven't done a piece that is majority goauche yet other than my UWM illustration. For the majority of the piece I used a stick sponge similar to its use in Project 1 and one problem I came onto was the accuracy of this particular tool which is noticable in the lower left corner of the piece but since it is gouache it helped a ton that i couldtry to wter it down more to get rid of the hue. Other than that I experimented with shading with gouache for the first time using two shades of green by putting it on my pallete and mixing half of it with white to create a lighter base tone then using the normal tone to shade in the parts that needed to be shaded in. Drawing out the grass was also something I experimented with by both drawing different types of grass and layering them.
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Process
1. I began with transfering the sketch to the paper by eye and cleaned up the sketch with pencil (the grass was done by hand overlapping pieces and varying them by size)
2. I went ahead and used my fine tipped marker to outline the various elements of the piece, I also shaded and filled the area of the mountain.
3. From here I wattered down some blue gouache mixed it with white gouache and brushed it on with the sponge stick to create the sky seen in the end product. ( I used this blue mixed with even more white to use the coloring of the snow in the Mt.)
4. I used a green colored gouache mixed with white to create the base skintone for the subject then used the original green watered down to create tone and shadow in the subject and I used a 8 brush from my Royal Langnickle set to apply these tones.
5. Using a finer tiped 9 to do the tips of the grass in a watered down vermillion gouache and continued the rest of the grass using the stick sponge.
6. I traced out the shape in the sky with pencil at first then filled it in with a thicker tipped black paint pen.
2. I went ahead and used my fine tipped marker to outline the various elements of the piece, I also shaded and filled the area of the mountain.
3. From here I wattered down some blue gouache mixed it with white gouache and brushed it on with the sponge stick to create the sky seen in the end product. ( I used this blue mixed with even more white to use the coloring of the snow in the Mt.)
4. I used a green colored gouache mixed with white to create the base skintone for the subject then used the original green watered down to create tone and shadow in the subject and I used a 8 brush from my Royal Langnickle set to apply these tones.
5. Using a finer tiped 9 to do the tips of the grass in a watered down vermillion gouache and continued the rest of the grass using the stick sponge.
6. I traced out the shape in the sky with pencil at first then filled it in with a thicker tipped black paint pen.
Reflection
This project was more than a success in my eyes I can see myself creating my own style in the way I approach the use of inspirations and turning them into something I am proud to say is original. The use of the inspirations is something I am confident in with the perspective and form taken from Araki and the color choice and overall composition of Kelly. The interperitation of the second stage of psychological development was also something I believe I did correctly with the subject exploring his controlled surrounding. Aside from a few setbacks the process was perfectly executed although overall the piece could use a few tweaks The process itself went smoothly. I believe it is fair to say that with this piece I've found my groove for the rest of the pieces to come.
Compare and contrast
Comparisons:
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ACT Questions
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause-effect relationships between your inspiration and its effect upon your artwork:
The Inspiration which was Elsworth Kelly and Hirohiko Araki had an inspiration on my work through Araki's use of perspective and knowledge of the human form and Kelly's choice of color and the composition in his work.
What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
In particular the article by PBS used a informative approach to depicting Hirohiko's poster as inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave,”. The page used to depict Elsworth Kelly's piece was very descriptive and informed about process and methods used by Kelly to acheive his abstractions.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
I drew the conclusion that many artist like Kelly want to find something original to depict in their works similar to how Kelly started taking inspirations from shapes that he never saw being used too much by other artist. I also found that like is the case with most modern artists Araki takes massive inspiration from the masterpieces of the past.
What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central theme gathered from Erick Erickson's 8 stages and how we build confidence in ouselves by just exploring our surroundings.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
I can conclude from my research that sometimes by understanding the process and inspirations of the artists you admire you can come to a better understanding of how they think and skew these aspects of their work to make something original.
The Inspiration which was Elsworth Kelly and Hirohiko Araki had an inspiration on my work through Araki's use of perspective and knowledge of the human form and Kelly's choice of color and the composition in his work.
What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
In particular the article by PBS used a informative approach to depicting Hirohiko's poster as inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave,”. The page used to depict Elsworth Kelly's piece was very descriptive and informed about process and methods used by Kelly to acheive his abstractions.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
I drew the conclusion that many artist like Kelly want to find something original to depict in their works similar to how Kelly started taking inspirations from shapes that he never saw being used too much by other artist. I also found that like is the case with most modern artists Araki takes massive inspiration from the masterpieces of the past.
What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central theme gathered from Erick Erickson's 8 stages and how we build confidence in ouselves by just exploring our surroundings.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
I can conclude from my research that sometimes by understanding the process and inspirations of the artists you admire you can come to a better understanding of how they think and skew these aspects of their work to make something original.
Bibliography
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Mcleod, S. (n.d.). Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development. Retrieved November 12, 2020, from https://www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html
P. (2016, June 16). Ellsworth Kelly Part 1. Retrieved September 9, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-5jBP3ttm0&ab_channel=Phaidon
P. (2016, June 16). Ellsworth Kelly Part 2. Retrieved September 9, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVI77mwr1s&ab_channel=Phaidon
P. (2016, June 16). Ellsworth Kelly Part 3. Retrieved September 9, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnmwqLsfrSU&ab_channel=Phaidon
P. (2016, June 16). Ellsworth Kelly Part 4. Retrieved September 9, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejxRV_phhcE&ab_channel=Phaidon
(n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2020, from https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/489307
Mcleod, S. (n.d.). Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development. Retrieved November 12, 2020, from https://www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html
P. (2016, June 16). Ellsworth Kelly Part 1. Retrieved September 9, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-5jBP3ttm0&ab_channel=Phaidon
P. (2016, June 16). Ellsworth Kelly Part 2. Retrieved September 9, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVI77mwr1s&ab_channel=Phaidon
P. (2016, June 16). Ellsworth Kelly Part 3. Retrieved September 9, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnmwqLsfrSU&ab_channel=Phaidon
P. (2016, June 16). Ellsworth Kelly Part 4. Retrieved September 9, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejxRV_phhcE&ab_channel=Phaidon
(n.d.). Retrieved November 12, 2020, from https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/489307